Italy at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics

Italy at the
1987 World Championships in Athletics
Italy at the; 1987 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
in Rome
Competitors	56 (35 men, 21 women)
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 5
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Italy from 7–14 August 1987.

Medalists

Athlete	Gendre	Event	Medal
Francesco Panetta	Men	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Gold
Maurizio Damilano	Men	20 Kilometres Race Walk	Gold
Francesco Panetta	Men	10,000 Metres	Silver
Alessandro Andrei	Men	Shot Put	Silver
Gelindo Bordin	Men	Marathon	Bronze

Italy national athletics team ranked 6th (with 13 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank 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
6	Italy	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	0	61

Finalists (first eight positions)

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances	Notes
Track and road events
100 m	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	7th	16.23 F; 10.33 SF; 10.28 QF; 10.24 Heat
200 m	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	7th	20.45 F; 20.78 SF; 20.65 QF; 20.80 Heat
200 m	Stefano Tilli	Semi	20.86 SF; 20.89 QF; 21.01 Heat
400 m	Roberto Ribaud	Quarter	46.68 QF; 46.37 Heat
10,000 m	Salvatore Antibo	16th	28:33.77
10,000 m	Francesco Panetta	2nd	27:48.98
3000 m st	Francesco Panetta	1st	8:08.57 F; 8:16.08 SF	CR; NR
	Alessandro Lambruschini	9th	8:24.25 F; 8:21.21 SF
	Franco Boffi	13th	(8:43.60 F, 8:21.69 SF
110 m hs	Gianni Tozzi	Quarter	13.87
110 m hs	Luigi Bertocchi	Quarter	14.02
400 m hs	Angelo Locci	Quarter	51.15
4x100 m relay	National Team Ezio Madonia Stefano Tilli Paolo Catalano Pierfrancesco Pavoni Domenico Gorla	7th	39.62 F; 39.52 SF; 39.58 QF	^[2]
4x400 m relay	National Team Marcello Pantone Vito Petrella Andrea Montanari Roberto Ribaud Tiziano Gemelli	Semi	3:03.91 SF; 3:04.64 QF	^[3]
Marathon	Gelindo Bordin	3rd	2:12:40
	Orlando Pizzolato	7th	2:14:03
	Salvatore Bettiol	13th	2:17:45
20 km walk	\|Maurizio Damilano	1st	1:20.45	CR; SB
	Carlo Mattioli	18th	1:22:53
	Walter Arena	DQ	NM
50 km walk	Raffaello Ducceschi	4th	3:47.49
	Sandro Bellucci	6th	3:48.52
	Giacomo Poggi	DQ	NM

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances
Field events
Long jump	Giovanni Evangelisti	4th	8.19 m F; 7.97 m Q
Triple jump	Dario Badinelli	11th	16.63 m F; 16.64 m Q
High jump	Luca Toso	Qual.	2.24 m
Pole vault	Gianni Stecchi	11th	5.40 m F; 5.40 m Q
Shot put	Alessandro Andrei	2nd	21.88 m F; 21.57 m Q
Discus throw	Marco Martino	12th	60.60 m F; 62.26 m Q
Javelin throw	Fabio De Gaspari	Qual.	70.76 m
Hammer throw	Lucio Serrani	Qual.	74.00 m
Decathlon	Marco Rossi	DNF	NM

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances
Track and road events
100 m	Marisa Masullo	Quarter	11.62 QF; 11.71 Heat
1500 m	Agnese Possamai	Semi	4:08.84
3000 m	Agnese Possamai	Semi	8:57.85
10,000 m	Maria Curatolo	Semi	NM
10,000 m	Cristina Tomasini	Semi	NM
100 m hs	Patrizia Lombardo	Semi	13.38 SF; 13.25 QF
400 m hs	Irmgard Trojer	Semi	57.76 SF; 57.09 QF
4x100 m relay	National Team Rita Angotzi Patrizia Lombardo Annarita Balzani Marisa Masullo	Semi	44.49
4x400 m relay	National Team Rossana Morabito Cosetta Campana Nevia Pistrino Erica Rossi	Semi	3:31.72
Marathon	Antonella Bizioli	12h	2:38:52
	Emma Scaunich	20th	2:44.32
	Rita Marchisio	DNF	NM
10 km walk	Giuliana Salce	18h	47:28
10 km walk	Maria Grazia Orsani	DNF	NM

Event	Athlete	Result	Performances
Field events
Long jump	Antonella Capriotti	Qual.	6.31 m
High jump	Alessandra Bonfiglioli	Qual.	1.85 m
Discus throw	Maria Marello	Qual.	52.74 m
Heptathlon	Alessandra Becatti	DNF	NM

^ "IAAF World Championships Rome 1987 - placing table". iaaf.org. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ Gorla ran the final in substitution for Tilli injured.
^ Gemelli ran the final in substitution for Montanari.