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Italy at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games.[2]

Italy at the
1948 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in St. Moritz
Competitors57 (54 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerVittorio Chierroni[1]
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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

Alpine skiing

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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

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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
Edilberto 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

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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
Cristiano 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
Cristiano 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Vittorio Chierroni". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Nino Bibbia". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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