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)

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.

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