Italy at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

Italy has competed at every edition of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships (IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016, than IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018) form Lugano 1961.

Italy at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 7 Total 11

Medals

Marco De Luca won bronze medal in 50 km at Rome 2016 (won also gold medal with the team).

Update to 2018 Taicang

	1st edition	last edition	Men	Women	Total
						Tot.				Tot.				Tot.
Individual	Lugano 1961	2018 Taicang	1	2	6	9	1	0	1	2	2	2	7	11
Team	Lugano 1961 (men 20 & 50 km unified) Monterrey 1993 (men) Grand-Quevilly 1975 (women)	2018 Taicang	4	8	7	19	1	5	1	7	5	13	8	26

Medals details

Men

Individual

Edition	Event
1961 Lugano	50 km	Abdon Pamich
1965 Pescara	50 km			Abdon Pamich
1977 Milton Keynes	50 km			Paolo Grecucci
1981 Valencia	20 km			Alessandro Pezzatini
	50 km			Sandro Bellucci
1985 St John's	20 km		Maurizio Damilano
2008 Cheboksary	50 km		Alex Schwazer
2016 Rome	50 km			Marco De Luca
2018 Taicang	20 km			Massimo Stano
Total		1	2	6

Team

Until 1985, the first 4 classifieds of each nation were ranked for team ranking since 1987. In any case, the medals were awarded to the participants, although they did not finish the race.

Edition	Event
1961 Lugano	Lugano Trophy			Giuseppe Dordoni Gianni Corsaro Stefano Serchinich (20 km) Abdon Pamich Luigi De Rosso Antonio De Gaetano (50 km)
1973 Lugano	Lugano Trophy			Armando Zambaldo Pasquale Busca Abdon Pamich (20 km) Vittorio Visini Rosario Valore Domenico Carpentieri (50 km)
1977 Mylton Keynes	Lugano Trophy			Maurizio Damilano Armando Zambaldo Roberto Buccione Sandro Bellucci (20 km) Paolo Grecucci Franco Vecchio Rosario Valore (50 km)
1981 Valencia	Lugano Trophy	Alessandro Pezzatini Maurizio Damilano Carlo Mattioli Paolo Grecucci (20 km) Sandro Bellucci Giacomo Poggi Domenico Carpentieri (50 km)
1983 Bergen	Lugano Trophy		Maurizio Damilano Carlo Mattioli Giorgio Damilano Alessandro Pezzatini (20 km) Paolo Grecucci Paolo Ghedina Giacomo Poggi Sandro Bellucci (50 km)
1985 St John's	Lugano Trophy			Maurizio Damilano Carlo Mattioli Alessandro Pezzatini Walter Arena (20 km) Sandro Bellucci Raffaello Ducceschi Massimo Quiriconi Giorgio Damilano (50 km)
1987 New York City	Lugano Trophy		Maurizio Damilano Walter Arena Carlo Mattioli Giorgio Damilano (20 km) Sandro Bellucci Raffaello Ducceschi Giacomo Poggi Pierluigi Fiorella (50 km)
1989 L'Hospitalet	Lugano Trophy		Maurizio Damilano Giovanni De Benedictis Carlo Mattioli (20 km) Sandro Bellucci Massimo Quiriconi Giuseppe De Gaetano Raffaello Ducceschi (50 km)
1991 San Josè	Lugano Trophy	Giovanni De Benedictis Walter Arena Maurizio Damilano Giovanni Perricelli (20 km) Giuseppe De Gaetano Sandro Bellucci Massimo Quiriconi Carlo Mattioli (50 km)
1993 Monterrey	20 km		Giovanni De Benedictis Giovanni Perricelli Walter Arena Arturo Di Mezza Sergio Spagnulo
	Lugano Trophy			Giovanni De Benedictis Giovanni Perricelli Walter Arena Arturo Di Mezza Sergio Spagnulo (20 km) Giuseppe De Gaetano Massimo Quiriconi Paolo Bianchi Giacomo Cimarrusti Bruno Penocchio (50 km)
1995 Beijing	Lugano Trophy		Michele Didoni Walter Arena Enrico Lang Giovanni Perricelli (20 km) Giovanni De Benedictis Paolo Bianchi Giuseppe De Gaetano Patrizio Parchesepe (50 km)
	20 km		Michele Didoni Walter Arena Enrico Lang Giovanni Perricelli
2002 Turin	20 km			Alessandro Gandellini Lorenzo Civallero Marco Giungi Enrico Lang Alfio Corsaro
2004 Maumburg	20 km			Ivano Brugnetti Alessandro Gandellini Marco Giungi Lorenzo Civallero
2008 Cheboksary	50 km	Alex Schwazer Marco De Luca Diego Cafagna Dario Privitera Matteo Giupponi
2016 Rome	50 km	Marco De Luca Teodorico Caporaso Matteo Giupponi Federico Tontodonati
2018 Taicang	20 km		Massimo Stano Francesco Fortunato Giorgio Rubino (Marco De Luca) DNF (Federico Tontodonati) DNF
Total		4	8	7

Women

Individual

Edition	Event
1989 L'Hospitalet	10 km			Ileana Salvador
2002 Turin	20 km	Erika Alfridi
Total		1	0	1

Team

Edition				Rank
1979 Eschborn				8th
1981 Valencia				13th
1983 Bergen				5th
1985 St John's				6th
1987 New York City				15th
1989 L'Hospitalet			Ileana Salvador Annarita Sidoti Maria Grazia Orsani Antonella Marangoni Erica Alfridi
1991 San Josè		Ileana Salvador Annarita Sidoti Pier Carola Pagani Maria Grazia Cogoli Elisabetta Perrone
1993 Monterrey	Ileana Salvador Annarita Sidoti Elisabetta Perrone Cristiana Pellino Erica Alfridi
1995 Beijing		Elisabetta Perrone Rossella Giordano Annarita Sidoti Cristiana Pellino Ileana Salvador
1997 Poděbrady		Erica Alfridi Rossella Giordano Annarita Sidoti Elisabetta Perrone Cristiana Pellino
1999 Mézidon-Canon				8th
2002 Turin		Erica Alfridi Rossella Giordano Elisa Rigaudo Gisella Orsini Elisabetta Perrone DNF
2004 Maumburg				6th
2006 La Coruña				8th
2008 Cheboksary				7th
2010 Chihuahua				DNP
2012 Saransk				5th
2014 Taicang				5th
2016 Rome				6th
2018 Taicang		20 km Eleonora Giorgi Valentina Trapletti Antonella Palmisano Eleonora Dominici Nicole Colombi
Total	1	5	1

Multiple medalists

  Still active

Men

Athlete	Individual			Team			Total
Maurizio Damilano	0	1	0	2	3	2	2	4	2
Sandro Bellucci	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	3	3
Carlo Mattioli	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	3	1
Marco De Luca	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	1
Matteo Giupponi	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
Walter Arena	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	4	2
Giovanni De Benedictis	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	3	1
Gianni Perricelli	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	3	1
Giacomo Poggi	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	0
Paolo Grecucci	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Alessandro Pezzatini	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Federico Tontodonati	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Abdon Pamich	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3

Women

Athlete	Individual			Team			Total
Erica Alfridi	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1
Elisabetta Perrone	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	4	0
Annarita Sidoti	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	3	1
Ileana Salvador	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	2
Cristiana Pellino	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	0

See also

• Italy national athletics team
• Italian team at the running events
• Italy at the European Race Walking Team Championships

External links

• IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP at gbratghletics.com(from 1961 to 2006)
• IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - FACTS & FIGURES
• Italy at Race Waliking World Cup (in Italian)