| Italy at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics | |
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| WA code | ITA |
| National federation | FIDAL |
| Website | www |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 66 (40 men, 26 women) |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview) | |
Italy competed at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece from 1 to 10 August 1997.
| Athlete | Gendre | Event | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annarita Sidoti | Women | 10 Kilometres Race Walk | Gold |
| Roberta Brunet | Women | 5000 metres | Silver |
| Fiona May | Women | Long Jump | Bronze |
The largest team of the Italy national athletics team (66 competitors) of ever time at the World Championships, ranked 6th (with 16 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists. [1]
| Rank | Country |  |  |  | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 52 |
Italy participated with 66 athletes by winning three medals. [2]
| Track and field events | ||||
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Stefano Tilli | Quarter | (6. nel 5qf with 10.36, n. in 4b with 10.25) | |
| 200 m | Giovanni Puggioni | Quarter | (7. nel 4qf with 22.70, 1. in 5b with 20.73) | |
| Carlo Occhiena | Quarter | (8. nel 2qf with 21.14, 3. in 4b with 20.90) | ||
| Alessandro Attene | Haat | (5. in 6b with 20.92) | ||
| 400 m | Marco Vaccari | Quarter | (7. nel 3qf with 46.32, 5. in 5b with 46.00) | |
| 800 m | Andrea Longo | Quarter | (5. nel 4qf with 1:46.60, 3. in 2b with 1:46.79) | |
| Giuseppe D'Urso | DNF | in heat (ret. in 3b) | ||
| 1500 m | Gennaro Di Napoli | Semi | (8. in 2sf with 3:39.45, 5. in 4b with 3:37.50) | |
| 10,000 m | Stefano Baldini | 9th | with 28:11.97 (10. in b with 28:07.81) | |
| Marathon | Danilo Goffi | 4th | with 2h14:47 | |
| Giacomo Leone | 7th | with 2h17:16 | ||
| Francesco Ingargiola | 30. | with 2h23:30; | ||
| Marcello Curioni | DNF | NM | ||
| Vincenzo Modica | DNF | NM | ||
| 3000 m st | Angelo Carosi | 8th | with 8:16.01 (4. in 2sf with 8:20.82, 4. in 3b with 8:29.92) | |
| Alessandro Lambruschini | Semi | (rit. in 1sf, 6. in 1b with 8:26.35) | ||
| Giuseppe Maffei | Haat | (9. in 2b with 8:37.12) | ||
| 400 m hs | Fabrizio Mori | 4th | with 48.05 (2. in 3sf with 48.17, 1. in 2b with 48.93) | |
| Ashraf Saber | Semi | (8. in 2sf with 49.36, 3. in 7b with 49.11) | ||
| Laurent Ottoz | Haat | (4. in 5b with 49.69) | ||
| Pole vault | Fabio Pizzolato | Qual. | with 5.60 | |
| Andrea Giannini | Qual. | with 5.45 | ||
| Long jump | Paolo Camossi | Qual. | (n.m.) | |
| shot put | Paolo Dal Soglio | 9th | with 19.77 (19.93 in qual.) | |
| Corrado Fantini | Qual. | with 19.30 | ||
| Discus throw | Diego Fortuna | Qual. | with 60.06 | |
| Hammer throw | Enrico Sgrulletti | Qual. | with 74.70 | |
| Nicola Vizzoni | Qual. | with 73.42 | ||
| Loris Paoluzzi | Qual. | with 71.50 | ||
| Decathlon | Beniamino Poserina | Ret. | NM | |
| 20 km walk | Michele Didoni | 7th | with 1h23:14 | |
| Giovanni De Benedictis | 8th | with 1h23:33 | ||
| Alessandro Gandellini | 12th | with 1h24:24 | ||
| 50 km walk | Arturo Di Mezza | 8th | with 3h51:33 | |
| Giovanni Perricelli | 14th | with3h57:38 | ||
| Orazio Romanzi | 28th | with 4h11:00 | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | National Team Andrea Amici Giovanni Puggioni Carlo Occhiena Sandro Floris | Semi | (5. in 1sf with 38.77, 3. in 4b with 38.97) | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | National Team Ashraf Saber Marco Vaccari Andrea Nuti Fabrizio Mori | 7th | with 3:01.52 (2. in 3b with 3:01.75) | |
| Track and field events | ||||
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Manuela Levorato | Haat | (4. in 3b with 11.57) | |
| Giada Gallina | Haat | (6. in 5b with 11.64) | ||
| 200 m | Danielle Perpoli | Haat | (6. in 1b with 23.96) | |
| 400 m | Patrizia Spuri | Quarter | (8. nel 3qf with 52.15, 3. in 3b with 52.54) | |
| 5000 m | Roberta Brunet | 2nd | with 14:58.29 (4. in 1b with 15:29.03) | |
| 10,000 m | Silvia Sommaggio | 9th | with 32:16.92 (4. in 1b with 33:08.19) | |
| Marathon | Ornella Ferrara | 5th | with 2h33:10 | |
| Franca Fiacconi | 13th | with 2h39:53 | ||
| Laura Fogli | 24th | with 2h43:28 | ||
| Anna Villani | 27th | with 2h43:58 | ||
| Sonia Maccioni | Ret. | NM | ||
| 100 m hs | Carla Tuzzi | Haat | (6. in 2b with 13.10) | |
| 400 m hs | Carla Barbarino | Haat | (6. in 3b with 57.05) | |
| High jump | Antonella Bevilacqua | 7th | with 1.93 (1.94 in qual.) | |
| Long jump | Fiona May | 3rd | with 6.91 (6.73 in qual.) | |
| Triple jump | Barbara Lah | Qual. | with 13.70 | |
| Antonella Capriotti | Qual. | with 13.32 | ||
| Shot put | Mara Rosolen | Qual. | with 17.87 | |
| Discus throw | Agnese Maffeis | 8th | with 61.40 (59.94 in qual.) | |
| 10 km walk | Annarita Sidoti | 1st | with 42:55.49 (7. in 1b with 44:19.33) | |
| Erica Alfridi | 5th | with 43:59.73 (1. in 2b with 44:32.04) | ||
| Elisabetta Perrone | 10th | with 45:16.64 (2. in 2b with 44:32.06) | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | National Team Elena Sordelli Giada Gallina Manuela Grillo Manuela Levorato | Haat | (7. in 1b with 44.16) | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | National Team Patrizia Spuri Francesca Carbone Carla Barbarino Virna De Angeli Danielle Perpoli | 8th | with 3:30.63 (4. in 2b with 3:30.34) | [3] |
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