| Iaaf: | ITA |
| Fedname: | FIDAL |
| Games: | Summer Olympics in athletics |
| Gold: | 24 |
| Silver: | 15 |
| Bronze: | 26 |
| Rank: | 9 |
| App Begin Year: | 1896 |
Italy at the Olympics in athletics competed in all editions of the Summer Olympic Games with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics. The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) is the National Olympic Committee for the Italy.[1]
World Athletics placing table assigns points to the top eight athletes in the final, with eight points to first place, seven to second place, and so on until one point for eighth place. Teams or athletes that do not finish or are disqualified do not receive points.[2]
| Edition | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 1908 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1912 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 1920 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | |
| 1924 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1928 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | |
| 1932 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1936 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2+1= | - | 1= | 1 | - | |
| 1948 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1952 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| 1956 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 1960 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| 1964 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1968 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1972 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1976 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| 1980 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1992 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 1996 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2000 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 2008 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1= | - | |
| 2012 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | |
| 2016 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 24 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 23 |
21 of the 65 medals come from race walk.[3] [4]
| 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 | ||||||
| Event | No. of appearances | First appearance | First medal | First gold medal | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Best finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/29 | 1900 | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (2020) | ||
| 17/28 | 1900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th (1912, 1936) |