Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. One athlete, bobsledder William Frullani, had been tested positive for methylhexanamine and was sent home from Sochi.^[3] For the first time since 1980, Italy failed to win a gold medal in an Olympics. Closest was the alpine skier Christof Innerhofer who lost the gold in downhill against Matthias Mayer of Austria with only six hundredths of a second separating the two.

Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sochi
Competitors	113 in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Armin Zöggeler (opening)[1] Arianna Fontana (closing)[2]
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 6 Total 8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Christof Innerhofer Alpine skiing Men's downhill 9 February  Silver Arianna Fontana Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 13 February  Bronze Armin Zöggeler Luge Men's singles 9 February  Bronze Christof Innerhofer Alpine skiing Men's combined 14 February  Bronze Arianna Fontana Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres 15 February  Bronze Arianna Fontana Lucia Peretti Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani Short track speed skating Women's 3000 m relay 18 February  Bronze Lukas Hofer Karin Oberhofer Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Biathlon Mixed relay 19 February  Bronze Carolina Kostner Figure skating Ladies' singles 20 February

Medals by sport Sport Total Alpine skiing 0 1 1 2 Biathlon 0 0 1 1 Figure skating 0 0 1 1 Luge 0 0 1 1 Short track 0 1 2 3 Total 0 2 6 8 Medals by date Day Date Total Day 2 9 February 0 1 1 2 Day 3 10 February 0 0 0 0 Day 4 11 February 0 0 0 0 Day 5 12 February 0 0 0 0 Day 6 13 February 0 1 0 1 Day 7 14 February 0 0 1 1 Day 8 15 February 0 0 1 1 Day 9 16 February 0 0 0 0 Day 10 17 February 0 0 0 0 Day 11 18 February 0 0 1 1 Day 12 19 February 0 0 1 1 Day 13 20 February 0 0 1 1 Day 14 21 February 0 0 0 0 Day 15 22 February 0 0 0 0 Day 16 23 February 0 0 0 0 Total 0 2 6 8

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 19 athletes in alpine skiing.^[4]

Men

Christof Innerhofer won silver in the donwhill

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luca de Aliprandini	Giant slalom	1:23.08	19	1:23.83	7	2:46.91	11
Peter Fill	Downhill	—				2:06.72	7
	Super-G	—				1:18.85	8
	Combined	1:54.98	15	DNF
Stefano Gross	Slalom	47.45	=3	55.27	7	1:42.72	=4
Werner Heel	Downhill	—				2:07.16	12
	Super-G	—				1:19.74	=17
Christof Innerhofer	Downhill	—				2:06.29
	Super-G	—				DNF
	Combined	1:54.30	8	51.37	=3	2:45.67
Manfred Mölgg	Giant slalom	1:22.93	17	DNF
	Slalom	48.38	=12	DNF
Roberto Nani	Giant slalom	1:22.65	12	DNF
Dominik Paris	Downhill	—				2:07.13	11
	Super-G	—				1:19.70	16
	Combined	1:54.46	10	54.99	22	2:49.45	19
Giuliano Razzoli	Slalom	48.50	16	DNF
Davide Simoncelli	Giant slalom	1:22.35	3	1:25.00	23	2:47.35	17
Patrick Thaler	Slalom	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Federica Brignone	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	56.98	22	DNF
	Combined	1:45.68	22	51.94	9	2:37.62	11
Chiara Costazza	Slalom	57.32	25	DNF
Elena Fanchini	Downhill	—				1:42.70	12
	Combined	1:44.45	14	DNS
Nadia Fanchini	Downhill	—				1:43.48	22
	Super-G	—				1:27.20	10
	Giant slalom	1:18.53	3	1:18.72	7	2:37.25	4
Denise Karbon	Giant slalom	1:19.49	8	DNF
Francesca Marsaglia	Super-G	—				DNF
	Combined	1:43.96	9	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:21.63	26	1:18.29	4	2:39.92	16
Daniela Merighetti	Downhill	—				1:41.84	4
	Super-G	—				DNF
	Combined	1:44.64	15	DNS
Verena Stuffer	Downhill	—				1:42.75	14
	Super-G	—				1:27.52	=11

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Italy qualified 5 men and 5 women.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Christian De Lorenzi	Sprint	26:25.4	2 (1+1)	47
	Pursuit	36:58.2	2 (1+1+0+0)	42
	Individual	53:13.1	2 (1+0+0+1)	31
Lukas Hofer	Sprint	25:08.8	1 (0+1)	12
	Pursuit	34:53.1	2 (1+0+0+1)	17
	Individual	51:34.6	2 (0+1+0+1)	14
	Mass start	DNF	4 (2+2+0)	DNF
Dominik Windisch	Sprint	25:07.6	1 (1+0)	11
	Pursuit	35:40.0	4 (1+0+2+1)	25
	Individual	56:31.4	6 (1+1+1+3)	65
	Mass start	45:28.4	5 (1+1+3+0)	25
Markus Windisch	Sprint	28:14.4	2 (1+1)	81
	Individual	57:18.5	4 (0+2+1+1)	71
Christian De Lorenzi Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Markus Windisch	Team relay	1:13:15.5	11 (0+11)	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Nicole Gontier	Sprint	23:26.3	4 (1+3)	54
	Pursuit	34:37.5	6 (2+2+0+2)	49
	Individual	49:51.2	4 (0+1+2+1)	45
Karin Oberhofer	Sprint	21:34.7	0 (0+0)	4
	Pursuit	30:37.8	1 (0+0+1+0)	8
	Individual	46:46.6	2 (0+0+0+2)	14
	Mass start	37:03.6	2 (0+0+1+1)	13
Michela Ponza	Sprint	22:47.0	0 (0+0)	38
	Pursuit	34:36.4	3 (1+1+0+1)	48
Alexia Runggaldier	Individual	49:35.6	1 (1+0+0+0)	43
Dorothea Wierer	Sprint	21:37.4	0 (0+0)	6
	Pursuit	31:03.2	2 (0+0+2+0)	17
	Individual	DNS
	Mass start	38:37.4	3 (1+2+0+0)	25
Nicole Gontier Karin Oberhofer Michela Ponza Dorothea Wierer	Team relay	1:11:43.3	10 (1+9)	6

Mixed

Italy won bronze in the mixed relay

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Lukas Hofer Karin Oberhofer Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch	Team relay	1:10:15.2	6 (0+6)

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy rejected quota in the two-woman event. It kept its quota in the 2 and 4 man events.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Simone Bertazzo* Simone Fontana	Two-man	57.06	15	57.02	13	56.90	13	56.84	=10	3:47.82	14
Simone Bertazzo* Francesco Costa Simone Fontana Samuele Romanini	Four-man	55.78	17	55.73	19	56.06	=19	55.88	=17	3:43.45	18

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 16 athletes in cross-country skiing.^[4]

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Roland Clara	30 km skiathlon	37:19.9	38	33:04.3	26	1:10:56.3	+2:40.9	30
	50 km freestyle	—				1:47:28.6	+33.4	11
Francesco de Fabiani	15 km classical	—				41:00.8	+2:31.1	30
	30 km skiathlon	36:37.6	22	32:59.6	22	1:10:10.7	+1:55.3	22
	50 km freestyle	—				1:47:51.8	+56.6	25
Giorgio di Centa	30 km skiathlon	36:02.6	8	32:11.1	14	1:08:43.7	+28.3	12
David Hofer	50 km freestyle	—				1:47:35.7	+40.5	16
Dietmar Nöckler	15 km classical	—				41:11.9	+2:42.2	32
Fabio Pasini		—				41:20.1	+2:50.4	36
Mattia Pellegrin		—				42:42.3	+4:12.6	48
Roland Clara Giorgio di Centa David Hofer Dietmar Nöckler	4×10 km relay	—				1:30:04.7	+1:22.7	5

Women

Greta Laurent (right)

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Debora Agreiter	15 km skiathlon	20:25.4	40	20:04.9	21	41:04.8	+2:31.2	30
	30 km freestyle	—				1:12:58.5	+1:53.3	13
Elisa Brocard	10 km classical	—				31:28.0	+3:10.2	40
	15 km skiathlon	20:20.3	36	20:18.0	30	41:12.6	+2:39.0	32
	30 km freestyle	—				1:12:42.0	+1:36.8	13
Ilaria Debertolis	30 km freestyle	—				1:20:22.2	+9:17.0	44
Virginia de Martin Topranin	15 km skiathlon	20:19.8	35	21:19.8	42	42:17.6	+3:44.0	44
Marina Piller	10 km classical	—				31:07.6	+2:49.8	36
	15 km skiathlon	19:54.7	19	19:36.1	9	40:14.0	+1:40.4	16
	30 km freestyle	—				1:14:44.7	+3:39.5	25
Elisa Brocard Virginia de Martin Topranin Ilaria Debertolis Marina Piller	4×5 km relay	—				55:19.9	+2:17.2	8

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Hofer	Sprint	3:35.68	18 Q	3:44.87	3	Did not advance
Enrico Nizzi		3:40.89	44	Did not advance
Dietmar Nöckler		3:40.27	37	Did not advance
Federico Pellegrino		3:30.38	3 Q	3:43.97	1 Q	3:55.99	6	Did not advance
Dietmar Nöckler Federico Pellegrino	Team sprint	—				23:58.12	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilaria Debertolis	Sprint	2:40.29	32	Did not advance
Greta Laurent		2:36.30	16 Q	2:52.07	6	Did not advance
Gaia Vuerich		2:35.81	13 Q	2:35.65	3 q	2:36.87	3	Did not advance
Ilaria Debertolis Gaia Vuerich	Team sprint	—				17:35.98	7	Did not advance

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy achieved the following quota places:^[6]

Athlete	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Paul Bonifacio Parkinson	Men's singles	56.30	27	Did not advance
Carolina Kostner	Ladies' singles	74.12	3 Q	142.61	4	216.73
Valentina Marchei		57.02	12 Q	116.31	10	173.33	11
Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek	Pairs	63.57	11 Q	115.51	10	179.08	11
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise		51.64	16 Q	86.22	16	137.86	16
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Ice dancing	67.58	6 Q	101.92	7	169.50	6
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri		58.14	15 Q	86.64	14	144.78	14

Team trophy

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Paul Bonifacio Parkinson (M) Carolina Kostner (L) (SP) Valentina Marchei (L) (FS) Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek (P) Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (I) (OD) Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri (I) (FD)	Team trophy	53.94 1	70.84 9	70.31 7	64.92 6	23	4 Q	121.23 6	112.51 8	120.82 8	81.25 7	52	4

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Giacomo Matiz	Men's moguls	26.48	15.1	20.61	14	26.64	13.66	19.1	11	Did not advance
Deborah Scanzio	Women's moguls	30.56	14.20	20.02	13	31.04	15.38	21.01	2 Q	29.94	14.05	20.12	12 Q	29.59	13.86	20.07	11	Did not advance

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Markus Eder	Men's slopestyle	11.80	79.00	79.00	15	Did not advance
Silvia Bertagna	Women's slopestyle	70.60	11.80	70.60	12 Q	69.60	21.80	69.60	8

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy earned the maximum quota of ten spots.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dominik Fischnaller	Singles	52.729	9	52.540	5	52.007	5	52.203	11	3:29.479	6
Emanuel Rieder		52.981	17	52.875	17	52.578	22	52.511	19	3:30.945	19
Armin Zöggeler		52.506	3	52.387	3	51.910	3	51.994	3	3:28.797
Patrick Gruber Christian Oberstolz	Doubles	49.976	7	50.043	8	—				1:40.019	6
Patrick Rastner Ludwig Rieder		50.064	8	49.975	5	—				1:40.039	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sandra Gasparini	Singles	51.032	14	50.803	14	50.959	14	50.962	15	3:23.756	14
Sandra Robatscher		51.589	23	50.981	17	51.678	23	51.258	19	3:25.506	22
Andrea Voetter		50.937	12	51.592	27	51.420	20	51.290	20	3:25.239	19

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sandra Gasparini Patrick Gruber Christian Oberstolz Armin Zöggeler	Team relay	54.823	6	56.039	3	56.558	6	2:47.420	5

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Armin Bauer	Normal hill/10 km	92.5	107.3	35	23:19.7	7	24:56.7	11
	Large hill/10 km	115.0	91.4	41	22:23.5	3	24:53.5	23
Samuel Costa	Normal hill/10 km	91.0	106.1	40	24:31.2	28	26:13.2	30
Giuseppe Michielli	Large hill/10 km	114.5	89.1	44	24:16.9	38	26:56.9	41
Alessandro Pittin	Normal hill/10 km	94.5	113.4	25	22:47.5	1	23:59.5	4
	Large hill/10 km	119.5	93.2	39	22:20.5	1	24:43.5	18
Lukas Runggaldier	Normal hill/10 km	97.0	115.7	21	23:06.9	3	24:09.9	7
	Large hill/10 km	112.5	86.8	46	22:44.0	11	25:33.0	28
Armin Bauer Samuel Costa Alessandro Pittin Lukas Runggaldier	Team large hill/4×5 km	459.0	383.9	9	47:54.7	8	50:04.7	8

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy qualified five skaters of each gender for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013.^[7] Cecilia Maffei was the 5th woman to qualify for the team but she did not skate in any individual distances or in the relay.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuri Confortola	500 m	42.042	3	Did not advance					21
	1000 m	1:26.956	2 Q	1:25.428	4	Did not advance			15
	1500 m	2:14.143	2 Q	—		2:19.086	5	Did not advance	14
Tommaso Dotti	1500 m	2:17.300	5	—		Did not advance			27
Anthony Lobello, Jr.	500 m	42.133	4	Did not advance					25
Yuri Confortola Tommaso Dotti Anthony Lobello, Jr. Nicola Rodigari Davide Viscardi	5000 m relay	—				6:45.253	3 FB	6:44.904	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arianna Fontana	500 m	43.568	1 Q	43.405	1 Q	43.642	2 Q	51.250
	1000 m	1:32.983	1 Q	PEN		Did not advance
	1500 m	2:29.645	1 Q	—		2:19.336	1 FA	2:19.416
Lucia Peretti	1500 m	2:22.953	4	—		Did not advance			20
Martina Valcepina	500 m	44.493	3	Did not advance					20
	1000 m	1:34.226	3 ADV	DNS		Did not advance			23
	1500 m	2:27.212	4	—		Did not advance			23
Elena Viviani	500 m	44.623	4	Did not advance					26
	1000 m	1:33.352	4	Did not advance					27
Arianna Fontana Lucia Peretti Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani	3000 m relay	—				4:11.282	2 FA	4:14.014

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maurizio Oioli	Men's	57.69	16	57.27	16	57.85	19	57.87	18	3:50.68	19

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy received the following start quotas:

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Davide Bresadola	Men's normal hill	90.5	104.3	38 Q	DSQ			Did not advance
	Men's large hill	115.0	83.9	41	Did not advance
Sebastian Colloredo	Men's normal hill	97.0	116.9	11 Q	97.0	118.9	29 Q	94.0	113.7	27	232.6	28
	Men's large hill	124.0	104.1	22 Q	130.5	116.7	26 Q	124.5	102.9	30	219.6	30
Roberto Dellasega	Men's normal hill	89.5	96.4	44	Did not advance
	Men's large hill	112.0	68.9	50	Did not advance
Evelyn Insam	Women's normal hill	—			98.0	120.5	4	99.0	121.7	4	242.2	5
Elena Runggaldier		—			85.0	86.2	29	88.0	93.4	28	179.6	29

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Mainhard Erlacher	Men's giant slalom	DSQ		Did not advance
	Men's slalom	1:00.62	25	Did not advance
Roland Fischnaller	Men's giant slalom	1:40.48	18	Did not advance
	Men's slalom	59.43	9 Q	Flütsch (SUI) W −0.11	Wild (RUS) L +0.52	Did not advance
Aaron March	Men's giant slalom	DSQ		Did not advance
	Men's slalom	59.44	11	S Schoch (SUI) W DSQ	Mathies (AUT) W −0.29	Košir (SLO) L DSQ	Karl (AUT) L +16.25	4
Christoph Mick	Men's giant slalom	1:48.25	28	Did not advance
	Men's slalom	1:00.22	20	Did not advance
Corinna Boccacini	Women's giant slalom	1:51.85	16 Q	Takeuchi (JPN) L +1.93	Did not advance
	Women's slalom	1:04.96	8 Q	Riegler (AUT) W −2.78	Kreiner (AUT) W −0.05	Dujmovits (AUT) L +5.18	Kober (GER) L +0.13	4
Nadya Ochner	Women's giant slalom	1:59.88	26	Did not advance
	Women's slalom	1:05.79	22	Did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Tommaso Leoni	Men's snowboard cross	CAN		3 Q	DSQ	did not advance		=21
Luca Matteotti		CAN		3 Q	3 Q	3 FA	6	6
Emanuel Perathoner		CAN		DNS	Did not advance
Omar Visintin		CAN		2 Q	2 Q	DNF FB	DNS	12
Raffaella Brutto	Women's snowboard cross	1:25.11	18	—	4	Did not advance		16
Michela Moioli		1:24.72	16	—	2 Q	3 FA	DNF	6

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy achieved the following quota places:^[8]

Men

Mirko Giacomo Nenzi (right) riding the 1500 m

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matteo Anesi	1500 m	—				1:50.59	39
David Bosa	500 m	35.63	32	35.64	31	71.28	31
Andrea Giovannini	5000 m	—				6:30.84	17
Mirko Giacomo Nenzi	500 m	35.56	29	35.51	25	71.07	28
	1000 m	—				1:10.32	25
	1500 m	—				1:47.48	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yvonne Daldossi	500 m	39.30	29	39.34	31	78.64	30
Francesca Lollobrigida	3000 m	—				4:16.51	23