title: Italy at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
text: # Italy at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
  
  Italy competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.
  
  ## Finalists
  
  Italy national athletics team ranked 29th (with only four 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 29 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
  
  ## Results
  
  (q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)
  
  ### Men
  
  **Track and road events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Jacques Riparelli | 100 metres | 10.41 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Giordano Benedetti | 800 metres | 1:48.15 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jamel Chatbi | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:47.30 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Daniele Meucci | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:14:53 | 8 |
  | Ruggero Pertile | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:14:22 SB | 4 |
  | Giorgio Rubino | 20 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | 1:23:23 | 20 |
  | Federico Tontodonati | 20 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | 1:24:33 | 27 |
  | Massimo Stano | 20 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | 1:22:53 | 19 |
  | Teodorico Caporaso | 50 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | 3:56:58 | 25 |
  | Marco De Luca | 50 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | 3:53:02 | 16 |
  | Matteo Giupponi | 50 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | 3:53:23 | 17 |
  
  **Field events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Marco Fassinotti | High jump | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Gianmarco Tamberi | High jump | 2.29 | =10 q | 2.25 | 8 |
  | Marco Lingua | Hammer throw | 72.85 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  **Track and road events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Gloria Hooper | 200 metres | 22.99 SB | 17 Q | 22.92 PB | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | 400 metres | 52.48 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Libania Grenot | 400 metres | 51.64 | 22 q | 51.14 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Margherita Magnani | 1500 metres | 4:09.06 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Yadisleidy Pedroso | 400 metres hurdles | 1:25.15 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Anna Bongiorni Gloria Hooper Giulia Riva Irene Siragusa | 4 × 100 metres relay | 43.22 SB | 12 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Chiara Bazzoni Elena Maria Bonfanti Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Ayomide Folorunso | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:27.07 SB | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Eleonora Giorgi | 20 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | DQ | DQ |
  | Antonella Palmisano | 20 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | 1:29:34 | 5 |
  | Elisa Rigaudo | 20 kilometres walk | — | — | — | — | DQ | DQ |
  
  **Field events**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
  | Simona La Mantia | Triple jump | 13.77 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Chiara Rosa | Shot put | 17.54 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Silvia Salis | Hammer throw | 66.80 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
  