Italy at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

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]

Team

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]

Men Event Performance required Qualified 100 m 10.28 s Jacques Riparelli 10"24 Fabio Cerutti 10"24 Simone Collio 10"27 200 m 20"80 Davide Manenti 20"76 Diego Marani 20"77 400 m 46"00 Marco Vistalli 45"70 Lorenzo Valentini 46"49[6] 800 m 1'47"00 Mario Scapini 1'46"95 1500 m 3'40"00 Abdellah Haidane 3'39"11 5000 m 13'35"00 Stefano La Rosa 13'23"58 Maksym Obrubanskyy 13'27"15 10000 m 28'30"00 Daniele Meucci 27'32"86 Stefano La Rosa 28'13"62 110 m hs 13"70 Emanuele Abate 13"28 Paolo Dal Molin 13"64 400 m hs 50"00 José Bencosme 50"05 3000 m st 8'30"00 Yuri Floriani 8'22"62 Patrick Nasti 8'29"08 High jump 2.28 m Silvano Chesani 2.31 m Gianmarco Tamberi 2.26 m[6] Pole vault 5.60 m Claudio Stecchi 5.60 m Marco Boni 5.60 m Long jump 8.00 m Triple jump 16.70 m Daniele Greco 17.47 m Fabrizio Donato 17.28 m Fabrizio Schembri 16.97 m Andrea Chiari 16.83 m Shot put 19.90 m Discus throw 62.90 m Giovanni Faloci 64.24 m Hammer throw 76.00 m Lorenzo Povegliano 79.08 m Nicola Vizzoni 76.17 m Marco Lingua 76.10 m Javelin throw 79.70 m Decathlon 7800 pt 4×100 m relay Emanuele Di Gregorio 4×400 m relay Andrea Barberi Claudio Licciardello Isalbet Juarez Luca Galletti

Women Event Performance required Qualified 100 m 11"45 Martina Amidei 11"42 Audrey Alloh 11"43 200 m 23"30 Gloria Hooper 23"21 400 m 52"80 Libania Grenot 50"92 Maria Enrica Spacca 52"73 Chiara Bazzoni 52"80 800 m 2'01"90 1500 m 4'09"80 5000 m 15'30"00 Silvia Weissteiner 15'18"04 Elena Romagnolo 15'19"78 10000 m 33'00"00 Nadia Ejjafini 31'45"14 Valeria Straneo 32'15"87[7] Elena Romagnolo 32'39"12 100 m hs 13"25 Marzia Caravelli 12"85 Veronica Borsi 13"05[8] Giulia Pennella 13"06 Micol Cattaneo 13"07 400 m hs 56"30 Manuela Gentili 55"58 3000 m st 9'50"00 Giulia Martinelli 9'48"01 High jump 1.92 m Antonietta Di Martino 1.95 m[9] Alessia Trost 1.92 m[10] Pole vault 4.40 m Anna Giordano Bruno 4.40 m Long jump 6.55 m Triple jump 14.00 m Simona La Mantia 14.29 m Shot put 16.70 m Chiara Rosa 18.63 m Julaika Nicoletti 17.13 m Discus throw 58.00 m Tamara Apostolico 59.50 m Laura Bordignon 58.77 m Hammer throw 68.50 m Silvia Salis 70.20 m Javelin throw 57.50 m Zahra Bani 59.43 m Eptathlon 5920 pt 4x100 m relay Ilenia Draisci Martina Giovanetti Jessica Paoletta 4x400 m relay Giulia Arcioni Elena Maria Bonfanti Marta Milani

Results

Finalists (top 8)

Athlete	Event	Position	Performance	Notes
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]

See also

• Athletics in Italy
• Italy national athletics team
• Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Athletics

References

1. "CRITERI DI PARTECIPAZIONE AI CAMPIONATI EUROPEI 2012" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
2. "Graduatorie online" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
3. "2012 Top Lists". iaaf.org. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
4. "European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki". helsinki.fi. Retrieved 15 June 2012. «The 2012 championships, scheduled for 27 June to 1 July, will be held without the Marathon and Race Walk events.»
5. "A Helsinki Nazionale over 60" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
6. As under 23.
7. She renounced because she prepare Olympic marathon.
8. She renounced because is out of training, replaced by Micol Cattaneo.
9. She renounced because is injured.
10. She renounced because has the final college exams.
11. Standard A for the 2012 Summer Olympics
12. False start.
13. Ran 45.98 in Heat.
14. Wind-assisted
15. Not the 17.63 wind-assisted, but his second measure 17.53 m
16. 76.42 m, his stagional best, in qualification.
17. Ran 20.83 in Semi-final.
18. Ran 13.03 in Heat.
19. Ran 13.07 in semi-final.
20. 5.55 m in qualification.
21. Ran 13.39 in semi-final.

External links

• 21st European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012