Italy at the 2018 European Athletics Championships

Sporting event delegation
Italy at the
2018 European Athletics Championships
WA codeITA
in
Germany Berlin
6 August 2018 (2018-08-06) – 12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)
Competitors91 (51 men, 40 women)
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
6
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)

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

Medals

Antonella Palmisano bronze medal in the 20 km race walk.
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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
6 Italy 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)
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
Joao Bussotti 11th
5.000 m Yemaneberhan Crippa 4th
10,000 m Yemaneberhan Crippa 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ahmed Abdelwahed 13th
Osama Zoghlami SF (21st)
High Jump Gianmarco Tamberi 4th
Marco Fassinotti Qual (13th)
Long jump Kevin Ojiaku 11th
Triple Jump Simone Forte Qual (13th)
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)
Simone Falloni Qual (21st)
Javelin throw Roberto Bertolini Qual (26th)
Marathon Yassine Rachik 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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)
Anna Bongiorni SF (24th)
200 m Irene Siragusa SF (15th)
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)
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)
Yusneysi Santiusti Heat (31st)
100 m hs Luminosa Bogliolo SF (15th)
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)
Dariya Derkach Qual (NM)
Discus throw Daisy Osakue 5th
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Valentina Trapletti 9th
Eleonora Giorgi DSQ
Race walk 50 km Mariavittoria Becchetti 10th
Nicole Colombi DNS

See also

References

  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.
  9. ^ a b c d "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.

External links

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