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Italy at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
ITA

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Website
  
www.coni.it (Italian)

Italy at the 1948 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Italian National Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
57 (54 men, 3 women) in 9 sports

Medals Ranked 10th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 0 1

Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first gold medal at the Winter Games.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men

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).

Women

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).

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Figure skating

Men
Women
Pairs

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

* 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
  • 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.

    Speed skating

    Men

    References

    Italy at the 1948 Winter Olympics Wikipedia