Italy at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Italy at the 1952 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Oslo
Competitors	33 (28 men, 5 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Fides Romanin[1]
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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As Cortina d'Ampezzo would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, an Italian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Zeno Colò	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Bronze	Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Silvio Alverà	Downhill					2:43.6	20
Ilio Colli						2:43.2	18
Carlo Gartner						2:36.5	8
Zeno Colò						2:30.8
Roberto Lacedelli	Giant Slalom					2:39.5	24
Silvio Alverà						2:37.7	22
Carlo Gartner						2:35.7	18
Zeno Colò						2:29.1	4
Ermanno Nogler	Slalom	1:09.5	42	did not advance
Albino Alverà		1:04.7	23 Q	1:05.7	20	2:10.4	23
Silvio Alverà		1:04.5	22 Q	1:05.3	19	2:09.8	19
Zeno Colò		1:00.9	5 Q	1:00.9	4	2:01.8	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Grazia Marchelli	Downhill					DSQ	–
Celina Seghi						1:54.9	15
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo						1:49.0
Maria Grazia Marchelli	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo						2:18.2	20
Celina Seghi						2:12.5	7
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo	Slalom	1:08.0	9	1:07.9	9	2:15.9	8
Celina Seghi		1:06.5	2	1:07.3	7	2:13.8	4

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1952 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	Umberto Gilarduzzi Luigi Cavalieri	Two-man	1:23.86	8	1:25.26	14	1:24.80	14	1:24.44	12	5:38.36	12
ITA-2	Alberto Della Beffa Dario Colombi	Two-man	1:23.86	8	1:24.71	10	1:24.03	10	1:24.62	13	5:37.22	10

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Alberto Della Beffa Sandro Rasini Dario Colombi Dario Poggi	Four-man	1:20.02	11	1:21.39	15	1:18.86	8	1:19.65	8	5:19.92	10
ITA-2	Umberto Gilarduzzi Michele Alverà Vittorio Folonari Luigi Cavalieri	Four-man	1:21.23	14	1:21.35	14	1:21.64	15	1:21.76	13	5:25.98	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Alfredo Prucker	1'10:56	38
	Ottavio Compagnoni	1'10:50	36
	Giacomo Mosele	1'10:36	34
	Arrigo Delladio	1'09:17	24
	Federico de Florian	1'06:54	19
50 km	Antenore Cuel	4'16:26	19
	Severino Compagnoni	4'16:13	18

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Arrigo Delladio Nino Anderlini Federico de Florian Vincenzo Perruchon	2'35:33	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Ildegarda Taffra	DNF	–
	Fides Romanin	54:43	17

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Carlo Fassi	6	7	169.822	50	6

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 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 were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping				Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alfredo Prucker	Individual	208.970	12	58.5	59.5	189.0	17	397.970	12

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Guido Citterio	48.2	38
	Enrico Musolino	45.9	25
1500 m	Guido Citterio	2:30.8	32
	Enrico Musolino	2:30.7	31
10,000 m	Guido Caroli	19:13.6	28

References

1. "Fides Romanin". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

• (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-31. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com