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Italy competed at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...
from August 27 to September 4 in
Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...
, South Korea.


Medalists


Finalists

Italy national athletics team ranked 17th (with 7 finalists) in the ''
IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...
placing table''. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists. Advanced after
Russian doping scandal Systematic Doping in sport, doping of Sport in Russia, Russian athletes has resulted in 48 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the next highest, and more than 30% of the global total. Russi ...
,
Elisa Rigaudo Elisa Rigaudo (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian race walker from Cuneo. She won eight medals, seven of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. Biography She is affiliated with the Fiamme Gialle Castelporziano sports ...
(from 4th to 2nd), Alex Schwazer (from 9th to 7th) and
Silvia Salis Silvia Salis (born 17 September 1985 in Genoa) is a hammer thrower from Italy. Biography Her personal best throw is 71.93 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Savona. She is engaged to the writer and director Fausto Brizzi. Achievements National t ...
(from 9th to 8th).


Team selection

The Italian Federation has announced a team of 33 athletes for the forthcoming event. The captain of this team is
Nicola Vizzoni Nicola Vizzoni (born 4 November 1973 in Pietrasanta, Province of Lucca) is a male hammer thrower from Italy. He won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and ten years later at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. His personal be ...
, at his eight consecutive participations to Worlds Championships. The team will be led by Olympic 50 km Race walk champion Alex Schwazer and European Indoor champions Antonietta Di Martino (High Jump) and Simona La Mantia (Triple Jump). The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in a total number of 30 competitors:


Results

For the
Italian national team The Italy national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international Association football, football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIG ...
participated at the events 30 athletes, 15 men and 15 women.


Men (15)


Women (15)

Heptathlon


References


External links


Official local organising committee website
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