For Italy, the world athletics championship of Tokyo ended with the eighth and last place of the blue of the 4×400 relay. The Italian expedition to the Japanese capital conquered seven medals, a historical record (previous primacy was six in 1995). Italy has conquered the gold with Mattia Furlani in the long jump, the silver with Nadia Battocletti in the 10,000 meters, Andrea Dallava in the triple jump and Antonella Palmisano in the 35 km march, and the bronzes with Battocletti in the 5000 meters, Leonardo Fabbri in the weight and Iliass Aouani in the marathon.
In the relay of the female mile, characterized by pouring rain like the entire program of the last day, won by the United States dragged by Sydney McLaughlin-Lavrone with the new record of the 3’16 “61 championships, the blue Polinari, Virginia Troiani, Eloisa Coiro and Alice Mangione concluded in 3’25” 00. The blue one was the only quartet of the eight in the final not to have improved at least the seasonal record.
The men’s 4×400 relay was won by Botswana (2’57 “76) in front of the United States (2’5783), two thousandths less than in South Africa. Historic in the 5000 meters that see an order of arrival without flags of African countries. The only podium without Africa in the 5000 world champions had been that of the first edition of Helsinki ’83. Subsequently at least an athlete representative of a nation African was always present. According to the Kenyan of birth but naturalized Belgian, Isaac Kimeli (12’58 “78), third the French Jimmy Gressier (12’5933). The first athlete of an African country, the Ethiopian Biniam Mehary, Quinto (12’59” 95). In the 800 meters success of the Kenyan Lilian Odira (1’54 “62) in front of the British Georgia Hunter Bell (1’54” 90) and Keely Hodgkinson (1’54 “91). In the decathlon gold to Germany with Leo Neugebauer (8804 points), silver at the Puerto Rican Ayden Owens-delegme (8784). Tokyo took part in 2,202 athletes representing 198 nations.