The Italy national athletics team represents

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Medal count

When there is updated to 31 January 2022.

Caps

Updated at the

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(29 June 2013).

Men

Vittorio Visini Vittorio Visini (born 25 May 1945) is a retired Italian race walker. He competed in the 20 km and 50 km events at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in 6–8th place.Marisa Masullo (79) and Agnese Maffeis (73) are the Italian women with more appearances.

Multiple medalists

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

Most winning racewalkers

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:

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(high jump) * 2022 Diamond League: Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump)

Italian podiums

Italian team athletes have reached 28 podiums, including 6 victories in the

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was the first Italian to win the ''Diamond League Crown'' in

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Olympic Games

21 of the 65 medals came from

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Technic commissioners

This is the list of technic commissioners of Italy's national athletics team. *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 CacchiHe was the housband of

Paola Pigni Paola Pigni (30 December 1945 – 11 June 2021) was an Italian middle- and long-distance runner. She was a three-time world champion in cross country and held the world record over five distance running events on the track, from 1500m to 10,0 ...

. (men/ women) *1975/86:

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(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 Roberto Frinolli (Rome, 13 November 1940) is a former athlete Italian specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. Biography Born in Garbatella, he attended athletics school, first trying the 110 metres hurdles before settling on the 400 hurdles. He ...

(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-:

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References

External links

Italy's Medals and Top Athletes
at Athletics Podium
Italy Athletics at Summer Olympics

MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI ITALIANI SUL PODIO – 1908-2011
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