Italy competed at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden from 5 to 13 August 1995.
Medalists The result in the medal table and the number of medals totaled, till to 2017, is the top all-time result at the World Championships for the Italy national athletics team. AthleteGendreEventMedalMichele Didoni Men 20 Kilometres Race Walk GoldFiona May Women Long Jump GoldGiovanni Perricelli Men 50 Kilometres Race Walk SilverElisabetta Perrone Women 10 Kilometres Race Walk Silver National TeamGiovanni PuggioniEzio MadoniaAngelo CipolloniSandro Floris Men 4x100 Metres Relay BronzeOrnella Ferrara Woman Marathon Bronze
Finalists Italy national athletics team ranked 6th (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.
RankCountry45678Pts6 Italy222 12121 63
Results Italy participated with 49 athletes by winning six medals.
Men (30) Track and field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes400 mAndrea Nuti (5. in 3qf with 45.89, 2. in 7b with 46.25) 800 mAndrea Giocondi 7th with 1:47.78 (3. in 1sf with 1:49.45, 3. in 1b with 1:46.44) Davide Cadoni (8. in 2sf with 1:53.67, 2. in 5b with 1:48.25) Giuseppe D'Urso (4. in 4b with 1:47.43) 5000 mGennaro Di Napoli 11th with 13:46.51 (1. in 2b with 13:23.87) 10,000 mStefano Baldini 18th with 28:08.39 (8. in 2b with 27:50.27) MarathonLuca Barzaghi 33rd with 2h23:51 Luigi Di Lello 3000 m stAngelo Carosi 5th with 8:14.85 (1. in 1sf with 8:19.73, 2. in 3b with 8:23.93) Alessandro Lambruschini 10th with 8:22.64 (5. in 2sf with 8:27.75, 6. in 2b with 8:29.36) 400 m hsFabrizio Mori (disqu. in 1sf, 1. in 1b with 49.37) Laurent Ottoz (5. in 2sf with 48.94, 1. in 4b with 48.90) Patrick Ottoz (4. in 2b with 49.65) Long jumpRoberto Coltri with 7.65 shot putPaolo Dal Soglio 9th with 19.38 (19.47 in qual.) Alessandro Andrei with 18.74 Corrado Fantini with 17.89 Discus throwDiego Fortuna with 58.74 Hammer throwEnrico Sgrulletti with 72.60 20 km walkMichele Didoni 1st with 1h19:59 Enrico Lang 15th with 1h24:43 Giovanni De Benedictis 50 km walkGiovanni Perricelli 2nd with 3h45:11 Arturo Di Mezza 7th with 3h49:46 Giovanni De Benedictis 4 × 100 m relay National TeamGiovanni PuggioniEzio MadoniaAngelo CipolloniSandro Floris3rd with 39.07 (2. in 2sf with 38.41, 1. in 4b with 39.00) 4 × 400 m relay National TeamMarco VaccariLaurent OttozAlessandro AimarAndrea Nuti (5. in 1b with 3:02.01)
Women (19) Track and field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes5000 mSilvia Sommaggio (8. in 2b with 15:20.89)10,000 mMaria Guida 4th with 31:27.82 (4. in 2b with 32:34.28)MarathonOrnella Ferrara3rdwith 2h30:11100 m hsCarla Tuzzi(5. in 1b with 13.32)Long jumpFiona May1st with 6.98w (6.76w in qual.)Valentina Uccheddu 5th with 6.76 (6.53 in qual.)Triple jumpBarbara Lah 8th with 14.18w (14.17 in qual.)Shot putMara Rosolen with 16.90heptathlonKarin Periginelli20th with 5613 pts10 km walkElisabetta Perrone2nd with 42:16Rossella Giordano 6th with 42:26Annarita Sidoti 13thwith 44:064 × 100 m relay National TeamCarla TuzziRossella FarinaLaura ArdissoneManuela Levorato (retired in 2b) 4 × 400 m relay National TeamFrancesca CarbonePatrizia SpuriDanielle PerpoliVirna De Angeli (7. in 2b with 3:30.88)
References
External links The “Azzurri” at the World Championships (from 1983 to 2009)