| Iaaf: | ITA |
| Fedname: | FIDAL |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | London |
| Competitors: | 36 (18 men, 18 women) |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Rank: | =37[1] |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1983 |
Italy competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, from 4–13 August 2017.
| Athlete | Gendre | Event | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | BRONZE |
Italy national athletics team ranked 33rd (with only two finalists, the lowest score in 16 éditions) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.[2]
The Italian national athletics team at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will consist of 36 athletes, 18 men and 18 women.[3]
| Event | Athlete | Club | Result | Performance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m | Filippo Tortu | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 17th | ||
| 400 m | Davide Re | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 23rd | ||
| 400 m hurdles | José Bencosme | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 16th | ||
| Lorenzo Vergani | Pro Patria Milano | 29th | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase | Abdoullah Bamoussa | Atletica Brugnera PN | 26th | ||
| Yohanes Chiappinelli | C.S. Carabinieri | 30th | |||
| Ala Zoghlami | ASD CUS Palermo | 16th | |||
| High jump | Gianmarco Tamberi | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 13th | ||
| Long jump | Kevin Ojiaku | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 18th | ||
| Hammer throw | Simone Falloni | C.S. Aeronautica Militare | 30th | 69.90 m | |
| Marco Lingua | ASD Marco Lingua 4ever | 10th | |||
| Marathon | Stefano La Rosa | C.S. Carabinieri | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Daniele Meucci | C.S. Esercito | 6th | ||
| 20 km walk | Giorgio Rubino | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 16th | 1:20:47 | |
| Francesco Fortunato | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 25th | 1:22:01 | ||
| Matteo Giupponi | C.S. Carabinieri | 48th | 1:25:20 | ||
| 50 km walk | Marco De Luca[4] | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 9th | ||
| Michele Antonelli | C.S. Aeronautica Militare | NM |
| Event | Athlete | Club | Result | Performance | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m | Gloria Hooper | C.S. Carabinieri | 28th | ||||
| Irene Siragusa | C.S. Esercito | 34th | 23.73 | ||||
| 400 m [5] | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | C.S. Esercito | 40th | ||||
| 800 m | Yusneysi Santiusti | Assindustria Sport Padova | 32nd | ||||
| 1500 m | Margherita Magnani | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 25th | ||||
| 400 m hurdles[6] | Marzia Caravelli | C.S. Aeronautica Militare | 29th | ||||
| Ayomide Folorunso | G.S. Fiamme Oro Padova | 18th | |||||
| 400 m hurdles | Yadisleidy Pedroso | C.S. Aeronautica Militare | 13th | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | Francesca Bertoni | A.S. La Fratellanza 1874 | 34th | ||||
| High jump | Erika Furlani | G.S. Fiamme Oro Padova | 28th | 1.80 m | |||
| Alessia Trost | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | 19th | 1.89 m | ||||
| Long jump | Laura Strati | Atletica Vicentina | 24th | 6.21 m | |||
| 20 km walk | bgcolor=lightblue | Antonella Palmisano | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||
| Eleonora Giorgi | G.S. Fiamme Azzurre | align=center14th | |||||
| Valentina Trapletti | C.S. Esercito | 15th | |||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | C.S. Esercito | 9th | ||||
| Maria Enrica Spacca | C.S. Carabinieri | ||||||
| Libania Grenot | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | ||||||
| Ayomide Folorunso | G.S. Fiamme Oro Padova |