Italy national athletics team explained

The Italy national athletics team represents Italy at the international athletics competitions such as Olympic Games or world athletics championships.

Medal count

When there is updated to 31 January 2022.^[1]

Event	Editions	1st edition	Last edition	Men	Women	Total	Notes
								Tot.				Tot.				Tot.
align=left		28		2020	20	8	22	50	4	7	4	15	24	15	26	65	details
align=left		16		2019	8	9	9	26	3	7	10	20	11	16	17	44	details
align=left		24		2018	34	35	25	94	8	9	23	40	42	44	48	134	details
align=left		17	1985	2018	4	3	8	15	2	3	4	9	6	6	12	24	details^[2] ^[3]
align=left		38	1966	2021	21	25	22	68	13	12	11	36	34	37	33	104	details^[4]
align=left		13	1977	2018	1	5	7	13	0	4	1	5	1	9	8	18	details
align=left		36^[5]	1965	2017	52	63	74	189	8	15	37	60	60	78	111	249	details
align=left		18	1951		114	85	74	274	60	69	46	173	174	154	120	448	details
align=left	Universiade	29	1959	2017	34	30	45	109	13	16	11	40	47	45	57	149	details
align=left	Military World Games	6	1995	2015	15	13	8	26	2	6	6	14	17	19	14	40	details

Caps

Updated at the 2013 Mediterranean Games (29 June 2013).

Men

Vittorio Visini, with 67 caps, is the Italian athlete with most appearances in the national team of all-time.^{[6] [7]}

	Athlete	Event	Born	Period	Caps
								Tot.
1		Racewalking	1945	1965–1981	–	3	5	67
2		Shot put	1959	1981–1995	4	2	2	63
3		Racewalking	1957	1977–1991	3	4	4	60
	Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throw	1973	1995–2013	9	4	5
5		Long jump	1961	1980–1994	3	3	4	59
		Shot put	1953	1972–1986	–	1	2
7	Paolo Dal Soglio	Shot put	1970	1992–2012	5	2	2	58
8	Dario Badinelli	Triple jump	1960	1981–1993	1	1	2	56
9		Sprint	1952-2013	1969–1988	1	5	4	52
		110 metres hurdles	1943	1965–1979	–	2	4
		Discus throw	1945–2010	1966–1982	–	2	4
12	Stefano Tilli	Sprint	1962	1983–2000	5	4	4	51
13		Discus throw	1917–1969	1938–1960	–	4	5	50
14		Discus throw	1943	1969–1983	–	2	3	48
	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Sprint	1963	1980–1990	2	2	2	51
16		Discus throw	1931	1955–1969	–	3	2	47
		Pole vault	1947	1964–1978	–	2	2
18		Middle distance running	1945	1965–1976	–	4	5	46
19		Triple jump	1976	2000-	4	5	6	46
20		400 metres	1942	1961–1972	–	3	4	45
21		Hammer throw	1945	1965–1984	1	3	2	44
22		Racewalking	1933	1954–1973	–	5	6	43
		400 metres	1961	1983–1987	2	1	2
24		110 metres hurdles	1960	1980–1986	1	1	2	42
		Javelin Throw	1937	1956–1971	–	2	3
		Middle distance running	1963	1981–1994	2	2	2
		Racewalking	1968	1987–2004	6	5	4
28		Sprint	1939	1957–1968	–	4	3	41
		Racewalking	1954	1978–1991	2	2	2
		Discus throw	1968	1983–1993	2	1	3
		Middle distance running	1968	1988–2002	4	3	4
32		3000 metres steeplechase	1951	1985–1998	4	3	4	40
33		110 metres hurdles	1951	1971–1980	–	2	2	39
		Discus throw	1968	1995–2005	4	2	1
		Racewalking	1955	1974–1991	3	2	4
		Sprint	1944	1963–1972	–	3	3

Women

Marisa Masullo (79) and Agnese Maffeis (73) are the Italian women with more appearances.^{[8] [9]}

	Athlete	Event	Born	Period	Caps
								Tot.
1		Sprint	1959	1977–1993	3	3	4	79
2		Shot put and Discus throw	1965	1985–2003	2	3	4	73
3		High jump	1953	1970–1986	4	–	5	67
			1955	1974–1989	2	2	2
5		800 m and 1500 m	1957	1973–1991	3	2	3	65
6		Middle distance running	1953	1977–1988	–	–	–	60
7		Long and Triple jump	1962	1980–1997	3	2	–	55
8		Shot put	1983	2004-2021	5	2	5	52
9		Sprint	1961	1982–1993	2	1	1	51
10		Sprint	1944	1961–1975	-	2	4	49

Multiple medalists

Athletes in the table have won at least two gold medals. In bold those still active.

	Athlete	Olympics	World Ch.	World Indoor Ch.	European Ch.	European Indoor Ch.	Total
1		2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	7	2	0	9
2	Gianmarco Tamberi	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	7	1	1	9
3	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		1	2	0	–	–	–	-	-	-	1	0	2	4	0	0	6	2	2	10
4		1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	5	3	4	12
5		0	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	1	6
6	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	10
7		1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	3	2	9
8	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	6
9		1	1	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5
10		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	5
11	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	2	0	5
12		1	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	2	1	0	-	-	-	3	1	1	5
13		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	4
14		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	6
15		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	5
16		3	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	0	1	6
17		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	6
18	Fabrizio Donato	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	1	5
19		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4
20		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	4
21		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	4
22		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	4
23	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left	Libania Grenot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	5
24		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	4
25		1	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	1	0	1	-	-	-	2	0	2	4
26	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	3
27		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
28		1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	1	0	0	-	-	-	2	0	0	2

Most winning racewalkers

	Athlete	Olympics			World Ch.			World Ind. Ch.			Eur. Ch.			Eur. Ind. Ch.			World Cup			Eur. Cup			Total
1	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	3	2	0	8	6	2
2		1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	-	-	-	6	7	4
3	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	4	1	4	10	2
4	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	0	4	5	2
5	Marco De Luca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	3	4
6		1	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	2	1	0	-	-	-	1	0	3	-	-	-	4	1	4
7		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	3	1
8	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left	Antonella Palmisano	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	2	3
9	Matteo Giupponi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	2	0
10		3	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	–	–	–	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	1
11	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	2	5	0
12	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left	Eleonora Giorgi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	2	4	2
13		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	-	-	-	2	3	4
14	Giorgio Rubino	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	3	2
15		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	2	3	2
16		1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	-	-	2	0	1
17	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	2	-	-	-	1	6	6
18	bgcolor=FFE0F0 align=left		0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	4	4

Where is - he/she never participated because the competition did not exist when he/she was competing. In blod still active athletes.

Diamond League

Italian victories

• 2021 Diamond League

Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump)^[10]

• 2022 Diamond League

Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump)^[11]

Italian podiums

Italian team athletes have reached 28 podiums, including 6 victories in the Diamond League.^[12]

Gianmarco Tamberi was the first Italian to win the Diamond League Crown in 2021.^[13]

Edition	width=25%	Meeting	width=25%	Gold	width=25%	Silver	width=25%	Bronze
2010			Antonietta Di Martino (high jump, 1.98 m)
2012		Fabrizio Donato (triple jump, 17.29 m)
align=center rowspan=3	2013	Shanghai Golden Grand Prix			Yadisleidy Pedroso (400 m hs, 54.54)
Golden Gala		Daniele Greco (triple jump, 17.04 m)
Herculis		Daniele Greco (triple jump, 17.25 m)
align=center rowspan=3	2015			Marco Fassinotti (high jump, 2.33 m)
	Marco Fassinotti (high jump, 2.31 m)	Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump, 2.28 m)
			Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump, 2.29 m)
align=center rowspan=7	2016				Marco Fassinotti (high jump, 2.29 m)
			Alessia Trost (high jump, 1.92 m)
			Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump, 2.30 m)
		Alessia Trost (high jump, 1.90 m)
			Libania Grenot (400 m, 52.62)
Herculis	Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump, 2.39 m)
			Alessia Trost (high jump, 1.93 m)
2017			Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump, 2.27 m)
align=center rowspan=5	2018				Filippo Tortu (100 m, 10.04)
			Elena Vallortigara (high jump, 1.94 m)
		Elena Vallortigara (high jump, 2.02 m)
bgcolor=khaki rowspan=2				Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump, 2.31 m)
		Yadisleidy Pedroso (400 m hs, 56.12)
align=center rowspan=1	2020		Luminosa Bogliolo (100 m ha, 12.88)
align=center rowspan=4	2021		Filippo Randazzo (Long jump, 8.11 m (w))		Luminosa Bogliolo (100 m ha, 13.45)
		Marcell Jacobs (100 m, 10.05)
			Marcell Jacobs (100 m, 9.99)
bgcolor=khaki		bgcolor=gold	Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump, 2,34 m)

Olympic Games

See main article: Italy at the Summer Olympics. 21 of the 65 medals came from race walk.^[14]

width=18%	Edition	width=26%	Gold	width=26%	Silver	width=26%	Bronze	width=4%	Total
London 1908				1
			10 km walk Fernando Altimani	1
				4
Paris 1924				2
Los Angeles 1932				3
			4X100 metres relay Giuseppe Castelli Gabriele Salviati Ruggero Maregatti Edgardo Toetti
Berlin 1936				5
			1500 metres Luigi Beccali
London 1948				5
Helsinki 1952				2
Rome 1960				3
			50 km walk Abdon Pamich
			100 metres Giuseppina Leone
Tokyo 1964				2
Mexico City 1968				2
			Triple jump Giuseppe Gentile
Munich 1972				2
			1500 metres Paola Pigni
Montreal 1976				1
Moscow 1980				4
			4x400 metres relay Roberto Tozzi Mauro Zuliani Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea
				7
			20 km walk Maurizio Damilano
			50 km walk Sandro Bellucci
			Long jump Giovanni Evangelisti
				3
			20 km walk Maurizio Damilano
Barcelona 1992				1
Atlanta 1996				4
			5000 metres Roberta Brunet
				2
				3
			Pole vault Giuseppe Gibilisco
				2
			20 km walk Elisa Rigaudo
London 2012				1
Rio de Janeiro 2016				0
				5
	24	15	26	65

Technic commissioners

This is the list of technic commissioners of Italy's national athletics team.^[15]

• 1933/34: Ove Andersen, Martti Jarvinen, Paavo Karikko, Veikko Renko (men)
• 1935/39: Boyd Comstock (men/women)
• 1946/47: Lidia Bongiovanni (women)
• 1946/61: Giorgio Oberweger (men)
• 1962/63: Lauro Bononcini (men): Augusto Lorenzoni (women)
• 1964/68: Giorgio Oberweger (men/women)
• 1969: Alessandro Calvesi (men): Marcello Pagani (women)
• 1970: Marcello Pagani (men/women)
• 1971/74: Bruno Cacchi^[16] (men/ women)
• 1975/86: Enzo Rossi (men); Sandro Giovannelli (women)
• 1987/88: Enzo Rossi (men): Elio Locatelli (women)
• 1989/94: Elio Locatelli (men/women)
• 1995/00: Giampaolo Lenzi (men); Dino Ponchio (women)
• 2001/04: Roberto Frinolli (men); Augusto D’Agostino (women)
• 2005: Nicola Silvaggi (men/women)
• 2008/2012 Francesco Uguagliati (men/women)
• 2013/2016: Massimo Magnani
• 2017/2018: Elio Locatelli (2)
• 2019-: Antonio La Torre

See also

• Athletics in Italy
• Naturalized athletes of Italy
• Italy national relay team
• Italian team at the running events
• Italy at the Olympics
• Italian records in athletics
• FIDAL Hall of Fame

External links

• Italy's Medals and Top Athletes at Athletics Podium
• Italy Athletics at Summer Olympics
• MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI ITALIANI SUL PODIO – 1908-2011

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italy's Medals and Top Athetes. athleticspodium.com. 31 January 2022.
2. Web site: IAAF World Indoor Championships [1985-2016]]. sportolimpico.it. 6 July 2017.
3. Web site: Verso Sopot: il mondiale degli italiani in numeri – I record di Antonio Ullo, Fabrizio Donato e Paolo Dal Soglio. atleticalive.it. it. 5 March 2014. 23 February 2018.
4. Web site: Annuario 2016 - I campionati Europei indoor. fidal.it . 6 July 2017.
5. Participations of Italy at Super League: 25 Men, 13 Women and 7 Unified.
6. Web site: La squadra nazionale. fidal.it. it. 9 April 2012.
7. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
8. Web site: Maffeis, mamma atletica. Gazzetta.it. it. 9 April 2012.
9. Web site: Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010. 192. asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. it. 29 March 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf. dead.
10. Web site: Athletics: it is the year of Tamberi, he triumphs in Zurich jumping 2.34. First Italian to win the Diamond League. breakinglatest.news. 9 September 2021. 10 September 2021.
11. Web site: Jumps success for Tamberi and Kennedy. worldathletics.org. 7 September 2022. 8 September 2022.
12. Web site: Diamond League. iaaf.org. 28 August 2019.
13. Web site: Athletics: it is the year of Tamberi, he triumphs in Zurich jumping 2.34. First Italian to win the Diamond League. breakinglatest.news. 9 September 2021. 10 September 2021.
14. Web site: Team Italy Italy Profile - Medals per year. olympics.com. 8 August 2021. 9 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809172512/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/noc-profile-italy.htm. dead.
15. Web site: Annuario dell'atletica 2010. it. 28 July 2017. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf. dead.
16. He was the housband of Paola Pigni.