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500 Lire World Athletic Championships
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPVBBLICA ITALIANA (Translation: Italian Republic) |
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| Mintage | 1987 R - - 80,000 1987 R - Proof - 20,150 |
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Rome hosted the inaugural IAAF World Athletics Championships in 1983, but this 1987 issue commemorates the second edition, held in Rome again — an unusual back-to-back hosting arrangement driven largely by Italian organizational lobbying within the IAAF. The Italian mint issued this piece as part of a broader commemorative program that accompanied the games held at the Stadio Olimpico that August, where Ben Johnson's 100m world record would later be stripped following his 1988 Seoul doping conviction.