Italy at the 2018 European Athletics Championships

Italy at the
2018 European Athletics Championships
Italy at the; 2018 European Athletics Championships
WA code	ITA
in ; Berlin; 6 August 2018 – 12 August 2018
Competitors	91 (51 men, 40 women)
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 6
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
	1934; 1938; 1946; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1969; 1971; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2012; 2014; 2016; 2018; 2022; 2024;

Italy competed at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018.^[1]

Medals

Medal	Date	Event	Athlete
Bronze	7 August	Men's 10,000 m	Yeman Crippa
Bronze	9 August	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	Yohanes Chiappinelli
Bronze	11 August	Women's 20 km walk	Antonella Palmisano
Silver	12 August	Women's Marathon Cup	Sara Dossena Catherine Bertone Fatna Maraoui Laura Gotti
Bronze	12 August	Men's marathon	Yassine Rachik
Gold	12 August	Men's Marathon Cup	Yassine Rachik Eyob Faniel Stefano La Rosa

Finalists

Italy national athletics team ranked 14th in the EAA placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists (20 athletes or team).^[2]

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Pts
6	Italy	1	1	4	3	5	3	1	2	87

Selected athletes

On 24 April 2018 the technical commissioner of the high level of the Italian national team Elio Locatelli, illustrated the composition of the national marathon team,^[3] and FIDAL has announced the names of the athletes already selected for the race walk team for the European Championships 2018.^[4]

Event	Men	Women
Marathon	~~Daniele Meucci~~^[5]^[6] Stefano La Rosa Eyob Faniel Yassine Rachik	Catherine Bertone Sara Dossena ~~Valeria Straneo~~ ~~Giovanna Epis~~ Fatna Maraoui Laura Gotti Anna Incerti (reserve)
Race walk	Marco De Luca	Antonella Palmisano

Team

On 19 July 2018, the complete team was announced: 49 men, 40 women, the largest team since the 95 athletes of Munchen 2002.^[7] It remains to select a seventh athlete for the men's 4 × 400 m relay.^[8] On 27 July 2018 the selection of three other male athletes was announced, the total therefore reaches 92 (52 men and 40 women).^[9]

Italy closes with 4 medalists, 18 finalists (excluding teams), and 9 first of those not admitted to the final.^[10]

Finalists top 8 (4 athletes)

Finalists - out o top 8: in middle-distance races or field events (18 athletes)

First of the not admitted to the final (9 athletes)

Men

Event	Athlete	Result
100 m	Filippo Tortu	5th
	Marcel Jacobs	SF (11th)
	Federico Cattaneo	SF (20th)
200 m	Eseosa Desalu	6th
	Andrew Howe	SF (17th)
	Davide Manenti	SF (19th)
4 × 100 m relay	Federico Cattaneo	SF (DSQ)
	Eseosa Desalu
	Davide Manenti
	Filippo Tortu
	Roberto Rigali (reserve)
400 m	Matteo Galvan	SF (9th)
400 m	Davide Re	SF (14th)
4 × 400 m relay	Vladimir Aceti^[11]	6th
	Matteo Galvan
	Davide Re
	Edoardo Scotti
	Michele Tricca
	Mattia Casarico (reserve)
	Daniele Corsa (reserve)^[9]
	Francesco Cappellin (reserve)^[9]
800 m	Simone Barontini	SF (24th)
1500 m	Mohad Abdikadar	10th
1500 m	Joao Bussotti	11th
5.000 m	Yemaneberhan Crippa	4th
10,000 m	Yemaneberhan Crippa
10,000 m	Lorenzo Dini	13th
110 m hs	Lorenzo Perini	SF (10th)
	Hassane Fofana	SF (11th)
	Paolo Dal Molin	SF (18th)
400 m hs	Lorenzo Vergani	SF (12th)
	José Bencosme	SF (16th)
	~~Mario Lambrughi~~^[12]	DNS
3000 m st	Yohannes Chiappinelli
	Ahmed Abdelwahed	13th
	Osama Zoghlami	SF (21st)
High Jump	Gianmarco Tamberi	4th
High Jump	Marco Fassinotti	Qual (13th)
Long jump	Kevin Ojiaku	11th
Triple Jump	Simone Forte	Qual (13th)
Triple Jump	Fabrizio Donato	Qual (20th)
Pole vault	Claudio Stecchi^[9]	11th
Shot put	Leonardo Fabbri	Qual (29th)
Discus throw	Hannes Kirchler	Qual (18th)
	Giovanni Faloci	Qual (21st)
	Nazzareno Di Marco	Qual (23rd)
Hammer throw	Marco Lingua	Qual (13th)
Hammer throw	Simone Falloni	Qual (21st)
Javelin throw	Roberto Bertolini	Qual (26th)
Marathon	Yassine Rachik
	Eyob Faniel	5th
	Stefano La Rosa	12th
Race walk 20 km	Massimo Stano	4th
	Francesco Fortunato	16th
	Giorgio Rubino	DSQ
Race walk 50 km	Marco De Luca	10th
	Andrea Agrusti	11th
	Michele Antonelli	DNF
Decathlon	Simone Cairoli	10th

Women

Event	Athlete	Result
100 m	Irene Siragusa	SF (23rd)
100 m	Anna Bongiorni	SF (24th)
200 m	Irene Siragusa	SF (15th)
200 m	Gloria Hooper	SF (18th)
4 × 100 m relay	Audrey Alloh	7th
	Johanelis Herrera Abreu
	Gloria Hooper
	Irene Siragusa
	Anna Bongiorni	INJ
	Jessica Paoletta (reserve)
400 m	Libania Grenot	SF (9th)
400 m	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	SF (19th)
4 × 400 m relay	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	5th
	Libania Grenot
	Ayomide Folorunso
	Raphaela Lukudo
	Maria Enrica Spacca (reserve)
	Giancarla Trevisan (reserve)
	Elisabetta Vandi (reserve)
800 m	Elena Bellò	Heat (27th)
800 m	Yusneysi Santiusti	Heat (31st)
100 m hs	Luminosa Bogliolo	SF (15th)
100 m hs	Elisa Maria Di Lazzaro	Heat (28th)
400 m hs	Yadisleidy Pedroso	5th
	Ayomide Folorunso	SF (9th)
	Linda Olivieri	Heat (31st)
3000 m st	Isabel Mattuzzi	15th
	Martina Merlo	SF (16th)
	Francesca Bertoni	SF (22nd)
High Jump	Alessia Trost	8th
	Elena Vallortigara	Qual (13th)
	Desirée Rossit	Qual (18th)
Long Jump	Laura Strati	Qual (13th)
Triple Jump	Ottavia Cestonaro	Qual (NM)
Triple Jump	Dariya Derkach	Qual (NM)
Discus throw	Daisy Osakue	5th
Discus throw	Valentina Aniballi	Qual (17th)
Marathon	Sara Dossena	6th
	Catherine Bertone	8th
	Fatna Maraoui	14th
	Laura Gotti	46th
	~~Giovanna Epis~~	DNS
Race walk 20 km	Antonella Palmisano
	Valentina Trapletti	9th
	Eleonora Giorgi	DSQ
Race walk 50 km	Mariavittoria Becchetti	10th
Race walk 50 km	Nicole Colombi	DNS

References

^ "European Athletics Championships History". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ "2018 European Athletics Championships - Placing table". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ "Marathon: le squadre azzurre per gli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "CRITERI DI PARTECIPAZIONE ai CAMPIONATI EUROPEI 2018 Berlino (Ger) 7 - 12 Agosto" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ Forced to give up because of an injury.
^ "Meucci rinuncia agli Europei di Berlino" (in Italian). fidal.it. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Atletica, ottantanove azzurri agli Europei di Berlino: basta malinconie, nell'era Tortu solo talento e sorrisi" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ "Berlino, 89 azzurri agli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Azzurri a Berlino: c'è anche Stecchi" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "Giomi: Europeo complesso, crescono i giovani" (in Italian). fidal.it. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ Ran in semi-finals
^ "Mario Lambrughi rinuncia agli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

External links

EAA official site
Profiles of athletes of the Italian team (in Italian)

[1] "European Athletics Championships History". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[2] "2018 European Athletics Championships - Placing table". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[3] "Marathon: le squadre azzurre per gli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[4] "CRITERI DI PARTECIPAZIONE ai CAMPIONATI EUROPEI 2018 Berlino (Ger) 7 - 12 Agosto" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[5] Forced to give up because of an injury.

[6] "Meucci rinuncia agli Europei di Berlino" (in Italian). fidal.it. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[7] "Atletica, ottantanove azzurri agli Europei di Berlino: basta malinconie, nell'era Tortu solo talento e sorrisi" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[8] "Berlino, 89 azzurri agli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[MORE-9] "Azzurri a Berlino: c'è anche Stecchi" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[10] "Giomi: Europeo complesso, crescono i giovani" (in Italian). fidal.it. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[11] Ran in semi-finals

[12] "Mario Lambrughi rinuncia agli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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