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 ...
at the
international athletics competitions
In the sport of athletics, international competitions between national teams can be distinguished into four main types:
* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
* World cha ...
such as
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
or
world athletics championships
The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...
.
Medal count
When there is updated to 31 January 2022.
Caps
Updated at the
2013 Mediterranean Games
The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...
(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.
Gianmarco Tamberi
Gianmarco Tamberi (born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, current Olympic champion (2020 Summer Olympics) and World indoor champion (2016).
He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so, and repeated this ...
Italian team athletes have reached 28 podiums, including 6 victories in the
Diamond League
The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...
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Gianmarco Tamberi
Gianmarco Tamberi (born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, current Olympic champion (2020 Summer Olympics) and World indoor champion (2016).
He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so, and repeated this ...
was the first Italian to win the ''Diamond League Crown'' in
2021
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.
Olympic Games
21 of the 65 medals came from
race walk
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...
.
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:
Enzo Rossi
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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-:
Antonio La Torre
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See also
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Athletics in Italy
Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people.
Affiliations
The governing body of Athletics in Italy is Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera affiliated to European federation, the European Athlet ...
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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 team at the running events
The Italian team at the running events represents Italy at senior level at the road running ( marathon, half marathon), racewalking, cross country running and track long-distance running (10,000 metres) events, such as World championships, World ...
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Italy at the Olympics
Historically, Italy has been successful in the Olympic Games, taking part from the first Olympiad and in 47 Games out of 48, not having officially participated in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Italy has taken part in all the Winter Olympic Games, wi ...
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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 ...
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FIDAL Hall of Fame
The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the FIDAL (''Italian Athletics Federation'') in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes Italian athletes who have excelled in the history of athletics and that match some criteria.
C ...
National team
A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport.
The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
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 ...