Italy at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the 1936 Winter Olympics

IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors	40 (35 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Adriano Guarnieri
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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 2026 2030

Italy competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Rolando Zanni	Combined	DNF	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Adriano Guarnieri		5:26.4	13	1:28.5 (+0:06)	1:50.1 (+0:06)	25	80.94	17
Vittorio Chierroni		5:20.0	12	1:33.4	1:50.8 (+0:12)	27	80.80	18
Cinto Sertorelli		5:05.0	9	1:19.3	1:30.1	7	90.39	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Iseline Crivelli	Combined	7:24.4	27	2:04.0	DSQ	–	DNF	–
Nives Dei Rossi		7:03.2	24	1:51.8	2:04.3 (+0:06)	22	66.06	24
Frida Clara		6:16.8	16	1:38.1	1:35.1	9	77.17	12
Paula Wiesinger		5:55.2	10	1:54.4	2:07.8 (+0:12)	24	72.19	16

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Antonio Brivio Carlo Solveni	Two-man	1:33.38	19	1:27.85	18	1:25.78	5	1:24.20	9	5:51.21	12
ITA-2	Edgardo Vaghi Dario Poggi	Two-man	1:30.03	10	1:25.66	13	1:29.04	11	1:26.29	14	5:51.02	11

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Antonio Brivio Carlo Solveni Emilio Dell'Oro Raffaele Manardi	Four-man	1:26.96	12	1:22.46	7	1:20.98	6	1:20.67	7	5:31.07	10
ITA-2	Francesco de Zanna Ernesto Franceschi Uberto Gillarduzzi Amedeo Angeli	Four-man	1:23.02	5	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
18 km	Raffaele Nasi	1'32:12	52
	Giulio Gerardi	1'21:25	19
	Severino Menardi	1'20:34	16
	Vincenzo Demetz	1'20:06	13
50 km	Giacomo Scalet	4'01:54	22
	Tobia Senoner	3'57:16	17
	Vincenzo Demetz	3'56:47	16
	Giovanni Kasebacher	3'53:08	13

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Giulio Gerardi Severino Menardi Vincenzo Demetz Giovanni Kasebacher	2'50:05	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Anna Cattaneo Ercole Cattaneo	93	9.1	9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	5	1	4
United States	3	2	1	5	2	4
Italy	3	1	2	2	5	2
Switzerland	3	1	2	1	5	2

7 February	Germany	3-0 (1-0,1-0,1-0)	Italy
8 February	United States	1-2 (0-0,0-0,1-1,0-0,0-1)	Italy
9 February	Switzerland	1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0)	Italy

Contestants
Augusto Gerosa
Franco Rossi
Gianmario Baroni
Decio Trovati
Camillo Mussi
Giovanni Scotti
Ignazio Dionisi
Mario Zucchini
Mario Maiocchi
Carlo Zucchini

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 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 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

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.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Vuerich	Individual	1'25:01	186.7	14	DNS	–	–	–	DNF	–
Severino Menardi	Individual	1'20:34	211.0	5	37.5	40.0	157.3	40	368.3	20

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mario Bonomo	Normal hill	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Bruno da Col	Normal hill	59.0	87.8	39	61.0	91.8	36	179.6	37

References

"Adriano Guarnieri". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

Sources

(ed.) Peter von le Fort (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com

Italy at the Olympics

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Intercalated Games	1906

Italy hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1956 and 2006 Winter Olympics.

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