Italy at the 2018 European Athletics Championships

Italy at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
WA code	ITA
in Berlin 6 August 2018 (2018-08-06) – 12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)
Competitors	91 (51 men, 40 women)
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 6
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. ^[1]

Medals

Antonella Palmisano bronze medal in the 20 km race walk.

Medal	Date	Event	Athlete
Bronze	7 August	Men's 10,000 m	Yeman Crippa
Bronze	9 August	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	Yohanes Chiappinelli
Bronze	11 August	Women's 20 km walk	Antonella Palmisano
Silver	12 August	Women's Marathon Cup	Sara Dossena Catherine Bertone Fatna Maraoui Laura Gotti
Bronze	12 August	Men's marathon	Yassine Rachik
Gold	12 August	Men's Marathon Cup	Yassine Rachik Eyob Faniel Stefano La Rosa

Finalists

Italy national athletics team ranked 14th in the EAA placing table . Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists (20 athletes or team). ^[2]

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Pts
6	Italy	1	1	4	3	5	3	1	2	87

Selected athletes

On 24 April 2018 the technical commissioner of the high level of the Italian national team Elio Locatelli, illustrated the composition of the national marathon team, ^[3] and FIDAL has announced the names of the athletes already selected for the race walk team for the European Championships 2018. ^[4]

Event	Men	Women
Marathon	Daniele Meucci [5] [6] Stefano La Rosa Eyob Faniel Yassine Rachik	Catherine Bertone Sara Dossena Valeria Straneo Giovanna Epis Fatna Maraoui Laura Gotti Anna Incerti (reserve)
Race walk	Marco De Luca	Antonella Palmisano

Team

On 19 July 2018, the complete team was announced: 49 men, 40 women, the largest team since the 95 athletes of Munchen 2002. ^[7] It remains to select a seventh athlete for the men's 4 × 400 m relay. ^[8] On 27 July 2018 the selection of three other male athletes was announced, the total therefore reaches 92 (52 men and 40 women). ^[9]

Italy closes with 4 medalists, 18 finalists (excluding teams), and 9 first of those not admitted to the final. ^[10]

  Finalists top 8 (4 athletes)

  Finalists - out o top 8: in middle-distance races or field events (18 athletes)

  First of the not admitted to the final (9 athletes)

Men Event Athlete Result 100 m Filippo Tortu 5th Marcel Jacobs SF (11th) Federico Cattaneo SF (20th) 200 m Eseosa Desalu 6th Andrew Howe SF (17th) Davide Manenti SF (19th) 4 × 100 m relay Federico Cattaneo SF (DSQ) Eseosa Desalu Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu Roberto Rigali (reserve) 400 m Matteo Galvan SF (9th) Davide Re SF (14th) 4 × 400 m relay Vladimir Aceti [11] 6th Matteo Galvan Davide Re Edoardo Scotti Michele Tricca Mattia Casarico (reserve) Daniele Corsa (reserve) [9] Francesco Cappellin (reserve) [9] 800 m Simone Barontini SF (24th) 1500 m Mohad Abdikadar 10th Joao Bussotti 11th 5.000 m Yemaneberhan Crippa 4th 10,000 m Yemaneberhan Crippa Lorenzo Dini 13th 110 m hs Lorenzo Perini SF (10th) Hassane Fofana SF (11th) Paolo Dal Molin SF (18th) 400 m hs Lorenzo Vergani SF (12th) José Bencosme SF (16th) Mario Lambrughi [12] DNS 3000 m st Yohannes Chiappinelli Ahmed Abdelwahed 13th Osama Zoghlami SF (21st) High Jump Gianmarco Tamberi 4th Marco Fassinotti Qual (13th) Long jump Kevin Ojiaku 11th Triple Jump Simone Forte Qual (13th) Fabrizio Donato Qual (20th) Pole vault Claudio Stecchi [9] 11th Shot put Leonardo Fabbri Qual (29th) Discus throw Hannes Kirchler Qual (18th) Giovanni Faloci Qual (21st) Nazzareno Di Marco Qual (23rd) Hammer throw Marco Lingua Qual (13th) Simone Falloni Qual (21st) Javelin throw Roberto Bertolini Qual (26th) Marathon Yassine Rachik Eyob Faniel 5th Stefano La Rosa 12th Race walk 20 km Massimo Stano 4th Francesco Fortunato 16th Giorgio Rubino DSQ Race walk 50 km Marco De Luca 10th Andrea Agrusti 11th Michele Antonelli DNF Decathlon Simone Cairoli 10th

Women Event Athlete Result 100 m Irene Siragusa SF (23rd) Anna Bongiorni SF (24th) 200 m Irene Siragusa SF (15th) Gloria Hooper SF (18th) 4 × 100 m relay Audrey Alloh 7th Johanelis Herrera Abreu Gloria Hooper Irene Siragusa Anna Bongiorni INJ Jessica Paoletta (reserve) 400 m Libania Grenot SF (9th) Maria Benedicta Chigbolu SF (19th) 4 × 400 m relay Maria Benedicta Chigbolu 5th Libania Grenot Ayomide Folorunso Raphaela Lukudo Maria Enrica Spacca (reserve) Giancarla Trevisan (reserve) Elisabetta Vandi (reserve) 800 m Elena Bellò Heat (27th) Yusneysi Santiusti Heat (31st) 100 m hs Luminosa Bogliolo SF (15th) Elisa Maria Di Lazzaro Heat (28th) 400 m hs Yadisleidy Pedroso 5th Ayomide Folorunso SF (9th) Linda Olivieri Heat (31st) 3000 m st Isabel Mattuzzi 15th Martina Merlo SF (16th) Francesca Bertoni SF (22nd) High Jump Alessia Trost 8th Elena Vallortigara Qual (13th) Desirée Rossit Qual (18th) Long Jump Laura Strati Qual (13th) Triple Jump Ottavia Cestonaro Qual (NM) Dariya Derkach Qual (NM) Discus throw Daisy Osakue 5th Valentina Aniballi Qual (17th) Marathon Sara Dossena 6th Catherine Bertone 8th Fatna Maraoui 14th Laura Gotti 46th Giovanna Epis DNS Race walk 20 km Antonella Palmisano Valentina Trapletti 9th Eleonora Giorgi DSQ Race walk 50 km Mariavittoria Becchetti 10th Nicole Colombi DNS

See also

• Italy national athletics team
• Italy at the 2018 European Championships

References

1. "European Athletics Championships History". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
2. "2018 European Athletics Championships - Placing table". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
3. "Marathon: le squadre azzurre per gli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
4. "CRITERI DI PARTECIPAZIONE ai CAMPIONATI EUROPEI 2018 Berlino (Ger) 7 - 12 Agosto" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
5. Forced to give up because of an injury.
6. "Meucci rinuncia agli Europei di Berlino" (in Italian). fidal.it. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
7. "Atletica, ottantanove azzurri agli Europei di Berlino: basta malinconie, nell'era Tortu solo talento e sorrisi" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
8. "Berlino, 89 azzurri agli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
9. "Azzurri a Berlino: c'è anche Stecchi" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
10. "Giomi: Europeo complesso, crescono i giovani" (in Italian). fidal.it. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
11. Ran in semi-finals
12. "Mario Lambrughi rinuncia agli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

External links

• EAA official site
• Profiles of athletes of the Italian team (in Italian)