Italy at the 1971 European Athletics Championships

Italy competed at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, from 10 to 15 August 1971.

Italy at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
WA code	ITA
in Helsinki 10 August 1971 (1971-08-10) – 15 August 1971 (1971-08-15)
Competitors	47
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event
	Francesco Arese	Men's 1500 m
	Marcello Fiasconaro	Men's 400 m
	Vincenzo Guerini Pietro Mennea Pasqualino Abeti Ennio Preatoni	Men's 4 × 100 m relay
	Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro	Men's 4 × 400 m relay
	Renato Dionisi	Men's pole vault

Results

(36 men, 11 women)

Men

Event	Athlete	Result
100M	Norberto Oliosi	elim. in semif. (5. in 1sf with 10.7 / 10.68, 4. in 2b with 10.8 / 10.82)
200M	Pietro Mennea	6. with 20.9 / 20.88 (2. in 2sf with 21.2 / 21.23, 2. in 3b with 21.2 / 21.20)
400M	Marcello Fiasconaro	2. with 45.5 / 45.49 (3. in 1sf with 46.5 / 46.44, 2. in 1b with 46.5 / 46.49)
	Giacomo Puosi	elim. in heat (5. in 3b with 47.6)
1500M	Franco Arese	1. with 3: 38.4 / 3: 38.43 (2. in 3b with 3: 52.1)
	Gianni Del Buono	elim. in heat (11. in 2b with 4: 01.8)
	Renzo Finelli	elim. in heat (8. in 1b with 3: 43.9)
5000M	Giuseppe Ardizzone	elim. in heat (9. in 2b with 14: 06.6)
	Giuseppe Cindolo	elim. in heat (6. in 3b with 13: 54.8)
10.000M	Giuseppe Cindolo	27. with 29: 13.8 / 29.13.65
MARATHON	Antonio Brutti	12. with 2h19: 34.8
	Giacomo Marietta	17. with 2h21: 30.0
	Mario Binato	28. with 2h24: 57.8
3000M steeplechase	Umberto Risi	elim. in heat (6. in 1b with 8: 37.2 / 8: 37.15)
	Francesco Valenti	elim. in heat (10. in 2b with 8: 58.0 / 8: 57.93)
110M hs	Sergio Liani	6. with 14.4 / 14.40 (3. in 2sf with 14.1 / 14.13, 1. in 1b with 14.1 / 14.10)
	Marco Acerbi	elim. in heat (5. in 4b with 14.6 / 14.56)
	Luigi D'Onofrio	elim. in heat (6. in 3b with 15.0 / 14.95)
400M hs	Giorgio Ballati	elim. in semif. (7. in 1sf with 51.5 / 51.50, 4. in 2b with 51.1 / 51.07)
	Daniele Giovanardi	elim. in heat (7. in 3b with 52.0 / 52.00)
HIGH	Gian Marco Schivo	15. with 2.08 (2.12 in which)
	Erminio Azzaro	17. with 2.05 (2.12 in qual.)
Pole vault	Renato Dionisi	3. with 5.30 (5.00 in qual.)
	Aldo Righi	elim. in which. with 4.60
TRIPLE	Giuseppe Gentile	12. with 14.00 (16.46 in which)
DISC	Armando De Vincentiis	elim. in what. with 55.48
	Silvano Simeon	elim. in which. without size
HAMMER	Mario Vecchiato	10. with 66.96 (66.02 in qual.)
Javelin throw	Renzo Cramerotti	11. with 72.92 (77.52 in qual.)
4x100M	Italy Vincenzo Guerini Pietro Mennea Pasqualino Abeti Ennio Preatoni	3. with 39.8 / 39.78 (4. in 1b with 40.0 / 39.95)
4x400M	Italy Gian Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi Sergio Bello Marcello Fiasconaro	3. with 3: 04.6 / 3: 04.58 (3. in 2b with 3: 07.3 / 3: 07.28)
WALK KM 20	Pasquale Busca	10. with 1h32: 44.2
WALK KM 50	Abdon Pamich	8. with 4h14: 36.2; Vittorio Visini 15. with 4h20: 45.8.

Women

Event	Athlete	Result
100M	Cecilia Molinari	elim. in semif. (5. in 1sf with 11.9 / 11.92, 3. in 3b with 11.9 / 11.90)
800M	Angela Ramello	elim. in semif. (7. in 1sf with 2: 07.5, 4. in 1b with 2: 05.7 / 2: 05.70)
	Donata Govoni	elim. in semif. (7. in 2sf with 2: 05.0, 2. in 4b with 2: 05.5 / 2: 05.48)
1500M	Angela Ramello	elim. in heat (10. in 1b with 4: 30.3)
	Zina Boniolo	elim. in heat (10. in 3b with 4: 31.4)
100M hs	Ileana Ongar	elim. in semif. (7. in 2sf with 14.5 / 14.45, 4. in 2b with 14.5 / 14.51)
HIGH	Sara Simeoni	9. with 1.78 (1.73 in qual.)
	Isabella Pigato	elim. in which. with 1.55
	Silvia Massenz	elim. in which. with 1.65
4x100M	Italy Maddalena Grassano Alessandra Orselli Laura Nappi Cecilia Molinari	elim. in heat (5. in 1b with 45.7 / 45.71) ().

See also

• Italy national athletics team

External links

• EAA official site