Italy at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics

Italy at the
1997 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
in Athens
Competitors66 (40 men, 26 women)
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece from 1 to 10 August 1997.

Medalists

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Athlete Gendre Event Medal
Annarita Sidoti Women 10 Kilometres Race Walk Gold
Roberta Brunet Women 5000 metres Silver
Fiona May Women Long Jump Bronze

Finalists

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The largest team of the Italy national athletics team (66 competitors) of ever time at the World Championships, ranked 6th (with 16 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.[1]

Rank Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
9 Italy Italy 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 5 52

Results

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Italy participated with 66 athletes by winning three medals.[2]

  Finalists (first eight positions)

Men (40)

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Track and field events
Event Athlete Result Performances Notes
100 m Stefano Tilli Quarter (6. nel 5qf with 10.36, n. in 4b with 10.25)
200 m Giovanni Puggioni Quarter (7. nel 4qf with 22.70, 1. in 5b with 20.73)
Carlo Occhiena Quarter (8. nel 2qf with 21.14, 3. in 4b with 20.90)
Alessandro Attene Haat (5. in 6b with 20.92)
400 m Marco Vaccari Quarter (7. nel 3qf with 46.32, 5. in 5b with 46.00)
800 m Andrea Longo Quarter (5. nel 4qf with 1:46.60, 3. in 2b with 1:46.79)
Giuseppe D'Urso DNF in heat (ret. in 3b)
1500 m Gennaro Di Napoli Semi (8. in 2sf with 3:39.45, 5. in 4b with 3:37.50)
10,000 m Stefano Baldini 9th with 28:11.97 (10. in b with 28:07.81)
Marathon Danilo Goffi 4th with 2h14:47
Giacomo Leone 7th with 2h17:16
Francesco Ingargiola 30. with 2h23:30;
Marcello Curioni DNF NM
Vincenzo Modica DNF NM
3000 m st Angelo Carosi 8th with 8:16.01 (4. in 2sf with 8:20.82, 4. in 3b with 8:29.92)
Alessandro Lambruschini Semi (rit. in 1sf, 6. in 1b with 8:26.35)
Giuseppe Maffei Haat (9. in 2b with 8:37.12)
400 m hs Fabrizio Mori 4th with 48.05 (2. in 3sf with 48.17, 1. in 2b with 48.93)
Ashraf Saber Semi (8. in 2sf with 49.36, 3. in 7b with 49.11)
Laurent Ottoz Haat (4. in 5b with 49.69)
Pole vault Fabio Pizzolato Qual. with 5.60
Andrea Giannini Qual. with 5.45
Long jump Paolo Camossi Qual. (n.m.)
shot put Paolo Dal Soglio 9th with 19.77 (19.93 in qual.)
Corrado Fantini Qual. with 19.30
Discus throw Diego Fortuna Qual. with 60.06
Hammer throw Enrico Sgrulletti Qual. with 74.70
Nicola Vizzoni Qual. with 73.42
Loris Paoluzzi Qual. with 71.50
Decathlon Beniamino Poserina Ret. NM
20 km walk Michele Didoni 7th with 1h23:14
Giovanni De Benedictis 8th with 1h23:33
Alessandro Gandellini 12th with 1h24:24
50 km walk Arturo Di Mezza 8th with 3h51:33
Giovanni Perricelli 14th with3h57:38
Orazio Romanzi 28th with 4h11:00
4 × 100 m relay Italy National Team
Andrea Amici
Giovanni Puggioni
Carlo Occhiena
Sandro Floris
Semi (5. in 1sf with 38.77, 3. in 4b with 38.97)
4 × 400 m relay Italy National Team
Ashraf Saber
Marco Vaccari
Andrea Nuti
Fabrizio Mori
7th with 3:01.52 (2. in 3b with 3:01.75)

Women (26)

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Track and field events
Event Athlete Result Performances Notes
100 m Manuela Levorato Haat (4. in 3b with 11.57)
Giada Gallina Haat (6. in 5b with 11.64)
200 m Danielle Perpoli Haat (6. in 1b with 23.96)
400 m Patrizia Spuri Quarter (8. nel 3qf with 52.15, 3. in 3b with 52.54)
5000 m Roberta Brunet 2nd with 14:58.29 (4. in 1b with 15:29.03)
10,000 m Silvia Sommaggio 9th with 32:16.92 (4. in 1b with 33:08.19)
Marathon Ornella Ferrara 5th with 2h33:10
Franca Fiacconi 13th with 2h39:53
Laura Fogli 24th with 2h43:28
Anna Villani 27th with 2h43:58
Sonia Maccioni Ret. NM
100 m hs Carla Tuzzi Haat (6. in 2b with 13.10)
400 m hs Carla Barbarino Haat (6. in 3b with 57.05)
High jump Antonella Bevilacqua 7th with 1.93 (1.94 in qual.)
Long jump Fiona May 3rd with 6.91 (6.73 in qual.)
Triple jump Barbara Lah Qual. with 13.70
Antonella Capriotti Qual. with 13.32
Shot put Mara Rosolen Qual. with 17.87
Discus throw Agnese Maffeis 8th with 61.40 (59.94 in qual.)
10 km walk Annarita Sidoti 1st with 42:55.49 (7. in 1b with 44:19.33)
Erica Alfridi 5th with 43:59.73 (1. in 2b with 44:32.04)
Elisabetta Perrone 10th with 45:16.64 (2. in 2b with 44:32.06)
4 × 100 m relay Italy National Team
Elena Sordelli
Giada Gallina
Manuela Grillo
Manuela Levorato
Haat (7. in 1b with 44.16)
4 × 400 m relay Italy National Team
Patrizia Spuri
Francesca Carbone
Carla Barbarino
Virna De Angeli
Danielle Perpoli
8th with 3:30.63 (4. in 2b with 3:30.34) [3]

References

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  1. ^ "IAAF World Championships Athens 1997 - Placing table". iaaf.org. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Daeugu 2011 Media Guide" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 14 August 2017. see from page 48
  3. ^ in batteria ha corso Danielle Perpoli al posto di Carla Barbarino
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