Italy at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

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Italy was represented by 36 athletes at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics (21 men and 15 women).

This is the smallest delegation from Italy since 1983.

[edit] Men

• 100 m e 4x100m: Simone Collio and Rosario La Mastra
• 4x100m: Fabio Cerutti, Maurizio Checcucci, Koura Kaba Fantoni, Rosario La Mastra and Jacques Riparelli
• 400m: Andrea Barberi
• 1500m: Christian Obrist
• 400m hurdles: Gianni Carabelli
• High jump: Andrea Bettinelli and Nicola Ciotti
• Long jump: Andrew Howe
• Triple jump: Fabrizio Donato
• Discus: Hannes Kirchler
• Hammer: Nicola Vizzoni
• 20km walk: Ivano Brugnetti and Giorgio Rubino
• 50km walk: Alex Schwazer, Diego Cafagna and Marco De Luca
• Marathon: Migidio Bourifa

[edit] Women

• 400m: Daniela Reina
• 800m, 1500: Elisa Cusma
• 5000m: Silvia Weissteiner
• 3000m steeplechase: Elena Romagnolo
• High jump: Antonietta Di Martino
• Triple jump: Magdelin Martinez
• Shot Put: Assunta Legnante and Chiara Rosa
• Hammer: Clarissa Claretti
• Javelin: Zahra Bani
• 20km walk: Elisa Rigaudo
• Marathon: Lucilla Andreucci, Anna Incerti, Deborah Toniolo and Giovanna Volpato

[edit] Medals

The main hopes of medals were Andrew Howe (long jump), Antonietta Di Martino (high jump) and walkers such as Ivano Brugnetti and Alex Schwazer. 3 Medals (two silver, one bronze) have been won by Howe, Di Martino and Schwazer.