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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 51 podiums, including 13 world titles, 18 silver medals and 20 bronze medals.

Italy at the
World Championships in Athletics
WA codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
13
Silver
18
Bronze
20
Total
51
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Fiona May is the most successful Italian athlete in championships history, she won four medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze in the long jump.

Medal count

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Fiona May, two gold medals at the WC
 
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.
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 1 0 1 1 2 25th
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
2022 Eugene 60 29 31 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 19th
2023 Budapest 78 43 35 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 13th
Total 10 11 9 3 7 11 13 18 20 51 16th

Medals awarded years later after doping cases

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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]
  2013 Moscow   Women's 20 km walk Elisa Rigaudo   Elena Lashmanova (1st) 6
  Anisya Kirdyapkina (2nd) 9 [9]

Medalists

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Placing table

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In the IAAF placing table the score is obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.[10]

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 1 0 0 2 1 2 23 19 7 2
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
Eugene 2022 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 39 12 10 2
Budapest 2023 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 51 8 13 4

Doping disqualifications

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

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ Elisa Rigaudo became bronze medal in 2022 (9 years after the event) in 20 km walk (she was 5th) after disqualification of Russians Anisya Kirdyapkina in 2019 and Elena Lashmanova in 2022.
  10. ^ "IAAF World Championships Rome 1983 - placing table". iaaf.org. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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