Italy at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Italy at the 1984 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sarajevo
Competitors	74 (59 men, 15 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Paul Hildgartner (luge)
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 2
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Italy competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Paul Hildgartner	Luge	Men's singles	12 February
Gold	Paoletta Magoni	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	17 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Danilo Sbardellotto	Downhill					1:48.06	20
Alberto Ghidoni						1:47.87	16
Michael Mair						1:47.70	15
Alberto Ghidoni	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Oswald Tötsch		1:22.94	16	1:22.03	13	2:44.97	15
Roberto Erlacher		1:22.36	13	1:21.73	12	2:44.09	12
Alex Giorgi		1:22.05	9	1:20.95	3	2:43.00	7
Paolo De Chiesa	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Roberto Grigis		53.19	12	DNF	–	DNF	–
Oswald Tötsch		52.81	7	47.67	1	1:40.48	5
Alex Giorgi		51.96	4	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paoletta Magoni	Giant Slalom	1:12.56	36	1:15.31	32	2:27.87	32
Fulvia Stevenin		1:12.09	29	DNF	–	DNF	–
Daniela Zini		1:12.07	28	1:14.26	25	2:26.33	25
Fulvia Stevenin	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Maria Rosa Quario		49.68	13	48.31	2	1:37.99	7
Daniela Zini		49.32	8	48.83	8	1:38.15	9
Paoletta Magoni		48.85	4	47.62	1	1:36.47

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Johann Passler	4	34:31.4	35
	Andreas Zingerle	5	34:07.5	29
	Gottlieb Taschler	1	33:04.9	19

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Adriano Darioli	1'13:14.0	8	1'21:14.0	28
	Marco Zanon	1'15:59.9	4	1'19:59.9	19
	Andreas Zingerle	1'12:21.7	4	1'16:21.7	9

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Adriano Darioli Gottlieb Taschler Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle	0	1'42:32.8	5

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

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 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	Guerrino Ghedina Andrea Meneghin	Two-man	52.40	9	52.46	8	51.82	6	52.41	9	3:29.09	7
ITA-2	Marco Bellodis Stefano Ticci	Two-man	52.69	11	52.73	9	52.28	11	52.32	7	3:30.02	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	Alex Wolf Georg Beikircher Pasquale Gesuito Umberto Prato	Four-man	51.12	16	51.19	12	51.57	17	51.63	17	3:25.51	17
ITA-2	Guerrino Ghedina Stefano Ticci Paolo Scaramuzza Andrea Meneghin	Four-man	50.66	8	50.93	6	51.00	6	51.18	7	3:23.77	8

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Gianfranco Polvara	44:35.7	34
	Giulio Capitanio	43:50.8	24
	Giorgio Vanzetta	42:54.9	14
	Maurilio De Zolt	42:40.0	9
30 km	Alfred Runggaldier	DSQ	–
	Giulio Capitanio	1'34:22.6	26
	Giorgio Vanzetta	1'33:54.3	24
	Maurilio De Zolt	1'31:58.7	9
50 km	Giulio Capitanio	2'28:51.7	34
	Giorgio Vanzetta	2'27:08.3	30
	Maurilio De Zolt	2'25:14.9	22
	Gianfranco Polvara	2'25:07.5	21

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Maurilio De Zolt Alfred Runggaldier Giulio Capitanio Giorgio Vanzetta	1'59:30.3	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Paola Pozzoni	18:51.9	33
	Clara Angerer	18:47.9	31
	Guidina Dal Sasso	18:24.9	24
	Manuela Di Centa	18:24.9	24
10 km	Clara Angerer	35:31.1	35
	Paola Pozzoni	35:30.8	34
	Manuela Di Centa	34:41.6	28
	Guidina Dal Sasso	33:48.2	16
20 km	Germana Sperotto	1'10:24.1	35
	Manuela Di Centa	1'07:10.5	26
	Guidina Dal Sasso	1'04:44.1	10

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Clara Angerer Paola Pozzoni Manuela Di Centa Guidina Dal Sasso	1'11:12.3	9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Karin Telser	11	15	16	28.6	15

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Isabella Micheli Roberto Pelizzola	15	15	14	29.0	15

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	42	5	10
Sweden	5	3	1	1	34	15	7
West Germany	5	3	1	1	27	17	7
Poland	5	1	4	0	16	37	2
Italy	5	1	4	0	15	31	2
Yugoslavia	5	1	4	0	8	37	2

• Sweden 11-3 Italy
• USSR 5-1 Italy
• Italy 6-1 Poland
• Yugoslavia 5-1 Italy
• West Germany 9-4 Italy

Contestants Lodovico Migliori Thomas Milani Martin Pavlu Norbert Prünster Adolf Insam Adriano Tancon Constant Priondolo David Tomassoni Erwin Kostner Fabrizio Kasslatter Gary Farelli Gerard Ciarcia Gino Pasqualott Grant Goegan John Bellio Marco Capone Michael Mair Mike Mastrullo Norbert Gasser Roberto De Piero

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1984 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	46.888	14	46.629	10	46.265	4	46.127	4	3:05.909	9
Paul Hildgartner	46.182	3	46.271	2	45.871	1	45.934	1	3:04.258
Ernst Haspinger	46.157	1	46.562	7	46.438	8	46.170	5	3:05.327	6

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	42.369	9	41.984	6	1:24.353	6
Helmuth Brunner Walter Brunner	42.039	5	42.749	11	1:24.788	10

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Monika Auer	44.466	23	42.830	13	41.910	4	42.070	9	2:51.276	13
Veronika Oberhuber	43.466	15	42.534	9	42.192	8	42.037	8	2:50.229	11
Maria Luise Rainer	42.560	7	42.320	6	42.330	12	41.928	6	2:49.138	6

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Sandro Sambugaro	Normal hill	72.5	75.5	78.5	86.1	161.6	43
Massimo Rigoni		78.0	87.3	85.0	103.0	190.3	16
Lido Tomasi		87.0	101.7	78.0	86.3	188.0	21
Sandro Sambugaro	Large hill	88.0	68.9	88.0	69.4	138.3	44
Massimo Rigoni		92.0	78.5	94.0	80.8	159.3	34
Lido Tomasi		100.5	91.9	88.0	69.4	161.3	33

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Giorgio Paganin	40.54	33
1000 m	Giorgio Paganin	1:20.89	32
1500 m	Giorgio Paganin	2:04.97	35
5000 m	Maurizio Marchetto	7:36.87	22
10,000 m	Maurizio Marchetto	15:19.77	20

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Marzia Peretti	43.63	17
1000 m	Marzia Peretti	1:30.33	33

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com