1983 World Championships in Athletics 1983 World Championships in Athletics The inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. The overall medal table was a closely contested affair. East Germany took the most gold medals (10) over the first championships and finished with a total of 22 medals. The United States had the next largest number of golds, with eight, and also had the greatest overall medal haul, having won 24 medals altogether. The Soviet Union won one more
Italy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics doping, 2nd in the high jump, so also Antonietta Di Martino was advanced to bronze medal. Italy national athletics team ranked 17th (with 9 finalists) in the "IAAF placing table". Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists. For the Italian national team participated at the events 35 athletes, 20 men and 15 women. Italy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Italy competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, held from August 15 to August 23. On August 3, the Italian national athletics federation (FIDAL) revealed the final team