1980 Winter Olympics / Participant (Italy)

ITA

-	2	-

Italy participated in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid with a delegation of 46 athletes (34 men, 12 women). The alpine ski racer Gustavo Thoeni was chosen as the flag bearer of the Italian team for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men's:

• Angelo Carrara

  20 km: 21st place

• Adriano Darioli

  10 km: 25th place

  20 km: 19th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 9th place

• Celestino Midali

  4 × 7.5 km: 9th place

• Arduino Tiraboschi

  10 km: 31st place

  20 km: 10th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 9th place

• Luigi Weiss

  10 km: 18th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 9th place

bob

Two-man bobsleigh: Andrea Jory / Edmund Lanziner (ITA I) 14th place Giuseppe Soravia / Georg Werth (ITA II) 16th place

Four-man bobsleigh: Andrea Jory / Edmund Lanziner / Giovanni Modena / Georg Werth 11th place

figure skating

Women:

• Franca Bianconi

  19th place

• Susanna Driano

  8th place

Speed ​​skating

Women: Marzia Peretti 500 m: DNF 1000 m: 36th place

Men's: Maurizio Marchetto 1500 m: 28th place 5000 m: 23rd place 10,000 m: 22nd place Giovanni Paganin 500 m: 28th place 1000 m: 28th place

Sledding

Women: Monika Auer 16th place Angelika Aukenthaler 11th place Maria Luise Rainer DNF

Men's: Karl Brunner DNF Ernst Haspinger 21st place Paul Hildgartner

Double seater: Karl Brunner / Peter Gschnitzer Hansjörg Raffl / Alfred Silginer 5th place

Alpine skiing

Women: Wanda Bieler Giant Slalom: DNF Wilma Gatta Slalom: 10th place Claudia Giordani Giant slalom: 10th place Slalom: 5th place Cristina Gravina Departure: 15th place Maria Rosa Quario Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: 4th place Daniela Zini Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: 7th place

Men's: Mauro Bernardi Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Paolo De Chiesa Slalom: DNF Giuliano Giardini Departure: 15th place Alex Giorgi Giant Slalom: DNF Piero Gros Giant Slalom: DNF Bruno Nöckler Giant slalom: 6th place Slalom: DNF Herbert Plank Departure: 6th place Gustav Thöni Slalom: 8th place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men's:

• Giulio Capitanio

  15 km: 39th place

  30 km: 27th place

  4 × 10 km: 6th place

• Benedetto Carrara

  30 km: 34th place

  4 × 10 km: 6th place

• Maurilio De Zolt

  15 km: 31st place

  30 km: 20th place

  50 km: DNF

  4 × 10 km: 6th place

• Gianfranco Polvara

  50 km: 32nd place

• Roberto Primus

  30 km: 43rd place

  50 km: 25th place

• Giampaolo Rupil

  15 km: DNF

• Giorgio Vanzetta

  15 km: 34th place

  4 × 10 km: 6th place

Ski jumping

• Lido Tomasi

  Normal hill: 38th place

  Large hill: 46th place

Web links

• Italian Olympic team 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )