Italy competed at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...
, held from August 15 to August 23. On August 3, the
Italian national athletics federation (FIDAL) revealed the final team composed of 40 athletes (24 men and 16 women), but on 8 August, after a last test competition in
Grosseto,
Andrew Howe, in accordance with FIDAL, decided not to compete in Berlin. Just before publishing the team, Faloci, a discus thrower, also decided not to compete.
Italy did not win a single medal in the championships, the first time ever in the history of the World Athletics Championships that Italy have failed to win a medal, the first time since Melbourne 1956 in any major championships (World, Olympics or European), but the medals of some of the
athletics world championship races in 2009 were otherwise awarded 24 March 2016 as a result of
doping disqualifications. Among these reallocations also the medals of
20 km walk, which saw the Italian
Giorgio Rubino
Giorgio Rubino (born 15 April 1986 in Rome) is an Italian race walker, bronze medal in the 20 km walk at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
Biography
The medals of some of the athletics world championship races in 2009 were otherwise aw ...
, initially 4th, get the bronze medal This fact, 7 years after the event, allowed
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
to clear the zero in the
Medal table.
On 6 February 2018
IAAF
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disqualified
Anna Chicherova for doping, 2nd in the high jump, so also
Antonietta Di Martino
Antonietta Di Martino (born 1 June 1978) is a retired Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres for outdoor events and 2.04 metres for indoor events. She also currently holds the women' ...
was advanced to bronze medal.
Medalists
Finalists
Italy national athletics team ranked 17th (with 9 finalists) in the ''
IAAF
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placing table''. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.
Results
For the
Italian national team
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participated at the events 35 athletes, 20 men and 15 women.
Men (20)
;Track events
;Field events
Women (15)
;Track events
;Field and combined events
References
External links
Official competition website
{{Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
World Championships in Athletics
The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...
2009
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