– 2437 points (→ 29th place) Athletics Men's competition Men's 100 metres Stefano Tilli Antonio Ullo Pierfrancesco Pavoni Men's 200 metres Pietro Mennea Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Men's 800 metres Donato Sabia Riccardo Materazzi Men's 1,500 metres Riccardo Materazzi Stefano Mei Claudio Patrignani Men's 5,000 metres Salvatore Antibo Heat – 13:46.32 Semifinals – 13:47.53 (→ did not advance) Piero Selvaggio Heat – 14:04.74 (→ did not advance) Antonio Selvaggio Heat – 13:55.73 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres Alberto Cova Heat – 28:26.10 Final – 27:47.54 → gold medal Salvatore Antibo Heat – 28:22.57 Final – 28:06.50 (→ 4th place) Francesco Panetta Heat – 29:00.78 (→ did not advance) Men's marathon Giovanni d'Aleo Final – 2:20:12 (→ 35th place) Marco Marchei Final – 2:22:38 (→ 43rd place) Men's 110 metres hurdles Daniele Fontecchio Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase Francesco Panetta Franco Boffi Men's 4×100 metres relay Antonio Ullo Giovanni Bongiorni Stefano Tilli Pietro Mennea Men's 4×400 metres relay Roberto Tozzi Ernesto Nocco Roberto Ribaud Pietro Mennea Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani Men's long jump Giovanni Evangelisti Qualification – 7.94m Final – 8.24m → bronze medal Men's triple jump Dario Badinelli Qualification – 16.13m (→ did not advance) Men's javelin throw Agostino Ghesini Qualification – 72.96m (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's pole vault Mauro Barella Qualifying round – 5.35m Final – 5.30m (→ 8th place) Men's shot put Alessandro Andrei Qualification – 20.18 m Final – 21.26 m → gold medal Marco Montelatici Qualification – 20.14 m Final – 19.98 m (→ 6th place) Men's discus throw Luciano Zerbini Final – 63.50m (→ 7th place) Men's hammer throw Orlando Bianchini Qualification – 74.02m Final – 75.94m (→ 4th place) Giampaolo Urlando Qualification – 72.42m Final – 75.96m (→ finished fourth but was subsequently disqualified as his doping tests proved positive) Lucio Serrani Qualification – 70.64m (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km walk Maurizio Damilano Final – 1:23:26 → bronze medal Carlo Mattioli Final – 1:25:07 (→ 5th place) Alessandro Pezzatini Final – 1:32:27 (→ 28th place) Men's 50 km walk Sandro Bellucci Final – 3:53:45 → bronze medal Raffaello Ducceschi Final – 3:59:26 (→ 5th place) Maurizio Damilano Final – DNF (→ no ranking) Women's competition Women's 200 metres Marisa Masullo Women's 400 metres Erica Rossi Women's 800 metres Gabriella Dorio Women's 1,500 metres Gabriella Dorio Heat – 4:04.51 Final – 4:03.25 → gold medal Women's 3,000 metres Agnese