1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (Italy)

ITA

2	6th	2

Italy took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano with a delegation of 114 athletes in 13 disciplines in part, including 80 men and 34 women. With two gold, six silver and two bronze medals, Italy reached tenth place in the medal table.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the luge driver Gerda Weißensteiner .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Pieralberto Carrara

  10 km sprint: 10th place (28: 44.2 min)

  20 km individual: silver (56: 21.9 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 9th place (1: 25: 07.3 h)

• René Cattarinussi

  10 km sprint: 52nd place (30: 50.0 min)

  20 km individual: 21st place (1: 00: 00.5 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 9th place (1: 25: 07.3 h)

• Patrick Favre

  20 km individual: 54th place (1: 04: 10.5 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 9th place (1: 25: 07.3 h)

• Hubert Leitgeb

  10 km sprint: 35th place (30: 10.0 min)

• Wilfried Pallhuber

  10 km sprint: 14th place (28: 50.1 min)

  20 km individual: 41st place (1: 02: 07.7 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 9th place (1: 25: 07.3 h)

Women

• Nathalie Santer

  7.5 km sprint: 10th place (23: 59.6 min)

  15 km individual: 18th place (58: 01.0 min)

bob

Men, twos

• Günther Huber , Antonio Tartaglia (ITA-1)

  Gold (3: 37.24 min)

• Fabrizio Tosini , Enrico Costa (ITA-2)

  14th place (3: 39.61 min)

Men, foursome

• Günther Huber , Antonio Tartaglia , Massimiliano Rota , Marco Menchini (ITA-1)

  14th place (2: 41.43 min)

• Fabrizio Tosini , Andrea Pais de Libera , Enrico Costa , Sergio Chianella (ITA-2)

  20th place (2: 43.02 min)

ice Hockey

Men

Mike Rosati Mario Brunetta David Delfino Chad Biafore Larry Rucchin Christopher Bartolone Robert Nardella Michael De Angelis Leo Insam Robert Oberrauch Markus Brunner Stefan Figiluzzi

Gaetano Orlando Bruno Zarrillo Dino Felicetti Roland Ramoser Lucio Topatigh Maurizio Mansi Giuseppe Busillo Martin Pavlu Mario Chitaroni Patrick Brugnoli Stefano Margoni

• 12th place

figure skating

Men

• Gilberto Viadana

  23rd place (35.0)

Women

• Tony Sabrina Bombardieri

  27th place (not qualified for the freestyle)

Ice dance

• Diane Gerencser & Pasquale Camerlengo

  17th place (33.2)

• Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio

  6th place (12.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Davide Carta

  500 m: 30th place (73.91 s)

  1000 m: 14th place (1: 12.27 min)

  1500 m: 23rd place (1: 52.44 min)

• Ermanno Ioriatti

  500 m: 9th place (72.66 s)

  1000 m: 27th place (1: 12.83 min)

  1500 m: 24th place (1: 52.45 min)

• Roberto Sighel

  5000 m: 9th place (6: 38.33 min)

  10,000 m: 9th place (13: 46.85 min)

Women

• Elena Belci

  3000 m: 11th place (4: 16.62 min)

  5000 m: 9th place (7: 15.58 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Freddy Romano

  Jumping: 14th place (eliminated in qualification)

Women

• Petra Moroder

  Moguls: 22nd place (eliminated in qualification)

Nordic combination

• Andrea Longo

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 22nd place (45: 26.2 min)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Norbert Huber

  10th place (3: 20.138 min)

• Reinhold Rainer

  8th place (3: 19.946 min)

• Armin Zöggeler

  Silver (3: 18.939 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Kurt Brugger & Wilfried Huber

  5th place (1: 41.768 min)

• Gerhard Plankensteiner & Oswald Haselrieder

  6th place (1: 41.917 min)

Women

• Natalie Obkircher

  12th place (3: 26.677 min)

• Doris Preindl

  26th place (3: 31.296 min)

• Gerda Weissensteiner

  9th place (3: 26.113 min)

Short track

Men

• Michele Antonioli

  1000 m: disqualified in the preliminary round

  5000 m relay: 4th place (7: 15.212 min)

• Nicola Franceschina

  5000 m relay: 4th place (7: 15.212 min)

• Maurizio Carnino

  500 m: 15th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: 4th place (7: 15.212 min)

• Fabio Carta

  500 m: 11th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 6th place (1: 33.015 min)

  5000 m relay: 4th place (7: 15.212 min)

• Diego Cattani

  5000 m relay: 4th place (7: 15.212 min)

Women

• Barbara Baldissera

  500 m: 17th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

• Marinella Canclini

  500 m: 30th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  1000 m: 16th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

• Katia Colturi

  1000 m: 22nd place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

• Mara Urbani

  500 m: 5th place (46.687 s)

  1000 m: 21st place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Sergio Bergamelli

  Giant Slalom: 16th place (2: 42.78 min)

• Luca Cattaneo

  Departure: race not finished

  Combination: Downhill race not finished

• Alessandro Fattori

  Super-G: 4th place (1: 35.61 min)

  Combination: 6th place (3: 17.00 min)

• Kristian Ghedina

  Downhill: 6th place (1: 50.76 min)

  Super-G: 16th place (1: 36.70 min)

  Combination: Downhill race not finished

• Patrick Holzer

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Matteo Nana

  Giant Slalom: 15th place (2: 42.37 min)

  Slalom: 11th place (1: 51.96 min)

• Werner Perathoner

  Downhill: 16th place (1: 52.36 min)

  Super-G: 15th place (1: 36.64 min)

• Peter Runggaldier

  Departure: race not finished

  Super-G: 19th place (1: 37.00 min)

• Erik Seletto

  Combination: 10th place (3: 23.23 min)

• Fabrizio Tescari

  Slalom: race not finished

• Alberto Tomba

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: race not finished

• Angelo Weiss

  Slalom: 16th place (1: 52.80 min)

Women

• Elisabetta Biavaschi

  Slalom: race not finished

• Deborah Compagnoni

  Giant Slalom: Gold (2: 50.59 min)

  Slalom: Silver (1: 32.46 min)

• Morena Gallizio

  Downhill: 26th place (1: 32.22 min)

  Slalom: 8th place (1: 34.87 min)

  Combination: 5th place (2: 42.52 min)

• Isolde Kostner

  Departure: race not finished

  Super-G: 11th place (1: 18.62 min)

• Lara Magoni

  Slalom: 15th place (1: 36.63 min)

• Alessandra Merlin

  Downhill: 21st place (1: 31.44 min)

• Barbara Merlin

  Super-G: 23rd place (1: 19.64 min)

• Sabina Panzanini

  Giant Slalom: 8th place (2: 54.09 min)

• Bibiana Perez

  Downhill: 20th place (1: 31.43 min)

  Super-G: 22nd place (1: 19.47 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Karen Putzer

  Super-G: 28th place (1: 20.16 min)

  Giant Slalom: 23rd place (2: 59.04 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Marco Albarello

  10 km classic: 26th place (29: 10.1 min)

  30 km classic: 7th place (1: 38: 07.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 40: 55.9 h)

• Giorgio Di Centa

  30 km classic: 8th place (1: 38: 14.9 h)

• Silvio Fauner

  10 km classic: 10th place (28: 15.5 min)

  15 km pursuit: 4th place (40: 24.9 min)

  30 km classic: bronze (1: 36: 08.5 h)

  50 km freestyle: 10th place (2: 08: 44.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 40: 55.9 h)

• Fabio Maj

  10 km classic: 28th place (29: 13.8 min)

  15 km pursuit: 13th place (41: 31.4 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 40: 55.9 h)

• Pietro Piller Cottrer

  50 km freestyle: 16th place (2: 12: 37.9 h)

• Maurizio Pozzi

  50 km freestyle: 9th place (2: 08: 13.2 h)

• Fulvio Valbusa

  10 km classic: 11th place (28: 17.0 min)

  15 km pursuit: 5th place (40: 25.1 min)

  30 km classic: 5th place (1: 37: 31.1 h)

  50 km freestyle: 5th place (2: 06: 44.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 40: 55.9 h)

Women

• Stefania Belmondo

  5 km classic: 12th place (18: 19.8 min)

  10 km pursuit: 5th place (28: 42.6 min)

  15 km classic: 8th place (48: 57.7 min)

  30 km freestyle: silver (1: 22: 11.7 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze (56: 53.3 min)

• Antonella Confortola

  15 km classic: 27th place (51: 07.6 min)

  30 km freestyle: 20th place (1: 29: 31.6 h)

• Manuela Di Centa

  5 km classic: 21st place (18: 48.9 min)

  10 km pursuit: 23rd place (30: 47.1 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze (56: 53.3 min)

• Karin Moroder

  15 km classic: 30th place (51: 36.1 min)

  30 km freestyle: race not finished

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze (56: 53.3 min)

• Gabriella Paruzzi

  5 km classic: 9th place (18: 14.7 min)

  10 km pursuit: 12th place (29: 36.8 min)

  15 km classic: 14th place (49: 20.7 min)

  30 km freestyle: 10th place (1: 26: 06.0 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: bronze (56: 53.3 min)

• Sabina Valbusa

  5 km classic: 29th place (19:00, 6 min)

  10 km pursuit: 17th place (30: 34.0 min)

Ski jumping

• Roberto Cecon

  Normal hill: 32nd place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Large hill: 22nd place (217.6)

Snowboard

Men

• Karl Frenademez

  Giant Slalom: 7th place (2: 05.34 min)

• Elmar Messner

  Giant Slalom: 13th place (2: 09.41 min)

• Thomas Prugger

  Giant Slalom: Silver (2: 03.98 min)

• Willi Trakofler

  Giant slalom: 11th place (2: 7.30 min)

Women

• Dagmar Mair under the harrows

  Giant Slalom: 7th place (2: 22.42 min)

• Margherita Parini

  Giant Slalom: 13th place (2: 27.57 min)

• Alessandra Pescosta

  Halfpipe: 20th place (not qualified for the final)

• Marion Posch

  Giant Slalom: 6th place (2: 21.34 min)

• Lidia Trettel

  Giant Slalom: 4th place (2: 19.71 min)

Web links

• Italy at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )