# Italy at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

Italy will be represented at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki by the athletes that have achieved the standard of participation fixed by FIDAL.

## Medalists

| Athlete | Event |
| Fabrizio Donato | Men's triple jump |
| Daniele Meucci | Men's 10,000 m |
| Chiara Rosa | Women's shot put |

## Team

Are qualified the athletes who have achieved the standard set by the Italian Federation of Athletics (maximum three athletes for event). The events of race walking and marathon will be not disputed at Helsinki, because the races is too close to the 2012 Summer Olympics of London.
On June 18, after a few defections to injury, the federal technicians (particularly the manager Francesco Uguagliati [it] of the national team) informed the final list of 61 participants (33 men and 28 women).
Men :
| Event | Performance required | Qualified |
| 100 m | 10.28 s | Jacques Riparelli 10"24 Fabio Cerutti 10"24 Simone Collio 10"27 |
| 200 m | 20"80 | Davide Manenti 20"76 Diego Marani 20"77 |
| 400 m | 46"00 | Marco Vistalli 45"70 Lorenzo Valentini 46"49 |
| 800 m | 1'47"00 | Mario Scapini 1'46"95 |
| 1500 m | 3'40"00 | Abdellah Haidane 3'39"11 |
| 5000 m | 13'35"00 | Stefano La Rosa 13'23"58 Maksym Obrubanskyy 13'27"15 |
| 10000 m | 28'30"00 | Daniele Meucci 27'32"86 Stefano La Rosa 28'13"62 |
| 110 m hs | 13"70 | Emanuele Abate 13"28 Paolo Dal Molin 13"64 |
| 400 m hs | 50"00 | José Bencosme 50"05 |
| 3000 m st | 8'30"00 | Yuri Floriani 8'22"62 Patrick Nasti 8'29"08 |
| High jump | 2.28 m | Silvano Chesani 2.31 m Gianmarco Tamberi 2.26 m |
| Pole vault | 5.60 m | Claudio Stecchi 5.60 m Marco Boni 5.60 m |
| Long jump | 8.00 m | |
| Triple jump | 16.70 m | Daniele Greco 17.47 m Fabrizio Donato 17.28 m Fabrizio Schembri 16.97 m Andrea Chiari 16.83 m |
| Shot put | 19.90 m | |
| Discus throw | 62.90 m | Giovanni Faloci 64.24 m |
| Hammer throw | 76.00 m | Lorenzo Povegliano 79.08 m Nicola Vizzoni 76.17 m Marco Lingua 76.10 m |
| Javelin throw | 79.70 m | |
| Decathlon | 7800 pt | |
| 4×100 m relay | | Emanuele Di Gregorio |
| 4×400 m relay | | Andrea Barberi Claudio Licciardello Isalbet Juarez Luca Galletti |
Women :
| Event | Performance required | Qualified |
| 100 m | 11"45 | Martina Amidei 11"42 Audrey Alloh 11"43 |
| 200 m | 23"30 | Gloria Hooper 23"21 |
| 400 m | 52"80 | Libania Grenot 50"92 Maria Enrica Spacca 52"73 Chiara Bazzoni 52"80 |
| 800 m | 2'01"90 | |
| 1500 m | 4'09"80 | |
| 5000 m | 15'30"00 | Silvia Weissteiner 15'18"04 Elena Romagnolo 15'19"78 |
| 10000 m | 33'00"00 | Nadia Ejjafini 31'45"14 Valeria Straneo 32'15"87 Elena Romagnolo 32'39"12 |
| 100 m hs | 13"25 | Marzia Caravelli 12"85 Veronica Borsi 13"05 Giulia Pennella 13"06 Micol Cattaneo 13"07 |
| 400 m hs | 56"30 | Manuela Gentili 55"58 |
| 3000 m st | 9'50"00 | Giulia Martinelli 9'48"01 |
| High jump | 1.92 m | Antonietta Di Martino 1.95 m Alessia Trost 1.92 m |
| Pole vault | 4.40 m | Anna Giordano Bruno 4.40 m |
| Long jump | 6.55 m | |
| Triple jump | 14.00 m | Simona La Mantia 14.29 m |
| Shot put | 16.70 m | Chiara Rosa 18.63 m Julaika Nicoletti 17.13 m |
| Discus throw | 58.00 m | Tamara Apostolico 59.50 m Laura Bordignon 58.77 m |
| Hammer throw | 68.50 m | Silvia Salis 70.20 m |
| Javelin throw | 57.50 m | Zahra Bani 59.43 m |
| Eptathlon | 5920 pt | |
| 4x100 m relay | | Ilenia Draisci Martina Giovanetti Jessica Paoletta |
| 4x400 m relay | | Giulia Arcioni Elena Maria Bonfanti Marta Milani |

## Results
### Finalists (top 8)

| Athlete | Event | Position | Performance |
| Daniele Meucci | 5000 m | 5th | 13:32.69 |
| Nadia Ejjafini | 5000 m | 6th | 15:16.54 |
| Simone Collio | 100 m | DSQ | - |
| Chiara Rosa | Shot put | 3rd | 18.47 m |
| Gianmarco Tamberi | High jump | 5th | 2.24 m |
| Yuri Floriani | 3000 m st. | 7th | 8:39.22 |
| Abdellah Haidane | 1500 m | 8th | 3:47.79 |
| Simona La Mantia | Triple jump | 4th | 14.25 m |
| Marco Vistalli | 400 m | 8th | 4:04.20 |
| Libania Grenot | 400 m | 6th | 52.57 |
| Fabrizio Donato | Triple jump | 1st | 17.63 m |
| Daniele Meucci | 10000 m | 2nd | 28:22.73 |
| Nicola Vizzoni | Hammer throw | 5th | 75.13 m |
| Diego Marani | 200 m | 7th | 21.26 |
| Marzia Caravelli | 100 m hs | 6th | 13.11 |
| Micol Cattaneo | 100 m hs | 8th | 13.16 |
| Claudio Stecchi | Pole vault | 8th | 5.40 m |
| Emanuele Abate | 110 m hs | 5th | 13.43 |