| Iaaf: | ITA |
| Fedname: | FIDAL |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | Sevilla |
| Competitors: | 43 (30 men, 13 women) |
| Gold: | 2 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Rank: | 6 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1983 |
Italy competed at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Sevilla, Spain from 20 to 29 August 1999.
| Athlete | Gendre | Event | Medal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 400 Metres Hurdles | bgcolor=gold | Gold | ||
| Men | 50 Kilometres Race Walk | bgcolor=gold | Gold | ||
| Men | Marathon | bgcolor=silver | Silver | ||
| Women | bgcolor=silver | Silver |
The largest team ranked 9th (with 13 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.[1]
Italy participated with 66 athletes by winning three medals.[2]
| Track and field events | ||||||
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (5. nel 1qf with 10.26, 4. in 3b with 10.35) | ||||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 6th | with 1:45.33 (2. in 1sf with 1:45.65, 1. in 3b with 1:45.01) | ||||
| (13. in 3b with 3:50.71) | ||||||
| (15. in 2b with 14:03.36) | ||||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | with 2h14:03 | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 5th | with 2h14:50 | ||||
| 10th | with 2h16:23 | |||||
| 20th | with 2h18:13 | |||||
| 25th | with 2h19:34 | |||||
| 10th | with 8:22.65 (3. in 3b with 8:15.19) | |||||
| (6. nel 4qf with 13.61, 6. in 6b with 13.71) | ||||||
| (6. in 4b with 13.79) | ||||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st | with 47.72 (2. in 2sf with 48.29, 1. in 3b with 49.07) | |||
| with 5.40 | ||||||
| with 7.70 | ||||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 5th | with 17.29 (16.79 in qual.) | ||||
| with 19.48 | ||||||
| with 58.52 | ||||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 7th | with 78.31 (75.81 in qual.) | ||||
| with 74.26 | ||||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 5th | with 1h24:51 | ||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 8th | with 1h25:33 | ||||
| 10th | with 1h26:00 | |||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st | with 3h47:54 | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 6th | with 3h53:50 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay |  National TeamLuca Verdecchia Massimiliano Donati Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo | (3. in 1b with 38.98) |
| Track and field events | ||||||
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m | (7. in 1sf with 22.70, 4. nel 2qf with 22.60, 3. in 6b with 22.91) | |||||
| 400 m | 7. nel 3qf with 52.78, 4. in 1b with 52.60) | |||||
| 800 m | (4. in 2b with 2:01.00) | |||||
| 400 m hs | (8. in 2sf with 55.57, 5. in 3b with 55.10) | |||||
| Long jump | bgcolor=lightblue | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | with 6.94 (7.04 in qual.) | ||
| Shot put | with 17.84 | |||||
| Heptathlon | 14th | with 6.055 pts | ||||
| 20 km walk | bgcolor=lightblue | 6th | with 1h32:04 | |||
| 21st | with 1h36:24 | |||||
| 27th | with 1h38:06 | |||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | bgcolor=lightblue | 8th | with 3:29.56 (2. in 3b with 3:31.67) | [3] |