| Noc: | ITA |
| Nocname: | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Games: | Mediterranean Games |
| Location: | Split |
| Gold: | 49 |
| Silver: | 53 |
| Bronze: | 47 |
| Rank: | 3 |
| Appearances: |
Italy competed at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
| width=25% | Event | width=25% | width=25% | width=25% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | |||||||
| 200 metres | |||||||
| 5000 metres | |||||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | |||||||
| High jump | |||||||
| Discus throw | |||||||
| Hammer throw | Silvano Simeon | ||||||
| 4x100 metres relay | |||||||
| 10000 metres | |||||||
| Marathon | |||||||
| 110 metres hurdlers | |||||||
| 400 metres hurdlers | Fulvio Zorn | ||||||
| 20 km walk | Carlo Mattioli | ||||||
| 4x400 metres relay | Alfonso Di Guida Flavio Borghi Stefano Malinverni Roberto Tozzi | ||||||
| 8 | 6 | 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metres | |||||||
| 800 metres | |||||||
| 1500 metres | |||||||
| High jump | Donatella Bulfoni | ||||||
| Discus throw | |||||||
| 100 metres | Laura Miano | ||||||
| Javelin throw | |||||||
| 4×100 metres relay | |||||||
| 100 metres hurdles | Patrizia Lombardo | ||||||
| Shot put | Cinzia Petrucci | ||||||
| Pentathlon | Barbara Bachlechner | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 4 |