Italy competed at the

2018 European Athletics Championships The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom. For the second Championships in a ...

in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018.

Medals

Finalists

Italy national athletics team ranked 14th in the '' EAA

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''. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists (20 athletes or team).

Selected athletes

On 24 April 2018 the technical commissioner of the high level of the Italian national team

Elio Locatelli Elio Locatelli (15 April 1943 – 27 November 2019) was an Italian speed skater and a technic commissioner (exactly ''direttore tecnico dell'alto livello'' in Italian language) of the Italy national athletics team. Biography Before becoming a s ...

, illustrated the composition of the national

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team, and FIDAL has announced the names of the athletes already selected for the race walk team for the European Championships 2018.

Team

On 19 July 2018, the complete team was announced: 49 men, 40 women, the largest team since the 95 athletes of Munchen 2002. It remains to select a seventh athlete for the men's

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. On 27 July 2018 the selection of three other male athletes was announced, the total therefore reaches 92 (52 men and 40 women). Italy closes with 4 medalists, 18 finalists (excluding teams), and 9 first of those not admitted to the final.

Men

Women

References

External links

EAA
official site
Profiles of athletes of the Italian team
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