Italy at the 2023 World Athletics Championships

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
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WA code	ITA
in Budapest, Hungary 19 August 2023 (2023-08-19) – 27 August 2023 (2023-08-27)
Competitors	78 (43 men and 35 women)
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 4
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Italy competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27 August 2023.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Gianmarco Tamberi	Men's high jump	August 22
Silver	Leonardo Fabbri	Men's shot put	August 19
Silver	Roberto Rigali Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta Filippo Tortu	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	August 26
Bronze	Antonella Palmisano	Women's 20 kilometres walk	August 20

Results

Italy entered 78 athletes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Key

Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
PB = Personal best
SB = Season best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Samuele Ceccarelli	100 metres	10.26	4	Did not advance^[4]
Marcell Jacobs	100 metres	10.15 SB	3 Q^[4]	10.05 SB	5	Did not advance^[5]
Fausto Desalu	200 metres	20.49 SB	6	Did not advance
Filippo Tortu	200 metres	20.46	4	Did not advance
Davide Re	400 metres	45.07 SB	4 q	45.29	4	Did not advance
Simone Barontini	800 metres	1:45.21	2 Q	1:44.34 PB	5	Did not advance
Francesco Pernici		1:45.89	4	Did not advance
Catalin Tecuceanu		1:45.31	3 Q	1:44.79 PB	4	Did not advance
Pietro Arese	1500 metres	3:34.48	4 Q	3:33.11 PB	8	Did not advance
Joao Bussotti		3:48.55	13	Did not advance
Ossama Meslek		3:35.12	7	Did not advance
Yemaneberhan Crippa	10,000 metres	—	28:16.40	12
Yohanes Chiappinelli	Marathon	—	2:11:12	11
Eyob Faniel		—	DNF
Daniele Meucci		—	2:11:06 SB	10
Hassane Fofana	110 metres hurdles	13.53	4 Q	13.50	7	Did not advance
Lorenzo Simonelli	110 metres hurdles	13.50	4 Q	13.69	8	Did not advance
Mario Lambrughi	400 metres hurdles	49.05 SB	6 q	DQ		Did not advance
Alessandro Sibilio	400 metres hurdles	49.50	4 Q	48.43	5	Did not advance
Ala Zoghlami	3000 metres steeplechase	8:28.76	10	—	Did not advance
Osama Zoghlami	3000 metres steeplechase	8:33.07	9	—	Did not advance
Andrea Cosi	20 kilometres walk	—	1:23:28	30
Francesco Fortunato		—	1:19:01	11
Massimo Stano		—	DNF
Andrea Agrusti	35 kilometres walk	—	2:30:32	15
Matteo Giupponi		—	2:34:58 SB	20
Riccardo Orsoni		—	2:31:41	16
Massimo Stano		—	2:25:59 SB	7
Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta Roberto Rigali Filippo Tortu	4 × 100 metres relay	37.65 WL	1 Q	—	37.62 SB
Lorenzo Benati Riccardo Meli Davide Re Edoardo Scotti Alessandro Sibilio*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:00.14 SB	3 Q	—	3:01.23	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marco Fassinotti	High jump	2.28 SB	6 q	2.20	12
Stefano Sottile		2.22	26	Did not advance
Gianmarco Tamberi		2.28	9 q	2.36 =WL
Claudio Stecchi	Pole vault	5.75	12 q	5.75	=9
Mattia Furlani	Long jump	7.85	18	Did not advance
Tobia Bocchi	Triple jump	16.66	13	Did not advance
Emmanuel Ihemeje	Triple jump	16.91	7 q	16.91	8
Leonardo Fabbri	Shot put	20.74	12 q	22.34 PB
Zane Weir	Shot put	21.82	2 Q	19.99	11

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zaynab Dosso	100 metres	11.14 =NR	3 Q	11.19	7	Did not advance
Dalia Kaddari	200 metres	22.67 SB	4 q	22.75	6	Did not advance
Alice Mangione	400 metres	51.57	6	Did not advance
Elena Bellò	800 metres	2:01.38	5	Did not advance
Eloisa Coiro	800 metres	2:00.36	5 q	1:59.61 PB	6	Did not advance
Ludovica Cavalli	1500 metres	4:03.81	6 Q	4:02.83 PB	6 Q	4:01.84 PB	11
Gaia Sabbatini		4:03.04	4 Q	DNF		Did not advance
Sintayehu Vissa		4:01.66 PB	7	Did not advance
Nadia Battocletti	5000 metres	14:41.78	7 Q	—	15:27.86	16
Ludovica Cavalli	5000 metres	15:32.95	17	—	Did not advance
Giovanna Epis	Marathon	—	2:29:10	12
Ayomide Folorunso	400 metres hurdles	54.30	3 Q	53.89 NR	4 q	54.19	6
Eleonora Marchiando		56.27	6	Did not advance
Rebecca Sartori		54.82 PB	5 q	55.98	8	Did not advance
Eleonora Giorgi	20 kilometres walk	—	1:31:45	20
Antonella Palmisano		—	1:27:26 SB
Valentina Trapletti		—	1:32:57	22
Nicole Colombi	35 kilometres walk	—	3:02:29	27
Federica Curiazzi		—	2:53:27	15
Sara Vitiello		—	2:57:00	19
Anna Bongiorni Zaynab Dosso Dalia Kaddari Alessia Pavese	4 × 100 metres relay	42.14 NR	3 Q	—	42.49	4
Alessandra Bonora Ayomide Folorunso Alice Mangione Anna Polinari Giancarla Trevisan	4 × 400 metres relay	3:23.86 NR	3 Q	—	3:24.98	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Roberta Bruni	Pole vault	4.35	29	Did not advance
Elisa Molinarolo	Pole vault	4.65 PB	10 Q	4.50	=9
Larissa Iapichino	Long jump	6.73	6 q	6.82	5
Ottavia Cestonaro	Triple jump	14.20 SB	9 q	14.05	10
Dariya Derkach	Triple jump	14.15	10 q	14.36 SB	8
Daisy Osakue	Discus throw	61.31	12 q	61.13	12
Sara Fantini	Hammer throw	73.28 SB	6 Q	73.85 SB	6

Mixed

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lorenzo Benati Ayomide Folorunso Riccardo Meli Alice Mangione	4 × 400 metres relay	3:14.56	13	Did not advance

References

^ "Entry List" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ "Mondiali: le bio dei 78 azzurri per Budapest". Italian Athletics Federation. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ "La squadra / Team" (PDF). Italian Athletics Federation. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "SUMMARY 100 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ "SUMMARY 100 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.