1976 Winter Olympics / Participant (Italy)

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Italy took part in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in the Austrian Innsbruck with a delegation of 58 athletes, 47 men and 11 women in nine sports part.

It was Italy's twelfth participation in the Winter Olympics since 1924 .

Flag bearer

The alpine ski racer Gustavo Thoeni carried the flag of Italy during the opening ceremony in the Bergisel Stadium .

Medals

With a recovered gold, two silver and a bronze medal, the Italian team finished 10th in the medals table .

gold

• Alpine skiing
  • Piero Gros : men, slalom

silver

• Alpine skiing
  • Claudia Giordani : women, slalom
  • Gustavo Thoeni : men, slalom

bronze

• Alpine skiing
  • Herbert Plank : Gentlemen, departure

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women

• Wanda Bieler

  Downhill: 20th place - 1: 50.58 min

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: 8th place - 1: 35.66 min

• Wilma Gatta

  Giant slalom: 13th place - 1: 31.44 min

  Slalom: - 1: 30.87 min

• Claudia Giordani

  Giant slalom: 7th place - 1: 30.51 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Paola Hofer

  Departure: 15th place - 1: 49.60 min

  Giant slalom: 23rd place - 1: 32.67 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Jolanda Plank

  Departure: 25th place - 1: 52.50 min

Men

• Franco Bieler

  Giant slalom: 8th place - 3: 30.24 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Piero Gros

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: - 2: 03.29 min

• Herbert Plank

  Departure: - 1: 46.59 min

• Fausto Radici

  Giant slalom: 7th place - 3: 30.09 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Erwin Stricker

  Departure: DNF

• Gustav Thöni

  Downhill: 26th place - 1: 49.25 min

  Giant slalom: 4th place - 3: 27.67 min

  Slalom: - 2: 03.73 min

• Roland Thöni

  Departure: 14th place - 1: 48.13 min

biathlon

Men

• Willy Bertin

  Individual (20 km): 4th place - 1:16: 50.36 h; 3 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 6th place - 2:06: 16.55 h; 3 mistakes

• Pierantonio Clementi

  Individual (20 km): 23rd place - 1: 23: 08.86 h; 7 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 6th place - 2:06: 16.55 h; 3 mistakes

• Lino Jordan

  Individual (20 km): 7th place - 1:17: 49.83 h; 2 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 6th place - 2:06: 16.55 h; 3 mistakes

• Luigi Weiss

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 6th place - 2:06: 16.55 h; 3 mistakes

bob

Men, two-man bobsleigh

• Giorgio Alverà / Franco Perruquet (ITA I)

  8th place - 3: 47.30 min

• Nevio De Zordo / Ezio Fiori (ITA II)

  16th place - 3: 51.12 min

Men, four-man bobsleigh

• Giorgio Alverà / Adriano Bee / Francesco Butteri / Piero Vegnuti (ITA I)

  12th place - 3: 45.87 min

• Lino Benoni / Nevio De Zordo / Ezio Fiori / Roberto Porzia (ITA II)

  11th place - 3: 45.80 min

figure skating

Women

• Susanna Driano

  7th place

Couples, ice dance

• Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani

  6th place

• Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni

  14th place

• Stefania Bertele / Walter Cecconi

  16th place

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Ivano Bamberghi

  5000 m: 28th place - 8: 21.04 min

• Maurizio Marchetto

  5000 m: 21st place - 8: 04.07 min

  10,000 m: 17th place - 16: 22.55 min

• Floriano Martello

  1000 m: 26th place - 1: 26.54 min

  1500 m: 25th place - 2: 09.68 min

• Giovanni Panciera

  1500 m: DNF

• Bruno Toniolli

  500 m: 23rd place - 41.44 sec

  1000 m: 14th place - 1: 22.83 min

  1500 m: 19th place - 2: 05.66 min

• Loris Vellar

  5000 m: 31st place - 8: 31.85 min

Sledding

Women

• Sarah fields

  11th place - 2: 53.623 min

• Maria Luise Rainer

  16th place - 2: 59.531 min

Men, single-seaters

• Karl Brunner

  11th place - 3: 33.188 min

• Peter Gschnitzer

  37th place - 4: 08.760 min

• Paul Hildgartner

  DNF

Men, two-seaters

• Karl Feichter / Ernst Haspinger

  7th place - 1: 27.171 min

• Paul Hildgartner / Walter Plaikner

  11th place - 1: 27.839 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Tonio Biondini

  50 km: DNF

  4x10 km relay: 7th place - 2: 12: 07.12 h

• Giulio Capitanio

  15 km: 21st place - 46: 51.14 min

  30 km: 28th place - 1: 35: 58.29 h

  4x10 km relay: 7th place - 2: 12: 07.12 h

• Renzo Chiocchetti

  15 km: 29th place - 46: 11.22 min

  30 km: 38th place - 1: 37: 15.82 h

  4x10 km relay: 7th place - 2: 12: 07.12 h

• Carlo Favre

  50 km: DNF

• Ulrico Kostner

  30 km: 41st place - 1: 37: 49.85 h

  50 km: DNF

  4x10 km relay: 7th place - 2: 12: 07.12 h

• Fabrizio Pedranzini

  15 km: 53rd place - 48: 58.30 min

• Roberto Primus

  15 km: 36th place - 47: 29.02 min

  30 km: 34th place - 1: 36: 40.33 h

  50 km: DNF

Ski jumping

• Francesco Giacomelli

  Normal hill: 49th place - 191.9 points

  Large hill: 44th place - 157.6 points

• Marcello Bazzana

  Normal hill: 38th place - 205.8 points

  Large hill: 51st place - 138.0 points

• Leo De Crignis

  Normal hill: 50th place - 190.8 points

  Large hill: 49th place - 143.3 points

• Lido Tomasi

  Normal hill: 45th place - 203.3 points

  Large hill: 47th place - 152.1 points

Nordic combination

• Modesto De Silvestro

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 32nd place

• Francesco Giacomelli

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 31st place

Web links

• Italian Olympic Team 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )