Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Italy competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. On 21 February it was announced that bobsledder William Frullani had tested positive for methylhexanamine and was sent home from Sochi.
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.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | |||
Short track speed skating | Women's 500 metres | |||
Luge | Men's singles | |||
Alpine skiing | Men's combined | |||
Short track speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | |||
Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 m relay | |||
Biathlon | Mixed relay | |||
Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Alpine skiing
According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 19 athletes in alpine skiing.;Men
;Women
Biathlon
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Italy qualified 5 men and 5 women.;Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
Christian De Lorenzi | Sprint | 26:25.4 | 2 | 47 |
Christian De Lorenzi | Pursuit | 36:58.2 | 2 | 42 |
Christian De Lorenzi | Individual | 53:13.1 | 2 | 31 |
Lukas Hofer | Sprint | 25:08.8 | 1 | 12 |
Lukas Hofer | Pursuit | 34:53.1 | 2 | 17 |
Lukas Hofer | Individual | 51:34.6 | 2 | 14 |
Lukas Hofer | Mass start | 4 | ||
Dominik Windisch | Sprint | 25:07.6 | 1 | 11 |
Dominik Windisch | Pursuit | 35:40.0 | 4 | 25 |
Dominik Windisch | Individual | 56:31.4 | 6 | 65 |
Dominik Windisch | Mass start | 45:28.4 | 5 | 25 |
Markus Windisch | Sprint | 28:14.4 | 2 | 81 |
Markus Windisch | Individual | 57:18.5 | 4 | 71 |
Christian De Lorenzi Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Markus Windisch | Team relay | 1:13:15.5 | 11 | 5 |
;Women
;Mixed
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
Lukas Hofer Karin Oberhofer Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch | Team relay | 1:10:15.2 | 6 |
Bobsleigh
Italy rejected quota in the two-woman event. It kept its quota in the 2 and 4 man events.Cross-country skiing
According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 16 athletes in cross-country skiing.;Distance
;Men
;Women
;Sprint
;Men
;Women
Figure skating
Italy achieved the following quota places:;Team trophy
Freestyle skiing
;Moguls;Slopestyle
Luge
Italy earned the maximum quota of ten spots.;Men
;Women
;Mixed team relay
Nordic combined
Short track speed skating
Italy qualified five skaters of each gender for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013. 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
;Women
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Skeleton
Ski jumping
Italy received the following start quotas:Snowboarding
;Alpine;Snowboard cross
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final
Speed skating
Italy achieved the following quota places:;Men
;Women