# Italy at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics

Italy competed at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden from 5 to 13 August 1995.

## Medalists

The result in the medal table and the number of medals totaled, till to 2017, is the top all-time result at the World Championships for the Italy national athletics team.
| Athlete | Gendre | Event | Medal |
| Michele Didoni | Men | 20 Kilometres Race Walk | Gold |
| Fiona May | Women | Long Jump | Gold |
| Giovanni Perricelli | Men | 50 Kilometres Race Walk | Silver |
| Elisabetta Perrone | Women | 10 Kilometres Race Walk | Silver |
| National Team Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris | Men | 4x100 Metres Relay | Bronze |
| Ornella Ferrara | Woman | Marathon | Bronze |

## Finalists

Italy national athletics team ranked 6th (with 13 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 |
| 6 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 63 |

## Results

Italy participated with 49 athletes by winning six medals.

### Men (30)

Track and field events :
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances |
| 400 m | Andrea Nuti | Quarter | (5. in 3qf with 45.89, 2. in 7b with 46.25) |
| 800 m | Andrea Giocondi | 7th | with 1:47.78 (3. in 1sf with 1:49.45, 3. in 1b with 1:46.44) |
| 800 m | Davide Cadoni | Semi | (8. in 2sf with 1:53.67, 2. in 5b with 1:48.25) |
| 800 m | Giuseppe D'Urso | Heat | (4. in 4b with 1:47.43) |
| 5000 m | Gennaro Di Napoli | 11th | with 13:46.51 (1. in 2b with 13:23.87) |
| 10,000 m | Stefano Baldini | 18th | with 28:08.39 (8. in 2b with 27:50.27) |
| Marathon | Luca Barzaghi | 33rd | with 2h23:51 |
| Marathon | Luigi Di Lello | Ret. | NM |
| 3000 m st | Angelo Carosi | 5th | with 8:14.85 (1. in 1sf with 8:19.73, 2. in 3b with 8:23.93) |
| 3000 m st | Alessandro Lambruschini | 10th | with 8:22.64 (5. in 2sf with 8:27.75, 6. in 2b with 8:29.36) |
| 400 m hs | Fabrizio Mori | Semi | (disqu. in 1sf, 1. in 1b with 49.37) |
| 400 m hs | Laurent Ottoz | Semi | (5. in 2sf with 48.94, 1. in 4b with 48.90) |
| 400 m hs | Patrick Ottoz | Haat | (4. in 2b with 49.65) |
| Long jump | Roberto Coltri | Qual. | with 7.65 |
| shot put | Paolo Dal Soglio | 9th | with 19.38 (19.47 in qual.) |
| shot put | Alessandro Andrei | Qual. | with 18.74 |
| shot put | Corrado Fantini | Qual. | with 17.89 |
| Discus throw | Diego Fortuna | Qual. | with 58.74 |
| Hammer throw | Enrico Sgrulletti | Qual. | with 72.60 |
| 20 km walk | Michele Didoni | 1st | with 1h19:59 |
| 20 km walk | Enrico Lang | 15th | with 1h24:43 |
| 20 km walk | Giovanni De Benedictis | DQ | NM |
| 50 km walk | Giovanni Perricelli | 2nd | with 3h45:11 |
| 50 km walk | Arturo Di Mezza | 7th | with 3h49:46 |
| 50 km walk | Giovanni De Benedictis | DQ | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | National Team Giovanni Puggioni Ezio Madonia Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris | 3rd | with 39.07 (2. in 2sf with 38.41, 1. in 4b with 39.00) |
| 4 × 400 m relay | National Team Marco Vaccari Laurent Ottoz Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti | Haat | (5. in 1b with 3:02.01) |

### Women (19)

Track and field events :
| Event | Athlete | Result | Performances |
| 5000 m | Silvia Sommaggio | Heat | (8. in 2b with 15:20.89) |
| 10,000 m | Maria Guida | 4th | with 31:27.82 (4. in 2b with 32:34.28) |
| Marathon | Ornella Ferrara | 3rd | with 2h30:11 |
| 100 m hs | Carla Tuzzi | Heat | (5. in 1b with 13.32) |
| Long jump | Fiona May | 1st | with 6.98w (6.76w in qual.) |
| Long jump | Valentina Uccheddu | 5th | with 6.76 (6.53 in qual.) |
| Triple jump | Barbara Lah | 8th | with 14.18w (14.17 in qual.) |
| Shot put | Mara Rosolen | Qual. | with 16.90 |
| heptathlon | Karin Periginelli | 20th | with 5613 pts |
| 10 km walk | Elisabetta Perrone | 2nd | with 42:16 |
| 10 km walk | Rossella Giordano | 6th | with 42:26 |
| 10 km walk | Annarita Sidoti | 13th | with 44:06 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | National Team Carla Tuzzi Rossella Farina Laura Ardissone Manuela Levorato | Heat | (retired in 2b) |
| 4 × 400 m relay | National Team Francesca Carbone Patrizia Spuri Danielle Perpoli Virna De Angeli | Heat | (7. in 2b with 3:30.88) |