Italy at the World Athletics Championships

Italy has participated in all editions of the World Athletics Championships, held since the first edition of 1983 World Athletics Championships,[1] winning 43 podiums, including 11 world titles, 15 silver medals and 17 bronze medals.

Italy at the World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 11 Silver 16 Bronze 17 Total 44
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

Medal count

Elisa Rigaudo, 4th at the arrival af 20km racewalk at Daegu 2011 advanced to bronze, in 2016, and to silver, in 2019, for IAAF decision per Russian doping scandal.

When there is is updated after medals awarded subsequently

Edition	Competitors			Men			Women			Total
	Tot.	Men	Women										Tot.	Rank
1983 Helsinki	39	27	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	8th
1987 Rome	56	35	21	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	6th
1991 Tokyo	48	33	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12th
1993 Stuttgart	44	29	15	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	21st
1995 Göteborg	49	30	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	6	3rd=
1997 Athens	66	40	26	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	14th
1999 Sevilla	43	30	13	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	4	6th
2001 Edmonton	38	22	16	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	4	16th
2003 Paris	47	25	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	12th
2005 Helsinki	49	28	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33rd
2007 Osaka	33	18	15	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	23rd
2009 Berlin	35	20	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	33rd
2011 Daegu	30	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	23rd
2013 Moscow	48	27	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	26th
2015 Beijing	31	14	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
2017 London	35	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	38th
2019 Doha	65	34	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	31st
Total				8	9	9	3	7	10	11	16	17	44	17th

Medals awarded years later after doping cases

Edition	Medal	Event	Athlete	Disqualified athlete (position)	Years for decision-making	Notes
2009 Berlin		Men's 20 km walk	Giorgio Rubino	Valeriy Borchin (1st)	7	[2][3][4]
		Women's high jump	Antonietta Di Martino	Anna Chicherova (2nd)	9	[5]
2011 Daegu		Women's 20 km walk	Elisa Rigaudo	Olga Kaniskina (1st)	5	[6][4]
				Anisya Kirdyapkina (2nd)	8	[7][8]

Medalists

By athletes Athlete Gendre Gold Silver Bronze Total Editions Fiona May W 2 1 1 4 1995–2001 Maurizio Damilano M 2 0 0 2 1987–1991 Francesco Panetta M 1 1 0 2 1987 Fabrizio Mori M 1 1 0 2 1999–2001 Alberto Cova M 1 0 0 1 1983 Michele Didoni M 1 0 0 1 1995 Annarita Sidoti W 1 0 0 1 1997 Ivano Brugnetti M 1 0 0 1 1999 Giuseppe Gibilisco M 1 0 0 1 2003 Pietro Mennea * M 0 1 1 2 1983 Elisabetta Perrone W 0 1 1 2 1995–2001 Antonietta Di Martino W 0 1 2 3 2007–2011 Pierfrancesco Pavoni * M 0 1 0 1 1983 Carlo Simionato * M 0 1 0 1 1983 Stefano Tilli * M 0 1 0 1 1983 Alessandro Andrei M 0 1 0 1 1987 Giuseppe D'Urso M 0 1 0 1 1993 Giovanni De Benedictis M 0 1 0 1 1993 Ileana Salvador W 0 1 0 1 1993 Giovanni Perricelli M 0 1 0 1 1995 Roberta Brunet W 0 1 0 1 1997 Vincenzo Modica M 0 1 0 1 1999 Andrew Howe M 0 1 0 1 2007 Valeria Straneo W 0 1 0 1 2013 Stefano Baldini M 0 0 2 2 2001–2003 Alex Schwazer M 0 0 2 2 2005–2007 Gelindo Bordin M 0 0 1 1 1987 Alessandro Lambruschini M 0 0 1 1 1993 Angelo Cipolloni * M 0 0 1 1 1995 Sandro Floris * M 0 0 1 1 1995 Ezio Madonia * M 0 0 1 1 1995 Giovanni Puggioni * M 0 0 1 1 1995 Ornella Ferrara W 0 0 1 1 1995 Magdelín Martínez W 0 0 1 1 2003 Giorgio Rubino M 0 0 1 1 2009 Elisa Rigaudo W 0 1 0 1 2011 Antonella Palmisano W 0 0 1 1 2017 Eleonora Giorgi W 0 0 1 1 2019 Total 11 19 20 50 * He won a medal with relay team

By events Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Racewalking 5 5 6 16 Jumping 3 3 4 10 Hurdling 1 1 0 2 Long-distance running 1 1 0 2 Steeplechase 1 0 1 2 Marathon 0 2 4 6 Middle-distance running 0 2 0 2 Relay 0 1 1 2 Throwing 0 1 0 1 Sprinting 0 0 1 1 Totals (10 events) 11 16 17 44

Placing table

Fiona May, two gold medals at the WC

In the IAAF placing table the score is obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.[9]

Edition				4	5	6	7	8	Pts	Rank	Finalists	Medals
Helsinki 1983	1	1	1	0	1	2	6	0	43	8	12	3
Rome 1987	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	0	61	6	13	5
Tokyo 1991	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	3	39	10	14	1
Stuttgart 1993	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	2	43	11	10	4
Göteborg 1995	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	63	6	13	6
Athens 1997	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	5	52	9	16	3
Seville 1999	2	2	0	0	3	3	1	2	55	9	13	4
Edmonton 2001	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	44	12	9	4
Paris 2003	1	0	2	0	1	4	1	1	39	13	10	3
Helsinki 2005	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	22	22	7	1
Osaka 2007	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	31	16	7	3
Berlin 2009	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	25	17	9	1
Daegu 2011	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	22	17	7	2
Moscow 2013	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	19	19	6	1
Beijing 2015	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	11	29	4	0
London 2017	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	38	2	1
Doha 2019	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	16	26	7	1

Doping disqualifications

Athlete	Sex	Event	Year(s)	Result	Notes
Roberto Barbi	Men	Marathon	2001	60th

See also

• Athletics in Italy
• Italy national athletics team
• Italy at the European Athletics Championships
• Italy at the World Indoor Championships in Athletics

References

1. "MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI ITALIANI SUL PODIO – 1908 2011" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
2. Giorgio Rubino became bronze medal on 24 March 2016 (7 years after the event) in 20 km walk (he was 4th) after disqualification of Russian Valeriy Borchin who originally had run the race.
3. The medals of some of the athletics world championship races in 2009 were otherwise awarded 24 March 2016 as a result of doping disqualifications. Among these reallocations also the medals of 20 km walk, which saw the Italian Giorgio Rubino, initially 4th, get the bronze medal This fact, 7 years after the event, allowed Italy to clear the zero in the Medal table.
4. "GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41
5. "Sanctions for anti-doping rule violations in athletics as of 29 January 2018". iaaf.org. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018. CHICHEROVA Anna (Date of birth 22.07.82) RUS In competition, “XXIX Olympic Games”, Beijing, CHN 24.08.08 2 years ineligibility 01.07.16-30.06.18 From 24.08.08 to 23.08.10
6. Elisa Rigaudo became bronze medal on 24 March 2016 (5 years after the event) in 20 km walk (she was 4th) after disqualification of Russian Olga Kaniskina who originally had run the race.
7. "20 KILOMETRES RACE WALK WOMEN 13TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS - ADAEGU (DS), KOREA 27 AUG 2011 - 04 SEP 2011". iaaf.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
8. "Squalificata Anisja Kirdyapkina, per Elisa Rigaudo argento nella 20 km di marcia dei Mondiali di Daegu 2011" (in Italian). cuneodice.it. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
9. "IAAF World Championships Rome 1983 - placing table". iaaf.org. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

External links

• Italy at the World Championships (from page 48) at Daeugu 2011 Media Guide by FIDAL