Italy at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Italy at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
in Daegu
Competitors	30
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1

Italy competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

The Italian Federation has announced a team of 33 athletes for the forthcoming event. The captain of this team is Nicola Vizzoni, at his eight consecutive participations to Worlds Championships. The team will be led by Olympic 50 km Race walk champion Alex Schwazer and European Indoor champions Antonietta Di Martino (High Jump) and Simona La Mantia (Triple Jump).^[1][2]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,^[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,^[3] resulting in a total number of 30 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	4 x 100 metres relay	Matteo Galvan
		Jacques Riparelli
Women	4 x 400 metres relay	Manuela Gentili
		Elena Bonfanti

Medalists

The following competitor from Italy won a medal at the Championships

Antonietta Di Martino won a bronze medal in Women's High Jump at this year's championships (foto archived from Berlin 2010) Medal Athlete Event  Bronze Antonietta Di Martino High jump Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Daniele Meucci 5000 metres 13:39:90 q 13 13:29:11 10 Daniele Meucci 10,000 metres 28:50.28 12 Ruggero Pertile Marathon 2:11:57 8 Emanuele Abate 110 m hurdles 13.63 21 Did not advance Michael Tumi Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Fabio Cerutti 4 x 100 metres relay 38:41 (SB) 7 38:96 5 Alex Schwazer 20 kilometres walk 1:21:50 (SB) 9 Giorgio Rubino 20 kilometres walk DSQ Marco De Luca 50 kilometres walk 3:49:40 (SB) 12 Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi 50 kilometres walk 3:52:35 (PB) 16 Fabrizio Donato Triple jump 16.88 q 10 16.77 10 Fabrizio Schembri Triple jump 16.71 14 Did not advance Silvano Chesani High jump 2.25 22 Did not advance Nicola Vizzoni Hammer throw 76.74 q 8 77.04 8 Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Marta Milani 400 metres 51.94 Q, SB 12 51.86 PB 13 Did not advance Marzia Caravelli 100 m hurdles 13.29 26 Did not advance Manuela Gentili 400 m hurdles 56.71 25 Did not advance Chiara Bazzoni Maria Enrica Spacca Libania Grenot Marta Milani 4 x 400 metres relay 3:26.48 SB 9 Did not advance Elisa Rigaudo 20 kilometres walk 1:30:44 SB 4 Simona La Mantia Triple jump 14.06 15 Did not advance Antonietta Di Martino High jump 1.95 Q 1 2.00 Raffaella Lamera High jump 1.85 25 Did not advance Anna Giordano Bruno Pole vault 4.40 22 Did not advance Chiara Rosa Shot put 18.28 14 Did not advance Silvia Salis Hammer throw 69.82 q 10 69:88 9 Zahra Bani Javelin throw 58.92 14 Did not advance Heptathlon Francesca Doveri Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 13.44 SB 1059 11 High jump 1.71 SB 867 25 Shot put 11.76 645 24 200 m 25.45 846 20 Long jump 6.09 877 15 Javelin throw 35.09 SB 573 26 800 m 2:13.14 919 9 Total 5786 23 References IAAF (August 2, 2011), Italy to send 33 athletes to Daegu World Champs, IAAF, retrieved August 3, 2011 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011 IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 7, 2011 External links Official local organising committee website Official IAAF competition website