Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Participant (Italy)

ITA

4th	4th	5

Italy took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA, with a delegation of 109 athletes in twelve disciplines, including 63 men and 46 women. With four gold, four silver and five bronze medals, Italy was the seventh most successful nation at the Games.

Olympic champions were Armin Zöggeler in luge , Daniela Ceccarelli in Super-G , Stefania Belmondo in cross-country skiing over 15 km and Gabriella Paruzzi , also in cross-country skiing, over 30 km. Belmondo also won silver behind Paruzzi over 30 km and bronze over 10 km. The other silver medals were won by the men's 4 × 10 km relay in cross-country skiing, Isolde Kostner in the downhill and the men's 5000 m relay in the short track . Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Margaglio secured bronze in the ice dance , Karen Putzer in the Super-G, Cristian Zorzi in the sprint race of cross-country skiing over 1.5 km and the snowboarder Lidia Trettel in the parallel giant slalom .

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the ski racer Isolde Kostner.

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• René Cattarinussi

  10 km sprint: 22nd place (26: 37.3 min)

  12.5 km pursuit: 20th place (35: 00.9 min)

  20 km individual: 21st place (54: 57.2 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 16th place (1: 30: 56.3 h)

• Devis Da Canal

  10 km sprint: 68th place (28: 25.9 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 16th place (1: 30: 56.3 h)

• Paolo Longo

  10 km sprint: 49th place (27: 31.9 min)

  12.5 km pursuit: 37th place (36: 38.8 min)

  20 km individual: 33rd place (56: 11.9 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 16th place (1: 30: 56.3 h)

• Wilfried Pallhuber

  10 km sprint: 50th place (27: 35.7 min)

  12.5 km pursuit: 33rd place (36: 19.7 min)

  20 km individual: 50th place (57: 33.2 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 16th place (1: 30: 56.3 h)

• René-Laurent Vuillermoz

  20 km individual: 72nd place (1: 00: 00.7 h)

Women

• Katja Haller

  15 km individual: 47th place (53: 44.0 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 11th place (1: 34: 03.7 h)

• Siegrid Pallhuber

  7.5 km sprint: 68th place (26: 20.9 min)

• Michela Ponza

  7.5 km sprint: 46th place (23: 36.9 min)

  10 km pursuit: 38th place (35: 54.7 min)

  15 km individual: 36th place (52: 13.6 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 11th place (1: 34: 03.7 h)

• Nathalie Santer

  7.5 km sprint: 40th place (23: 14.7 min)

  15 km individual: race not finished

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 11th place (1: 34: 03.7 h)

• Saskia Santer

  7.5 km sprint: 36th place (23: 11.2 min)

  10 km pursuit: 42nd place (36: 41.8 min)

  15 km individual: 49th place (54: 14.7 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 11th place (1: 34: 03.7 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Günther Huber , Antonio Tartaglia (ITA-1)

  8th place (3: 11.64 min)

• Cristian La Grassa , Fabrizio Tosini (ITA-2)

  11th place (3: 12.60 min)

Men, foursome

• Fabrizio Tosini , Andrea Pais de Libera , Massimiliano Rota , Giona Cividino (ITA-1)

  19th place (3: 10.96 min)

Women

• Gerda Weißensteiner , Antonella Bellutti (ITA-1)

  7th place (1: 39.21 min)

figure skating

Men

• Angelo Dolfini

  26th place (competition not finished)

Women

• Silvia Fontana

  10th place (17.5)

• Vanessa Giunchi

  20th place (30.5)

Couples

• Michela Cobisi & Ruben De Pra

  19th place (28.5)

Ice dance

• Federica Faiella & Massimo Scali

  18th place (35.4)

• Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio

  Bronze (6.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Davide Carta

  500 m: 23rd place (71.39 s)

  1000 m: 26th place (1: 09.81 min)

• Stefano Donagrandi

  1500 m: 24th place (1: 47.72 min)

  5000 m: 20th place (6: 32.37 min)

• Enrico Fabris

  1500 m: 26th place (1: 47.83 min)

  5000 m: 16th place (6: 30.19 min)

• Dino Gillarduzzi

  500 m: 30th place (72.69 s)

  1000 m: 36th place (1: 10.96 min)

• Ermanno Ioriatti

  500 m: race not finished

• Roberto Sighel

  1500 m: 31st place (1: 48.40 min)

  5000 m: 7th place (6: 25.11 min)

  10,000 m: 7th place (13: 26.19 min)

Women

• Nicola Mayr

  1500 m: 27th place (2: 00.73 min)

  3000 m: 22nd place (4: 15.79 min)

• Chiara Simionato

  500 m: 16th place (76.92 s)

  1000 m: 10th place (1: 14.86 min)

  1500 m: 16th place (1: 58.52 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Simone Galli

  Mogul slope: 25th place (eliminated in qualification)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Wilfried Huber

  9th place (2: 59.319 min)

• Reinhold Rainer

  12th place (2: 59.754 min)

• Armin Zöggeler

  Gold (2: 57.941 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Christian Oberstolz & Patrick Gruber

  17th place (1: 29.303 min)

• Gerhard Plankensteiner & Oswald Haselrieder

  7th place (1: 26.616 min)

Women

• Maria Feichter

  22nd place (2: 56.450 min)

• Natalie Obkircher

  17th place (2: 55.727 min)

• Waltraud Schiefer

  16th place (2: 55.716 min)

Short track

Men

• Michele Antonioli

  5000 m relay: Silver (6: 56.327 min)

• Maurizio Carnino

  5000 m relay: Silver (6: 56.327 min)

• Fabio Carta

  500 m: 9th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 6th place (1: 35.589 min)

  1500 m: 4th place (2: 18.947 min)

  5000 m relay: Silver (6: 56.327 min)

• Nicola Franceschina

  500 m: 12th place (disqualified in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: Silver (6: 56.327 min)

• Nicola Rodigari

  1000 m: 13th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1500 m: 14th place (eliminated in the semi-finals)

  5000 m relay: Silver (6: 56.327 min)

Women

• Marinella Canclini

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 20.014 min)

• Marta Capurso

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

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 20.014 min)

• Evelina Rodigari

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 20.014 min)

• Katia Zini

  1000 m: disqualified in the preliminary run

  1500 m: 27th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 20.014 min)

• Mara Zini

  500 m: 8th place (45.494 s)

  1000 m: 11th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1500 m: 9th place (2: 32.513 min)

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 20.014 min)

skeleton

Men

• Christian Steger

  19th place (1: 44.40 min)

Women

• Dany Locati

  9th place (1: 46.65 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Giancarlo Bergamelli

  Slalom: race not finished

• Massimiliano Blardone

  Giant Slalom: 8th place (2: 24.87 min)

• Alessandro Fattori

  Downhill: 19th place (1: 41.24 min)

  Super-G: race not finished

  Combination: 13th place (3: 25.57 min)

• Roland Fischnaller

  Downhill: 17th place (1: 40.85 min)

  Super-G: 17th place (1: 23.87 min)

• Kristian Ghedina

  Downhill: 35th place (1: 42.54 min)

• Alan Perathoner

  Slalom: race not finished

• Alexander Ploner

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Giorgio Rocca

  Giant Slalom: 26th place (2: 27.85 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Alessandro Roberto

  Giant Slalom: 22nd place (2: 27.53 min)

• Patrick Staudacher

  Super-G: 18th place (1: 23.95 min)

  Combination: 7th place (3: 22.47 min)

• Kurt Sulzenbacher

  Downhill: 22nd place (1: 41.56 min)

  Super-G: 26th place (1: 26.44 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Edoardo Zardini

  Slalom: race not finished

Women

• Silke Bachmann

  Giant Slalom: 16th place (2: 33.94 min)

  Slalom: 18th place (1: 52.94 min)

• Patrizia Bassis

  Downhill: 17th place (1: 41.56 min)

  Super-G: race not finished

  Combination: 21st place (2: 58.08 min)

• Daniela Ceccarelli

  Downhill: 20th place (1: 42.03 min)

  Super-G: Gold (1: 13.59 min)

  Combination: 15th place (2: 51.81 min)

• Nicole Gius

  Giant Slalom: 19th place (2: 35.54 min)

  Slalom: 10th place (1: 51.01 min)

• Denise Karbon

  Giant Slalom: 14th place (2: 33.56 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Isolde Kostner

  Downhill: Silver (1: 40.01 min)

  Super-G: 13th place (1: 14.99 min)

• Karen Putzer

  Super-G: Bronze (1: 13.86 min)

  Giant Slalom: 10th place (2: 32.94 min)

• Lucia Recchia

  Downhill: 24th place (1: 42.80 min)

  Combination: 18th place (2: 53.10 min)

• Elena Tagliabue

  Combination: 19th place (2: 53.96 min)

• Sonia Vierin

  Slalom: race not finished

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Giorgio Di Centa

  15 km classic: 35th place (40: 22.6 min)

  20 km pursuit: 4th place (26: 30.9 min + 23: 46.8 min)

  50 km classic: 11th place (2: 12: 59.6 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 32: 45.8 h)

• Silvio Fauner

  1.5 km sprint: 14th place (2: 53.9 min)

  30 km freestyle: 51st place (1: 19: 43.9 h)

• Fabio Maj

  20 km pursuit: 20th place (27: 16.4 min + 24: 43.8 min)

  30 km freestyle: 13th place (1: 13: 43.5 h)

  50 km classic: 14th place (2: 14: 32.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 32: 45.8 h)

• Pietro Piller Cottrer

  20 km pursuit: 6th place (27: 06.2 min + 23: 54.2 min)

  30 km freestyle: 4th place (1: 11: 42.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 32: 45.8 h)

• Fabio Santus

  50 km classic: 26th place (2: 17: 41.4 h)

• Cristian Saracco

  15 km classic: 28th place (39: 48.4 min)

• Freddy Schwienbacher

  1.5 km sprint: 5th place (2: 56.1 min)

  15 km classic: 26th place (39: 44.9 min)

• Fulvio Valbusa

  1.5 km sprint: 28th place (2: 57.60 min)

  15 km classic: 31st place (39: 50.6 min)

  20 km pursuit: 18th place (27: 30.6 min + 24: 42.7 min)

• Cristian Zorzi

  1.5 km sprint: bronze (2: 57.2 min)

  30 km freestyle: 9th place (1: 13: 10.0 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 32: 45.8 h)

Women

• Stefania Belmondo

  10 km classic: bronze (28: 45.8 min)

  10 km pursuit: 11th place (13: 50.4 min + 12: 37.1 min)

  15 km freestyle: Gold (39: 54.4 min)

  30 km classic: silver (1: 31: 01.6 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 6th place (50: 38.6 min)

• Antonella Confortola

  10 km classic: 34th place (30: 42.2 min)

  15 km freestyle: 16th place (41: 57.8 min)

  30 km classic: 19th place (1: 37: 47.4 h)

• Magda Genuin

  1.5 km sprint: 22nd place (3: 20.28 min)

• Marianna Longa

  10 km classic: 20th place (30: 04.0 min)

  30 km classic: 33rd place (1: 44: 02.5 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 6th place (50: 38.6 min)

• Karin Moroder

  1.5 km sprint: 26th place (3: 21.92 min)

• Cristina Paluselli

  10 km classic: 39th place (30: 59.4 min)

  10 km pursuit: 53rd place (not qualified for the freestyle race)

• Gabriella Paruzzi

  1.5 km sprint: 8th place (3: 26.1 min)

  10 km pursuit: 8th place (13: 33.9 min + 12: 20.4 min)

  15 km freestyle: 6th place (40: 25.7 min)

  30 km classic: Gold (1: 30: 57.1 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 6th place (50: 38.6 min)

• Sabina Valbusa

  1.5 km sprint: 17th place (3: 19.22 min)

  10 km pursuit: 9th place (13: 41.9 min + 12: 23.9 min)

  15 km freestyle: 10th place (40: 48.3 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 6th place (50: 38.6 min)

Ski jumping

• Roberto Cecon

  Normal hill: 19th place (233.0)

  Large hill: 19th place (225.6)

Snowboard

Men

• Walter Feichter

  Parallel giant slalom: 8th place

• Roland Fischnaller

  Parallel giant slalom: 19th place

• Giacomo Kratter

  Halfpipe: 4th place (42.0)

• Kurt Niederstätter

  Parallel giant slalom: 22nd place

• Simone Salvati

  Parallel giant slalom: disqualified

Women

• Isabella Dal Balcon

  Parallel giant slalom: 7th place

• Dagi Mair

  Parallel giant slalom: 9th place

• Lidia Trettel

  Parallel giant slalom: bronze

• Alessandra Pescosta

  Halfpipe: 16th place (not qualified for the final)

• Marion Posch

  Parallel giant slalom: 12th place

Web links

• Italy at the Olympic Winter Games 2002 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lake City 2002. In: coni.it. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano , accessed December 19, 2017 (Italian).