Italy at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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Italy at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
in Daegu
Competitors30 (15 men, 15 women)
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

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

Medalists

Antonietta Di Martino won a bronze medal in Women's High Jump at this year's championships (foto archived from Berlin 2010)
Athlete Gendre Event Medal
Elisa Rigaudo Women 20 km walk Silver
Antonietta Di Martino Women High jump Bronze

Finalists

Italy national athletics team ranked 17th (with 7 finalists) in the IAAF placing table.[1] Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.[2]

Advanced after Russian doping scandal, Elisa Rigaudo (from 4th to 2nd), Alex Schwazer (from 9th to 7th) and Silvia Salis (from 9th to 8th).[3]

Rank Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
17 Italy Italy 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 25

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).[4][5]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,[5] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,[6] 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

Results

For the Italian national team participated at the events 30 athletes, 15 men and 15 women.[7]

  Finalists (first eight positions)

Men (15)

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) 6[3]
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 (15)

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 2[3]
Simona La Mantia Triple jump 14.06 15 Did not advance
Antonietta Di Martino High jump 1.95 Q 1 2.00 3
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 8[3]
Zahra Bani Javelin throw 58.92 14 Did not advance

Heptathlon

Athlete Heptathlon
Event Results Points Rank
Francesca Doveri 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

  1. ^ "IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011 - Placing table". iaaf.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. ^ "IAAF World Championships Tokyo 1991 - Placing table". iaaf.org. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41
  4. ^ IAAF (August 2, 2011), Italy to send 33 athletes to Daegu World Champs, IAAF, retrieved August 3, 2011
  5. ^ a b IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2011
  6. ^ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011
  7. ^ "Londra 2017 Media Guide - The "azzurri" at theWorld Championships" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. p. 42. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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