Italy competed at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan from 23 August to 1 September 1991.

Italy national athletics team ranked 6th (with 14 finalists) in the IAAF placing table. Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists.^[1]

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Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Pts
10	Italy	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	3	39

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Italy participated with 48 athletes by winning a medal.^[2]

Men (33)

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Track and road events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes 100 m Ezio Madonia Semi 10.38 SF; 10.24 QF; 10.43 Heat 200 m Stefano Tilli Quarter 20.92 QF; 20.89 Heat Sandro Floris Heat 21.10 400 m Andrea Nuti Quarter DSQ QF; 46.80 Heat 800 m Giuseppe D'Urso Quarter 1:46.82 1500 m Gennaro Di Napoli 8th 3:36.56 F; 3.40.34 SF; 3:38.63 QF Davide Tirelli Semi 3:43.08 SF; 3:41.77 QF 5000 m Stefano Mei Final DNF F; 13:54.35 SF 10,000 m Salvatore Antibo 20th 28:52.41 F; 28:26.72 SF 400 m hs Fabrizio Mori Semi 48.92 QF Paolo Bellino Quarter 50.74 3000 m st Angelo Carosi 7th 8:20.80 F; 8:28.35 SF Francesco Panetta 8th 8:26.79 F; 8:27.25 SF 4 × 100 m relay National Team Mario Longo Ezio Madonia Sandro Floris Stefano Tilli 5th 38.52 F; 38.74 SF 4 × 400 m relay National Team Fabio Grossi Marco Vaccari Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti Semi 3:02.72 Marathon Salvatore Bettiol 6th 2:15:58 Gelindo Bordin 8th 2:17:03 Alessio Faustini 1DNF NM 20 km walk |Maurizio Damilano 1st 1:19.37 CR; PB Giovanni De Benedictis 4th 1:20:29 Walter Arena 7th 1:21:01 50 km walk Giuseppe De Gaetano 6th 4:03:43 Sandro Bellucci DNF NM Giovanni Perricelli DNF NM

Field events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes Long jump Giovanni Evangelisti 7th 8.01 m F; 8.03 m Q Fausto Frigerio Qual. 7.88 m Shot put Alessandro Andrei 11th 18.73 m F; 19.00 m Q Discus throw Marco Martino Qual. 60.34 m Luciano Zerbini Qual. 58.34 m Hammer throw Enrico Sgrulletti Qual. 72.40 m Decathlon Marco Baffi 22nd 6209 pts

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Women (15)

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Track and road events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes 100 m Rossella Tarolo Quarter 11.75 QF; 11.54 Heat 200 m Marisa Masullo Quarter 23.70 QF; 23.75 Heat 800 m Gabriella Dorio Quarter 2:07.54 3000 m Roberta Brunet 6th 8:42.64 F; 8:51.41 SF 10,000 m Rosanna Munerotto Semi 32:44,43 F; 32:05.75 SF 400 m hs Irmgard Trojer Semi 55.66 SF; 55.77 QF 4 × 100 m relay National Team Marisa Masullo Donatella Dal Bianco Daniela Ferrian Rossella Tarolo 7th 43.76 F;43.71 SF Marathon Laura Fogli DNF NM Anna Villani DNF NM 10 km walk Annarita Sidoti 7h 44:09 Ileana Salvador 9th 44:18

Field events Event Athlete Result Performances Notes Long jump Valentina Uccheddu Qual. 6.48 m Shot put Agnese Maffeis Qual. 16.99 m Discus throw Qual. 56.36 m Heptathlon Ifeoma Ozoeze 15th 6056 ptsNM

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