Italy at the World Athletics Relays

Italy has competed at the World Athletics Relays since first edition held in 2014, Italian teams have won a bronze medal in 2019.^[1]

Italy at the World Athletics Relays
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 4
World Athletics Relays appearances (overview)
2014 2015 2017 2019 2021

From the top left: Scotti, Trevisan, Mangione and Re, the four azzurri relay runners of the 4x400 m mixed relay winners of the first Italian gold medal in Silesia 21.

Medals

Edition				Event	Team
2014 Nassau	0	0	0
2015 Nassau	0	0	0
2017 Nassau	0	0	0
2019 Yokohama	0	0	1	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Ayomide Folorunso Giancarla Trevisan Raphaela Lukudo Chiara Bazzoni Elisabetta Vandi
2021 Silesia	3	0	0	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	Edoardo Scotti Giancarla Trevisan Alice Mangione Davide Re
				Women's 4 × 100 m relay	Irene Siragusa Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Vittoria Fontana Johanelis Herrera
				Men's 4 × 100 m relay	Fausto Desalu Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu
	3	0	1

Nassau 2014

Italy competed at the first edition of the World Athletics Relays (at what time still known as IAAF World Relays) in Nassau, Bahamas, from 24 to 25 May 2014.^[2]

Selected athletes

 

Libania Grenot.

In this first edition national relay team was made up of only the women's 4x400m team, only five athletes.^[3]

  Not employed

Athlete	Women's 4x400
Libania Grenot	x
Chiara Bazzoni	x
Maria Enrica Spacca	x
Elena Maria Bonfanti	x
Ylenia Vitale	x

Results

Event	Team	Round	Rank	Time	Notes
4 × 400 m relay	Chiara Bazzoni Maria Enrica Spacca Elena Maria Bonfanti Libania Grenot	Heats	8th	3:30.67	SB
		Final	6th	3:27.44	SB

Nassau 2015

Italy competed at the 2015 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, from 2 to 3 May 2015.^[4]

Selected athletes

 

Matteo Galvan.

 

Irene Siragusa.

17 athletes, 6 men and 11 women, was selected for the event, for the composition of four teams: the 4x100 m men and women, the 4x400 m women. The 4x200 m men did not start.^[5]

  Not employed

Athlete	Men's 4x100	Men's 4x200	Women's 4x100	Women's 4x400
Fabio Cerutti	x
Fausto Desalu	x	x
Diego Marani	x	x
Delmas Obou	x	x
Davide Re		x
Giulia Riva			x
Audrey Alloh			x
Gloria Hooper			x
Irene Siragusa			x
Ilenia Draisci			x
Libania Grenot				x
Chiara Bazzoni				x
Libania Grenot				x
Elena Maria Bonfanti				x
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu				x
Marta Milani				x

Results

Men

Event	Team	Round	Rank	Time	Notes
4 × 100 m relay	Fabio Cerutti Fausto Desalu Diego Marani Delmas Obou	Heats	10th	38.84	SB
	Fabio Cerutti Eseosa Desalu Matteo Galvan Delmas Obou	Final B	5th	39.23

Women

Event	Team	Round	Rank	Time	Notes
4 × 400 m relay	Chiara Bazzoni Libania Grenot Elena Maria Bonfanti Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Heats	DSQ	No time	^[note 1]
4 × 100 m relay	Giulia Riva Gloria Hooper Irene Siragusa Audrey Alloh	Heats	DNF	No time

Nassau 2017

Italy competed at the 2017 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, from 22 to 23 April 2017.^[2]

Selected athletes

 

Filippo Tortu.

11 athletes, 6 men and 5 women, was selected for the event for the composition of two teams: the 4x100 m men and the 4x100 m women.^[6]

  Not employed

Athlete	Men's 4x100	Women's 4x100
Federico Cattaneo	x
Fabio Cerutti	x
Fausto Desalu	x
Marcell Jacobs	x
Davide Manenti	x
Filippo Tortu	x
Audrey Alloh		x
Anna Bongiorni		x
Libania Grenot		x
Gloria Hooper		x
Irene Siragusa		x

Results

Men

Event	Team	Round	Rank	Time	Notes
4 × 100 m relay	Fabio Cerutti Fausto Desalu Federico Cattaneo Filippo Tortu	Heats	DSQ	No time	^[note 2]

Women

Event	Team	Round	Rank	Time	Notes
4 × 100 m relay	Libania Grenot Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Audrey Alloh	Heats	DSQ	No time	^[note 2]

Yokohama 2019

Italy competed at the 2019 IAAF World Relays in Yokohama, Japan, from 11 to 19 May 2019, participating in five of the ten scheduled competitions.^[2]

Selected athletes

 

Davide Re set the national record with the mixed 4 × 400 m relay.

 

Faustino Desalu.

29 athletes, 14 men and 15 women, was selected for the event.^[7][8]

  Not employed

Athlete	Men		Women
	4x100	4x400/4x400 mixed	4x100	4x400/4x400 mixed
Federico Cattaneo	x
Fausto Desalu	x
Marcell Jacobs	x
Davide Manenti	x
Roberto Rigali	x
Filippo Tortu	x
Vladimir Aceti		x
Daniele Corsa		x
Andrew Howe		x
Giuseppe Leonardi		x
Davide Re		x
Edoardo Scotti		x
Alessandro Sibilio		x
Michele Tricca		x
Anna Bongiorni			x
Zaynab Dosso			x
Johanelis Herrera Abreu			x
Gloria Hooper			x
Alessia Pavese			x
Irene Siragusa			x
Chiara Bazzoni				x
Rebecca Borga				x
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu				x
Ayomide Folorunso				x
Raphaela Lukudo				x
Marta Milani				x
Giancarla Trevisan				x
Virginia Troiani				x
Elisabetta Vandi				x

Composition team and results

On 10 May 2019 Italian Athletics Federation announced the composition of the five national teams to the five competitions in which it will participate.^[9]

	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
Heats	Fausto Desalu Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	Johanelis Herrera Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Irene Siragusa	Daniele Corsa Michele Tricca Edoardo Scotti Alessandro Sibilio	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Ayomide Folorunso Elisabetta Vandi Chiara Bazzoni	Davide Re Giancarla Trevisan Andrew Howe Raphaela Lukudo
	advances to the final with the 3rd crono 38.29 SB^[note 3]	advances to the final with the 6th crono 43.40 SB^[note 3]	access to the final B with the 10th crono 3:03.97 SB	advances to the final with the 6th crono 3:29.08 SB^[note 3]	advances to the final with the 3rd crono 3:16.12 NR
Finals	Fausto Desalu Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	Johanelis Herrera Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Irene Siragusa	Daniele Corsa Michele Tricca Edoardo Scotti Davide Re	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Ayomide Folorunso Giancarla Trevisan Raphaela Lukudo	Giuseppe Leonardi Virginia Troiani Chiara Bazzoni Alessandro Sibilio
	DNF	5th 44.29	1st 3:02.87 SB^[note 3]	3:27.74 SB	4th 3:20.28

Silesia 2021

Italy competed at the 2021 World Athletics Relays in Silesia, Poland, from 1 to 2 May 2021, participating in five of the ten scheduled competitions.^[2]

Selected athletes

 

Marcell Jacobs the seasonal world leader of the 60-meter lists.

 

Anna Bongiorni.

 

Gloria Hooper.

30 athletes, 16 men and 14 women, was selected for the event,^[10] but there were two forfais.^[11]

  Not employed

Athlete	Men		Women
	4x100	4x400/4x400 mixed	4x100	4x400/4x400 mixed
Marcell Jacobs	x
Davide Manenti	x
Federico Cattaneo	x
Fausto Desalu	x
Filippo Tortu	x
Antonio Infantino	x
Roberto Rigali	x
Davide Re		x
Vladimir Aceti		x
Edoardo Scotti		x
Alessandro Sibilio		x
Brayan Lopez		x
Lorenzo Benati		x
Mattia Cesarico		x
Irene Siragusa			x
Anna Bongiorni			x
Johanelis Herrera Abreu			x
Gloria Hooper			x
Vittoria Fontana			x
Dalia Kaddari			x
Chiara Melon			x
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu^[11]				x
Ayomide Folorunso				x
Raphaela Lukudo				x
Giancarla Trevisan				x
Alice Mangione				x
Rebecca Borga^[11]				x
Eleonora Marchiando				x
Virginia Troiani				x
Petra Nardelli				x

Results

In the heats all five teams qualified for the final, the three who did not yet have the Olympic pass (Men's 4x100 m, Woman 4x400 m and Mixed 4x400 m), got it.^[12]

Men

Event	Team	Round	Rank	Time	Notes
4 × 100 m relay	Fausto Desalu Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	Heats	1st Q	38.45	EL, SB, OG, WC
		Final	1st	39.21
4 × 400 m relay	Lorenzo Benati Alessandro Sibilio Brayan Lopez Vladimir Aceti	Heats	8th Q	3:04.81	SB
		Final	4th	3:05.11

Women

Event	Team	Round	Rank	Time	Notes
4 × 100 m relay	Johanelis Herrera Abreu Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Irene Siragusa	Heats	6th Q	44.02	SB^[13]
	Irene Siragusa Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Vittoria Fontana	Final	1st	43.79	SB
4 × 400 m relay	Raphaela Lukudo Eleonora Marchiando Petra Nardelli Ayomide Folorunso	Heats	7th q	44.02	SB, OG, WC
		Final	5th	3:32.69

Mixed

Event	Team	Round	Rank	Time	Notes
4 × 400 m relay	Edoardo Scotti Giancarla Trevisan Alice Mangione Davide Re	Heats	1st Q	3:16.52	WL, SB, OG, WC^[14]
		Filnal	1st	3:16.60

See also

• Italian national track relay team

Notes

1. Finishing the race without the baton.
2. Lane infringement.
3. Qualified for 2019 World Championships in Athletics.

References

1. "World Athletics Relays - Past Editions". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
2. "Yokohama 2019 Facts & Figures". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
3. "Staffette Mondiali azzurre a Nassau" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
4. "4X100 METRES RELAY MEN02 MAY 2015 19:58". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
5. "World Relays: inizia l'avventura azzurra" (in Italian). fidal.it. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
6. "IAAF World Relays: anche Cerutti a Nassau" (in Italian). fidal.it. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
7. "ATHLETES IAAF WORLD RELAYS - ITALY". iaaf.org. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
8. "Yokohama: 29 azzurri ai Mondiali di staffette" (in Italian). fidal.it. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
9. "Yokohama, ecco i quartetti azzurri" (in Italian). fidal.it. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
10. "Gli azzurri per le World Relays in Polonia" (in Italian). fidal.it. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
11. "World Relays, DT La Torre: "Strategia e coraggio"" (in Italian). fidal.it. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021. Abbiamo voluto preservare il valore della 4x400 femminile, pur con le assenze di Mariabenedicta Chigbolu e Rebecca Borga, che resteranno in Italia.
12. "Staffette, impresa Italia: 5 su 5 a Tokyo!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
13. "4X100 METRES RELAY WOMEN - Summary". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
14. "4X400 METRES RELAY MIXED - Summary". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links

• World Athletics Relays at World Athletics