Italy at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Italy at the Olympic Games
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At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors	58 (47 men, 11 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Gustav Thöni
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 1	Total 4
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Italy competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Gros, PieroPiero Gros	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Silver	Thoeni, GustavoGustavo Thoeni	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Silver	Giordani, ClaudiaClaudia Giordani	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Plank, HerbertHerbert Plank	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erwin Stricker	Downhill					DNF	–
Gustavo Thoeni						1:49.25	26
Rolando Thoeni						1:48.13	14
Herbert Plank						1:46.59
Franco Bieler	Giant Slalom	1:47.00	10	1:43.24	7	3:30.24	8
Fausto Radici		1:46.87	9	1:43.22	6	3:30.09	7
Piero Gros		1:45.69	5	DNF	–	DNF	–
Gustavo Thoeni		1:44.19	1	1:43.48	8	3:27.67	4
Fausto Radici	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Piero Gros		1:01.23	5	1:02.06	1	2:03.29
Franco Bieler		1:01.04	4	DNF	–	DNF	–
Gustavo Thoeni		1:00.55	2	1:03.18	2	2:03.73

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jolanda Plank	Downhill					1:52.50	25
Wanda Bieler						1:50.58	20
Paola Hofer						1:49.60	15
Wanda Bieler	Giant Slalom					DNF	–
Paola Hofer						1:32.67	23
Claudia Giordani						1:31.44	13
Wilma Gatta						1:30.51	7
Wilma Gatta	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Paola Hofer		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Wanda Bieler		48.86	11	46.80	8	1:35.66	8
Claudia Giordani		46.87	4	44.00	2	1:30.87

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Pierantonio Clementi	1'16:08.86	7	1'23:08.86	23
	Lino Jordan	1'15:49.83	2	1'17:49.83	7
	Willy Bertin	1'13:50.36	3	1'16:50.36	4

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^2	Time	Rank
Lino Jordan Pierantonio Clementi Luigi Weiss Willy Bertin	3	2'06:16.55	6

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Giorgio Alverà Franco Perruguet	Two-man	56.62	7	56.71	6	56.84	8	57.13	9	3:47.30	8
ITA-2	Nevio De Zordo Ezio Fiori	Two-man	57.71	16	57.58	13	57.88	17	57.95	15	3:51.12	16

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Giorgio Alverà Piero Vegnuti Adriano Bee Francesco Butteri	Four-man	55.59	10	55.92	12	56.94	14	57.42	12	3:45.87	12
ITA-2	Nevio De Zordo Ezio Fiori Roberto Porzia Lino Benoni	Four-man	55.75	11	55.80	10	57.08	16	57.17	11	3:45.80	11

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Fabrizio Pedranzini	48:58.30	53
	Roberto Primus	47:29.02	36
	Renzo Chiocchetti	47:11.22	29
	Giulio Capitanio	46:51.14	21
30 km	Ulrico Kostner	1'37:49.85	41
	Renzo Chiocchetti	1'37:15.82	38
	Roberto Primus	1'36:40.33	34
	Giulio Capitanio	1'35:58.29	28
50 km	Carlo Favre	DNF	–
	Ulrico Kostner	DNF	–
	Roberto Primus	DNF	–
	Tonio Biondini	DNF	–

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Renzo Chiocchetti Tonio Biondini Ulrico Kostner Giulio Capitanio	2'12:07.12	7

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Susanna Driano	8	7	7	181.62	63	7

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Stefania Bertele Walter Cecconi	16	17	166.22	140	16
Isabella Rizzi Luigi Freroni	17	14	168.64	133	14
Maltide Ciccia Lamberto Ceserani	7	6	191.46	58.5	6

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Hildgartner	n/a	?	n/a	?	n/a	?	DNF	–	DNF	–
Peter Gschnitzer	54.051	14	53.812	17	53.357	16	1:27.540	38	4:08.760	37
Karl Brunner	53.916	12	53.228	10	53.023	11	53.21	10	3:33.188	11

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karl Feichter Ernst Haspinger	43.853	12	43.318	5	1:27.121	7
Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner	43.781	11	44.058	12	1:27.839	11

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Luise Rainer	44.943	16	44.848	16	44.768	16	44.972	17	2:59.531	16
Sarah Felder	44.056	12	43.118	11	43.075	10	43.374	10	2:53.623	11

Nordic combined

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Modesto De Silvestro	Individual	60.5	62.0	139.8	33	52:27.61	180.09	25	319.89	32
Francesco Giacomelli		72.0	74.0	190.3	20	56:08.75	146.92	31	337.22	31

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Leo De Crignis	Normal hill	70.5	91.1	74.0	99.7	190.8	50
Francesco Giacomelli		71.0	94.9	72.0	97.0	191.9	49
Lido Tomasi		76.0	101.4	76.0	101.9	203.3	45
Marcello Bazzana		75.0	103.8	74.5	102.0	205.8	38
Leo De Crignis	Large hill	76.0	71.4	76.0	71.9	143.3	49
Marcello Bazzana		74.0	72.1	71.0	65.9	138.0	51
Lido Tomasi		82.0	80.8	77.0	71.3	152.1	47
Francesco Giacomelli		81.0	83.4	75.5	74.2	157.6	44

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Bruno Toniolli	41.44	23
1000 m	Floriano Martello	1:26.54	26
	Bruno Toniolli	1:22.83	14
1500 m	Giovanni Panciera	2:33.52	30
	Floriano Martello	2:09.68	25
	Bruno Toniolli	2:05.66	19
5000 m	Loris Vellar	8:31.85	31
	Ivano Bamberghi	8:21.04	28
	Maurizio Marchetto	8:04.07	21
10,000 m	Maurizio Marchetto	16:22.55	17

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com