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Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people.


Affiliations

The governing body of
Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
in Italy is
Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera The Italian Athletics Federation (Italian: ''Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera'', FIDAL), is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906. The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of ''La Gazzetta dello Sp ...
affiliated to European federation, the
European Athletic Association The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for Sport of athletics, athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. Europe ...
(EAA), international federation, the
International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...
(IAAF) and
Italian National Olympic Committee The Italian National Olympic Committee ( it, Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, CONI), founded in 1914 and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is responsible for the development and management of sports activity in Italy. ...
(CONI), which in turn is a member of
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
(IOC).


All-time top lists

The lists are updated to 12 August 2020, and regards to the 21 individuals Olympic specialities. For
high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
,
pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
,
long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
,
triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
and
shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
performance also affects indoor competitions, measures are identified by (i) in the tables.


100 metres

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200 metres

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400 metres

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800 metres

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1500 metres

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3000 metres

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5000 metres

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10,000 metres

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110/100 metres hurdles

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400 metres hurdles

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3000 metres steeplechase

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Half marathon

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Marathon

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20 km walk

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50 km walk

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High jump

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Pole vault

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Long jump

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Triple jump

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Shot put

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Discus throw

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Hammer throw

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Javelin throw

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Decathlon/Heptathlon

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4 × 100 metres relay

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4 × 400 metres relay

;Men ;Women ;Mixed The Italian Federation decided that the first National record of the mixed relay should be quicker than 3:16s. So the best performance of 3:16.12 by Italian team of Davide Re (M),
Giancarla Trevisan Giancarla Trevisan (born 17 February 1993) is an American-born Italian female sprinter who won one national title at senior level. She also won two bronze medals at international senior level with the Italian national track relay team. Biogr ...
(W),
Andrew Howe Andrew Howe (born 12 May 1985) is an American-born Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump and sprinting. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young ...
(M),
Raphaela Lukudo Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo (born 29 July 1994) is an Italian sprinter specialized in the 400 m, who won four medals at international senior level with Italian national track relay team of the 4×400 m relay. Biography Born in Aversa, Italy to Su ...
(W) (3h3) at
World Athletics Relays The World Athletics Relays, known as the ''IAAF World Relays'' until 2019, is an international biennial track and field sporting event held by World Athletics where teams from around the world compete in relay races, some of which are not part of ...
, International, in Yokohama (JPN), on 11 May 2019 was not considered as a NR. The first recognized national record is the following:


See also

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Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera The Italian Athletics Federation (Italian: ''Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera'', FIDAL), is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906. The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of ''La Gazzetta dello Sp ...
*
Italy national athletics team 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. Caps Updated at the 2013 Mediterrane ...
*
Naturalized athletes of Italy The Naturalized athletes of Italy are those naturalization, naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the Italy national athletics team. The rules The Italian Government and consequently Italian Athletics Federation, FIDAL firstly ...
*
Italian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Italy maintained by its national athletics federation, Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL). Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route to a longer distance h = hand timing A = af ...
*
Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, wa ...


References


External links


Italian Athletics Federation
official site
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(update 4 July 2018)
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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...