title: Italy at the 1998 Winter Olympics
text: # Italy at the 1998 Winter Olympics
  
  Italy competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Deborah Compagnoni | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
  | Gold | Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
  | Silver | Deborah Compagnoni | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
  | Silver | Pieralberto Carrara | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
  | Silver | Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
  | Silver | Stefania Belmondo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 30 km (freestyle) |
  | Silver | Armin Zöggeler | Luge | Men's individual |
  | Silver | Thomas Prugger | Snowboarding | Men's giant slalom |
  | Bronze | Silvio Fauner | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km (classical) |
  | Bronze | Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 km relay |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Peter Runggaldier | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
  | Luca Cattaneo | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
  | Werner Perathoner | Downhill | | | 1:52.36 | 16 |
  | Kristian Ghedina | Downhill | | | 1:50.76 | 6 |
  | Peter Runggaldier | Super-G | | | 1:37.00 | 19 |
  | Kristian Ghedina | Super-G | | | 1:36.70 | 16 |
  | Werner Perathoner | Super-G | | | 1:36.64 | 15 |
  | Alessandro Fattori | Super-G | | | 1:35.61 | 4 |
  | Alberto Tomba | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Matteo Nana | Giant Slalom | 1:22.43 | 1:19.94 | 2:42.37 | 15 |
  | Patrick Holzer | Giant Slalom | 1:22.39 | DNF | DNF | – |
  | Sergio Bergamelli | Giant Slalom | 1:22.38 | 1:20.40 | 2:42.78 | 16 |
  | Fabrizio Tescari | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Alberto Tomba | Slalom | 57.00 | DNF | DNF | – |
  | Angelo Weiss | Slalom | 56.87 | 55.93 | 1:52.80 | 16 |
  | Matteo Nana | Slalom | 56.59 | 55.37 | 1:51.96 | 11 |
  
  Men's combined
  
  | Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Downhill | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank |
  | Erik Seletto | 56.30 | 51.16 | 1:35.77 | 3:23.23 | 10 |
  | Alessandro Fattori | 55.45 | 45.26 | 1:36.29 | 3:17.00 | 6 |
  | Luca Cattaneo | 53.59 | 49.33 | DNF | DNF | – |
  | Kristian Ghedina | 51.58 | 48.77 | DNF | DNF | – |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Isolde Kostner | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
  | Morena Gallizio | Downhill | | | 1:32.22 | 26 |
  | Alessandra Merlin | Downhill | | | 1:31.44 | 21 |
  | Bibiana Perez | Downhill | | | 1:31.43 | 20 |
  | Karen Putzer | Super-G | | | 1:20.16 | 28 |
  | Barbara Merlin | Super-G | | | 1:19.64 | 23 |
  | Bibiana Perez | Super-G | | | 1:19.47 | 22 |
  | Isolde Kostner | Super-G | | | 1:18.62 | 11 |
  | Karen Putzer | Giant Slalom | 1:22.15 | 1:36.89 | 2:59.04 | 23 |
  | Sabina Panzanini | Giant Slalom | 1:20.97 | 1:33.12 | 2:54.09 | 8 |
  | Deborah Compagnoni | Giant Slalom | 1:18.94 | 1:31.65 | 2:50.59 | |
  | Elisabetta Biavaschi | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Lara Magoni | Slalom | 48.13 | 48.50 | 1:36.63 | 15 |
  | Morena Gallizio | Slalom | 46.93 | 47.94 | 1:34.87 | 8 |
  | Deborah Compagnoni | Slalom | 45.29 | 47.17 | 1:32.46 | |
  
  Women's combined
  
  | Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
  | Morena Gallizio | 1:30.60 | 36.83 | 35.09 | 2:42.52 | 5 |
  | Bibiana Perez | 1:30.54 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km Sprint | René Cattarinussi | 4 | 30:50.0 | 52 |
  | 10 km Sprint | Hubert Leitgeb | 1 | 30:10.0 | 35 |
  | 10 km Sprint | Wilfried Pallhuber | 1 | 28:50.1 | 14 |
  | 10 km Sprint | Pieralberto Carrara | 2 | 28:44.2 | 10 |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
  | 20 km | Patrick Favre | 57:10.5 | 7 | 1'04:10.5 | 54 |
  | 20 km | Wilfried Pallhuber | 57:07.7 | 5 | 1'02:07.7 | 41 |
  | 20 km | René Cattarinussi | 57:00.5 | 3 | 1'00:00.5 | 21 |
  | 20 km | Pieralberto Carrara | 56:21.9 | 0 | 56:21.9 | |
  
  ### Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | Patrick Favre Wilfried Pallhuber René Cattarinussi Pieralberto Carrara | 1 | 1'25:07.3 | 9 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7.5 km Sprint | Nathalie Santer | 1 | 23:59.6 | 10 |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
  | 15 km | Nathalie Santer | 54:01.0 | 4 | 58:01.0 | 18 |
  
      $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
      $^2$ One minute added per missed target.
  
  ## 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 | Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia | Two-man | 54.51 | 1 | 54.29 | 2 | 54.17 | 3 | 54.27 | 2 | 3:37.24 | |
  | ITA-2 | Fabrizio Tosini Enrico Costa | Two-man | 55.07 | 13 | 54.79 | 13 | 54.80 | 14 | 54.95 | 15 | 3:39.61 | 14 |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | ITA-1 | Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia Massimiliano Rota Marco Menchini | Four-man | 53.84 | 16 | 53.68 | 12 | 53.91 | 12 | 2:41.43 | 14 |
  | ITA-2 | Fabrizio Tosini Andrea Pais de Libera Enrico Costa Sergio Chianella | Four-man | 54.07 | 20 | 54.09 | 20 | 54.86 | 22 | 2:43.02 | 20 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 10 km C | Fabio Maj | 29:13.8 | 28 |
  | 10 km C | Marco Albarello | 29:10.1 | 26 |
  | 10 km C | Fulvio Valbusa | 28:17.0 | 11 |
  | 10 km C | Silvio Fauner | 28:15.5 | 10 |
  | 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Fabio Maj | 41:31.4 | 13 |
  | 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Fulvio Valbusa | 40:25.1 | 5 |
  | 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Silvio Fauner | 40:24.9 | 4 |
  | 30 km C | Giorgio Di Centa | 1'38:14.9 | 8 |
  | 30 km C | Marco Albarello | 1'38:07.1 | 7 |
  | 30 km C | Fulvio Valbusa | 1'37:31.1 | 5 |
  | 30 km C | Silvio Fauner | 1'36:08.5 | |
  | 50 km F | Pietro Piller Cottrer | 2'12:37.9 | 16 |
  | 50 km F | Silvio Fauner | 2'08:44.3 | 10 |
  | 50 km F | Maurizio Pozzi | 2'08:13.2 | 9 |
  | 50 km F | Fulvio Valbusa | 2'06:44.3 | 5 |
  
      $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
      C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ### Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner | 1'40:55.9 | |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 5 km C | Sabina Valbusa | 19:00.6 | 29 |
  | 5 km C | Manuela Di Centa | 18:48.9 | 21 |
  | 5 km C | Stefania Belmondo | 18:19.8 | 12 |
  | 5 km C | Gabriella Paruzzi | 18:14.7 | 9 |
  | 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Manuela Di Centa | 30:47.1 | 23 |
  | 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Sabina Valbusa | 30:34.0 | 17 |
  | 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Gabriella Paruzzi | 29:36.8 | 12 |
  | 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Stefania Belmondo | 28:42.6 | 5 |
  | 15 km C | Karin Moroder | 51:36.1 | 30 |
  | 15 km C | Antonella Confortola | 51:07.6 | 27 |
  | 15 km C | Gabriella Paruzzi | 49:20.7 | 14 |
  | 15 km C | Stefania Belmondo | 48:57.7 | 8 |
  | 30 km F | Karin Moroder | DNF | – |
  | 30 km F | Antonella Confortola | 1'29:31.6 | 20 |
  | 30 km F | Gabriella Paruzzi | 1'26:06.0 | 10 |
  | 30 km F | Stefania Belmondo | 1'22:11.7 | |
  
      $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
      C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ### Women's 4 × 5 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo | 56:53.3 | |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gilberto Viadana | 24 | 23 | 35.0 | 23 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tony Sabrina Bombardieri | 27 | DNF | DNF | – |
  
  ### Ice Dancing
  
  | Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Diane Gerencser Pasquale Camerlengo | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 33.2 | 17 |
  | Barbara Fusar-Poli Maurizio Margaglio | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12.0 | 6 |
  
  ## Freestyle skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Freddy Romano | Aerials | 195.38 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
  | Petra Moroder | Moguls | 36.35 | 19.30 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  ### Men's tournament
  
  **Preliminary round - group A**
  
  Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
  
  | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 5 |
  | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
  | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
  | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 2 |
  
  All times are local (UTC-7).
  
  **Consolation Round - 11th place match**
  
  All times are local (UTC-7).
  
  Team roster
  
     * Dino Felicetti
     * Bruno Zarrillo
     * Stephan Figliuzzi
     * Gates Orlando
     * Mario Chitaroni
     * Leo Insam
     * Maurizio Mansi
     * Bob Nardella
     * Roland Ramoser
     * Joe Busillo
     * Mario Brunetta
     * Markus Brunner
     * Robert Oberrauch
     * Mike Rosati
     * Lucio Topatigh
     * Michael De Angelis
     * Christopher Bartolone
     * Chad Biafore
     * Patrick Brugnoli
     * Martin Pavlu
     * Lawrence Rucchin
     * Stefano Margoni
  * Head coach: Adolf Insam
  
  ## 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 |
  | Reinhold Rainer | 50.105 | 8 | 50.008 | 9 | 49.897 | 5 | 49.936 | 8 | 3:19.946 | 8 |
  | Norbert Huber | 50.100 | 7 | 50.129 | 11 | 50.026 | 10 | 49.883 | 6 | 3:20.138 | 10 |
  | Armin Zöggeler | 49.715 | 2 | 49.690 | 2 | 49.737 | 3 | 49.797 | 3 | 3:18.939 | |
  
  (Men's) Doubles
  
  | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber | 50.897 | 5 | 50.871 | 8 | 1:41.768 | 5 |
  | Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder | 51.084 | 6 | 50.833 | 7 | 1:41.917 | 6 |
  
  ### 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 |
  | Doris Preindl | 52.178 | 15 | 52.107 | 16 | 51.638 | 15 | 55.373 | 28 | 3:31.296 | 26 |
  | Natalie Obkircher | 51.910 | 11 | 51.967 | 12 | 51.530 | 13 | 51.270 | 11 | 3:26.677 | 12 |
  | Gerda Weissensteiner | 51.744 | 8 | 51.998 | 13 | 51.415 | 10 | 50.956 | 9 | 3:26.113 | 9 |
  
  ## Nordic combined
  
  Men's individual
  
  Events:
  
  * normal hill ski jumping
  * 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
  | Andrea Longo | Individual | 199.0 | 30 | 45:26.2 | 22 |
  
  ## Short track speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
  | Maurizio Carnino | 500 m | 43.927 | 2 Q | 43.225 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Fabio Carta | 500 m | 43.000 | 1 Q | 43.763 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Fabio Carta | 1000 m | 1:31.315 | 2 Q | 1:32.358 | 1 Q | 1:39.402 | 3 QB | 1:33.015 | 6 |
  | Michele Antonioli | 1000 m | DSQ | – | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Michele Antonioli Maurizio Carnino Fabio Carta Diego Cattani Nicola Franceschina | 5000 m relay | | | | | 7:07.770 | 2 QA | 7:15.212 | 4 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
  | Barbara Baldissera | 500 m | 46.113 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Marinella Canclini | 500 m | 1:14.224 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Mara Urbani | 500 m | 46.287 | 2 Q | 46.215 | 1 Q | 46.473 | 4 QB | 46.687 | 5 |
  | Marinella Canclini | 1000 m | 1:35.971 | 2 Q | 1:38.517 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Katia Colturi | 1000 m | 1:39.937 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Mara Urbani | 1000 m | 1:39.231 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
  | Roberto Cecon | Normal hill | 75.5 | 85.0 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Roberto Cecon | Large hill | 116.0 | 109.8 | 14 Q | 116.0 | 107.8 | 217.6 | 22 |
  
  ## Snowboarding
  
  ### Men's giant slalom
  
  | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Karl Frenademez | 1:03.33 | 1:12.62 | 2:15.95 | 20 |
  | Willi Trakofler | 1:01.42 | 1:05.88 | 2:07.30 | 11 |
  | Elmar Messner | 1:01.42 | 1:07.99 | 2:09.41 | 13 |
  | Thomas Prugger | 59.38 | 1:04.60 | 2:03.98 | |
  
  ### Women's giant slalom
  
  | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Margherita Parini | 1:21.42 | 1:06.15 | 2:27.57 | 13 |
  | Dagi Mair unter der Eggen | 1:13.35 | 1:09.07 | 2:22.42 | 7 |
  | Marion Posch | 1:13.32 | 1:08.02 | 2:21.34 | 6 |
  | Lidia Trettel | 1:11.68 | 1:08.03 | 2:19.71 | 4 |
  
  ### Women's halfpipe
  
  | Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Alessandra Pescosta | 22.8 | 24 | 18.9 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Davide Carta | 37.11 | 34 | 36.80 | 27 | 73.91 | 30 |
  | 500 m | Ermanno Ioriatti | 36.30 | 10 | 36.36 | 12 | 72.66 | 9 |
  | 1000 m | Ermanno Ioriatti | | | | | 1:12.83 | 27 |
  | 1000 m | Davide Carta | | | | | 1:12.27 | 14 |
  | 1500 m | Ermanno Ioriatti | | | | | 1:52.45 | 24 |
  | 1500 m | Davide Carta | | | | | 1:52.44 | 23 |
  | 5000 m | Roberto Sighel | | | | | 6:38.33 | 9 |
  | 10,000 m | Roberto Sighel | | | | | 13:46.85 | 9 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 3000 m | Elena Belci | 4:16.62 | 11 |
  | 5000 m | Elena Belci | 7:15.58 | 9 |
  