Italy at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics

Italy competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Canada from 3 to 12 August 2001.

Medalists AthleteGendreEventMedalFiona May Women Long jumpGoldFabrizio Mori Men 400 Metres HurdlesSilver Stefano Baldini Men MarathonBronze Elisabetta Perrone Women 20 Kilometres Race WalkBronze Medal not included in the medal tableItaly national athletics team Men Marathon Bronze

Finalists The team ranked 12th (with 9 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.

RankCountry45678Pts12 Italy112 30002 44

Results Italy participated with 38 athletes by winning four medals.

Men (22) Track and field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes100 m Francesco Scuderi (5. in 5b with 10.53) 200 m Marco Torrieri (5. in 2sf with 20.38, 2. nel 2qf with 20.43, 1. in 2b with 20.63) 400 m Alessandro Attene (6. in 2b with 46.56) 10,000 m Marco Mazza 14th with 28:08.00 Marathon Stefano Baldini 3rd with 2h13:18; Giacomo Leone 11th with 2h17:54 Giovanni Ruggiero 17th 2h20:44 Alberico Di Cecco Roberto Barbi (60. al traguardo with 2h35:55) 400 m hs Fabrizio Mori 2nd 2. with 47.54 (1. in 1sf with 48.49, 1. in 1b with 49.29) Pole vault Giuseppe Gibilisco Triple jump Paolo Camossi 11th with 16.18 (in qualification: 4. in group A with 16.89) Shot put Paolo Dal Soglio (8. in group B with 19.80) Hammer throw Nicola Vizzoni 4th with 80.13 (in qualificazione: 5. in group B with 78.66) Loris Paoluzzi (10. in group A with 74.75) 20 km walk Alessandro Gandellini 12th with 1h24:05 Lorenzo Civallero 16th with 1h25:28 50 km walk Marco Giungi 8th with 3h51:09 Francesco Galdenzi 13th with 3h54:42 Giovanni De Benedictis 4 × 100 m relay National TeamFrancesco ScuderiMarco TorrieriMaurizio CheccucciAndrea Colombo (5. in 1sf with 38.71,3. in 3b with 38.97)

Women (16) Track and field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes100 mManuela Levorato (8. in 1sf with 11.50, 4. nel 1qf with 11.29, 2. in 4b with 11.46)200 mManuela Levorato (6. in 1sf with 23.13; 5. in 5b with 23.23) MarathonOrnella Ferrara 14th with 2h32:45 Bruna Genovese 17th with 2h33:13 Rosaria Console 20th with 2h34:11 Tiziana Alagia 21st with 2h34:45 Sara Ferrari 26th with 2h36:07 400 m hsMonica Niederstatter (7. in 1sf with 56.37, 3. in 3b with 55.83) High jumpAntonietta Di Martino 12th with 1.85 (in qualification: 1. in group B with 1.91) Long jumpFiona May 1st 7.02w (in qualification: 1. in group A with 6.80) Triple jumpMagdelín Martínez 4th with 14.52 (in qualification: 1. nel group B with 14.59) Hammer throwEster Balassini in group AJavelin throwClaudia Coslovich 11th with 57.27 (in qualification: 7. nel group B com 58.42)HeptathlonGertrud Bacher 9th with 6.010 pts 20 km walkElisabetta Perrone 3rd with 1h28:56 Erica Alfridi 4th with 1h29:48 Annarita Sidoti 6th with 1h31:40

References

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