Italy at the World Athletics Indoor Championships

Italy has participated in all the World Athletics Indoor Championships since the beginning in 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games. Italy won a total of 24 medals (6 gold, 6 silver and 12 bronze).[1] Italy is 21st on the all time medal table.

Italy at the
World Athletics Indoor Championships
WA codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
7
Silver
6
Bronze
13
Total
26
World Athletics Indoor Championships appearances (overview)

Medal count edit

 
Gennaro Di Napoli, the only Italian athlete to win two gold medals at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.

Italy won 26 medals (7 gold) and ranked 21st in the all-time medal table of the championships.[2][3][4] In six editions the azzurri team has not won any medals.

Edition       Rank
  Paris 1985 1 2 1 9
  Indianapolis 1987 0 1 2 11
  Budapest 1989 0 0 3 21
  Seville 1991 0 1 3 15
  Toronto 1993 1 0 1 10
  Barcelona 1995 1 1 0 6
  Paris 1997 1 0 0 11
  Maebashi 1999 0 0 0 -
  Lisbon 2001 1 0 0 12
  Birmingham 2003 0 0 0 -
  Budapest 2004 0 0 0 -
  Moscow 2006 0 0 1 28
  Valencia 2008 0 0 0 -
  Doha 2010 0 0 0 -
  Istanbul 2012 0 1 0 17
  Sopot 2014 0 0 0 -
  Portland 2016 1 0 0 10
  Birmingham 2018 0 0 1 24
  Belgrade 2022 1 0 1 13
7 6 13 26

Medalists edit

 
Ileana Salvador and Giovanni Evangelisti, five bronze medals in two, photographed on their return to Italy with the two world bronze medals won in Seville 1991.
  Women medalists
  No medals
Edition Event Gold Silver Bronze
  1985 Paris 3000 metres walk Giuliana Salce
5000 metres walks Maurizio Damilano
3000 metres Agnese Possamai
Long jump Giovanni Evangelisti
  1987 Indianapolis 3000 metres walk Giuliana Salce
60 metres Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Long jump Giovanni Evangelisti
  1989 Budapest 60 metres Pierfrancesco Pavoni
800 metres Tonino Viali
3000 metres walk Ileana Salvador
  1991 Sevilla 5000 metres walk Giovanni De Benedictis
4×400 metres relay Marco Vaccari,
Vito Petrella,
Alessandro Aimar,
Andrea Nuti
Long jump Giovanni Evangelisti
3000 metres walk Ileana Salvador
  1993 Toronto 3000 metres Gennaro Di Napoli
3000 metres walk Ileana Salvador
  1995 Barcelona 3000 metres Gennaro Di Napoli
4×400 metres relay Fabio Grossi
Andrea Nuti
Roberto Mazzoleni
Ashraf Saber
  1997 Paris Long jump Fiona May
  1999 Maebashi
  2001 Lisbon Triple jump Paolo Camossi
  2003 Birmingham
  2004 Budapest
  2006 Moscow Long jump Andrew Howe
  2008 Valencia
  2010 Doha
  2012 Istanbul High jump Antonietta Di Martino
  2014 Sopot
  2016 Portland High jump Gianmarco Tamberi
  2018 Birmingham High jump Alessia Trost
  2022 Belgrade 60 m Marcell Jacobs
High jump Gianmarco Tamberi
7 6 13

1985 edit

 
The racewalker Giuliana Salce, gold medal in 1985.

Italy participated with 19 competitors, 16 men (but one Roberto Ribaud in 400 m did not stsrt), and 3 women.[4]

  Top eight

Men edit

Athlete
60 m
Antonio Ullo 8
Pierfrancesco Pavoni 14
Stefano Tilli 7
Tonino Viali 6
Riccardo Materazzi 5
Alberto Corvo 6
Stefano Mei 9
Gianni Tozzi 9
Luigi Bertocchi 11
Maurizio Damilano 2
Luca Toso 10
Paolo Borghi 13
Giovanni Evangelisti 3
Mario Lega 10
Marco Montelatici 6

Women edit

Athlete
Antonella Ratti 6
Agnese Possamai 2
Giuliana Salce 1

1987 edit

 
Pierfrancesco Pavoni, bronze medal in 60 m at the 1987 edition.

Italy participated with 14 competitors, 9 men and 5 women.[4]

  Top eight

Men edit

Athlete
Pierfrancesco Pavoni 3
Antonio Ullo 4
Mauro Zuliani 13
Alessandro Lambruschini 8 DNF
Luigi Bertocchi 15
Walter Arena 7
Carlo Mattioli 13
Gianni Stecchi 10
Giovanni Evangelisti 3

Women edit

Athlete
Rossella Tarolo 21
Daniela Ferrian 9
Patrizia Lombardo 11
Antonella Capriotti 8
Giuliana Salce 2

1989 edit

 
Ileana Salvador, bronze medal in 3000 m race walk at the 1989 edition.

Italy participated with 11 competitors, 8 men and 3 women.[4]

  Top eight

Men edit

Athlete
Pierfrancesco Pavoni 3
Antonio Ullo 4
Sandro Floris 4
Paolo Catalano 10
Tonino Viali 3
Stefano Mei 8
Giovanni De Benedictis 4
Alessandro Andrei 7

Women edit

Athlete
Ileana Salvador 3
Antonella Capriotti 5
Agnese Maffeis 12

1991 edit

 
Giovanni De Benedictis (left), silver medal in 5000 m race walk at the 1991 edition.

Italy participated with 17 competitors, 13 men and 4 women.[4]

  Top eight

Men edit

Athlete
Antonio Ullo 18
Sandro Floris 7
Paolo Catalano 9
Davide Tirelli 16
Laurent Ottoz 18
Relay team
 Marco Vaccari
 Vito Petrella
 Alessandro Aimar
 Andrea Nuti
3
Giovanni De Benedictis 2
Giovanni Evangelisti 3
Dario Badinelli 7
Alessandro Andrei 14

Women edit

Athlete
Ileana Salvador 3
Annarita Sidoti DSQ
Antonella Bevilacqua 17
Valentina Uccheddu 7

1993 edit

 
Antonella Capriotti, fourth place with the national record in the new introduction speciality (first time at this 1993 edition) women's triple jump.

Italy participated with 19 competitors, 14 men and 5 women.[4]

  Top eight

Men edit

Athlete
Stefano Tilli 16
Marco Menchini 13
Marco Vaccari 17
Giuseppe D'Urso 10
Amos Rota 16
Gennaro Di Napoli 1
Relay team
 Andrea Montanari
 Vito Petrella
 Fabio Grossi
 Alessandro Aimar
6[5]
Roberto Ferrari 15
Andrea Pegoraro 7
Paolo Dal Soglio 5
Luciano Zerbini 6

Women edit

Athlete
Elisa Rea 11
Ileana Salvador 3
Annarita Sidoti 6
Antonella Bevilacqua 18
Antonella Capriotti 10 4

1995 edit

 
Stefano Tilli, semifinalist in 200 m at the 1995 edition.

Italy participated with 17 competitors, 13 men and 4 women.[4]

  Top eight

Men edit

Athlete
Stefano Tilli 9
Angelo Cipolloni 22
Ashraf Saber 7
Andrea Nuti 25
Marco Chiavarini 19
Massimo Pegoretti 18
Andrea Giocondi 20
Gennaro Di Napoli 1
Relay team
 Fabio Grossi
 Andrea Nuti
 Roberto Mazzoleni
 Ashraf Saber
2
Ettore Ceresoli 8
Gianni Iapichino 28
Paolo Dal Soglio 7

Women edit

Athlete
Donatella Dal Bianco 18
Elisa Rea 4
Carla Tuzzi 13
Barbara Lah 13

2014 edit

Italy at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships competed in Portland from 7 to 9 March, with 12 athletes, 3 men and 9 women.[6]

Men edit

Athlete Event Date of birth Personal Best Season Best Result Performance
Fabio Cerutti 60 Metres 26 Sep 85 6.55 6.65 SF 6.71[7]
Paolo Dal Molin 60 Metres Hurdles 31 Jul 87 7.51 7.60 Heat 7.76
Marco Fassinotti High Jump 29 Apr 89 2.34 m 2.34 m 6th 2.29 m

Women edit

Athlete Event Date of birth Personal Best Season Best Result Performance
Audrey Alloh 60 Metres 21 Jul 87 7.30 7.32 Heat 7.35
Marzia Caravelli 60 Metres Hurdles 23 Oct 81 8.03 8.07 SF 7.97 PB
Giulia Pennella 27 Oct 89 8.04 8.04 Heat 8.16
Marta Milani 4 x 400 Metres Relay 09 Mar 87 SF 3:31.99 NR
Maria Enrica Spacca 20 Mar 86
Chiara Bazzoni 05 Jul 84
Elena Maria Bonfanti 09 Jul 88
Margherita Magnani 1500 Metres 26 Feb 87 4:06.34 4:09.27 DNS
3000 Metres 8:51.81 8:51.81 8th 9:10.13[8]
Chiara Rosa Shot Put 28 Jan 83 19.15 m 18.23 m Qual 17.31 m

2016 edit

 
The gold medal jump of Tamberi, 2.36 m at the first attempt.

Italy at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships competed from 17 to 20 March, with 5 athletes, 2 men and 3 women and won a gold medal with Gianmarco Tamberi in the high jump.[9]

Men edit

Athlete Event Date of birth Personal Best Season Best Result Performance
Marco Fassinotti High Jump 29 Apr 89 2.35 m 2.35 m 9th 2.25 m
Gianmarco Tamberi 01 Jun 92 2.38 m 2.38 m 1st 2.36 m

Women edit

Athlete Event Date of birth Personal Best Season Best Result Performance
Gloria Hooper 60 Metres 03 Mar 92 7.32 7.32 SF 7.28 PB
Chiara Rosa Shot Put 28 Jan 83 19.15 m 17.90 m 11th 17.10 m
Alessia Trost High Jump 08 Mar 93 2.00 m 1.95 m 7th 1.93 m

2018 edit

 
Alessia Trost, bronze medal in the high jump in 2018 edition.

Italy at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships competed in Birmingham from 1 to 4 March, with 13 athletes, 4 men and 9 women.[10]

Men edit

Event Athlete Club Result Performance Notes
Triple jump Fabrizio Donato G.S. Fiamme Gialle 14th 15.96 m
60 metres hurdles Paolo Dal Molin G.S. Fiamme Oro Heat 7.81
60 metres hurdles Hassane Fofana G.S. Fiamme Oro Heat 7.81
3000 metres Yassin Bouih G.S. Fiamme Gialle 11th 8:20.84 [11]

Women edit

Event Athlete Club Result Performance Notes
60 metres Anna Bongiorni C.S. Carabinieri Semi 7.30 [12]
60 metres hurdles Veronica Borsi ACSI Italia Atletica Heat 8.27
60 metres hurdles Elisa Di Lazzaro C.S. Carabinieri Heat 8.35
High jump Alessia Trost G.S. Fiamme Gialle 3rd 1.93 m SB
400 metres Ayomide Folorunso G.S. Fiamme Oro Heat 53.24
400 metres Raphaela Lukudo C.S. Esercito Semi 53.18 [13]
4 × 400 m relay Chiara Bazzoni
Marta Milani
Maria Enrica Spacca
Raphaela Lukudo
Ayomide Folorunso
5th 3:31.55 NR

2022 edit

 
Gimbo Tamberi, bronze medal in the high jump in 2022 edition.

Medalists edit

Medal Athlete Event
  Marcell Jacobs Men's 60 m
  Gianmarco Tamberi Men's high jump

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI ITALIANI SUL PODIO – 1908 2011" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships [1985-2016]" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Verso Sopot: il mondiale degli italiani in numeri – I record di Antonio Ullo, Fabrizio Donato e Paolo Dal Soglio" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ Disqualified but finalists.
  6. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships - Sopot (POL) 7-9 March 2014". iaaf.org. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  7. ^ He ran a better time, 6.67 in Semi Finals
  8. ^ She ran a better time, 8.58.51 in Semi Finals
  9. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships - Portland (USA) 17-20 March 2016" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Trost e Di Lazzaro ai Mondiali Indoor" (in Italian). fidal.it. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  11. ^ He ran a better time in semi-finals, 7:50.65 his PB
  12. ^ She ran a better time in heat, 7.24 her PB
  13. ^ She ran a better time in heat, 52.98 her PB

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