title: Italy at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
text: # Italy at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
  
  Italy competed at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. A delegation of 74 athletes was sent to represent the country.
  
  ## Medals
  
  | Medal | Athlete | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Libania Grenot | Women's 400 metres | 8 July |
  | Gold | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 10 July |
  | Silver | Veronica Inglese | Women's half marathon | 10 July |
  | Silver | Italian team Veronica Inglese Anna Incerti Rosaria Console Laila Soufyane Catherine Bertone | Women's half marathon | 10 July |
  | Bronze | Daniele Meucci | Men's half marathon | 10 July |
  | Bronze | Italian team Daniele Meucci Stefano La Rosa Ruggero Pertile Xavier Chevrier Daniele D'Onofrio | Men's half marathon | 10 July |
  | Bronze | Italian team Chiara Bazzoni Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Libania Grenot Maria Enrica Spacca | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | 10 July |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Track & road events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Massimiliano Ferraro | 100 m | 10.26 PB | 5 Q | 10.26 =PB | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Giovanni Galbieri | 100 m | 10.48 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Filippo Tortu | 100 m | 10.25 | 4 Q | 10.19 PB | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Eseosa Desalu | 200 m | — | — | 20.94 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Antonio Infantino | 200 m | 20.99 | 9 Q | 20.93 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Davide Manenti | 200 m | 20.82 | 5 Q | 20.46 | 5 q | 20.66 | 6 |
  | Matteo Galvan | 400 m | — | — | 45.12 =NR | 2 Q | 45.80 | 8 |
  | Giuseppe Leonardi | 400 m | 47.68 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Giordano Benedetti | 800 m | 1:50.74 | 24 Q | 1:46.74 | 4 q | 1:47.64 | 8 |
  | Jacopo Lahbi | 800 m | 1:47.27 SB | 4 q | 1:48.47 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Mohad Abdikadar Sheikh Ali | 1500 m | 3:42.91 | 15 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Joao Bussotti Neves | 1500 m | 3:50.58 | 33 q | — | — | 3:50.43 | 12 |
  | Marco Pettenazzo | 1500 m | 3:45.65 | 29 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jamel Chatbi | 5000 m | — | — | — | — | 13:49.93 | 11 |
  | Yemaneberhan Crippa | 5000 m | — | — | — | — | 13:46.30 | 8 |
  | Ahmed El Mazoury | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | 29:29.36 | 9 |
  | Emanuele Abate | 110 m hurdles | 13.63 SB | 4 Q | 13.54 SB | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hassane Fofana | 110 m hurdles | 13.71 | 7 q | 13.52 PB | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Lorenzo Perini | 110 m hurdles | 13.68 | 6 Q | 13.79 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | José Reynaldo Bencosme | 400 m hurdles | — | — | 49.77 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Mattia Contini | 400 m hurdles | 51.26 | 14 Q | 50.78 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Mario Lambrughi | 400 m hurdles | 51.06 | 12 Q | 49.60 PB | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Abdoullah Bamoussa | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:32.54 PB | 6 q | — | — | 8:35.35 | 8 |
  | Jamel Chatbi | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:33.25 | 9 Q | — | — | 8:32.43 | 5 |
  | Yuri Floriani | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:34.82 | 15 q | — | — | 8:35.94 | 9 |
  | Federico Cattaneo Massimiliano Ferraro Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu | 4 x 100 m relay | 38.58 SB | 3 Q | — | — | 38.69 | 5 |
  | Matteo Galvan Mario Lambrughi Michele Tricca Lorenzo Valentini | 4 x 400 m relay | 3:06.07 SB | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Xavier Chevrier | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:06:31 | 38 |
  | Daniele D'Onofrio | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:08:41 | 65 |
  | Stefano La Rosa | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:04:15 | 13 |
  | Daniele Meucci | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:02:38 SB | |
  | Ruggero Pertile | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:05:48 | 29 |
  | Italian team | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 3:12:41 | |
  
  ### Field Events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
  | Gianmarco Tamberi | High jump | 2.25 | =1 Q | 2.32 | |
  | Lamont Marcell Jacobs | Long jump | 7.80 | 12 q | 7.59 | 11 |
  | Sebastiano Bianchetti | Shot put | 18.56 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hannes Kirchler | Discus throw | 63.74 | 12 q | 60.18 | 10 |
  | Roberto Bertolini | Javelin throw | 80.58 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Norbert Bonvecchio | Javelin throw | 75.75 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Simone Falloni | Hammer throw | 70.51 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Marco Lingua | Hammer throw | 72.94 | 10 q | 70.00 | 11 |
  
  ### Track & road events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Gloria Hooper | 100 m | 11.40 | 6 Q | 11.48 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Irene Siragusa | 100 m | 11.55 | 11 q | 11.78 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Martina Amidei | 200 m | 23.79 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Gloria Hooper | 200 m | — | — | 23.25 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Irene Siragusa | 200 m | 23.87 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | 400 m | 53.51 | 9 q | 52.69 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Libania Grenot | 400 m | — | — | 50.43 EL | 1 Q | 50.73 | |
  | Marta Milani | 400 m | 54.85 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Irene Baldessari | 800 m | 2:06.15 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Yusneysi Santiusti | 800 m | 2:04.53 | 17 Q | 2:02.21 | 12 Q | 2:00.53 | 5 |
  | Margherita Magnani | 1500 m | 4:11.78 | 8 q | — | — | 4:36.51 | 11 |
  | Veronica Inglese | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | 31:37.43 PB | 6 |
  | Micol Cattaneo | 100 m hurdles | 13.34 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Giulia Pennella | 100 m hurdles | 13.04 SB | 4 Q | 13.55 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Marzia Caravelli | 400 m hurdles | — | — | 56.45 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ayomide Folorunso | 400 m hurdles | — | — | 55.87 | 6 Q | 55.50 PB | 4 |
  | Audrey Alloh Martina Amidei Gloria Hooper Irene Siragusa | 4 x 100 m relay | 43.33 | 6 Q | — | — | 43.57 | 8 |
  | Chiara Bazzoni Elena Bonfanti (only in heats) Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Libania Grenot (only in final) Maria Enrica Spacca | 4 x 400 m relay | 3:29.57 SB | 8 Q | — | — | 3:27.49 SB | |
  | Catherine Bertone | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:15:06 | 38 |
  | Rosaria Console | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:13:12 | 19 |
  | Anna Incerti | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:12:51 SB | 14 |
  | Veronica Inglese | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:10:35 PB | |
  | Laila Soufyane | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 1:13:42 | 29 |
  | Italian team | Half marathon | — | — | — | — | 3:36:38 | |
  
  ### Field Events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
  | Erika Furlani | High jump | 1.85 | =16 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Desirée Rossit | High jump | 1.89 | =10 q | 1.89 | =6 |
  | Alessia Trost | High jump | 1.89 | =5 q | 1.89 | =6 |
  | Sonia Malavisi | Pole vault | 4.20 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Dariya Derkach | Triple jump | 13.96w | 7 q | 13.89 | 10 |
  | Julaika Nicoletti | Shot put | 15.81 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Chiara Rosa | Shot put | 16.26 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Valentina Aniballi | Discus throw | 51.66 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Natalina Capoferri | Discus throw | 53.16 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Stefania Strumillo | Discus throw | 59.80 PB | 11 Q | 55.78 | 15 |
  