Italy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Italy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	ITA
National federation	Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera
Website	www.fidal.it
in Berlin
Competitors	39 (23 men, 16 women)
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Italy competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, held from August 15 to August 23. On August 3, the Italian national athletics federation (FIDAL) revealed the final team composed of 40 athletes (24 men and 16 women),^[1] but on 8 August, after a last test competition in Grosseto, Andrew Howe, in accordance with FIDAL, decided not to compete in Berlin. Just before publishing the team, Faloci, a discus thrower, also decided not to compete.

Italy did not win a single medal in the championships, the first time ever in the history of the World Athletics Championships that Italy have failed to win a medal, the first time since Melbourne 1956 in any major championships (World, Olympics or European).

Team selection

Track and road events Event Athletes Men Women 100 metres Fabio Cerutti Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio 400 metres Matteo Galvan Libania Grenot 800 metres Lukas Rifesser Daniela Reina Elisa Cusma Piccione 1500 metres Christian Obrist Elisa Cusma Piccione 5000 metres Daniele Meucci Silvia Weissteiner Marathon Ruggero Pertile withdrawn 3000 m steeplechase Elena Romagnolo 20 km race walk Ivano Brugnetti Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Giorgio Rubino Elisa Rigaudo Valentina Trapletti 50 km race walk Diego Cafagna Marco De Luca Alex Schwazer 4×100 metres relay Maurizio Checcucci Jacques Riparelli Roberto Donati 4×400 metres relay Marta Milani Enrica Spacca Eleonora Sirtoli

Field and combined events Event Athletes Men Women Pole vault Giuseppe Gibilisco Anna Giordano Bruno High jump Giulio Ciotti Antonietta Di Martino Long jump Andrew Howe (withdrawn) Triple jump Fabrizio Donato Daniele Greco Fabrizio Schembri Magdelin Martinez Shot put Chiara Rosa Discus throw Giovanni Faloci (withdrawn) Hammer throw Nicola Vizzoni Clarissa Claretti Silvia Salis

Results

Men

Track events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Simone Collio	10.49	4	Did not advance
100 m	Fabio Cerutti	10.36	3	10.37	7	Did not advance
100 m	Emanuele di Gregorio	10.35	2	10.26	4	Did not advance
200 m	Matteo Galvan	DNS	DNS	Did not advance
400 m	Matteo Galvan	45.86	24	-		46.87	24	Did not advance
800 m	Lucas Rifesser	1:53.31	18	Did not advance
1500 m	Christian Obrist	3:43:41	8	-		Did not advance
5000 m	Daniele Meucci	13:37:49	14	-		Did not advance
20km Walk	Ivan Brugnetti	-		-				DNF	DNF
20km Walk	Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi	-		-				1:23:07	21
20km Walk	Giorgio Rubino	-		-				1:19:50	4
50km Walk	Diego Cafagna	-		-				4:08:04	28
50km Walk	Marco de Luca	-		-				3:46:31	8
50km Walk	Alex Schwazer	-		-				DNF	DNF
4x100 m relay	Italy	38:52	1	-				38:54	6

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pole Vault	Giuseppe Gibilisco	5.65	5	5.65	7
Triple jump	Fabrizio Donato	15.81	41	Did not advance
Triple jump	Daniele Greco	16.18	34	Did not advance
Triple jump	Fabrizio Schembri	16.88	15	Did not advance
High Jump	Giulio Ciotti	2.27	9	2.23	11
Hammer throw	Nicola Vizzoni	76.95	7	73.70	9

Women

Track events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m	Libania Grenot	51.45	2	-		50.85	4	Did not advance
800 m	Daniela Reina	2:06:30	5	-		Did not advance
800 m	Elisa Cusma Piccione	2:02:33	1	-		2:00:61	1	1:58:81	6
1500 m	Elisa Cusma Piccione	DNS	DNS	Did not advance
5000 m	Silvia Weissteiner	15:20:88	12	-				15:09:74	7
20km Walk	Elisa Rigaudo	-		-				1:31:52	9
20km Walk	Valentina Trapletti	-		-				1:35:33	17
4x400 m relay	Italy	3:31:05	5	-				Did not advance

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
High jump	Antonietta Di Martino	1.95	4	1.99	4
Pole vault	Anna Giordano Bruno	4.50	13	Did not advance
Triple Jump	Magdelin Martinez	13.87	21	Did not advance
Hammer throw	Clarissa Claretti	70.01	12	71.56	8
Hammer throw	Silvia Salis	68.55	17	Did not advance
Shot Put	Chiara Rosa	17.89	16	Did not advance

References

1. http://www.fidal.it/showquestion.php?faq=63&fldAuto=10706

External links

• Official competition website