Italy at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Italy at the Olympic Games
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At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
Competitors	57 (54 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
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Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first gold medal at the Winter Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Nino Bibbia	Skeleton	Men's individual

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roberto Lacedelli	Downhill					DNF	–
Zeno Colò						DNF	–
Eugenio Bonnico						3:15.4	32
Vittorio Chierroni						3:10.0	21
Carlo Gartner						3:02.4	6
Silvio Alverà						3:02.4	6
Roberto Lacedelli	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Vittorio Chierroni		1:27.0	36	1:05.5	7	2:32.5	30
Zeno Colò		1:13.3	17	1:05.7	8	2:19.0	14
Silvio Alverà		1:07.4	1	1:05.8	9	2:13.2	4

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Silvio Alverà	1:15.3	1:09.6	11	8.71	5
Vittorio Chierroni	1:10.8	1:07.3	3	9.69	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Renata Carraretto	Downhill					2:59.1	32
Celina Seghi						2:31.1	4
Celina Seghi	Slalom	1:13.2	21	58.3	6	2:11.5	14
Renata Carraretto		1:09.2	17	1:10.7	19	2:19.9	18

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Renata Carraretto	1:14.1	1:12.0	21	33.58	22
Celina Seghi	1:08.2	1:01.5	7	7.46	4

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Nino Bibbia Edilberto Campadese	Two-man	1:25.0	5	1:25.0	8	1:23.8	6	1:24.2	6	5:38.0	6
ITA-2	Mario Vitali Dario Poggi	Two-man	1:25.1	6	1:25.1	11	1:24.0	7	1:24.4	8	5:38.6	8

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Nino Bibbia Giancarlo Ronchetti Eidlberto Campadese Luigi Cavalieri	Four-man	1:18.2	7	1:20.8	3	1:22.1	6	1:21.9	4	5:23.0	6
ITA-2	Nino Rovelli Enrico Airoldi Vittorio Folonari Remo Airoldi	Four-man	1:19.8	10	1:22.8	11	1:23.2	9	1:24.4	9	5:30.2	11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Vincenzo Perruchon	1'28:50	54
	Arcangelo Chiocchetti	1'28:36	52
	Alberto Tassotti	1'28:16	50
	Christiano Rodeghiero	1'24:34	35
	Rizzieri Rodeghiero	1'24:12	31
	Alfredo Prucker	1'23:26	29
	Severino Compagnoni	1'22:21	22
50 km	Stefano Sommariva	DNF	–
	Victor Borghi	DNF	–
	Silvio Confortola	4'31:36	18
	Christiano Rodeghiero	4'24:12	13

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Vincenzo Perruchon Silvio Confortola Rizzieri Rodeghiero Severino Compagnoni	2'51:00	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Carlo Fassi	16	15	145.966	135	15

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Grazia Barcellona	25	24	122.211	218	24

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Grazia Barcellona Carlo Fassi	9.263	121.5	13

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
Czechoslovakia	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
Switzerland	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
Sweden	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
Great Britain	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
Poland	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
Austria	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
Italy 8th	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
United States *	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

• Czechoslovakia 22-3 Italy
• Switzerland 16-0 Italy
• USA 31-1 Italy
• Canada 21-1 Italy
• Poland 13-7 Italy
• Austria 16-5 Italy
• Sweden 23-0 Italy
• United Kingdom 14-7 Italy

Contestants Claudio Apollonio Giancarlo Bassi Mario Bedogni Luigi Bestagini Giancarlo Bucchetti Carlo Bulgheroni Ignazio Dionisi Arnaldo Fabris Vincenzo Fardella Aldo Federici Umberto Gerli Dino Innocenti Constanzo Mangini Dino Menardi Otto Rauth Franco Rossi Gianantonio Zopegni

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping					Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alberto Tassotti	Individual	177.00	22	46.5	52.0	42.0	165.1	36	342.10	28
Rizzieri Rodeghiero		198.00	13	57.0	58.0	56.0	190.8	23	388.80	15
Alfredo Prucker		202.50	11	51.0	59.5	56.0	191.5	22	394.00	14

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Run 5		Run 6		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nino Bibbia	48.0	4	47.6	2	47.6	1	59.5	1	1:00.2	1	1:00.3	1	5:23.2

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Aldo Trivella	Normal hill	41.5	59.0	176.6	38
Igino Rizzi		57.0 (fall)	57.0	131.7	45
Bruno da Col		65.5	66.0	201.2	18

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Giorgio Cattaneo	47.2	36
	Enrico Musolino	46.5	32
1500 m	Guido Caroli	2:30.9	36
	Giorgio Cattaneo	2:30.5	34
	Enrico Musolino	2:30.0	32
5000 m	Fernando Alloni	9:36.3	37
	Enrico Musolino	9:32.3	36
	Guido Caroli	9:21.3	31

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com