Italy at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics

Italy at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
in Paris
Competitors	47 (25 men, 22 women)
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France from 23 to 31 August 2003.

Medalists

Athlete	Gendre	Event	Medal
Giuseppe Gibilisco	Men	Pole vault	Gold
Stefano Baldini	Men	Marathon	Bronze
Magdelín Martínez	Women	Triple jump	Bronze
Medal not included in the medal table
Italy national athletics team	Men	Marathon	Silver

Finalists

The team ranked 13th (with 10 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists (four men and five women).

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Pts
13	Italy	1	0	2	0	1	4	1	1	39

Results

Italy participated with 47 athletes by winning three medals and placing nine finalists.

  Finalists (first eight positions)

Men (25)

Track and road events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes 200 m Alessandro Cavallaro Semi 20.59 (7th SF2), 20.47 (2nd QF2), 20.42 (2nd H4) 400 m Andrea Barberi Heat 45.87 (5th 4H) 800 m Andrea Longo 5th 1:45.43; 1:46.26 (1st SF3), 1:46.26 (1st H7) 1500 m Christian Obrist Semi 3:41.88 (9th SF1), 3:43.01 (5th H2) 110 m hs Andrea Giaconi Semi 13.84 (7th SF2), 13.69 (6th H1) 3000 m st Angelo Iannelli Heat 8:36.08 (11th H2) Marathon Stefano Baldini 3rd 2:09:14 Daniele Caimmi 6th 2:09:29 SB Alberico Di Cecco 22nd 2:13:36 Ruggero Pertile 23rd 2:13:45 20 km walk Lorenzo Civallero 11th 1:20:34 PB Michele Didoni 16th 1:21:23 SB Alessandro Gandellini 21st 1:24:45 50 km walk Marco Giungi DQ NM 4 × 100 m relay National Team Francesco Scuderi Simone Collio Massimiliano Donati Alessandro Cavallaro Semi 38.93 (8th in SF1), 38.63 (1st in H4)

Field events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes High jump Andrea Bettinelli Qual. 2.25 m (9th group A) Alessandro Talotti Qual. 2.25 m (11th group B) Nicola Ciotti Qual. 2.20 m (15th group B) Pole vault Giuseppe Gibilisco 1st 5.90 m NR Long jump Nicola Trentin Qual. 4.85 m (6th in group B) Triple jump Fabrizio Donato Qual. 16.63 m (6th in group B) Discus throw Diego Fortuna Qual. 61.46 m (7th group B) Hammer throw Nicola Vizzoni Qual. 79.76 m (9th in group A)

Women (22)

Track and road events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes 400 m hs Monica Niederstatter Heat 56.62 (6th H1) Marathon Lucilla Andreucci 41st 2:38:22 Gloria Marconi 42nd 2:38:26 Giovanna Volpato 43rd 2:38:38 Simona Viola 58th 2:54:27 Rosaria Console DNF NM 20 km walk Rossella Giordano 6th 1:29:14 Elisa Rigaudo 10th 1:30:34 Elisabetta Perrone DNF NM 4 × 400 m relay National Team Danielle Perpoli Monica Niederstatter Maria Teresa Schutzmann Virna De Angeli Heat 3.32.00 (5th in H2)

Field events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes High jump Antonella Bevilacqua Qual. 1.85 m (9th in group B) Long jump Fiona May 9th 6.46 m, Qual. 6.57 m (4th in group B) Triple jump Magdelín Martínez 3rd 14.90 m; Qual. 14.73 m (1st in group A) NR Barbara Lah Qual. 14.38 m (5th in group B) Simona La Mantia Qual. 14.05 m (9th in group B) Shot put Assunta Legnante 8th 18.28 m, Qual. 17.97 m (6th group B) Hammer throw Ester Balassini Qual. 64.67 m (10th group B) Clarissa Claretti Qual. 62.19 m (11th group A) Javelin throw Claudia Coslovich 7th 59.64 m, Qual. 59.57 m (4th group B) Heptathlon Gertrud Bacher 6th 6166 pts

External links

• The “Azzurri” at the World Championships (from 1983 to 2015)