Italy was represented by 73 athletes (44 men and 29 women) at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain. It is the third most important team selection, after those of Munich 2002 and Göteborg 2006. The standard-bearer will be Antonietta Di Martino.
Medalists
MedalAthleteEvent Alex Schwazer Men's 20 km walk Anna Incerti Women's marathon Roberto DonatiSimone CollioEmanuele Di GregorioMaurizio Checcucci Men's 4 × 100 m relay Nicola Vizzoni Men's hammer throw Simona La Mantia Women's triple jump Daniele Meucci Men's 10,000 m Libania Grenot Women's 400 m Chiara BazzoniMarta MilaniMaria Enrica SpaccaLibania Grenot Women's 4 × 400 m relay
Medals awarded years later after doping cases Incerti, third at the finish line, won gold medal after the disqualification of first two athletes two years later. Živilė Balčiūnaitė of Lithuania originally won the marathon and was awarded the gold medal, but was disqualified for doping after she tested positive for testosterone.European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban, bbc.com, 5 April 2011Associated Press: Zivile Balciunaite loses appeal, espn.com, 4 February 2012 Nailiya Yulamanova of Russia originally came second, and was set to be upgraded to gold winner after Živilė Balčiūnaitė was disqualified. However, in July 2012, Yulamanova was also disqualified for doping, as her results from 20 August 2009 onwards were annulled due to abnormalities in her biological passport profile.London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences. Daily Telegraph (3 July 2012). Retrieved on 17 July 2014 Anna Incerti (gold), Tetyana Filonyuk (silver) and Isabellah Andersson (bronze) received the medals by mail.
Edition New medal Finished Event Athlete Disqualified athlete (position) Years for decision-making Notes Men's 20 km race walk Alex Schwazer Stanislav Emelyanov (original 1st) 4 Women's marathon Anna Incerti Živilė Balčiūnaitė (original 1st) Nailya Yulamanova (original 2nd) 1 (became 2nd) 2 (became 1st) 4th Chiara BazzoniMarta MilaniLibania Grenot (original 1st) 2 4th Women's 400 m Libania Grenot Tatiana Firova (original 1st) 9
Participants EventMenWomen100 mFabio Cerutti Simone Collio Emanuele Di GregorioManuela Levorato200 mMatteo GalvanGiulia Arcioni400 mAndrea Barberi Claudio Licciardello Marco VistalliMarta Milani Libania Grenot800 mGiordano Benedetti Lukas Rifesser Mario ScapiniElisa Cusma Daniela Reina1500 mChristian Obrist5000 mStefano La Rosa Daniele MeucciElena Romagnolo10,000 mAndrea Lalli Daniele MeucciFederica Dal RìMarathonOttaviano Andriani Stefano Baldini Migidio Bourifa Daniele Caimmi Denis Curzi Ruggero PertileRosaria Console Anna Incerti Deborah Toniolo110/100 m hurdlesStefano TedescoMarzia Caravelli400 m hurdlesGiacomo PanizzaManuela GentiliHigh JumpFilippo Campioli Silvano Chesani Marco FassinottiAntonietta Di Martino Raffaella LameraPole VaultGiuseppe Gibilisco Giorgio PiantellaElena ScarpelliniLong JumpAndrew Howe Emanuele Formichetti Stefano TremigliozziTriple JumpFabrizio Donato Fabrizio Schembri Daniele GrecoSimona La MantiaShot PutChiara RosaDiscus ThrowLaura BordignonHammer ThrowNicola VizzoniSilvia SalisJavelin ThrowZahra Bani20 km walkIvano Brugnetti Giorgio Rubino Alex SchwazerSibilla Di Vincenzo50 km walkMarco De Luca Alex Schwazer4 × 100 m relaySimone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Roberto Donati Giovanni Tomasicchio Jacques Riparelli Maurizio CheccucciManuela Levorato Giulia Arcioni Audrey Alloh Jessica Paoletta Martina Giovanetti Tiziana M. Grasso4 × 400 m relayMatteo Galvan Andrea Barberi Claudio Licciardello Marco Vistalli Luca Galletti Domenico FontanaMarta Milani Libania Grenot Chiara Bazzoni Maria Enrica Spacca Elena Bonfanti
See also Italy national athletics team
References
External links Participants list