Italy at the 1994 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	ITA
Nocname:	Italian National Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1994
Website:
Location:	Lillehammer
Competitors:	104 (78 men, 26 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Deborah Compagnoni (alpine skiing)
Rank:	4
Gold:	7
Silver:	5
Bronze:	8
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				13 February
				16 February
				18 February
				22 February
				24 February
				24 February
				26 February
				15 February
				17 February
				18 February
				26 February
				27 February
				14 February
				15 February
				17 February
				17 February
				19 February
				19 February
				20 February
				21 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	12	8	20
Biathlon	5	1	6
Bobsleigh	9	–	9
Cross-country skiing	6	6	12
Freestyle skiing	4	2	6
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	6	2	8
Nordic combined	3	–	3
Short track speed skating	4	5	9
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	3	2	5
Total	78	26	104

Alpine skiing

See main article: article and Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Luigi Colturi	Downhill			1:47.05	21
Kristian Ghedina				1:46.99	20
Pietro Vitalini				1:46.48	13
Peter Runggaldier				1:46.39	12
Alessandro Fattori	Super-G			DNF	-
Pietro Vitalini				1:34.46	16
Peter Runggaldier				1:34.44	15
Werner Perathoner				1:33.10	5
Gianfranco Martin	Giant Slalom	1:32.28	1:27.56	2:59.84	29
Alberto Tomba		1:29.53	DSQ	DSQ	-
Norman Bergamelli		1:29.39	1:23.73	2:53.12	6
Gerhard Königsrainer		1:29.16	1:24.45	2:53.61	10
Norman Bergamelli	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Fabrizio Tescari		DNF	-	DNF	-
Alberto Tomba		1:02.84	59.33	2:02.17
Angelo Weiss		1:02.77	1:00.95	2:03.72	8

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Gianfranco Martin	1:38.84	53.58	50.27	3:22.69	15
Alessandro Fattori	1:38.25	53.77	DNF	DNF	-
Kristian Ghedina	1:38.14	54.28	50.75	3:23.17	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Bibiana Perez	Downhill			DNF	-
Barbara Merlin				1:38.65	25
Morena Gallizio				1:37.94	14
Isolde Kostner				1:36.85
Bibiana Perez	Super-G			DNF	-
Deborah Compagnoni				1:23.54	17
Morena Gallizio				1:22.73	5
Isolde Kostner				1:22.45
Morena Gallizio	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Sabina Panzanini		1:22.94	1:13.59	2:36.53	15
Lara Magoni		1:21.85	1:12.82	2:34.67	7
Deborah Compagnoni		1:20.37	1:10.60	2:30.67
Lara Magoni	Slalom	1:00.77	59.24	2:00.01	16
Morena Gallizio		1:00.43	57.76	1:58.19	9
Roberta Serra		1:00.39	57.49	1:57.88	7
Deborah Compagnoni		1:00.25	58.01	1:58.26	10

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Barbara Merlin	1:29.67	55.79	51.85	3:17.31	16
Bibiana Perez	1:29.15	52.78	48.71	3:10.64	12
Morena Gallizio	1:28.71	49.94	48.06	3:06.71	4
Isolde Kostner	1:28.52	54.04	DNF	DNF	-

Biathlon

See main article: article and Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Andreas Zingerle	2	31:50.5	44
	Wilfried Pallhuber	3	30:35.2	24
	Pieralberto Carrara	3	30:33.1	23
	Johann Passler	2	29:53.1	13

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Patrick Favre	57:40.3	3	1'00:40.3	22
	Wilfried Pallhuber	55:27.1	5	1'00:27.1	20
	Pieralberto Carrara	56:14.2	4	1'00:14.2	15
	Andreas Zingerle	55:54.1	3	58:54.1	6

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: article and Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Günther Huber Stefano Ticci	Two-man	52.61	3	52.80	2	52.69	1	52.91	2	3:31.01
ITA-2	Pasquale Gesuito Antonio Tartaglia	Two-man	52.92	11	53.33	10	52.89	6	53.31	9	3:32.45	9

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Pasquale Gesuito Paolo Canedi Silvio Calcagno Marcantonio Stiffi	Four-man	52.87	23	52.78	22	52.97	22	53.33	23	3:31.95	22
ITA-2	Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia Bernhard Mair Mirco Ruggiero	Four-man	51.78	3	52.29	9	52.60	17	52.75	17	3:29.42	9

Cross-country skiing

See main article: article and Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Fulvio Valbusa	26:26.2	29
	Giorgio Vanzetta	25:48.1	15
	Silvio Fauner	25:08.1	8
	Marco Albarello	24:42.3
15 km pursuit^1 F	Fulvio Valbusa	40:16.3	22
	Marco Albarello	38:14.1	10
	Giorgio Vanzetta	38:11.6	9
	Silvio Fauner	37:28.6
30 km F	Gianfranco Polvara	DSQ	-
	Giorgio Vanzetta	1'16:35.2	14
	Silvio Fauner	1'15:27.7	7
	Maurilio De Zolt	1'14:55.5	5
50 km C	Gianfranco Polvara	2'18:40.3	31
	Silvio Fauner	2'11:09.6	11
	Giorgio Vanzetta	2'10:16.4	8
	Maurilio De Zolt	2'10:12.1	7

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Gabriella Paruzzi	15:34.7	24
	Bice Vanzetta	15:21.3	19
	Stefania Belmondo	15:04.0	13
	Manuela Di Centa	14:28.3
10 km pursuit^2 F	Bice Vanzetta	32:35.1	34
	Gabriella Paruzzi	30:20.9	18
	Stefania Belmondo	28:13.1
	Manuela Di Centa	27:38.4
15 km F	Sabina Valbusa	45:03.9	26
	Gabriella Paruzzi	43:05.1	12
	Stefania Belmondo	41:33.6	4
	Manuela Di Centa	39:44.5
30 km C	Gabriella Paruzzi	1'33:28.9	30
	Guidina Dal Sasso	1'30:47.5	17
	Manuela Di Centa	1'25:41.6

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Freestyle skiing

See main article: article and Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Walter Osta	Moguls	29.12	14.13	29	did not advance
Simone Mottini		25.95	22.87	22	did not advance
Freddy Romano	Aerials		115.21	23	did not advance
Alessandro Scottà			149.34	21	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Petra Moroder	Moguls	31.35	19.83	22	did not advance
Silvia Marciandi		32.64	22.99	12 Q	29.75	23.36	10

Ice hockey

See main article: article and Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in the two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the consolation round

width=165	Team	width=40	GP	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	T	width=40	GF	width=40	GA	width=40	PTS
	5	3	0	2	26	14	8
	5	3	1	1	17	11	7
	5	3	1	1	23	13	7
	5	1	1	3	21	17	5
	5	1	4	0	15	31	2
	5	0	4	1	11	27	1

	7:2
	4:1
	10:4
	7:3
	7:1

Consolation round

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9th place match|}

Leading scorer

• Team roster
  • Bruno Campese
  • David Delfino
  • Mike Rosati
  • Phil Di Gaetano
  • Robert Oberrauch
  • Leo Insam
  • Jim Camazzola
  • Bill Stewart
  • Anthony Circelli
  • Michael De Angelis
  • Luigi Da Corte
  • Emilio Iovio
  • Lino De Toni
  • Roland Ramoser
  • Maurizio Mansi
  • Bruno Zarrillo
  • Gaetano Orlando
  • Alexander Gschliesser
  • Patrick Brugnoli
  • Lucio Topatigh
  • Martin Pavlu
  • Vezio Sacratini
  • Stephan Figliuzzi
• Head coach: Bryan Lefley

Luge

See main article: article and Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Norbert Huber	50.659	8	50.836	8	50.399	7	50.580	8	3:22.474	6
Arnold Huber	50.558	4	50.763	5	50.546	8	50.551	6	3:22.418	4
Armin Zöggeler	50.441	3	50.601	3	50.365	6	50.426	1	3:21.833

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	48.348	2	48.372	1	1:36.720
Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	48.274	1	48.495	2	1:36.769

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natalie Obkircher	49.046	5	49.252	6	49.181	2	49.458	11	3:16.937	5
Gerda Weissensteiner	48.740	1	48.890	1	48.950	1	48.937	1	3:15.517

Nordic combined

See main article: article and Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
		Points	Rank
Simone Pinzani	Individual	168.0	45	53:26.7	49
Andrea Longo		169.5	43	50:49.1	44
Andrea Cecon		192.5	27	47:25.1	33

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 10 km cross-country skiing

Short track speed skating

See main article: article and Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Orazio Fagone	500 m	DSQ	-	did not advance
Mirko Vuillermin		44.29	1 Q	43.85	2 Q	43.58	1 QA	43.47
Mirko Vuillermin	1000 m	1:33.51	3	did not advance
Orazio Fagone		1:32.19	2 Q	DSQ	-	did not advance
Maurizio Carnino Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Mirko Vuillermin	5000 m relay		7:13.34	1 QA	7:11.74 OR

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Barbara Baldissera	500 m	1:19.62	3	did not advance
Marinella Canclini		47.19	1 Q	1:28.77	4	did not advance
Katia Mosconi		47.90	3	did not advance
Katia Mosconi	1000 m	1:41.51	3	did not advance
Katia Colturi		1:46.89	3	did not advance
Marinella Canclini		1:39.74	2 Q	1:39.20	4	did not advance
Barbara Baldissera Marinella Canclini Katia Colturi Katia Mosconi Mara Urbani	3000 m relay		4:45.18	4 QB	4:34.46	4

Ski jumping

See main article: article and Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ivan Lunardi	Normal hill	84.0	95.5	84.5	103.0	198.5	32
Ivo Pertile		89.5	111.5	80.0	93.0	204.5	31
Roberto Cecon		90.5	115.0	88.5	111.5	226.5	19
Ivo Pertile	Large hill	97.5	72.0	95.5	68.9	140.9	32
Roberto Cecon		104.0	85.2	112.5	103.0	188.2	16
Ivan Lunardi		108.0	92.4	101.5	79.2	171.6	20

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Speed skating

See main article: article and Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Davide Carta	37.98	32
	Alessandro De Taddei	37.87	29
1000 m	Davide Carta	1:16.46	38
	Alessandro De Taddei	1:15.62	30
	Roberto Sighel	1:15.35	25
1500 m	Alessandro De Taddei	DNF	-
	Davide Carta	1:57.46	34
	Roberto Sighel	1:54.51	12
5000 m	Roberto Sighel	6:57.70	15
10,000 m	Roberto Sighel	14:27.59	15

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1500 m	Elisabetta Pizio	2:11.02	29
	Elena Belci	2:05.99	12
3000 m	Elena Belci	DSQ	-
	Elisabetta Pizio	4:32.34	18
5000 m	Elena Belci	7:20.33	4

Sources

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ITA/editions/45 Italy at the 1994 Winter Olympics