Speed Skating
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Giorgio Cattaneo | 47.2 | 36 |
| Enrico Musolino | 46.5 | 32 | |
| 1500 m | Guido Caroli | 2:30.9 | 36 |
| Giorgio Cattaneo | 2:30.5 | 34 | |
| Enrico Musolino | 2:30.0 | 32 | |
| 5000 m | Fernando Alloni | 9:36.3 | 37 |
| Enrico Musolino | 9:32.3 | 36 | |
| Guido Caroli | 9:21.3 | 31 | |
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“There exist certain individuals who are, by nature, given purely to contemplation and are utterly unsuited to action, and who, nevertheless, under a mysterious and unknown impulse, sometimes act with a speed which they themselves would have thought beyond them.”
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