Italy at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, winning 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Italy at the 1988 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Calgary
Competitors	58 (42 men, 16 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Maurilio De Zolt (cross-country skiing)
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Gold	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Silver	Maurilio De Zolt	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km freestyle
Bronze	Johann Passler	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Bronze	Werner Kiem Gottlieb Taschler Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle	Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Michael Mair	Downhill			DNF	–
Igor Cigolla				2:05.85	31
Danilo Sbardellotto				2:02.69	10
Alberto Tomba	Super-G			DNF	–
Carlo Gerosa				1:45.82	26
Heinz Holzer				1:42.88	11
Ivano Camozzi				1:42.66	10
Heinz Holzer	Giant Slalom	1:08.08	1:05.20	2:13.28	27
Carlo Gerosa		1:06.90	1:04.75	2:11.65	17
Ivano Camozzi		1:05.86	1:02.91	2:08.77	4
Alberto Tomba		1:03.91	1:02.46	2:06.37
Ivano Camozzi	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Carlo Gerosa		53.06	DSQ	DSQ	–
Oswald Tötsch		52.44	48.11	1:40.55	8
Alberto Tomba		51.62	47.85	1:39.47

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Oswald Tötsch	1:57.83	44.32	42.32	134.14	18
Igor Cigolla	1:50.86	DNF	–	DNF	–
Danilo Sbardellotto	1:49.57	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Michaela Marzola	Downhill			1:28.69	19
Michaela Marzola	Super-G			1:20.91	7
Nadia Bonfini	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Paoletta Magoni		1:01.65	DNF	DNF	–
Nadia Bonfini	Slalom	51.95	DNF	DNF	–
Paoletta Magoni		50.42	49.34	1:39.76	7

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Michaela Marzola	1:17.95	43.65	44.57	85.34	10

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Roberto Marchesi	2	27:36.7	33
	Andreas Zingerle	2	26:33.0	15
	Pieralberto Carrara	2	26:32.7	13
	Johann Passler	2	26:07.7	8

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Andreas Zingerle	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
	Werner Kiem	57:00.3	3	1'04:00.3	43
	Gottlieb Taschler	55:53.6	3	58:53.6	11
	Johann Passler	55:10.1	2	57:10.1

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Werner Kiem Gottlieb Taschler Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle	0	1'23:51.5

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 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Alex Wolf Georg Beikircher	Two-man	59.35	28	59.65	9	1:00.32	9	1:00.03	17	3:59.35	17
ITA-2	Ivo Ferriani Stefano Ticci	Two-man	58.25	14	1:00.60	24	1:01.08	19	1:00.21	19	4:00.14	19

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Alex Wolf Pasquale Gesuito Georg Beikircher Stefano Ticci	Four-man	57.20	15	57.72	9	56.53	7	58.01	10	3:49.46	10
ITA-2	Roberto D'Amico Thomas Rottensteiner Paolo Scaramuzza Andrea Meneghin	Four-man	57.69	20	58.65	21	57.50	20	58.04	11	3:51.88	19

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Gianfranco Polvara	43:08.3	14
	Giorgio Vanzetta	42:49.6	10
	Marco Albarello	42:48.6	9
	Maurilio De Zolt	42:31.2	6
30 km C	Silvano Barco	1'32:41.8	38
	Marco Albarello	1'26:09.1	8
	Gianfranco Polvara	1'26:02.7	7
	Giorgio Vanzetta	1'25:37.2	5
50 km F	Fausto Bormetti	2'10:20.7	18
	Albert Walder	2'09:19.6	16
	Gianfranco Polvara	2'08:40.3	10
	Maurilio De Zolt	2'05:36.4

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Silvano Barco Albert Walder Giorgio Vanzetta Maurilio De Zolt	1'46:16.7	5

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Gabriella Carrel	17:08.8	42
	Guidina Dal Sasso	16:26.4	27
	Clara Angerer	16:20.4	24
	Manuela Di Centa	15:57.2	18
10 km C	Manuela Di Centa	31:50.2	20
	Stefania Belmondo	31:47.2	19
	Bice Vanzetta	31:34.5	17
	Guidina Dal Sasso	31:16.7	11
20 km F	Elena Desderi	1'02:54.8	36
	Stefania Belmondo	1'01:36.9	29
	Guidina Dal Sasso	59:40.4	19
	Manuela Di Centa	57:55.2	6

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Clara Angerer Guidina Dal Sasso Elena Desderi Stefania Belmondo	1'04:23.6	10

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Alessandro Riccitelli	20	20	22	42.0	21

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Beatrice Gelmini	15	17	11	26.8	11

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Lia Trovati Roberto Pelizzola	10	10	10	20.0	10

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kurt Brugger	47.084	17	47.362	20	47.045	12	47.130	12	3:08.621	15
Paul Hildgartner	46.844	12	46.854	8	46.764	6	47.234	14	3:07.696	10
Hansjörg Raffl	46.590	7	46.971	12	46.893	10	47.071	11	3:07.525	8

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	46.125	7	46.428	7	1:32.553	7
Bernhard Kammerer Walter Brunner	46.381	11	46.790	10	1:33.171	9

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria-Louise Rainer	47.142	16	46.947	10	47.064	14	46.992	15	3:08.145	15
Gerda Weissensteiner	46.814	14	47.183	14	46.908	13	46.760	13	3:07.665	14
Veronika Oberhuber	46.720	12	46.963	11	47.118	15	46.715	12	3:07.516	13

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Sandro Sambugaro	Normal hill	74.0	77.0	79.0	88.5	165.5	46
Virginio Lunardi		75.5	82.4	74.5	79.8	161.6	50
Virginio Lunardi	Large hill	100.0	85.4	89.0	65.5	150.9	45
Sandro Sambugaro		100.0	85.4	94.5	76.2	161.6	39

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5000 m	Bruno Milesi	6:54.93	15
	Roberto Sighel	6:53.04	11
10,000 m	Bruno Milesi	14:23.84	13
	Roberto Sighel	14:13.60	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
3000 m	Elena Belci	4:27.21	13
5000 m	Elena Belci	7:37.23	12

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com