| Iaaf: | ITA |
| Fedname: | FIDAL |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | Edmonton |
| Competitors: | 38 (22 men, 16 women) |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Rank: | 16 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1983 |
Italy competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Canada from 3 to 12 August 2001.
| Athlete | Gendre | Event | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Long jump | bgcolor=gold | Gold | |
| Men | 400 Metres Hurdles | bgcolor=silver | Silver | |
| Men | Marathon | Bronze | ||
| Women | 20 Kilometres Race Walk | Bronze | ||
| Medal not included in the medal table | ||||
| Men | Bronze | |||
The team ranked 12th (with 9 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 38 athletes by winning four medals.[2]
| Track and field events | ||||||
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (5. in 5b with 10.53) | ||||||
| (5. in 2sf with 20.38, 2. nel 2qf with 20.43, 1. in 2b with 20.63) | ||||||
| (6. in 2b with 46.56) | ||||||
| 14th | with 28:08.00 | |||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | with 2h13:18; | |||
| 11th | with 2h17:54 | |||||
| 17th | 2h20:44 | |||||
| (60. al traguardo with 2h35:55) | ||||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 2. with 47.54 (1. in 1sf with 48.49, 1. in 1b with 49.29) | |||
| 11th | with 16.18 (in qualification: 4. in group A with 16.89) | |||||
| (8. in group B with 19.80) | ||||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 4th | with 80.13 (in qualificazione: 5. in group B with 78.66) | ||||
| (10. in group A with 74.75) | ||||||
| 12th | with 1h24:05 | |||||
| 16th | with 1h25:28 | |||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 8th | with 3h51:09 | ||||
| 13th | with 3h54:42 | |||||
| 4 × 100 m relay |  National TeamFrancesco Scuderi Marco Torrieri Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo | (5. in 1sf with 38.71,3. in 3b with 38.97) |
| Track and field events | ||||||
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | (8. in 1sf with 11.50, 4. nel 1qf with 11.29, 2. in 4b with 11.46) | |||||
| 200 m | (6. in 1sf with 23.13; 5. in 5b with 23.23) | |||||
| Marathon | 14th | with 2h32:45 | ||||
| 17th | with 2h33:13 | |||||
| 20th | with 2h34:11 | |||||
| 21st | with 2h34:45 | |||||
| 26th | with 2h36:07 | |||||
| 400 m hs | (7. in 1sf with 56.37, 3. in 3b with 55.83) | |||||
| High jump | 12th | with 1.85 (in qualification: 1. in group B with 1.91) | ||||
| Long jump | bgcolor=lightblue | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st | 7.02w (in qualification: 1. in group A with 6.80) | ||
| Triple jump | bgcolor=lightblue | 4th | with 14.52 (in qualification: 1. nel group B with 14.59) | |||
| Hammer throw | in group A | |||||
| Javelin throw | 11th | with 57.27 (in qualification: 7. nel group B com 58.42) | ||||
| Heptathlon | 9th | with 6.010 pts | ||||
| 20 km walk | bgcolor=lightblue | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | with 1h28:56 | ||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 4th | with 1h29:48 | ||||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 6th | with 1h31:40 |