Italy competed at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan from 23 August to 1 September 1991.

Medalists AthleteGendreEventMedalMaurizio Damilano Men 20 Kilometres Race WalkGold

Finalists Italy national athletics team ranked 6th (with 14 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.

RankCountry45678Pts10 Italy100 11353 39

Results Italy participated with 48 athletes by winning a medal.

Men (33) Track and road eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes100 m Ezio Madonia 10.38 SF; 10.24 QF; 10.43 Heat 200 m Stefano Tilli 20.92 QF; 20.89 Heat Sandro Floris 21.10 400 m Andrea Nuti DSQ QF; 46.80 Heat 800 m Giuseppe D'Urso 1:46.82 1500 m Gennaro Di Napoli 8th 3:36.56 F; 3.40.34 SF; 3:38.63 QF Davide Tirelli 3:43.08 SF; 3:41.77 QF 5000 m Stefano Mei DNF F; 13:54.35 SF 10,000 m Salvatore Antibo 20th 28:52.41 F; 28:26.72 SF 400 m hsFabrizio Mori 48.92 QF Paolo Bellino 50.74 3000 m stAngelo Carosi 7th 8:20.80 F; 8:28.35 SFFrancesco Panetta 8th 8:26.79 F; 8:27.25 SF relay National TeamMario LongoEzio MadoniaSandro FlorisStefano Tilli5th 38.52 F; 38.74 SF relay National TeamFabio GrossiMarco VaccariAlessandro AimarAndrea Nuti3:02.72Marathon Salvatore Bettiol 6th 2:15:58 Gelindo Bordin 8th 2:17:03 Alessio Faustini 1 NM 20 km walk |Maurizio Damilano 1st 1:19.37 ; Giovanni De Benedictis 4th 1:20:29 Walter Arena 7th 1:21:01 50 km walk Giuseppe De Gaetano 6th 4:03:43 Sandro Bellucci NM Giovanni Perricelli NM  Field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotesLong jump Giovanni Evangelisti 7th 8.01 m F; 8.03 m QFausto Frigerio 7.88 mShot putAlessandro Andrei 11th 18.73 m F; 19.00 m Q Discus throwMarco Martino 60.34 mLuciano Zerbini 58.34 mHammer throwEnrico Sgrulletti 72.40 mDecathlonMarco Baffi 22nd 6209 pts

Women (15) Track and road eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes100 m Rossella Tarolo 11.75 QF; 11.54 Heat200 m Marisa Masullo 23.70 QF; 23.75 Heat800 m Gabriella Dorio 2:07.54 3000 m Roberta Brunet6th 8:42.64 F; 8:51.41 SF 10,000 m Rosanna Munerotto 32:44,43 F; 32:05.75 SF 400 m hsIrmgard Trojer 55.66 SF; 55.77 QF relay National TeamMarisa MasulloDonatella Dal BiancoDaniela FerrianRossella Tarolo7th43.76 F;43.71 SFMarathon Laura Fogli NM Anna Villani NM 10 km walkAnnarita Sidoti 7h 44:09 Ileana Salvador 9th 44:18  Field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotesLong jump Valentina Uccheddu 6.48 mShot putAgnese Maffeis 16.99 mDiscus throw 56.36 mHeptathlonIfeoma Ozoeze 15th 6056 ptsNM

References

External links 3RD IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS