# Italy at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics

Italy competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Canada from 3 to 12 August 2001.

## Medalists

| Athlete | Gendre | Event | Medal |
| Fiona May | Women | Long jump | Gold |
| Fabrizio Mori | Men | 400 Metres Hurdles | Silver |
| Stefano Baldini | Men | Marathon | Bronze |
| Elisabetta Perrone | Women | 20 Kilometres Race Walk | Bronze |
| Medal not included in the medal table ||||
| Italy national athletics team | Men | Marathon | Bronze |

## Finalists

The team ranked 12th (with 9 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.
| Rank | Country | | | | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts |
| 12 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 |

## Results

Italy participated with 38 athletes by winning four medals.

### Men (22)

Track and field events :
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances |
| 100 m | Francesco Scuderi | Haat | (5. in 5b with 10.53) |
| 200 m | Marco Torrieri | Semi | (5. in 2sf with 20.38, 2. nel 2qf with 20.43, 1. in 2b with 20.63) |
| 400 m | Alessandro Attene | Haat | (6. in 2b with 46.56) |
| 10,000 m | Marco Mazza | 14th | with 28:08.00 |
| Marathon | Stefano Baldini | 3rd | with 2h13:18; |
| Marathon | Giacomo Leone | 11th | with 2h17:54 |
| Marathon | Giovanni Ruggiero | 17th | 2h20:44 |
| Marathon | Alberico Di Cecco | Ret. | NM |
| Marathon | Roberto Barbi | DQ | (60. al traguardo with 2h35:55) |
| 400 m hs | Fabrizio Mori | 2nd | 2. with 47.54 (1. in 1sf with 48.49, 1. in 1b with 49.29) |
| Pole vault | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Qual. | NM |
| Triple jump | Paolo Camossi | 11th | with 16.18 (in qualification: 4. in group A with 16.89) |
| Shot put | Paolo Dal Soglio | Qual. | (8. in group B with 19.80) |
| Hammer throw | Nicola Vizzoni | 4th | with 80.13 (in qualificazione: 5. in group B with 78.66) |
| Hammer throw | Loris Paoluzzi | Qual. | (10. in group A with 74.75) |
| 20 km walk | Alessandro Gandellini | 12th | with 1h24:05 |
| 20 km walk | Lorenzo Civallero | 16th | with 1h25:28 |
| 50 km walk | Marco Giungi | 8th | with 3h51:09 |
| 50 km walk | Francesco Galdenzi | 13th | with 3h54:42 |
| 50 km walk | Giovanni De Benedictis | DNF | NM |
| 4 × 100 m relay | National Team Francesco Scuderi Marco Torrieri Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo | Semi | (5. in 1sf with 38.71,3. in 3b with 38.97) |

### Women (16)

Track and field events :
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances |
| 100 m | Manuela Levorato | Haat | (8. in 1sf with 11.50, 4. nel 1qf with 11.29, 2. in 4b with 11.46) |
| 200 m | Manuela Levorato | Haat | (6. in 1sf with 23.13; 5. in 5b with 23.23) |
| Marathon | Ornella Ferrara | 14th | with 2h32:45 |
| Marathon | Bruna Genovese | 17th | with 2h33:13 |
| Marathon | Rosaria Console | 20th | with 2h34:11 |
| Marathon | Tiziana Alagia | 21st | with 2h34:45 |
| Marathon | Sara Ferrari | 26th | with 2h36:07 |
| 400 m hs | Monica Niederstatter | Haat | (7. in 1sf with 56.37, 3. in 3b with 55.83) |
| High jump | Antonietta Di Martino | 12th | with 1.85 (in qualification: 1. in group B with 1.91) |
| Long jump | Fiona May | 1st | 7.02w (in qualification: 1. in group A with 6.80) |
| Triple jump | Magdelín Martínez | 4th | with 14.52 (in qualification: 1. nel group B with 14.59) |
| Hammer throw | Ester Balassini | Qual. | NM in group A |
| Javelin throw | Claudia Coslovich | 11th | with 57.27 (in qualification: 7. nel group B com 58.42) |
| Heptathlon | Gertrud Bacher | 9th | with 6.010 pts |
| 20 km walk | Elisabetta Perrone | 3rd | with 1h28:56 |
| 20 km walk | Erica Alfridi | 4th | with 1h29:48 |
| 20 km walk | Annarita Sidoti | 6th | with 1h31:40 |