Italy at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics

Italy at the
2001 World Championships in Athletics
Italy at the; 2001 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
in Edmonton
Competitors	38 (22 men, 16 women)
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
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WA codeITA

Competitors38 (22 men, 16 women)

Italy competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Canada from 3 to 12 August 2001.

Athlete	Gendre	Event	Medal
Fiona May	Women	Long jump	Gold
Fabrizio Mori	Men	400 Metres Hurdles	Silver
Stefano Baldini	Men	Marathon	Bronze
Elisabetta Perrone	Women	20 Kilometres Race Walk	Bronze
Medal not included in the medal table
Italy national athletics team	Men	Marathon	Bronze

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances
Track and field events
100 m	Francesco Scuderi	Haat	(5. in 5b with 10.53)
200 m	Marco Torrieri	Semi	(5. in 2sf with 20.38, 2. nel 2qf with 20.43, 1. in 2b with 20.63)
400 m	Alessandro Attene	Haat	(6. in 2b with 46.56)
10,000 m	Marco Mazza	14th	with 28:08.00
Marathon	Stefano Baldini	3rd	with 2h13:18;
	Giacomo Leone	11th	with 2h17:54
	Giovanni Ruggiero	17th	2h20:44
	Alberico Di Cecco	Ret.	NM
	Roberto Barbi	DQ	(60. al traguardo with 2h35:55)
400 m hs	Fabrizio Mori	2nd	2. with 47.54 (1. in 1sf with 48.49, 1. in 1b with 49.29)
Pole vault	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Qual.	NM
Triple jump	Paolo Camossi	11th	with 16.18 (in qualification: 4. in group A with 16.89)
Shot put	Paolo Dal Soglio	Qual.	(8. in group B with 19.80)
Hammer throw	Nicola Vizzoni	4th	with 80.13 (in qualificazione: 5. in group B with 78.66)
Hammer throw	Loris Paoluzzi	Qual.	(10. in group A with 74.75)
20 km walk	Alessandro Gandellini	12th	with 1h24:05
20 km walk	Lorenzo Civallero	16th	with 1h25:28
50 km walk	Marco Giungi	8th	with 3h51:09
	Francesco Galdenzi	13th	with 3h54:42
	Giovanni De Benedictis	DNF	NM
4 × 100 m relay	National Team Francesco Scuderi Marco Torrieri Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo	Semi	(5. in 1sf with 38.71,3. in 3b with 38.97)

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances
Track and field events
100 m	Manuela Levorato	Haat	(8. in 1sf with 11.50, 4. nel 1qf with 11.29, 2. in 4b with 11.46)
200 m	Manuela Levorato	Haat	(6. in 1sf with 23.13; 5. in 5b with 23.23)
Marathon	Ornella Ferrara	14th	with 2h32:45
	Bruna Genovese	17th	with 2h33:13
	Rosaria Console	20th	with 2h34:11
	Tiziana Alagia	21st	with 2h34:45
	Sara Ferrari	26th	with 2h36:07
400 m hs	Monica Niederstatter	Haat	(7. in 1sf with 56.37, 3. in 3b with 55.83)
High jump	Antonietta Di Martino	12th	with 1.85 (in qualification: 1. in group B with 1.91)
Long jump	Fiona May	1st	7.02w (in qualification: 1. in group A with 6.80)
Triple jump	Magdelín Martínez	4th	with 14.52 (in qualification: 1. nel group B with 14.59)
Hammer throw	Ester Balassini	Qual.	NM in group A
Javelin throw	Claudia Coslovich	11th	with 57.27 (in qualification: 7. nel group B com 58.42)
Heptathlon	Gertrud Bacher	9th	with 6.010 pts
20 km walk	Elisabetta Perrone	3rd	with 1h28:56
	Erica Alfridi	4th	with 1h29:48
	Annarita Sidoti	6th	with 1h31:40

Finalists