Italy at the World Athletics Championships

Italy at the
World Championships in Athletics
Italy at the; World Championships in Athletics
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 13 Silver 18 Bronze 20 Total 51
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
	1976; 1980; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023;

Italy has participated in all editions of the World Athletics Championships, held since the first edition of 1983 World Athletics Championships,^[1] winning 51 podiums, including 13 world titles, 18 silver medals and 20 bronze medals.

Fiona May is the most successful Italian athlete in championships history, she won four medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze in the long jump.

Medal count

Edition	Competitors			Men			Women			Total
Edition	Tot.	Men	Women										Tot.	Rank
1983 Helsinki	39	27	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	8th
1987 Rome	56	35	21	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	6th
1991 Tokyo	48	33	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12th
1993 Stuttgart	44	29	15	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	21st
1995 Göteborg	49	30	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	6	3rd=
1997 Athens	66	40	26	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	14th
1999 Sevilla	43	30	13	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	4	6th
2001 Edmonton	38	22	16	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	4	16th
2003 Paris	47	25	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	12th
2005 Helsinki	49	28	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33rd
2007 Osaka	33	18	15	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	23rd
2009 Berlin	35	20	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	33rd
2011 Daegu	30	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	23rd
2013 Moscow	48	27	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	25th
2015 Beijing	31	14	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
2017 London	35	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	38th
2019 Doha	65	34	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	31st
2022 Eugene	60	29	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	19th
2023 Budapest	78	43	35	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	13th
Total				10	11	9	3	7	11	13	18	20	51	16th

Medals awarded years later after doping cases

Edition	Event	Athlete	Disqualified athlete (position)	Years for decision-making	Notes
2009 Berlin	Men's 20 km walk	Giorgio Rubino	Valeriy Borchin (1st)	7	^[2]^[3]^[4]
2009 Berlin	Women's high jump	Antonietta Di Martino	Anna Chicherova (2nd)	9	^[5]
2011 Daegu	Women's 20 km walk	Elisa Rigaudo	Olga Kaniskina (1st)	5	^[6]^[4]
2011 Daegu	Women's 20 km walk	Elisa Rigaudo	Anisya Kirdyapkina (2nd)	8	^[7]^[8]
2013 Moscow	Women's 20 km walk	Elisa Rigaudo	Elena Lashmanova (1st)	6
2013 Moscow	Women's 20 km walk	Elisa Rigaudo	Anisya Kirdyapkina (2nd)	9	^[9]


Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Racewalking	6	5	8	19
Jumping	4	3	5	12
Hurdling	1	1	0	2
Long-distance running	1	1	0	2
Steeplechase	1	0	1	2
Marathon	0	2	4	6
Relay	0	2	1	3
Middle-distance running	0	2	0	2
Throwing	0	2	0	2
Sprinting	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)	13	18	20	51

In the IAAF placing table the score is obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.^[10]

Edition				4	5	6	7	8	Pts	Rank	Finalists	Medals
Helsinki 1983	1	1	1	0	1	2	6	0	43	8	12	3
Rome 1987	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	0	61	6	13	5
Tokyo 1991	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	3	39	10	14	1
Stuttgart 1993	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	2	43	11	10	4
Göteborg 1995	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	63	6	13	6
Athens 1997	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	5	52	9	16	3
Seville 1999	2	2	0	0	3	3	1	2	55	9	13	4
Edmonton 2001	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	44	12	9	4
Paris 2003	1	0	2	0	1	4	1	1	39	13	10	3
Helsinki 2005	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	22	22	7	1
Osaka 2007	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	31	16	7	3
Berlin 2009	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	25	17	9	1
Daegu 2011	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	22	17	7	2
Moscow 2013	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	23	19	7	2
Beijing 2015	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	11	29	4	0
London 2017	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	38	2	1
Doha 2019	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	16	26	7	1
Eugene 2022	1	0	1	3	1	0	2	2	39	12	10	2
Budapest 2023	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	51	8	13	4

Athlete	Sex	Event	Year(s)	Result	Notes
Roberto Barbi	Men	Marathon	2001	60th

Italy at the World Championships (from page 48) at Daeugu 2011 Media Guide by FIDAL