1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (Italy)
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Italy took part in the VII Winter Olympics in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 65 athletes in all eight disciplines, including 53 men and 12 women. With one gold medal and two silver medals, the host was the eighth best nation at the Games. The bobsleigh drivers Lamberto Dalla Costa and Giacomo Conti became Olympic champions in the two-man bobsleigh ahead of Eugenio Monti and Renzo Alverà , who won silver. Monti and Alverà also securedanother silver medal in the four-man bobsleighwith Ulrico Girardi and Renato Mocellini .
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the ski jumper Nilo Zandanel .
Participants by sport
bob
Men, twos
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Lamberto Dalla Costa , Giacomo Conti (ITA-1)
- Gold (5: 30.14 min)
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Eugenio Monti , Renzo Alverà (ITA-2)
- Silver (5: 31.45 min)
Men, foursome
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Dino De Martin , Giovanni De Martin , Giovanni Tabacchi , Carlo Da Prà (ITA-1)
- 5th place (5: 14.66 min)
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Eugenio Monti , Ulrico Girardi , Renato Mocellini , Renzo Alverà (ITA-2)
- Silver (5: 12.10 min)
ice Hockey
Men
- 7th place
figure skating
Women
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Manuela Angeli
- 21st place (133.51)
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Fiorella Negro
- 15th place (142.31)
Speed skating
Men
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Guido Caroli
- 500 m: 33rd place (43.9 s)
- 1500 m: 42nd place (2: 20.0 min)
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Guido Citterio
- 500 m: 22nd place (43.1 s)
- 1500 m: 27th place (2: 16.5 min)
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Remo Tomasi
- 1500 m: 48th place (2: 22.2 min)
- 5000 m: 45th place (8: 48.3 min)
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Carlo Calzà
- 5000 m: 41st place (8: 41.1 min)
- 10,000 m: 32nd place (18: 32.8 min)
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Paolino Dimai
- 5000 m: 44th place (8: 48.0 min)
Nordic combination
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Aldo Pedrana
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 31st place (391,400)
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Enzo Perin
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 20th place (418,600)
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Alfred Prucker
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 8th place (431,100)
Alpine skiing
Men
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Bruno Burrini
- Downhill: 9th place (3: 02.4 min)
- Giant Slalom: 25th place (3: 23.1 min)
- Slalom: 27th place (4: 00.4 min)
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Gino Burrini
- Departure: 6th place (3: 00.2 min)
- Giant Slalom: 10th place (3: 12.3 min)
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Paride Milianti
- Departure: disqualified
- Slalom: disqualified
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Lino Zecchini
- Departure: disqualified
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Guido Ghedina
- Giant slalom: 11th place (3: 15.6 min)
- Slalom: 17th place (3: 40.7 min)
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Dino Pompanin
- Giant Slalom: 24th place (3: 22.4 min)
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Italo Pedroncelli
- Slalom: disqualified
Women
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Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo
- Downhill: 4th place (1: 47.3 min)
- Giant Slalom: 13th place (2: 01.5 min)
- Slalom: 4th place (1: 56.8 min)
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Cristina Ebner
- Slalom: disqualified
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Carla Marchelli
- Downhill: 6th place (1: 47.7 min)
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Maria Grazia Marchelli
- Giant Slalom: 28th place (2: 05.2 min)
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Anna Pellissier
- Downhill: 11th place (1: 49.7 min)
- Giant Slalom: 17th place (2: 02.4 min)
- Slalom: 16th place (2: 06.5 min)
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Vera Schenone
- Downhill: 36th place (1: 59.2 min)
- Giant slalom: disqualified
- Slalom: 29th place (2: 37.2 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Innocenzo Chatrian
- 15 km: 25th place (53:46 min)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 5th place (2:23:28 h)
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Ottavio Compagnoni
- 15 km: 11th place (51:42 min)
- 30 km: disqualified
- 4 × 10 km relay: 5th place (2:23:28 h)
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Pompeo Fattor
- 15 km: 24th place (53:45 min)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 5th place (2:23:28 h)
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Federico de Florian
- 15 km: 17th place (52:48 min)
- 30 km: 13th place (1:49:16 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 5th place (2:23:28 h)
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Arrigo Delladio
- 30 km: 24th place (1:54:27 h)
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Camillo Zanolli
- 30 km: 26th place (1:54:42 h)
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Gioacchino Busin
- 50 km: 21st place (3:21:05 h)
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Gianni Carrara
- 50 km: 17th place (3:14:39 h)
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Vigilio me
- 50 km: 16th place (3:11:59 h)
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Battista Mismetti
- 50 km: 23rd place (3:23:15 h)
Women
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Rita Bottero
- 10 km: 30th place (44:03 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: 8th place (1:16:11 h)
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Anita Parmesani
- 10 km: 37th place (47:37 min)
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Fides Romanin
- 10 km: 31st place (44:17 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: 8th place (1:16:11 h)
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Ildegarda Taffra
- 10 km: 23rd place (42:51 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: 8th place (1:16:11 h)
Ski jumping
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Luigi Pennacchio
- Normal hill: 37th place (180.5)
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Enzo Perin
- Normal hill: 48th place (164.0)
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Alfred Prucker
- Normal hill: 38th place (179.5)
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Tito Tolin
- Normal hill: 33rd place (184.5)
Web links
- Italy at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )