Italy will be represented at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki by the athletes that have achieved the standard of participation fixed by FIDAL.
Medalists
MedalAthleteEvent Fabrizio Donato Men's triple jump Daniele Meucci Men's 10,000 m Chiara Rosa Women's shot put
Team Are qualified the athletes who have achieved the standard set by the Italian Federation of Athletics (maximum three athletes for event). The events of race walking and marathon will be not disputed at Helsinki, because the races is too close to the 2012 Summer Olympics of London.
On June 18, after a few defections to injury, the federal technicians (particularly the manager of the national team) informed the final list of 61 participants (33 men and 28 women).
+ Men Event Performance required Qualified 100 m 10.28 sJacques Riparelli 10"24Fabio Cerutti 10"24Simone Collio 10"27 200 m 20"80Davide Manenti 20"76Diego Marani 20"77 400 m 46"00Marco Vistalli 45"70Lorenzo Valentini 46"49As under 23. 800 m 1'47"00Mario Scapini 1'46"95 1500 m 3'40"00Abdellah Haidane 3'39"11 5000 m 13'35"00Stefano La Rosa 13'23"58Maksym Obrubanskyy 13'27"15 10000 m 28'30"00Daniele Meucci 27'32"86Stefano La Rosa 28'13"62 110 m hs13"70Emanuele Abate 13"28Paolo Dal Molin 13"64 400 m hs50"00José Bencosme 50"05 3000 m st8'30"00Yuri Floriani 8'22"62Patrick Nasti 8'29"08 High jump2.28 mSilvano Chesani 2.31 mGianmarco Tamberi 2.26 m Pole vault5.60 mClaudio Stecchi 5.60 mMarco Boni 5.60 m Long jump8.00 m Triple jump16.70 mDaniele Greco 17.47 mFabrizio Donato 17.28 mFabrizio Schembri 16.97 mAndrea Chiari 16.83 m Shot put19.90 m Discus throw62.90 mGiovanni Faloci 64.24 m Hammer throw76.00 mLorenzo Povegliano 79.08 mNicola Vizzoni 76.17 mMarco Lingua 76.10 m Javelin throw79.70 m Decathlon7800 pt 4×100 m relayEmanuele Di Gregorio 4×400 m relayAndrea BarberiClaudio LicciardelloIsalbet JuarezLuca Galletti
+ Women Event Performance required Qualified 100 m 11"45Martina Amidei 11"42Audrey Alloh 11"43 200 m 23"30Gloria Hooper 23"21 400 m 52"80Libania Grenot 50"92Maria Enrica Spacca 52"73Chiara Bazzoni 52"80 800 m 2'01"90 1500 m 4'09"80 5000 m 15'30"00Silvia Weissteiner 15'18"04Elena Romagnolo 15'19"78 10000 m 33'00"00Nadia Ejjafini 31'45"14Valeria Straneo 32'15"87She renounced because she prepare Olympic marathon.Elena Romagnolo 32'39"12 100 m hs13"25Marzia Caravelli 12"85Veronica Borsi 13"05She renounced because is out of training, replaced by Micol Cattaneo.Giulia Pennella 13"06Micol Cattaneo 13"07 400 m hs56"30Manuela Gentili 55"58 3000 m st9'50"00Giulia Martinelli 9'48"01 High jump1.92 mAntonietta Di Martino 1.95 mShe renounced because is injured.Alessia Trost 1.92 mShe renounced because has the final college exams. Pole vault4.40 mAnna Giordano Bruno 4.40 m Long jump6.55 m Triple jump14.00 mSimona La Mantia 14.29 m Shot put16.70 mChiara Rosa 18.63 mJulaika Nicoletti 17.13 m Discus throw58.00 mTamara Apostolico 59.50 mLaura Bordignon 58.77 m Hammer throw68.50 mSilvia Salis 70.20 m Javelin throw57.50 mZahra Bani 59.43 m Eptathlon5920 pt 4x100 m relayIlenia DraisciMartina GiovanettiJessica Paoletta 4x400 m relayGiulia ArcioniElena Maria BonfantiMarta Milani
Results Finalists (top 8) AthleteEvent Position Performance NotesDaniele Meucci 5000 m 5th 13:32.69 Nadia Ejjafini 5000 m 6th 15:16.54 Standard A for the 2012 Summer OlympicsSimone Collio 100 m - False start.Chiara Rosa Shot put 3rd 18.47 m Gianmarco Tamberi High jump 5th 2.24 m Yuri Floriani 3000 m st. 7th 8:39.22 Abdellah Haidane 1500 m 8th 3:47.79 Simona La Mantia Triple jump 4th 14.25 m Marco Vistalli 400 m 8th 4:04.20 Ran 45.98 in Heat.Libania Grenot 400 m 6th 52.57 Fabrizio Donato Triple jump 1st 17.63 mWind-assisted Not the 17.63 wind-assisted, but his second measure 17.53 mDaniele Meucci 10000 m 2nd 28:22.73 Nicola Vizzoni Hammer throw 5th 75.13 m76.42 m, his stagional best, in qualification.Diego Marani 200 m 7th 21.26Ran 20.83 in Semi-final.Marzia Caravelli 100 m hs 6th 13.11Ran 13.03 in Heat.Micol Cattaneo 100 m hs 8th 13.16Ran 13.07 in semi-final.Claudio Stecchi Pole vault 8th 5.40 m 5.55 m in qualification.Emanuele Abate 110 m hs 5th 13.43 Ran 13.39 in semi-final.
See also Athletics in Italy Italy national athletics team Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Athletics
References
External links 21st European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012