Italy will be represented at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki by the athletes that have achieved the standard of participation fixed by FIDAL.
Team
Are qualified the athletes who have achieved the standard set by the Italian Federation of Athletics (maximum three athletes for event). The events of race walking and marathon will be not disputed at Helsinki, because the races is too close to the 2012 Summer Olympics of London.
On June 18, after a few defections to injury, the federal technicians (particularly the manager Francesco Uguagliati of the national team) informed the final list of 61 participants (33 men and 28 women).
References
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