Italy competed at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Sevilla, Spain from 20 to 29 August 1999.
Medalists AthleteGendreEventMedalFabrizio Mori Men 400 Metres HurdlesGoldIvano Brugnetti Men 50 Kilometres Race WalkGoldVincenzo Modica Men MarathonSilverFiona May Women Long Jump Silver
Finalists The largest team ranked 9th (with 13 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.
RankCountry45678Pts9 Italy220 03312 55
Results Italy participated with 66 athletes by winning three medals.
Men (30) Track and field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes100 m Stefano Tilli (5. nel 1qf with 10.26, 4. in 3b with 10.35) 800 m Andrea Longo 6th with 1:45.33 (2. in 1sf with 1:45.65, 1. in 3b with 1:45.01) 1500 m Giuseppe D'Urso (13. in 3b with 3:50.71) 5000 m Salvatore Vincenti (15. in 2b with 14:03.36) Marathon Vincenzo Modica 2nd with 2h14:03 Danilo Goffi 5th with 2h14:50 Daniele Caimmi 10th with 2h16:23 Roberto Barbi 20th with 2h18:13 Giovanni Ruggiero 25th with 2h19:34 3000 m st Giuseppe Maffei 10th with 8:22.65 (3. in 3b with 8:15.19) 110 m hs Andrea Giocondi (6. nel 4qf with 13.61, 6. in 6b with 13.71) Emiliano Pizzoli (6. in 4b with 13.79) 400 m hs Fabrizio Mori 1st with 47.72 (2. in 2sf with 48.29, 1. in 3b with 49.07) Pole vault Maurilio Mariani with 5.40 Long jump Nicola Trentin with 7.70 Triple jump Paolo Camossi 5th with 17.29 (16.79 in qual.) Shot put Paolo Dal Soglio with 19.48 Discus throw Diego Fortuna with 58.52 Hammer throw Nicola Vizzoni 7th with 78.31 (75.81 in qual.) Loris Paoluzzi with 74.26 20 km walk Alessandro Gandellini 5th with 1h24:51 Giovanni De Benedictis 8th with 1h25:33 Michele Didoni 10th with 1h26:00 50 km walk Ivano Brugnetti 1st with 3h47:54 Arturo Di Mezza 6th with 3h53:50 Giovanni Perricelli 4 × 100 m relay National TeamLuca VerdecchiaMassimiliano DonatiMaurizio CheccucciAndrea Colombo (3. in 1b with 38.98)
Women (13) Track and field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes200 mManuela Levorato (7. in 1sf with 22.70, 4. nel 2qf with 22.60, 3. in 6b with 22.91)400 mVirna De Angeli 7. nel 3qf with 52.78, 4. in 1b with 52.60)800 mPatrizia Spuri (4. in 2b with 2:01.00)400 m hsMonica Niederstatter (8. in 2sf with 55.57, 5. in 3b with 55.10) Long jumpFiona May 2nd with 6.94 (7.04 in qual.) Shot putMara Rosolen with 17.84HeptathlonGertrud Bacher 14th with 6.055 pts 20 km walkErica Alfridi 6th with 1h32:04 Elisabetta Perrone 21st with 1h36:24 Rossella Giordano 27th with 1h38:06Annarita Sidoti 4 × 400 m relay National TeamVirna De AngeliPatrizia SpuriFrancesca CarboneMonica NiederstatterDanielle Perpoli 8th with 3:29.56 (2. in 3b with 3:31.67) in batteria ha corso Danielle Perpoli al posto di Francesca Carbone
References
External links The “Azzurri” at the World Championships (from 1983 to 2009)