| Italy at the World Athletics Relays | |
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| WA code | ITA |
| National federation | FIDAL |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| World Athletics Relays appearances (overview) | |
Italy has competed at the World Athletics Relays since first edition held in 2014, Italian teams have won a bronze medal in 2019. [1]
Italy competed at the first edition of the World Athletics Relays (at what time still known as IAAF World Relays) in Nassau, Bahamas, from 24 to 25 May 2014. [2]
In this first edition national relay team was made up of only the women's 4x400m team, only five athletes. [3]
| Athlete | Women's 4x400 |
|---|---|
| Libania Grenot | x |
| Chiara Bazzoni | x |
| Maria Enrica Spacca | x |
| Elena Maria Bonfanti | x |
| Ylenia Vitale | x |
| Event | Team | Round | Rank | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 400 m relay | Chiara Bazzoni Maria Enrica Spacca Elena Maria Bonfanti Libania Grenot | Heats | 8th | 3:30.67 | SB |
| Final | 6th | 3:27.44 | SB |
Italy competed at the 2015 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, from 2 to 3 May 2015. [4]
17 athletes, 6 men and 11 women, was selected for the event, for the composition of four teams: the 4x100 m men and women, the 4x400 m women. The 4x200 m men did not start. [5]
| Athlete | Men's 4x100 | Men's 4x200 | Women's 4x100 | Women's 4x400 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabio Cerutti | x | |||
| Fausto Desalu | x | x | ||
| Diego Marani | x | x | ||
| Delmas Obou | x | x | ||
| Davide Re | x | |||
| Giulia Riva | x | |||
| Audrey Alloh | x | |||
| Gloria Hooper | x | |||
| Irene Siragusa | x | |||
| Ilenia Draisci | x | |||
| Libania Grenot | x | |||
| Chiara Bazzoni | x | |||
| Libania Grenot | x | |||
| Elena Maria Bonfanti | x | |||
| Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | x | |||
| Marta Milani | x |
| Event | Team | Round | Rank | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 m relay | Fabio Cerutti Fausto Desalu Diego Marani Delmas Obou | Heats | 10th | 38.84 | SB |
| Fabio Cerutti Eseosa Desalu Matteo Galvan Delmas Obou | Final B | 5th | 39.23 |
| Event | Team | Round | Rank | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 400 m relay | Chiara Bazzoni Libania Grenot Elena Maria Bonfanti Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | Heats | DSQ | No time | [note 1] |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Giulia Riva Gloria Hooper Irene Siragusa Audrey Alloh | Heats | DNF | No time |
Italy competed at the 2017 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, from 22 to 23 April 2017. [2]
11 athletes, 6 men and 5 women, was selected for the event for the composition of two teams: the 4x100 m men and the 4x100 m women. [6]
| Athlete | Men's 4x100 | Women's 4x100 |
|---|---|---|
| Federico Cattaneo | x | |
| Fabio Cerutti | x | |
| Fausto Desalu | x | |
| Marcell Jacobs | x | |
| Davide Manenti | x | |
| Filippo Tortu | x | |
| Audrey Alloh | x | |
| Anna Bongiorni | x | |
| Libania Grenot | x | |
| Gloria Hooper | x | |
| Irene Siragusa | x |
| Event | Team | Round | Rank | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 m relay | Fabio Cerutti Fausto Desalu Federico Cattaneo Filippo Tortu | Heats | DSQ | No time | [note 2] |
| Event | Team | Round | Rank | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 m relay | Libania Grenot Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Audrey Alloh | Heats | DSQ | No time | [note 2] |
Italy competed at the 2019 IAAF World Relays in Yokohama, Japan, from 11 to 19 May 2019, participating in five of the ten scheduled competitions. [2]
29 athletes, 14 men and 15 women, was selected for the event. [7] [8]
| Athlete | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x100 | 4x400/4x400 mixed | 4x100 | 4x400/4x400 mixed | |
| Federico Cattaneo | x | |||
| Fausto Desalu | x | |||
| Marcell Jacobs | x | |||
| Davide Manenti | x | |||
| Roberto Rigali | x | |||
| Filippo Tortu | x | |||
| Vladimir Aceti | x | |||
| Daniele Corsa | x | |||
| Andrew Howe | x | |||
| Giuseppe Leonardi | x | |||
| Davide Re | x | |||
| Edoardo Scotti | x | |||
| Alessandro Sibilio | x | |||
| Michele Tricca | x | |||
| Anna Bongiorni | x | |||
| Zaynab Dosso | x | |||
| Johanelis Herrera Abreu | x | |||
| Gloria Hooper | x | |||
| Alessia Pavese | x | |||
| Irene Siragusa | x | |||
| Chiara Bazzoni | x | |||
| Rebecca Borga | x | |||
| Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | x | |||
| Ayomide Folorunso | x | |||
| Raphaela Lukudo | x | |||
| Marta Milani | x | |||
| Giancarla Trevisan | x | |||
| Virginia Troiani | x | |||
| Elisabetta Vandi | x | |||
On 10 May 2019 Italian Athletics Federation announced the composition of the five national teams to the five competitions in which it will participate. [9]
Italy competed at the 2021 World Athletics Relays in Silesia, Poland, from 1 to 2 May 2021, participating in five of the ten scheduled competitions. [2]
30 athletes, 16 men and 14 women, was selected for the event, [10] but there were two forfais. [11]
| Athlete | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x100 | 4x400/4x400 mixed | 4x100 | 4x400/4x400 mixed | |
| Marcell Jacobs | x | |||
| Davide Manenti | x | |||
| Federico Cattaneo | x | |||
| Fausto Desalu | x | |||
| Filippo Tortu | x | |||
| Antonio Infantino | x | |||
| Roberto Rigali | x | |||
| Davide Re | x | |||
| Vladimir Aceti | x | |||
| Edoardo Scotti | x | |||
| Alessandro Sibilio | x | |||
| Brayan Lopez | x | |||
| Lorenzo Benati | x | |||
| Mattia Cesarico | x | |||
| Irene Siragusa | x | |||
| Anna Bongiorni | x | |||
| Johanelis Herrera Abreu | x | |||
| Gloria Hooper | x | |||
| Vittoria Fontana | x | |||
| Dalia Kaddari | x | |||
| Chiara Melon | x | |||
| x | ||||
| Ayomide Folorunso | x | |||
| Raphaela Lukudo | x | |||
| Giancarla Trevisan | x | |||
| Alice Mangione | x | |||
| x | ||||
| Eleonora Marchiando | x | |||
| Virginia Troiani | x | |||
| Petra Nardelli | x | |||
In the heats all five teams qualified for the final, the three who did not yet have the Olympic pass (Men's 4x100 m, Woman 4x400 m and Mixed 4x400 m), got it. [12]
| Event | Team | Round | Rank | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 m relay | Fausto Desalu Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu | Heats | 1st Q | 38.45 | EL, SB, OG, WC |
| Final | 1st | 39.21 | |||
| 4 × 400 m relay | Lorenzo Benati Alessandro Sibilio Brayan Lopez Vladimir Aceti | Heats | 8th Q | 3:04.81 | SB |
| Final | 4th | 3:05.11 |
| Event | Team | Round | Rank | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 m relay | Johanelis Herrera Abreu Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Irene Siragusa | Heats | 6th Q | 44.02 | SB [13] |
| Irene Siragusa Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Vittoria Fontana | Final | 1st | 43.79 | SB | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Raphaela Lukudo Eleonora Marchiando Petra Nardelli Ayomide Folorunso | Heats | 7th q | 44.02 | SB, OG, WC |
| Final | 5th | 3:32.69 |
| Event | Team | Round | Rank | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 400 m relay | Edoardo Scotti Giancarla Trevisan Alice Mangione Davide Re | Heats | 1st Q | 3:16.52 | WL, SB, OG, WC [14] |
| Filnal | 1st | 3:16.60 |
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