| Iaaf: | ITA |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Games: | European Athletics Championships |
| Competitors: | 91 (51 men, 40 women) |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Rank: | 16 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Italy competed at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018.[1]
| Medal | Date | Event | Athlete | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August | Men's 10,000 m | Yeman Crippa | ||
| 9 August | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | Yohanes Chiappinelli | ||
| 11 August | Women's 20 km walk | Antonella Palmisano | ||
| 12 August | Women's Marathon Cup | Sara Dossena Catherine Bertone Fatna Maraoui Laura Gotti | ||
| 12 August | Men's marathon | Yassine Rachik | ||
| 12 August | Men's Marathon Cup | Yassine Rachik Eyob Faniel Stefano La Rosa |
Italy national athletics team ranked 14th in the EAA placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists (20 athletes or team).[2]
On 24 April 2018 the technical commissioner of the high level of the Italian national team Elio Locatelli, illustrated the composition of the national marathon team,[3] and FIDAL has announced the names of the athletes already selected for the race walk team for the European Championships 2018.[4]
On 19 July 2018, the complete team was announced: 49 men, 40 women, the largest team since the 95 athletes of Munchen 2002.[7] It remains to select a seventh athlete for the men's 4 × 400 m relay.[8] On 27 July 2018 the selection of three other male athletes was announced, the total therefore reaches 92 (52 men and 40 women).[9]
Italy closes with 4 medalists, 18 finalists (excluding teams), and 9 first of those not admitted to the final.[10]
| Event | Athlete | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | bgcolor=lightblue | 5th | ||
| (11th) | ||||
| (20th) | ||||
| 200 m | bgcolor=lightblue | 6th | ||
| (17th) | ||||
| (19th) | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | align=center rowspan=4 | |||
| Eseosa Desalu | ||||
| Davide Manenti | ||||
| Filippo Tortu | ||||
| Roberto Rigali (reserve) | bgcolor=lightgrey | |||
| 400 m | bgcolor=khaki | (9th) | ||
| (14th) | ||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | bgcolor=lightblue | Vladimir Aceti[11] | align=center rowspan=5 | 6th |
| bgcolor=lightblue | Matteo Galvan | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Davide Re | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Edoardo Scotti | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Michele Tricca | |||
| Mattia Casarico (reserve) | ||||
| Daniele Corsa (reserve) | ||||
| Francesco Cappellin (reserve) | ||||
| 800 m | (24th) | |||
| 1500 m | bgcolor=palegreen | 10th | ||
| bgcolor=palegreen | 11th | |||
| 5.000 m | bgcolor=lightblue | 4th | ||
| 10,000 m | bgcolor=lightblue | Yemaneberhan Crippa | ||
| bgcolor=palegreen | 13th | |||
| 110 m hs | (10th) | |||
| (11th) | ||||
| (18th) | ||||
| 400 m hs | (12th) | |||
| (16th) | ||||
| align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | ||||
| 3000 m st | bgcolor=lightblue | Yohannes Chiappinelli | ||
| bgcolor=palegreen | Ahmed Abdelwahed | 13th | ||
| (21st) | ||||
| High Jump | bgcolor=lightblue | 4th | ||
| bgcolor=khaki | (13th) | |||
| Long jump | bgcolor=palegreen | 11th | ||
| Triple Jump | bgcolor=khaki | (13th) | ||
| (20th) | ||||
| Pole vault | bgcolor=palegreen | 11th | ||
| Shot put | Leonardo Fabbri | (29th) | ||
| Discus throw | Hannes Kirchler | (18th) | ||
| Giovanni Faloci | (21st) | |||
| (23rd) | ||||
| Hammer throw | bgcolor=khaki | (13th) | ||
| (21st) | ||||
| Javelin throw | (26th) | |||
| Marathon | bgcolor=lightblue | Yassine Rachik | ||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 5th | |||
| 12th | ||||
| Race walk 20 km | bgcolor=lightblue | 4th | ||
| 16th | ||||
| Race walk 50 km | 10th | |||
| 11th | ||||
| Decathlon | 10th |
| Event | Athlete | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | (23rd) | |||
| (24th) | ||||
| 200 m | (15th) | |||
| (18th) | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | bgcolor=lightblue | Audrey Alloh | align=center rowspan=4 | 7th |
| bgcolor=lightblue | Johanelis Herrera Abreu | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Gloria Hooper | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Irene Siragusa | |||
| align=center bgcolor=lightgrey | ||||
| Jessica Paoletta (reserve) | bgcolor=lightgrey | |||
| bgcolor=khaki | (9th) | |||
| (19th) | ||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | bgcolor=lightblue | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | align=center rowspan=4 | 5th |
| bgcolor=lightblue | Libania Grenot | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Ayomide Folorunso | |||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Raphaela Lukudo | |||
| Maria Enrica Spacca (reserve) | ||||
| Giancarla Trevisan (reserve) | ||||
| Elisabetta Vandi (reserve) | ||||
| 800 m | (27th) | |||
| (31st) | ||||
| 100 m hs | (15th) | |||
| (28th) | ||||
| 400 m hs | bgcolor=lightblue | 5th | ||
| bgcolor=khaki | (9th) | |||
| (31st) | ||||
| 3000 m st | bgcolor=palegreen | 15th | ||
| bgcolor=khaki | (16th) | |||
| (22nd) | ||||
| High Jump | bgcolor=lightblue | 8th | ||
| bgcolor=khaki | (13th) | |||
| (18th) | ||||
| Long Jump | bgcolor=khaki | (13th) | ||
| Triple Jump | ||||
| Discus throw | bgcolor=lightblue | 5th | ||
| (17th) | ||||
| Marathon | bgcolor=lightblue | 6th | ||
| bgcolor=lightblue | 8th | |||
| 14th | ||||
| 46th | ||||
| bgcolor=lightgrey align=center | ||||
| Race walk 20 km | bgcolor=lightblue | |||
| bgcolor=khaki | 9th | |||
| Eleonora Giorgi | align=center | |||
| Race walk 50 km | 10th | |||
| bgcolor=lightgrey align=center |