Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics
# Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Paul Hildgartner | Luge | Men's individual |
| Silver | Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner | Luge | Men's doubles |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Giuliano Giardini | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.98 | 15 |
| Herbert Plank | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.13 | 6 |
| Mauro Bernardi | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Piero Gros | Giant Slalom | 1:22.15 | 20 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Alex Giorgi | Giant Slalom | 1:22.02 | 18 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Bruno Nöckler | Giant Slalom | 1:20.99 | 4 | 1:21.96 | 7 | 2:42.95 | 6 |
| Paolo De Chiesa | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Bruno Nöckler | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Mauro Bernardi | Slalom | 55.40 | 14 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Gustavo Thoeni | Slalom | 54.79 | 8 | 51.20 | 5 | 1:45.99 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Cristina Gravina | Downhill | | | | | 1:40.99 | 15 |
| Daniela Zini | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Wanda Bieler | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Maria Rosa Quario | Giant Slalom | 1:18.54 | 24 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Claudia Giordani | Giant Slalom | 1:17.72 | 17 | 1:28.55 | 8 | 2:46.27 | 10 |
| Daniela Zini | Slalom | 45.08 | 13 | 44.14 | 3 | 1:29.22 | 7 |
| Wilma Gatta | Slalom | 44.46 | 10 | 45.48 | 10 | 1:29.94 | 10 |
| Claudia Giordani | Slalom | 44.42 | 9 | 44.70 | 6 | 1:29.12 | 5 |
| Maria Rosa Quario | Slalom | 43.63 | 6 | 44.29 | 4 | 1:27.92 | 4 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint | Adruino Tiraboschi | 3 | 36:39.98 | 31 |
| 10 km Sprint | Adriano Darioli | 5 | 36:14.17 | 25 |
| 10 km Sprint | Luigi Weiss | 3 | 35:37.72 | 18 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Angelo Carrara | 1'12:31.89 | 3 | 1'15:31.89 | 21 |
| 20 km | Adriano Darioli | 1'10:11.22 | 5 | 1'15:11.22 | 19 |
| 20 km | Arduino Tiraboschi | 1'11:06.05 | 2 | 1'13:06.05 | 10 |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Arduino Tiraboschi Adriano Darioli Celestino Midali Luigi Weiss | 2 | 1'40:20.79 | 9 |

    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| ITA-1 | Andrea Jory Edmund Lanziner | Two-man | 1:03.73 | 11 | 1:04.19 | 11 | 1:03.97 | 15 | 1:04.45 | 16 | 4:16.34 | 14 |
| ITA-2 | Giuseppe Soravia Georg Werth | Two-man | 1:04.75 | 19 | 1:04.81 | 18 | 1:04.30 | 16 | 1:04.31 | 15 | 4:18.17 | 16 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| ITA-1 | Andrea Jory Edmund Lanziner Georg Werth Giovanni Modena | Four-man | 1:01.26 | 9 | 1:01.66 | 12 | 1:01.01 | 12 | 1:01.37 | 10 | 4:05.30 | 11 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Giampaolo Rupil | DNF | – |
| 15 km | Giulio Capitanio | 45:10.40 | 39 |
| 15 km | Giorgio Vanzetta | 44:52.18 | 34 |
| 15 km | Maurilio De Zolt | 44:43.19 | 31 |
| 30 km | Roberto Primus | 1'37:55.47 | 43 |
| 30 km | Benedetto Carrara | 1'34:27.45 | 34 |
| 30 km | Giulio Capitanio | 1'33:07.48 | 27 |
| 30 km | Maurilio De Zolt | 1'31:43.74 | 20 |
| 50 km | Maurilio De Zolt | DNF | – |
| 50 km | Gianfranco Polvara | 2'41:51.58 | 32 |
| 50 km | Roberto Primus | 2'38:10.10 | 25 |
| 50 km | Giulio Capitanio | 2'37:01.40 | 19 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Maurilio De Zolt Benedetto Carrara Giulio Capitanio Giorgio Vanzetta | 2'01:09.93 | 6 |

## Figure skating

### Women

| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franca Bianconi | 19 | 18 | 19 | 144.82 | 134 | 19 |
| Susanna Driano | 6 | 14 | 10 | 172.82 | 77 | 8 |

## Luge

### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Karl Brunner | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Paul Hildgartner | 43.652 | 5 | 44.000 | 4 | 43.708 | 2 | 44.012 | 3 | 2:55.372 | |
| Ernst Haspinger | 43.435 | 2 | 43.833 | 3 | 43.592 | 1 | 52.556 | 23 | 3:03.416 | 21 |

(Men's) Doubles

| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner | 39.549 | 3 | 40.057 | 3 | 1:19.606 | |
| Hansjörg Raffl Alfred Silginer | 39.823 | 5 | 40.153 | 6 | 1:19.976 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Monika Auer | 40.590 | 17 | 40.319 | 11 | 41.269 | 21 | 40.855 | 16 | 2:43.033 | 16 |
| Angelika Aukenthaler | 39.829 | 12 | 41.043 | 20 | 39.919 | 11 | 39.860 | 9 | 2:40.651 | 11 |
| Maria Luise Rainer | 39.695 | 10 | 40.948 | 18 | 1:13.062 | 24 | DNF | – | DNF | – |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Lido Tomasi | Normal hill | 72.0 | 93.4 | 74.0 | 99.1 | 182.5 | 38 |
| Lido Tomasi | Large hill | 87.5 | 83.2 | 88.0 | 85.9 | 169.1 | 46 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Giovanni Paganin | 40.42 | 28 |
| 1000 m | Giovanni Paganin | 1:21.50 | 28 |
| 1500 m | Maurizio Marchetto | 2:07.45 | 28 |
| 5000 m | Maurizio Marchetto | 7:35.50 | 23 |
| 10,000 m | Maurizio Marchetto | 15:56.73 | 22 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Marzia Peretti | DNF | – |
| 1000 m | Marzia Peretti | 1:35.66 | 36 |
