Italy at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	ITA
Fedname:	FIDAL
Year:	1997
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	66 (40 men, 26 women)
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Rank:	14
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1983

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

Medalists

Athlete	Gendre	Event	Medal
	Women	10 Kilometres Race Walk	bgcolor=gold	Gold
	Women	5000 metres	bgcolor=silver	Silver
	Women		Bronze

Finalists

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]

Results

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

Men (40)

Track and field events
Event	Athlete	Result	Performances	Notes
			(6. nel 5qf with 10.36, n. in 4b with 10.25)
			(7. nel 4qf with 22.70, 1. in 5b with 20.73)
			(8. nel 2qf with 21.14, 3. in 4b with 20.90)
			(5. in 6b with 20.92)
			(7. nel 3qf with 46.32, 5. in 5b with 46.00)
			(5. nel 4qf with 1:46.60, 3. in 2b with 1:46.79)
			in heat (ret. in 3b)
			(8. in 2sf with 3:39.45, 5. in 4b with 3:37.50)
		9th	with 28:11.97 (10. in b with 28:07.81)
	bgcolor=lightblue		4th	with 2h14:47
	bgcolor=lightblue		7th	with 2h17:16
		30.	with 2h23:30;
	bgcolor=lightblue		8th	with 8:16.01 (4. in 2sf with 8:20.82, 4. in 3b with 8:29.92)
			(rit. in 1sf, 6. in 1b with 8:26.35)
			(9. in 2b with 8:37.12)
	bgcolor=lightblue		4th	with 48.05 (2. in 3sf with 48.17, 1. in 2b with 48.93)
			(8. in 2sf with 49.36, 3. in 7b with 49.11)
			(4. in 5b with 49.69)
Pole vault			with 5.60
			with 5.45
Long jump			(n.m.)
shot put		9th	with 19.77 (19.93 in qual.)
			with 19.30
Discus throw			with 60.06
Hammer throw			with 74.70
			with 73.42
			with 71.50
Decathlon
20 km walk	bgcolor=lightblue		7th	with 1h23:14
	bgcolor=lightblue		8th	with 1h23:33
		12th	with 1h24:24
50 km walk	bgcolor=lightblue		8th	with 3h51:33
		14th	with3h57:38
		28th	with 4h11:00
4 × 100 m relay	National Team Andrea Amici Giovanni Puggioni Carlo Occhiena Sandro Floris		(5. in 1sf with 38.77, 3. in 4b with 38.97)
4 × 400 m relay	bgcolor=lightblue	National Team Ashraf Saber Marco Vaccari Andrea Nuti Fabrizio Mori	7th	with 3:01.52 (2. in 3b with 3:01.75)

Women (26)

Track and field events
Event	Athlete	Result	Performances	Notes
100 m			(4. in 3b with 11.57)
			(6. in 5b with 11.64)
200 m			(6. in 1b with 23.96)
400 m			(8. nel 3qf with 52.15, 3. in 3b with 52.54)
5000 m	bgcolor=lightblue		align=center bgcolor=silver	2nd	with 14:58.29 (4. in 1b with 15:29.03)
10,000 m		9th	with 32:16.92 (4. in 1b with 33:08.19)
Marathon	bgcolor=lightblue		5th	with 2h33:10
		13th	with 2h39:53
		24th	with 2h43:28
		27th	with 2h43:58
100 m hs			(6. in 2b with 13.10)
400 m hs			(6. in 3b with 57.05)
High jump	bgcolor=lightblue		7th	with 1.93 (1.94 in qual.)
Long jump	bgcolor=lightblue		align=center bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	with 6.91 (6.73 in qual.)
Triple jump			with 13.70
			with 13.32
Shot put			with 17.87
Discus throw	bgcolor=lightblue		8th	with 61.40 (59.94 in qual.)
10 km walk	bgcolor=lightblue		align=center bgcolor=gold	1st	with 42:55.49 (7. in 1b with 44:19.33)
	bgcolor=lightblue		5th	with 43:59.73 (1. in 2b with 44:32.04)
		10th	with 45:16.64 (2. in 2b with 44:32.06)
4 × 100 m relay	National Team Elena Sordelli Giada Gallina Manuela Grillo Manuela Levorato		(7. in 1b with 44.16)
4 × 400 m relay	bgcolor=lightblue		8th	with 3:30.63 (4. in 2b with 3:30.34)	^[3]

External links

• The “Azzurri” at the World Championships (from 1983 to 2009)

Notes and References

1. Web site: IAAF World Championships Athens 1997 - Placing table. iaaf.org. 10 August 2017.
2. Web site: Daeugu 2011 Media Guide. fidal.it. it. see from page 48. 14 August 2017.
3. in batteria ha corso Danielle Perpoli al posto di Carla Barbarino