Italy at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	ITA
Fedname:	FIDAL
Year:	1983
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	39 (27 men, 12 women)
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Rank:	8
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1983

Italy competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland from 7–14 August 1983.

Finalists

Italy national athletics team ranked 8th (with 12 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Score obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.^[1]

Results

Men (27)

Track and road events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes 100 m align=center rowspan=2 200 m bgcolor=lightblue align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=lightblue 7th 400 m 800 m align=center rowspan=2 1500 m 5000 m 13th 10,000 m bgcolor=lightblue align=center bgcolor=gold 1st 110 m hs 3000 m st 9th 8:21.17 F; 8:23.30 SF; 8:28.27 QF 4x100 m relay bgcolor=lightblue National Team Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pietro Mennea align=center bgcolor=silver 2nd 4x400 m relay bgcolor=lightblue National Team Stefano Malinverni Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani Roberto Ribaud 5th align=center rowspan=3 Marathon bgcolor=lightblue 7h 13th align=center rowspan=3 20 km walk bgcolor=lightblue 7h 18th 24th 50 km walk bgcolor=lightblue 7h

Field events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes align=center rowspan=2 Long jump 7.70 m 7.52 m align=center rowspan=2 High jump 10th 2.26 F; 2.21 m Q 2.10 m Shot put bgcolor=lightblue 7th Hammer throw 72.06 m

Women (12)

Track and road events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes 200 m 23.36 SF; 23.58 QF; 23.37 Heat 400 m 1500 m bgcolor=lightblue 7th 3000 m bgcolor=lightblue 6th 400 m hs 57.43 4x100 m relay National Team Carla Mercurio Erica Rossi Daniela Ferrian Marisa Masullo align=center rowspan=3 Marathon bgcolor=lightblue 6h 11th

Field events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes High jump 1.84 m Javelin throw 59.34 m

External links

• 1ST IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS

Notes and References

1. Web site: IAAF World Championships Rome 1983 - placing table. iaaf.org. 10 August 2017.