Italy at the
World Athletics Relays
WA codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
3
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
4
World Athletics Relays appearances (overview)
From the top left: Scotti, Trevisan, Mangione and Re, the four azzurri relay runners of the 4x400 m mixed relay winners of the first Italian gold medal in Silesia 21.

Italy has competed at the World Athletics Relays since first edition held in 2014, Italian teams have won a bronze medal in 2019.[1]

Medals

Edition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Event Team
The Bahamas 2014 Nassau 0 0 0
The Bahamas 2015 Nassau 0 0 0
The Bahamas 2017 Nassau 0 0 0
Japan 2019 Yokohama 0 0 1 Women's 4 × 400 m relay Maria Benedicta Chigbolu
Ayomide Folorunso
Giancarla Trevisan
Raphaela Lukudo
Chiara Bazzoni
Elisabetta Vandi
Poland 2021 Silesia 3 0 0 Mixed 4 × 400 m relay Edoardo Scotti
Giancarla Trevisan
Alice Mangione
Davide Re
Women's 4 × 100 m relay Irene Siragusa
Gloria Hooper
Anna Bongiorni
Vittoria Fontana
Johanelis Herrera
Men's 4 × 100 m relay Fausto Desalu
Marcell Jacobs
Davide Manenti
Filippo Tortu
3 0 1

Nassau 2014

Italy competed at the first edition of the World Athletics Relays (at what time still known as IAAF World Relays) in Nassau, Bahamas, from 24 to 25 May 2014.[2]

Selected athletes

Libania Grenot.

In this first edition national relay team was made up of only the women's 4x400m team, only five athletes.[3]

  Not employed
Athlete Women's 4x400
Libania Grenot x
Chiara Bazzoni x
Maria Enrica Spacca x
Elena Maria Bonfanti x
Ylenia Vitale x

Results

Event Team Round Rank Time Notes
4 × 400 m relay Chiara Bazzoni
Maria Enrica Spacca
Elena Maria Bonfanti
Libania Grenot 		Heats 8th 3:30.67 SB
Final 6th 3:27.44 SB

Nassau 2015

Italy competed at the 2015 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, from 2 to 3 May 2015.[4]

Selected athletes

Matteo Galvan.
Irene Siragusa.

17 athletes, 6 men and 11 women, was selected for the event, for the composition of four teams: the 4x100 m men and women, the 4x400 m women. The 4x200 m men did not start.[5]

  Not employed
Athlete Men's 4x100 Men's 4x200 Women's 4x100 Women's 4x400
Fabio Cerutti x
Fausto Desalu x x
Diego Marani x x
Delmas Obou x x
Davide Re x
Giulia Riva x
Audrey Alloh x
Gloria Hooper x
Irene Siragusa x
Ilenia Draisci x
Libania Grenot x
Chiara Bazzoni x
Libania Grenot x
Elena Maria Bonfanti x
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu x
Marta Milani x

Results

Men

Event Team Round Rank Time Notes
4 × 100 m relay Fabio Cerutti
Fausto Desalu
Diego Marani
Delmas Obou 		Heats 10th 38.84 SB
Fabio Cerutti
Eseosa Desalu
Matteo Galvan
Delmas Obou 		Final B 5th 39.23

Women

Event Team Round Rank Time Notes
4 × 400 m relay Chiara Bazzoni
Libania Grenot
Elena Maria Bonfanti
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu 		Heats DSQ No time [note 1]
4 × 100 m relay Giulia Riva
Gloria Hooper
Irene Siragusa
Audrey Alloh 		Heats DNF No time

Nassau 2017

Italy competed at the 2017 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, from 22 to 23 April 2017.[2]

Selected athletes

Filippo Tortu.

11 athletes, 6 men and 5 women, was selected for the event for the composition of two teams: the 4x100 m men and the 4x100 m women.[6]

  Not employed
Athlete Men's 4x100 Women's 4x100
Federico Cattaneo x
Fabio Cerutti x
Fausto Desalu x
Marcell Jacobs x
Davide Manenti x
Filippo Tortu x
Audrey Alloh x
Anna Bongiorni x
Libania Grenot x
Gloria Hooper x
Irene Siragusa x

Results

Men

Event Team Round Rank Time Notes
4 × 100 m relay Fabio Cerutti
Fausto Desalu
Federico Cattaneo
Filippo Tortu 		Heats DSQ No time [note 2]

Women

Event Team Round Rank Time Notes
4 × 100 m relay Libania Grenot
Gloria Hooper
Anna Bongiorni
Audrey Alloh 		Heats DSQ No time [note 2]

Yokohama 2019

Italy competed at the 2019 IAAF World Relays in Yokohama, Japan, from 11 to 19 May 2019, participating in five of the ten scheduled competitions.[2]

Selected athletes

Davide Re set the national record with the mixed 4 × 400 m relay.
Faustino Desalu.

29 athletes, 14 men and 15 women, was selected for the event.[7][8]

  Not employed
Athlete Men Women
4x100 4x400/4x400 mixed 4x100 4x400/4x400 mixed
Federico Cattaneo x
Fausto Desalu x
Marcell Jacobs x
Davide Manenti x
Roberto Rigali x
Filippo Tortu x
Vladimir Aceti x
Daniele Corsa x
Andrew Howe x
Giuseppe Leonardi x
Davide Re x
Edoardo Scotti x
Alessandro Sibilio x
Michele Tricca x
Anna Bongiorni x
Zaynab Dosso x
Johanelis Herrera Abreu x
Gloria Hooper x
Alessia Pavese x
Irene Siragusa x
Chiara Bazzoni x
Rebecca Borga x
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu x
Ayomide Folorunso x
Raphaela Lukudo x
Marta Milani x
Giancarla Trevisan x
Virginia Troiani x
Elisabetta Vandi x

Composition team and results

On 10 May 2019 Italian Athletics Federation announced the composition of the five national teams to the five competitions in which it will participate.[9]

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
Heats Fausto Desalu
Marcell Jacobs
Davide Manenti
Filippo Tortu 		Johanelis Herrera
Gloria Hooper
Anna Bongiorni
Irene Siragusa 		Daniele Corsa
Michele Tricca
Edoardo Scotti
Alessandro Sibilio 		Maria Benedicta Chigbolu
Ayomide Folorunso
Elisabetta Vandi
Chiara Bazzoni 		Davide Re
Giancarla Trevisan
Andrew Howe
Raphaela Lukudo
advances to the final
with the 3rd crono
38.29 SB[note 3] 		advances to the final
with the 6th crono
43.40 SB[note 3] 		access to the final B
with the 10th crono
3:03.97 SB 		advances to the final
with the 6th crono
3:29.08 SB[note 3] 		advances to the final
with the 3rd crono
3:16.12 NR
Finals Fausto Desalu
Marcell Jacobs
Davide Manenti
Filippo Tortu 		Johanelis Herrera
Gloria Hooper
Anna Bongiorni
Irene Siragusa 		Daniele Corsa
Michele Tricca
Edoardo Scotti
Davide Re 		Maria Benedicta Chigbolu
Ayomide Folorunso
Giancarla Trevisan
Raphaela Lukudo 		Giuseppe Leonardi
Virginia Troiani
Chiara Bazzoni
Alessandro Sibilio
DNF 5th
44.29 		1st
3:02.87 SB[note 3] 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
3:27.74 SB 		4th
3:20.28

Silesia 2021

Italy competed at the 2021 World Athletics Relays in Silesia, Poland, from 1 to 2 May 2021, participating in five of the ten scheduled competitions.[2]

Selected athletes

Marcell Jacobs the seasonal world leader of the 60-meter lists.
Anna Bongiorni.
Gloria Hooper.

30 athletes, 16 men and 14 women, was selected for the event,[10] but there were two forfais.[11]

  Not employed
Athlete Men Women
4x100 4x400/4x400 mixed 4x100 4x400/4x400 mixed
Marcell Jacobs x
Davide Manenti x
Federico Cattaneo x
Fausto Desalu x
Filippo Tortu x
Antonio Infantino x
Roberto Rigali x
Davide Re x
Vladimir Aceti x
Edoardo Scotti x
Alessandro Sibilio x
Brayan Lopez x
Lorenzo Benati x
Mattia Cesarico x
Irene Siragusa x
Anna Bongiorni x
Johanelis Herrera Abreu x
Gloria Hooper x
Vittoria Fontana x
Dalia Kaddari x
Chiara Melon x
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu[11] x
Ayomide Folorunso x
Raphaela Lukudo x
Giancarla Trevisan x
Alice Mangione x
Rebecca Borga[11] x
Eleonora Marchiando x
Virginia Troiani x
Petra Nardelli x

Results

In the heats all five teams qualified for the final, the three who did not yet have the Olympic pass (Men's 4x100 m, Woman 4x400 m and Mixed 4x400 m), got it.[12]

Men

Event Team Round Rank Time Notes
4 × 100 m relay Fausto Desalu
Marcell Jacobs
Davide Manenti
Filippo Tortu 		Heats 1st Q 38.45 EL, SB, OG, WC
Final 1st 39.21
4 × 400 m relay Lorenzo Benati
Alessandro Sibilio
Brayan Lopez
Vladimir Aceti 		Heats 8th Q 3:04.81 SB
Final 4th 3:05.11

Women

Event Team Round Rank Time Notes
4 × 100 m relay Johanelis Herrera Abreu
Gloria Hooper
Anna Bongiorni
Irene Siragusa 		Heats 6th Q 44.02 SB[13]
Irene Siragusa
Gloria Hooper
Anna Bongiorni
Vittoria Fontana 		Final 1st 43.79 SB
4 × 400 m relay Raphaela Lukudo
Eleonora Marchiando
Petra Nardelli
Ayomide Folorunso 		Heats 7th q 44.02 SB, OG, WC
Final 5th 3:32.69

Mixed

Event Team Round Rank Time Notes
4 × 400 m relay Edoardo Scotti
Giancarla Trevisan
Alice Mangione
Davide Re 		Heats 1st Q 3:16.52 WL, SB, OG, WC[14]
Filnal 1st 3:16.60

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Finishing the race without the baton.
  2. ^ a b Lane infringement.
  3. ^ a b c d Qualified for 2019 World Championships in Athletics.

References

  1. ^ "World Athletics Relays - Past Editions". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Yokohama 2019 Facts & Figures". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Staffette Mondiali azzurre a Nassau" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ "4X100 METRES RELAY MEN02 MAY 2015 19:58". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ^ "World Relays: inizia l'avventura azzurra" (in Italian). fidal.it. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  6. ^ "IAAF World Relays: anche Cerutti a Nassau" (in Italian). fidal.it. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  7. ^ "ATHLETES IAAF WORLD RELAYS - ITALY". iaaf.org. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Yokohama: 29 azzurri ai Mondiali di staffette" (in Italian). fidal.it. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Yokohama, ecco i quartetti azzurri" (in Italian). fidal.it. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Gli azzurri per le World Relays in Polonia" (in Italian). fidal.it. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "World Relays, DT La Torre: "Strategia e coraggio"" (in Italian). fidal.it. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021. Abbiamo voluto preservare il valore della 4x400 femminile, pur con le assenze di Mariabenedicta Chigbolu e Rebecca Borga, che resteranno in Italia.
  12. ^ "Staffette, impresa Italia: 5 su 5 a Tokyo!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  13. ^ "4X100 METRES RELAY WOMEN - Summary". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  14. ^ "4X400 METRES RELAY MIXED - Summary". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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