1978 Italian Athletics Championships

1978 Italian Athletics Championships
Dates	22–26 July
Host city	Rome
Level	Senior
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Italian Athletics Championships was the 68th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Rome (track & field events). ^{[1] [2]}

Champions

Men Event Athlete Performance 100 metres Pietro Mennea 10.30 200 metres Pietro Mennea 20.35 400 metres Stefano Malinverni 46.63 800 metres Carlo Grippo 1:47.8a 1500 metres Fulvio Costa 3:45.3a 5000 metres Piero Selvaggio 13:57.8a 10,000 metres Venanzio Ortis 28:55.6a 110 metres hurdles Giuseppe Buttari 13.79 400 metres hurdles Giorgio Ballati 50.68 3000 metres steeplechase Roberto Volpi 8:30.3a High jump Rodolfo Bergamo 2.24 Pole vault Renato Dionisi 5.20 Long jump Maurizio Maffi 7.69 Triple jump Paolo Piapan 15.78 Shot put Angelo Groppelli 19.07 Discus throw Armando De Vincentis 61.84 Hammer throw Gian Paolo Urlando 74.14 Javelin throw Vanni Rodeghiero 73.50* Decathlon Hubert Indra 6457 Half Marathon Massimo Magnani 1:31:50* Marathon Massimo Magnani 02:16:46 10,000 metres track walk not held 20 km road walk Maurizio Damilano 01:26:42 50 km road walk Paolo Grecucci 03:51:31 Cross country (long course) Franco Fava

Women Event Athlete Performance 100 metres Laura Miano 11.54 200 metres Marisa Masullo 23.98 400 metres Erica Rossi 53.76 800 metres Agnese Possamai 2:05.7a 1500 metres Gabriella Dorio 4:09.5a 3000 metres Silvana Cruciata 9:05.1a 100 metres hurdles Ileana Ongar 13.76 400 metres hurdles Giuseppina Cirulli 59.88 3000 metres steeplechase - - High jump Sara Simeoni 1.95 Pole vault - - Long jump Emanuela Nini 6.28 Triple jump - - Shot put Cinzia Petrucci 16.10 Discus throw Renata Scaglia 52.96 Hammer throw - - Javelin throw Giuliana Amici 58.72* Pentathlon Barbara Bachlechner 3853p Marathon - - Cross country (long course) Agnese Possamai

References

1. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI 1906-2015 - Storia, Sedi, Programmi" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
2. "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (1978-2006)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

External links

• Italian Athletics Federation