Italy competed at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece from 1 to 10 August 1997.
Medalists AthleteGendreEventMedalAnnarita Sidoti Women 10 Kilometres Race WalkGoldRoberta Brunet Women 5000 metresSilver Fiona May Women Long Jump Bronze
Finalists The largest team of the Italy national athletics team (66 competitors) of ever time at the World Championships, ranked 6th (with 16 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.
RankCountry45678Pts9 Italy111 22045 52
Results Italy participated with 66 athletes by winning three medals.
Men (40) Track and field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes100 m Stefano Tilli (6. nel 5qf with 10.36, n. in 4b with 10.25) 200 m Giovanni Puggioni (7. nel 4qf with 22.70, 1. in 5b with 20.73) Carlo Occhiena (8. nel 2qf with 21.14, 3. in 4b with 20.90) Alessandro Attene (5. in 6b with 20.92) 400 m Marco Vaccari (7. nel 3qf with 46.32, 5. in 5b with 46.00) 800 m Andrea Longo (5. nel 4qf with 1:46.60, 3. in 2b with 1:46.79) Giuseppe D'Urso in heat (ret. in 3b) 1500 m Gennaro Di Napoli (8. in 2sf with 3:39.45, 5. in 4b with 3:37.50) 10,000 m Stefano Baldini 9th with 28:11.97 (10. in b with 28:07.81) Marathon Danilo Goffi 4th with 2h14:47 Giacomo Leone 7th with 2h17:16 Francesco Ingargiola 30. with 2h23:30; Marcello Curioni Vincenzo Modica 3000 m st Angelo Carosi 8th with 8:16.01 (4. in 2sf with 8:20.82, 4. in 3b with 8:29.92) Alessandro Lambruschini (rit. in 1sf, 6. in 1b with 8:26.35) Giuseppe Maffei (9. in 2b with 8:37.12) 400 m hs Fabrizio Mori 4th with 48.05 (2. in 3sf with 48.17, 1. in 2b with 48.93) Ashraf Saber (8. in 2sf with 49.36, 3. in 7b with 49.11) Laurent Ottoz (4. in 5b with 49.69) Pole vaultFabio Pizzolato with 5.60 Andrea Giannini with 5.45 Long jumpPaolo Camossi (n.m.) shot putPaolo Dal Soglio 9th with 19.77 (19.93 in qual.) Corrado Fantini with 19.30 Discus throwDiego Fortuna with 60.06 Hammer throwEnrico Sgrulletti with 74.70 Nicola Vizzoni with 73.42 Loris Paoluzzi with 71.50 DecathlonBeniamino Poserina 20 km walkMichele Didoni 7th with 1h23:14 Giovanni De Benedictis 8th with 1h23:33 Alessandro Gandellini 12th with 1h24:24 50 km walkArturo Di Mezza 8th with 3h51:33 Giovanni Perricelli 14th with3h57:38 Orazio Romanzi 28th with 4h11:00 4 × 100 m relay National TeamAndrea AmiciGiovanni PuggioniCarlo OcchienaSandro Floris (5. in 1sf with 38.77, 3. in 4b with 38.97) 4 × 400 m relay National TeamAshraf SaberMarco VaccariAndrea NutiFabrizio Mori7th with 3:01.52 (2. in 3b with 3:01.75)
Women (26) Track and field eventsEvent AthleteResultPerformancesNotes100 mManuela Levorato (4. in 3b with 11.57) Giada Gallina (6. in 5b with 11.64) 200 mDanielle Perpoli (6. in 1b with 23.96) 400 mPatrizia Spuri (8. nel 3qf with 52.15, 3. in 3b with 52.54) 5000 mRoberta Brunet 2nd with 14:58.29 (4. in 1b with 15:29.03) 10,000 mSilvia Sommaggio 9th with 32:16.92 (4. in 1b with 33:08.19) MarathonOrnella Ferrara 5th with 2h33:10 Franca Fiacconi 13th with 2h39:53Laura Fogli 24th with 2h43:28 Anna Villani 27th with 2h43:58 Sonia Maccioni 100 m hsCarla Tuzzi (6. in 2b with 13.10) 400 m hsCarla Barbarino (6. in 3b with 57.05) High jumpAntonella Bevilacqua 7th with 1.93 (1.94 in qual.) Long jumpFiona May 3rd with 6.91 (6.73 in qual.) Triple jumpBarbara Lah with 13.70 Antonella Capriotti with 13.32 Shot putMara Rosolen with 17.87 Discus throwAgnese Maffeis 8th with 61.40 (59.94 in qual.) 10 km walkAnnarita Sidoti 1st with 42:55.49 (7. in 1b with 44:19.33) Erica Alfridi 5th with 43:59.73 (1. in 2b with 44:32.04) Elisabetta Perrone 10th with 45:16.64 (2. in 2b with 44:32.06) 4 × 100 m relay National TeamElena SordelliGiada GallinaManuela GrilloManuela Levorato (7. in 1b with 44.16) 4 × 400 m relay National TeamPatrizia SpuriFrancesca CarboneCarla BarbarinoVirna De AngeliDanielle Perpoli 8th with 3:30.63 (4. in 2b with 3:30.34) in batteria ha corso Danielle Perpoli al posto di Carla Barbarino
References
External links The “Azzurri” at the World Championships (from 1983 to 2009)