Italy at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics

Italy at the
1983 World Championships in Athletics
Italy at the; 1983 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
in Helsinki
Competitors	39 (27 men, 12 women)
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland from 7–14 August 1983.

Medalists

Athlete	Gendre	Event	Medal
Alberto Cova	Men	10,000 Metres	Gold
National Team Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pietro Mennea	Men	4x100 Metres Relay	Silver
Pietro Mennea	Men	200 Metres	Bronze

Italy national athletics team ranked 8th (with 12 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Score obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.^[1]

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Pts
8	Italy	1	1	1	0	1	2	6	0	43

Finalists (first eight positions)

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances	Notes
Track and road events
100 m	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Quarter	10.44 QF; 10.33 Heat
200 m	Pietro Mennea	3rd	20.51 F; 20.69 SF; 20.68 QF; 20.80 Heat
200 m	Carlo Simionato	7th	20.69 F; 20.60 SF; 20.75 QF; 20.76 Heat
400 m	Roberto Ribaud	Heat	DQ
800 m	Donato Sabia	Heat	1:47.62
1500 m	Stefano Mei	Semi	3:39.93 SF; 3:41.78 QF
1500 m	Claudio Patrignani	Semi	3:38.36 SF; 3:38.35 QF
5000 m	Salvatore Antibo	13th	13:40.76 F; 13:33.12 SF; 13:44.05 QF
10,000 m	Alberto Cova	1st	28:01.04
110 m hs	Daniele Fontecchio	Quarter	14.05
3000 m st	Mariano Scartezzini	9th	8:21.17 F; 8:23.30 SF; 8:28.27 QF
4x100 m relay	National Team Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pietro Mennea	2nd	38.37 F; 38.74 SF; 39:40 QF	NR
4x400 m relay	National Team Stefano Malinverni Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani Roberto Ribaud	5th	3:05.10 F; 3:05.70 SF; 3:07.90 QF
Marathon	Gianni Poli	7h	2:11:05	NR
	Marco Marchei	13th	2:11:47
	Giampaolo Messina	DNF	NM
20 km walk	Maurizio Damilano	7h	1:21:57	NR
	Carlo Mattioli	18th	1:25:53
	Alessandro Pezzatini	24th	1:27:15
50 km walk	Sandro Bellucci	7h	3:55:38

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances
Field events
Long jump	Giovanni Evangelisti	Qual.	7.70 m
Long jump	Marco Piochi	Qual.	7.52 m
High jump	Luca Toso	10th	2.26 F; 2.21 m Q
High jump	Gianni Davito	Qual.	2.10 m
Shot put	Alessandro Andrei	7th	20.07 m F; 19.57 m Q
Hammer throw	Giampaolo Urlando	Qual.	72.06 m

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances	Notes
Track and road events
200 m	Marisa Masullo	Semi	23.36 SF; 23.58 QF; 23.37 Heat
400 m	Erica Rossi	Quarter	53.88 QF; 53.51 Heat
1500 m	Gabriella Dorio	7th	4:04.73 F; 4:09.75 SF
3000 m	Agnese Possamai	6th	8:37.96 F; 8:46.68 SF	NR
400 m hs	Giuseppina Cirulli	Quarter	57.43
4x100 m relay	National Team Carla Mercurio Erica Rossi Daniela Ferrian Marisa Masullo	Semi	44.46
Marathon	Laura Fogli	6h	2:33:31
	Rita Marchisio	11th	2:35:08
	Alba Milana	DNF	NM

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances
Field events
High jump	Sara Simeoni	Qual.	1.84 m
Javelin throw	Fausta Quintavalla	Qual.	59.34 m