Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Skeleton Men's individual
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRoberto LacedelliDownhillDNF–Zeno ColòDNF–Eugenio Bonnico3:15.432Vittorio Chierroni3:10.021Carlo Gartner3:02.46Silvio Alverà3:02.46Roberto LacedelliSlalomDNF–––DNF–Vittorio Chierroni1:27.0361:05.572:32.530Zeno Colò1:13.3171:05.782:19.014Silvio Alverà1:07.411:05.892:13.24
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).
AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)Time 1Time 2RankPointsRankSilvio Alverà1:15.31:09.6118.715Vittorio Chierroni1:10.81:07.339.697
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRenata CarrarettoDownhill2:59.132Celina Seghi2:31.14Celina SeghiSlalom1:13.22158.362:11.514Renata Carraretto1:09.2171:10.7192:19.918
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).
AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)Time 1Time 2RankPointsRankRenata Carraretto1:14.11:12.02133.5822Celina Seghi1:08.21:01.577.464
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankITA-1Nino BibbiaEdilberto CampadeseTwo-man1:25.051:25.081:23.861:24.265:38.06ITA-2Mario VitaliDario PoggiTwo-man1:25.161:25.1111:24.071:24.485:38.68
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankITA-1Nino BibbiaGiancarlo RonchettiEdilberto CampadeseLuigi CavalieriFour-man1:18.271:20.831:22.161:21.945:23.06ITA-2Nino RovelliEnrico AiroldiVittorio FolonariRemo AiroldiFour-man1:19.8101:22.8111:23.291:24.495:30.211
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank18 kmVincenzo Perruchon1'28:5054Arcangelo Chiocchetti1'28:3652Alberto Tassotti1'28:1650Cristiano Rodeghiero1'24:3435Rizzieri Rodeghiero1'24:1231Alfredo Prucker1'23:2629Severino Compagnoni1'22:212250 kmStefano SommarivaDNF–Victor BorghiDNF–Silvio Confortola4'31:3618Cristiano Rodeghiero4'24:1213
Men's 4 x 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankVincenzo PerruchonSilvio ConfortolaRizzieri RodeghieroSeverino Compagnoni2'51:006
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank Carlo Fassi1615145.96613515
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank Grazia Barcellona2524122.21121824
Pairs AthletesPointsPlacesFinal rank Grazia BarcellonaCarlo Fassi9.263121.513
Ice hockey
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. PldWLTGFGAPts 870169515 8701801815 8620672112 844055288 835039476 826029974 817033772 8th8080241560 *8530863310 * 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
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.
AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalPointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Distance 3PointsRankPointsRankAlberto TassottiIndividual177.002246.552.042.0165.136342.1028Rizzieri Rodeghiero198.001357.058.056.0190.823388.8015Alfredo Prucker202.501151.059.556.0191.522394.0014
Skeleton
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNino Bibbia48.0447.6247.6159.511:00.211:00.315:23.2
Ski jumping
AthleteEventDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankAldo TrivellaNormal hill41.559.0176.638Igino Rizzi57.0 (fall)57.0131.745Bruno Da Col65.566.0201.218
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mGiorgio Cattaneo47.236Enrico Musolino46.5321500 mGuido Caroli2:30.936Giorgio Cattaneo2:30.534Enrico Musolino2:30.0325000 mFernando Alloni9:36.337Enrico Musolino9:32.336Guido Caroli9:21.331
References
Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com