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Italy will be represented at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki by the athletes that have achieved the standard of participation fixed by FIDAL. [1]
Are qualified the athletes who have achieved the standard set by the Italian Federation of Athletics (maximum three athletes for event). [1] [2] [3] The events of race walking and marathon will be not disputed at Helsinki, because the races is too close to the 2012 Summer Olympics of London. [4]
On June 18, after a few defections to injury, the federal technicians (particularly the manager Francesco Uguagliati of the national team) informed the final list of 61 participants (33 men and 28 women). [5]
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| Athlete | Event | Position | Performance | Notes |
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| Daniele Meucci | 5000 m | 5th | 13:32.69 | |
| Nadia Ejjafini | 5000 m | 6th | 15:16.54 |  [11] |
| Simone Collio | 100 m | DSQ | - | [12] |
| Chiara Rosa | Shot put | 3rd | 18.47 m | |
| Gianmarco Tamberi | High jump | 5th | 2.24 m | |
| Yuri Floriani | 3000 m st. | 7th | 8:39.22 | |
| Abdellah Haidane | 1500 m | 8th | 3:47.79 | |
| Simona La Mantia | Triple jump | 4th | 14.25 m | |
| Marco Vistalli | 400 m | 8th | 4:04.20 | [13] |
| Libania Grenot | 400 m | 6th | 52.57 | |
| Fabrizio Donato | Triple jump | 1st | 17.63 m [14] |  [15] |
| Daniele Meucci | 10000 m | 2nd | 28:22.73 | |
| Nicola Vizzoni | Hammer throw | 5th | 75.13 m | [16] |
| Diego Marani | 200 m | 7th | 21.26 | [17] |
| Marzia Caravelli | 100 m hs | 6th | 13.11 | [18] |
| Micol Cattaneo | 100 m hs | 8th | 13.16 | [19] |
| Claudio Stecchi | Pole vault | 8th | 5.40 m | [20] |
| Emanuele Abate | 110 m hs | 5th | 13.43 | [21] |
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