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Italy at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Bobsleigh Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Two-man:There was a tie for first place. Despite initially ruling that both teams would be awarded the gold medals, the judges awarded the sole gold to the Italian team based on their fastest single heat time...	Two-man
		Bobsleigh Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Two-man:There was a tie for first place. Despite initially ruling that both teams would be awarded the gold medals, the judges awarded the sole gold to the Italian team based on their fastest single heat time...	Four-man
		Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics -15 km:February 10, 1968-30 km:February 6, 1968Nones was the first winner not from Finland, Norway, Sweden, or the Soviet Union to win an Olympic cross-country skiing gold medal.-50 km:February 15, 1968-4 x 10 km relay:February 14, 1968-5 km:...	Men's 30 km
		Luge Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:With his win in the doubles, Thomas Köhler becomes the first person to win in both men's singles and doubles.-Women's singles:...	Women's individual

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Renato Valentini	Downhill					2:05.61	28
Teresio Vachet						2:04.90	22
Gerardo Mussner						2:02.50	11
Ivo Mahlknecht						2:02.00	6
Renato Valentini	Giant Slalom	1:50.03	35	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ivo Mahlknecht		1:49.04	31	1:51.04	23	3:40.08	26
Gerardo Mussner		1:47.27	20	1:49.93	16	3:37.20	17
Bruno Piazzalunga		1:45.95	9	1:48.57	10	3:34.52	11

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Bruno Piazzalunga	52.11	3	DNF	–	Did not advance
Gerardo Mussner	54.60	4	55.55	2	Did not advance
Carlo Senoner Carlo Senoner Carlo Senoner is an Italian former alpine skier. He was born in Sëlva, in South Tyrol.He won the gold medal in Alpine World Ski Championships of 1966 in slalom. He also competed at the 1960 and 1968 Winter Olympics.-References:...	54.18	2 QF	–	–	51.63	20	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ivo Mahlknecht	52.82	2 QF	–	–	52.22	26	53.03	20	1:45.25	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lotte Nogler	Downhill					DNF	–
Glorianda Cipolla						1:49.02	31
Clotilde Fasolis						1:48.90	30
Giustina Demetz						1:44.22	13
Clotilde Fasolis	Giant Slalom					2:05.20	32
Lotte Nogler						2:04.87	31
Glorianda Cipolla						2:00.07	23
Giustina Demetz						1:57.86	14
Giustina Demetz	Slalom	n/a	?	DNF	–	DNF	–
Clotilde Fasolis		46.40	24	54.32	26	1:40.72	22
Lotte Nogler		46.03	22	52.30	21	1:38.33	20
Glorianda Cipolla		43.15	12	46.59	7	1:29.74	7

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Eugenio Monti Eugenio Monti Eugenio Monti was an Italian bobsledder. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of this sport, with ten World championship medals and 6 Olympic medals, but is known also for an act of sportsmanship during the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria that made him the first... Luciano De Paolis Luciano de Paolis Luciano de Paolis is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he won gold medals in the two-man and four-man events....	Two-man	1:10.13	1	1:10.72	2	1:10.64	2	1:10.05	1	4:41.54
ITA-2	Rinaldo Ruatti Rinaldo Ruatti Rinaldo Ruatti is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the early 1960s. He won two medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1962 and a silver in 1965.-References:*... Sergio Mocellini Sergio Mocellini Sergio Mocellini was an Italian bobsledder who competed during the 1960s. He won the silver medal in the four-man event at the 1963 FIBT World Championships in Igls.Mocellini also finished fourth in the four-man at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck....	Two-man	1:11.80	11	1:12.29	12	1:13.27	17	1:12.95	14	4:50.31	12

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Eugenio Monti Eugenio Monti Eugenio Monti was an Italian bobsledder. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of this sport, with ten World championship medals and 6 Olympic medals, but is known also for an act of sportsmanship during the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria that made him the first... Luciano De Paolis Luciano de Paolis Luciano de Paolis is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he won gold medals in the two-man and four-man events.... Roberto Zandonella Roberto Zandonella Roberto Zandonella is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.... Mario Armano Mario Armano Mario Armano is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-man event at Grenoble in 1968....	Four-man	1:09.84	1	1:07.55	3	2:17.39
ITA-2	Gianfranco Gaspari Gianfranco Gaspari Gianfranco Gaspari is an Italian bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. He won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold , two silvers , and one bronze .Gaspari finished 21 seconds behind fellow Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti in the two-man event at the... Giuseppe Rescigno Andrea Clemente Leonardo Cavallini Leonardo Cavallini Leonardo Cavallini is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1966 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo....	Four-man	1:10.24	3	1:08.12	6	2:18.36	6

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Franco Nones Franco Nones Franco Nones is an Italian former cross country skier who competed during the 1960s.Nones was born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme...	52:06.8	36
	Franco Manfroi Franco Manfroi Franco Manfroi Was a former Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.- Book's :...	51:47.7	32
	Giulio Deflorian	50:19.4	15
	Gianfranco Stella Gianfranco Stella Gianfranco Stella was a former Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....	49:59.8	13
30 km	Franco Manfroi Franco Manfroi Franco Manfroi Was a former Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.- Book's :...	1'41:11.8	25
	Gianfranco Stella Gianfranco Stella Gianfranco Stella was a former Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1960s. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....	1'40:42.0	23
	Giulio Deflorian	1'37:12.9	5
	Franco Nones Franco Nones Franco Nones is an Italian former cross country skier who competed during the 1960s.Nones was born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme...	1'35:39.2
50 km	Elviro Blanc	2'38:12.4	27
	Livio Stuffer	2'37:46.6	26
	Aldo Stella	2'33:17.9	17
	Mario Bacher Mario Bacher Mario Bacher is a former Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier.Bacher was born in Formazza. He participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics, when he placed 12th in the 50 kilometres race of cross-counry skiing...	2'31:33.8	12

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Giulio Deflorian Franco Nones Franco Nones Franco Nones is an Italian former cross country skier who competed during the 1960s.Nones was born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme... Palmiro Serafini Palmiro Serafini Palmiro Serafini is an Italian ski mountaineer and former cross-country skier.Serafini was born in Pievepelago. He participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics, when he placed sixth together with Giulio de Florian, Franco Nones and Aldo Stella in the 4 × 10 kilometres relay event of cross-counry skiing... Aldo Stella	2'16:32.2	6

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Giordano Abbondati Giordano Abbondati Giordano Abbondati was a former Italian figure skater and seven-time national champion from 1961-66 and 1968...	12	18	1690.9	117	14

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Rita Trapanese Rita Trapanese Rita Trapanese was an Italian figure skater. She was the 1972 European silver medalist and the 1971 bronze medalist...	27	24	1549.2	216.5	25

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raimondo Prinoth	58.80	17	59.16	19	58.89	18	2:56.85	18
Sigisfredo Mair Sigisfredo Mair Siegfried Mair, April 18, 1939 - May 15, 1977) was a South Tyrolean luger who competed from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. He was born in Toblach...	58.22	13	59.51	24	58.45	11	2:56.18	16
Giovanni Graber Giovanni Graber Giovanni Graber was an Italian luger who competed during the 1950s and the 1960s. He won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1962 and a silver in 1957....	58.09	11	58.59	12	58.88	17	2:55.56	12
Emilio Lechner	57.94	9	58.63	13	58.53	12	2:55.10	10

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giovanni Graber Giovanni Graber Giovanni Graber was an Italian luger who competed during the 1950s and the 1960s. He won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1962 and a silver in 1957.... Enrico Graber	49.01	7	49.14	8	1:38.15	8
Ernesto Mair Sigisfredo Mair Sigisfredo Mair Siegfried Mair, April 18, 1939 - May 15, 1977) was a South Tyrolean luger who competed from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. He was born in Toblach...	49.10	10	49.57	11	1:38.67	10

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cristina Pabst	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Erica Prugger	1:01.90	21	50.91	14	51.40	14	2:44.21	21
Erica Außendorfer-Lechner	48.76	1	49.39	1	50.51	5	2:27.66

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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ezio Damolin Ezio Damolin Ezio Damolin was an Italian nordic combined skier who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fifth in the Nordic combined event at Grenoble in 1968.He was born in Moena....	Individual	70.0	71.5	206.0	13	49:36.2	223.54	4	429.54	5
Fabio Morandini	Individual	66.0	66.5	181.7	33	50:08.5	216.56	7	398.26	17

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Giacomo Aimoni	Normal hill	72.5	97.8	71.5	97.2	195.0	25
Giacomo Aimoni	Large hill	93.0	98.1	92.0	97.2	195.3	16

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Elio Locatelli	42.1	26
1500 m	Guido Gillarduzzi	2:14.1	38
	Renato De Riva	2:13.6	34
	Elio Locatelli	2:13.3	33
	Giancarlo Gloder	2:13.2	32
5000 m	Renato De Riva	7:58.2	26
	Guido Gillarduzzi	7:57.4	23
	Giancarlo Gloder	7:54.5	18
10,000 m	Giancarlo Gloder	17:03.2	24
10,000 m	Renato De Riva	16:39.5	19

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