# Italy at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia | Bobsleigh | Two-man | 15 February |
| Gold | Deborah Compagnoni | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | 20 February |
| Silver | Thomas Prugger | Snowboarding | Men's giant slalom | 8 February |
| Silver | Armin Zöggeler | Luge | Men's singles | 9 February |
| Silver | Pieralberto Carrara | Biathlon | Men's individual | 11 February |
| Silver | Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay | 18 February |
| Silver | Deborah Compagnoni | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | 19 February |
| Silver | Stefania Belmondo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 30 kilometre freestyle | 20 February |
| Bronze | Silvio Fauner | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 kilometre classical | 9 February |
| Bronze | Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay | 16 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Bobsleigh | 8 | – | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Figure skating | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Luge | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Nordic combined | 1 | – | 1 |
| Short track speed skating | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Ski jumping | 1 | – | 1 |
| Snowboarding | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Speed skating | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 79 | 34 | 113 |

## 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 |