| Noc: | ITA |
| Nocname: | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Games: | Summer Universiade |
| Location: | Mexico City |
| Sports: | 10 |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 5 |
| Rank: | 7 |
Italy competed at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico and won 10 medals.[1]
In this edition Pietro Mennea established the world record of the 200 metres, holder till 1996, when Michael Johnson broke it.
| Sport | Tot. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| width=13% | Sport | width=29% | width=29% | width=29% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | |||||||
| Pietro Mennea (200 m) | Mariano Scartezzini (3000 m steeplechase) | Michele Cina (3000 m steeplechase) | |||||
| Luciano Caravani Giovanni Grazioli Gianfranco Lazzer Pietro Mennea (Men's 4×100 metres relay) | Roberto Mazzucato (triple jump) | ||||||
| Flavio Borghi Alfonso Di Guida Stefano Malinverni Roberto Tozzi (Men's 4×400 metres relay) | |||||||
| Sara Simeoni (high jump) | |||||||
| Swimming | Marcello Guarducci (100 m freestyle) | Men's 4×200 metres freestyle | |||||
| Fencing | Squadra fioretto maschile | ||||||