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

MedalNameSportEventDate
Alpine skiingMen's downhill
Short track speed skatingWomen's 500 metres
LugeMen's singles
Alpine skiingMen's combined
Short track speed skatingWomen's 1500 metres

Short track speed skatingWomen's 3000 m relay

BiathlonMixed relay
Figure skatingLadies' 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
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Christian De LorenziSprint26:25.42 47
Christian De LorenziPursuit36:58.22 42
Christian De LorenziIndividual53:13.12 31
Lukas HoferSprint25:08.81 12
Lukas HoferPursuit34:53.12 17
Lukas HoferIndividual51:34.62 14
Lukas HoferMass start4
Dominik WindischSprint25:07.61 11
Dominik WindischPursuit35:40.04 25
Dominik WindischIndividual56:31.46 65
Dominik WindischMass start45:28.45 25
Markus WindischSprint28:14.42 81
Markus WindischIndividual57:18.54 71
Christian De Lorenzi
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
Markus Windisch
Team relay1:13:15.511 5

;Women
;Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Lukas Hofer
Karin Oberhofer
Dorothea Wierer
Dominik Windisch
Team relay1:10:15.26

Bobsleigh

Italy rejected quota in the two-woman event. It kept its quota in the 2 and 4 man events.
* – Denotes the driver of each sled

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