Italy at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	ITA
Fedname:	FIDAL
Year:	2003
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Paris
Competitors:	47 (25 men, 22 women)
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Rank:	12
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1983

Italy competed at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France from 23 to 31 August 2003.

Medalists

Athlete	Gendre	Event	Medal
	Men	Pole vault	bgcolor=gold	Gold
	Men	Marathon	Bronze
	Women	Triple jump	Bronze
Medal not included in the medal table
	Men		bgcolor=silver	Silver

Finalists

The team ranked 13th (with 10 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists (four men and five women).^[1]

Results

Italy participated with 47 athletes by winning three medals and placing nine finalists.^[2]

Men (25)

Track and road events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes 200 m 20.59 (7th SF2), 20.47 (2nd QF2), 20.42 (2nd H4) 400 m 45.87 (5th 4H) 800 m align=left bgcolor=lightblue 5th 1:45.43; 1:46.26 (1st SF3), 1:46.26 (1st H7) 1500 m 3:41.88 (9th SF1), 3:43.01 (5th H2) 110 m hs Andrea Giaconi 13.84 (7th SF2), 13.69 (6th H1) 3000 m st 8:36.08 (11th H2) Marathon bgcolor=lightblue align=left 3rd 2:09:14 bgcolor=lightblue align=left 6th 2:09:29 22nd 2:13:36 23rd 2:13:45 20 km walk 11th 1:20:34 16th 1:21:23 21st 1:24:45 50 km walk 4 × 100 m relay National Team Francesco Scuderi Simone Collio Massimiliano Donati Alessandro Cavallaro 38.93 (8th in SF1), 38.63 (1st in H4)

Field events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes High jump 2.25 m (9th group A) 2.25 m (11th group B) 2.20 m (15th group B) Pole vault bgcolor=lightblue align=left bgcolor=gold 1st 5.90 m Long jump 4.85 m (6th in group B) Triple jump 16.63 m (6th in group B) Discus throw 61.46 m (7th group B) Hammer throw 79.76 m (9th in group A)

Women (22)

Track and road events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes 400 m hs 56.62 (6th H1) Marathon 41st 2:38:22 42nd 2:38:26 43rd 2:38:38 58th 2:54:27 20 km walk bgcolor=lightblue align=left 6th 1:29:14 10th 1:30:34 4 × 400 m relay National Team Danielle Perpoli Monica Niederstatter Maria Teresa Schutzmann Virna De Angeli 3.32.00 (5th in H2)

Field events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes High jump 1.85 m (9th in group B) Long jump 9th 6.46 m, Qual. 6.57 m (4th in group B) Triple jump bgcolor=lightblue align=left 3rd 14.90 m; Qual. 14.73 m (1st in group A) 14.38 m (5th in group B) 14.05 m (9th in group B) Shot put bgcolor=lightblue align=left 8th 18.28 m, Qual. 17.97 m (6th group B) Hammer throw 64.67 m (10th group B) 62.19 m (11th group A) Javelin throw bgcolor=lightblue align=left 7th 59.64 m, Qual. 59.57 m (4th group B) Heptathlon bgcolor=lightblue align=left 6th 6166 pts

External links

• The “Azzurri” at the World Championships (from 1983 to 2015)

Notes and References

1. Web site: IAAF World Championships Paris 2003 - Placing table. iaaf.org. 26 August 2017.
2. Web site: Londra 2017 Media Guide - The “azzurri” at the World Championships. fidal.it. it. 42. 24 August 2017.