Italy at the 2016 European Athletics Championships

Italy at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
in Amsterdam
Competitors	74 (41 men and 33 women) in 35 events
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 7
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. A delegation of 74 athletes was sent to represent the country.

Medals

Gianmarco Tamberi gold medal in the high jump.

Libania Grenot gold medal in the 400 m.

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Libania Grenot	Women's 400 metres	8 July
Gold	Gianmarco Tamberi	Men's high jump	10 July
Silver	Veronica Inglese	Women's half marathon	10 July
Silver	Italian team Veronica Inglese Anna Incerti Rosaria Console Laila Soufyane Catherine Bertone	Women's half marathon	10 July
Bronze	Daniele Meucci	Men's half marathon	10 July
Bronze	Italian team Daniele Meucci Stefano La Rosa Ruggero Pertile Xavier Chevrier Daniele D'Onofrio	Men's half marathon	10 July
Bronze	Italian team Chiara Bazzoni Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Libania Grenot Maria Enrica Spacca	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	10 July

Results

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Massimiliano Ferraro	100 m	10.26 PB	5 Q	10.26 =PB	13	did not advance
Giovanni Galbieri		10.48	18	did not advance
Filippo Tortu		10.25	4 Q	10.19 PB	9	did not advance
Eseosa Desalu	200 m	—		20.94	17	did not advance
Antonio Infantino		20.99	9 Q	20.93	16	did not advance
Davide Manenti		20.82	5 Q	20.46	5 q	20.66	6
Matteo Galvan	400 m	—		45.12 =NR	2 Q	45.80	8
Giuseppe Leonardi		47.68	21	did not advance
Giordano Benedetti	800 m	1:50.74	24 Q	1:46.74	4 q	1:47.64	8
Jacopo Lahbi		1:47.27 SB	4 q	1:48.47	12	did not advance
Mohad Abdikadar Sheikh Ali	1500 m	3:42.91	15	—		did not advance
Joao Bussotti Neves		3:50.58	33 q			3:50.43	12
Marco Pettenazzo		3:45.65	29			did not advance
Jamel Chatbi	5000 m	—				13:49.93	11
Yemaneberhan Crippa						13:46.30	8
Ahmed El Mazoury	10000 m	—				29:29.36	9
Emanuele Abate	110 m hurdles	13.63 SB	4 Q	13.54 SB	13	did not advance
Hassane Fofana		13.71	7 q	13.52 PB	12	did not advance
Lorenzo Perini		13.68	6 Q	13.79	20	did not advance
José Reynaldo Bencosme	400 m hurdles	—		49.77	16	did not advance
Mattia Contini		51.26	14 Q	50.78	21	did not advance
Mario Lambrughi		51.06	12 Q	49.60 PB	12	did not advance
Abdoullah Bamoussa	3000 m steeplechase	8:32.54 PB	6 q	—		8:35.35	8
Jamel Chatbi		8:33.25	9 Q			8:32.43	5
Yuri Floriani		8:34.82	15 q			8:35.94	9
Federico Cattaneo Massimiliano Ferraro Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	4 x 100 m relay	38.58 SB	3 Q	—		38.69	5
Matteo Galvan Mario Lambrughi Michele Tricca Lorenzo Valentini	4 x 400 m relay	3:06.07 SB	13	—		did not advance
Xavier Chevrier	Half marathon	—				1:06:31	38
Daniele D'Onofrio						1:08:41	65
Stefano La Rosa						1:04:15	13
Daniele Meucci						1:02:38 SB
Ruggero Pertile						1:05:48	29
Italian team						3:12:41

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Gianmarco Tamberi	High jump	2.25	=1 Q	2.32
Lamont Marcell Jacobs	Long jump	7.80	12 q	7.59	11
Sebastiano Bianchetti	Shot put	18.56	25	did not advance
Hannes Kirchler	Discus throw	63.74	12 q	60.18	10
Roberto Bertolini	Javelin throw	80.58	13	did not advance
Norbert Bonvecchio		75.75	24	did not advance
Simone Falloni	Hammer throw	70.51	18	did not advance
Marco Lingua		72.94	10 q	70.00	11

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gloria Hooper	100 m	11.40	6 Q	11.48	13	did not advance
Irene Siragusa		11.55	11 q	11.78	22	did not advance
Martina Amidei	200 m	23.79	21	did not advance
Gloria Hooper		—		23.25	13	did not advance
Irene Siragusa		23.87	22	did not advance
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	400 m	53.51	9 q	52.69	16	did not advance
Libania Grenot		—		50.43 EL	1 Q	50.73
Marta Milani		54.85	17	did not advance
Irene Baldessari	800 m	2:06.15	30	did not advance
Yusneysi Santiusti		2:04.53	17 Q	2:02.21	12 Q	2:00.53	5
Margherita Magnani	1500 m	4:11.78	8 q	—		4:36.51	11
Veronica Inglese	10000 m	—				31:37.43 PB	6
Micol Cattaneo	100 m hurdles	13.34	17	did not advance
Giulia Pennella		13.04 SB	4 Q	13.55	22	did not advance
Marzia Caravelli	400 m hurdles	—		56.45	12	did not advance
Ayomide Folorunso				55.87	6 Q	55.50 PB	4
Audrey Alloh Martina Amidei Gloria Hooper Irene Siragusa	4 x 100 m relay	43.33	6 Q	—		43.57	8
Chiara Bazzoni Elena Bonfanti (only in heats) Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Libania Grenot (only in final) Maria Enrica Spacca	4 x 400 m relay	3:29.57 SB	8 Q	—		3:27.49 SB
Catherine Bertone	Half marathon	—				1:15:06	38
Rosaria Console						1:13:12	19
Anna Incerti						1:12:51 SB	14
Veronica Inglese						1:10:35 PB
Laila Soufyane						1:13:42	29
Italian team						3:36:38

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Erika Furlani	High jump	1.85	=16	did not advance
Desirée Rossit		1.89	=10 q	1.89	=6
Alessia Trost		1.89	=5 q	1.89	=6
Sonia Malavisi	Pole vault	4.20	20	did not advance
Dariya Derkach	Triple jump	13.96w	7 q	13.89	10
Julaika Nicoletti	Shot put	15.81	23	did not advance
Chiara Rosa		16.26	18	did not advance
Valentina Aniballi	Discus throw	51.66	25	did not advance
Natalina Capoferri		53.16	23	did not advance
Stefania Strumillo		59.80 PB	11 Q	55.78	15