title: Italy at the 1968 Winter Olympics
text: # Italy at the 1968 Winter Olympics
  
  Italy competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
  | Gold | Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
  | Gold | Franco Nones | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km |
  | Gold | Erika Lechner | Luge | Women's individual |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Renato Valentini | Downhill | | | | | 2:05.61 | 28 |
  | Teresio Vachet | Downhill | | | | | 2:04.90 | 22 |
  | Gerardo Mussner | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.50 | 11 |
  | Ivo Mahlknecht | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.00 | 6 |
  | Renato Valentini | Giant Slalom | 1:50.03 | 35 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Ivo Mahlknecht | Giant Slalom | 1:49.04 | 31 | 1:51.04 | 23 | 3:40.08 | 26 |
  | Gerardo Mussner | Giant Slalom | 1:47.27 | 20 | 1:49.93 | 16 | 3:37.20 | 17 |
  | Bruno Piazzalunga | Giant Slalom | 1:45.95 | 9 | 1:48.57 | 10 | 3:34.52 | 11 |
  
  ### Men's slalom
  
  | Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 2 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Bruno Piazzalunga | 52.11 | 3 | DNF | – | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Gerardo Mussner | 54.60 | 4 | 55.55 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Carlo Senoner | 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 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Lotte Nogler | Downhill | | | | | DNF | – |
  | Glorianda Cipolla | Downhill | | | | | 1:49.02 | 31 |
  | Clotilde Fasolis | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.90 | 30 |
  | Giustina Demetz | Downhill | | | | | 1:44.22 | 13 |
  | Clotilde Fasolis | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:05.20 | 32 |
  | Lotte Nogler | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:04.87 | 31 |
  | Glorianda Cipolla | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:00.07 | 23 |
  | Giustina Demetz | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:57.86 | 14 |
  | Giustina Demetz | Slalom | n/a | ? | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Clotilde Fasolis | Slalom | 46.40 | 24 | 54.32 | 26 | 1:40.72 | 22 |
  | Lotte Nogler | Slalom | 46.03 | 22 | 52.30 | 21 | 1:38.33 | 20 |
  | Glorianda Cipolla | Slalom | 43.15 | 12 | 46.59 | 7 | 1:29.74 | 7 |
  
  ## 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 | Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis | 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 Sergio Mocellini | 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 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | ITA-1 | Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano | Four-man | 1:09.84 | 1 | 1:07.55 | 3 | 2:17.39 | |
  | ITA-2 | Gianfranco Gaspari Giuseppe Rescigno Andrea Clemente Leonardo Cavallini | Four-man | 1:10.24 | 3 | 1:08.12 | 6 | 2:18.36 | 6 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 15 km | Franco Nones | 52:06.8 | 36 |
  | 15 km | Franco Manfroi | 51:47.7 | 32 |
  | 15 km | Giulio Deflorian | 50:19.4 | 15 |
  | 15 km | Gianfranco Stella | 49:59.8 | 13 |
  | 30 km | Franco Manfroi | 1'41:11.8 | 25 |
  | 30 km | Gianfranco Stella | 1'40:42.0 | 23 |
  | 30 km | Giulio Deflorian | 1'37:12.9 | 5 |
  | 30 km | Franco Nones | 1'35:39.2 | |
  | 50 km | Elviro Blanc | 2'38:12.4 | 27 |
  | 50 km | Livio Stuffer | 2'37:46.6 | 26 |
  | 50 km | Aldo Stella | 2'33:17.9 | 17 |
  | 50 km | Mario Bacher | 2'31:33.8 | 12 |
  
  ### Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Giulio Deflorian Franco Nones Palmiro Serafini Aldo Stella | 2'16:32.2 | 6 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Giordano Abbondati | 12 | 18 | 1690.9 | 117 | 14 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rita Trapanese | 27 | 24 | 1549.2 | 216.5 | 25 |
  
  ## Luge
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | 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 | 58.22 | 13 | 59.51 | 24 | 58.45 | 11 | 2:56.18 | 16 |
  | Giovanni Graber | 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 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Giovanni Graber Enrico Graber | 49.01 | 7 | 49.14 | 8 | 1:38.15 | 8 |
  | Ernesto Mair Sigisfredo Mair | 49.10 | 10 | 49.57 | 11 | 1:38.67 | 10 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | 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 |
  | Erika 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 | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Ezio Damolin | 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 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | 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 | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Elio Locatelli | 42.1 | 26 |
  | 1500 m | Guido Gillarduzzi | 2:14.1 | 38 |
  | 1500 m | Renato De Riva | 2:13.6 | 34 |
  | 1500 m | Elio Locatelli | 2:13.3 | 33 |
  | 1500 m | Giancarlo Gloder | 2:13.2 | 32 |
  | 5000 m | Renato De Riva | 7:58.2 | 26 |
  | 5000 m | Guido Gillarduzzi | 7:57.4 | 23 |
  | 5000 m | 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 |
  