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Italy national athletics team

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Ugo Frigerio, four medals (three gold), at the Olympic Games.

The Italy national athletics team represents Italy at the international athletics competitions such as Olympic Games or world athletics championships.

Medal count

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When there is Green tickY updated to 31 January 2022.[1]

Event Editions 1st edition Last edition Men Women Total Notes
Tot. Tot. Tot.
Olympic Games Green tickY 28 1896 2020 20 8 22 50 4 7 4 15 24 15 26 65 details
World Championships Green tickY 16 1983 2019 8 9 9 26 3 7 10 20 11 16 17 44 details
European Championships Green tickY 24 1934 2018 34 35 25 94 8 9 23 40 42 44 48 134 details
World Indoor Championships 17 1985 2018 4 3 8 15 2 3 4 9 6 6 12 24 details[2][3]
European Indoor Championships Green tickY 38 1966 2021 21 25 22 68 13 12 11 36 34 37 33 104 details[4]
World Cup 13 1977 2018 1 5 7 13 0 4 1 5 1 9 8 18 details
European Cup 36[5] 1965 2017 52 63 74 189 8 15 37 60 60 78 111 249 details
Mediterranean Games 18 1951 2018 114 85 74 274 60 69 46 173 174 154 120 448 details
Universiade 29 1959 2017 34 30 45 109 13 16 11 40 47 45 57 149 details
Military World Games 6 1995 2015 15 13 8 26 2 6 6 14 17 19 14 40 details

Caps

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Updated at the 2013 Mediterranean Games (29 June 2013).

Men

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Vittorio Visini, with 67 caps, is the Italian athlete with most appearances in the national team of all-time.[6][7]

Athlete Event Born Period Caps
World Ch. Olympics European Ch. Tot.
1 Vittorio Visini Racewalking 1945 1965–1981 3 5 67
2 Alessandro Andrei Shot put 1959 1981–1995 4 2 2 63
3 Maurizio Damilano Racewalking 1957 1977–1991 3 4 4 60
Nicola Vizzoni Hammer throw 1973 1995–2013 9 4 5
5 Giovanni Evangelisti Long jump 1961 1980–1994 3 3 4 59
Marco Montelatici Shot put 1953 1972–1986 1 2
7 Paolo Dal Soglio Shot put 1970 1992–2012 5 2 2 58
8 Dario Badinelli Triple jump 1960 1981–1993 1 1 2 56
9 Pietro Mennea Sprint 1952-2013 1969–1988 1 5 4 52
Sergio Liani 110 metres hurdles 1943 1965–1979 2 4
Silvano Simeon Discus throw 1945–2010 1966–1982 2 4
12 Stefano Tilli Sprint 1962 1983–2000 5 4 4 51
13 Adolfo Consolini Discus throw 1917–1969 1938–1960 4 5 50
14 Armando De Vincentiis Discus throw 1943 1969–1983 2 3 48
Pierfrancesco Pavoni Sprint 1963 1980–1990 2 2 2 51
16 Silvano Meconi Discus throw 1931 1955–1969 3 2 47
Renato Dionisi Pole vault 1947 1964–1978 2 2
18 Giuseppe Cindolo Middle distance running 1945 1965–1976 4 5 46
19 Fabrizio Donato Triple jump 1976 2000- 4 5 6 46
20 Sergio Bello 400 metres 1942 1961–1972 3 4 45
21 Giampaolo Urlando Hammer throw 1945 1965–1984 1 3 2 44
22 Abdon Pamich Racewalking 1933 1954–1973 5 6 43
Roberto Ribaud 400 metres 1961 1983–1987 2 1 2
24 Daniele Fontecchio 110 metres hurdles 1960 1980–1986 1 1 2 42
Carlo Lievore Javelin Throw 1937 1956–1971 2 3
Stefano Mei Middle distance running 1963 1981–1994 2 2 2
Giovanni De Benedictis Racewalking 1968 1987–2004 6 5 4
28 Livio Berruti Sprint 1939 1957–1968 4 3 41
Carlo Mattioli Racewalking 1954 1978–1991 2 2 2
Marco Martino Discus throw 1968 1983–1993 2 1 3
Gennaro Di Napoli Middle distance running 1968 1988–2002 4 3 4
32 Alessandro Lambruschini 3000 metres steeplechase 1951 1985–1998 4 3 4 40
33 Giuseppe Buttari 110 metres hurdles 1951 1971–1980 2 2 39
Diego Fortuna Discus throw 1968 1995–2005 4 2 1
Sandro Bellucci Racewalking 1955 1974–1991 3 2 4
Ennio Preatoni Sprint 1944 1963–1972 3 3

Women

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Marisa Masullo (79) and Agnese Maffeis (73) are the Italian women with more appearances.[8][9]

Athlete Event Born Period Caps
World Ch. Olympics European Ch. Tot.
1 Marisa Masullo Sprint 1959 1977–1993 3 3 4 79
2 Agnese Maffeis Shot put and Discus throw 1965 1985–2003 2 3 4 73
3 Sara Simeoni High jump 1953 1970–1986 4 5 67
Erica Rossi 400 metres 1955 1974–1989 2 2 2
5 Gabriella Dorio 800 m and 1500 m 1957 1973–1991 3 2 3 65
6 Agnese Possamai Middle distance running 1953 1977–1988 60
7 Antonella Capriotti Long and Triple jump 1962 1980–1997 3 2 55
8 Chiara Rosa Shot put 1983 2004-2021 5 2 5 52
9 Daniela Ferrian Sprint 1961 1982–1993 2 1 1 51
10 Donata Govoni Sprint 1944 1961–1975 - 2 4 49

Multiple medalists

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  Still active

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

# Athlete Olympics World Ch. World Indoor Ch. European Ch. European Indoor Ch. Total
1 Marcell Jacobs 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 7 2 0 9
2 Gianmarco Tamberi 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 7 1 1 9
3 Sara Simeoni 1 2 0 - - - 1 0 2 4 0 0 6 2 2 10
4 Pietro Mennea 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 5 3 4 12
5 Eddy Ottoz 0 0 1 - - - 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 6
6 Fiona May 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 4 2 10
7 Maurizio Damilano 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 2 9
8 Annarita Sidoti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 6
9 Adolfo Consolini 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5
10 Alberto Cova 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5
11 Agnese Possamai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 5
12 Abdon Pamich 1 0 1 - - - 2 1 0 - - - 3 1 1 5
13 Gennaro Di Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 4
14 Stefano Baldini 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 6
15 Yeman Crippa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 5
16 Ugo Frigerio 3 0 1 - - - - - - 3 0 1 6
17 Gelindo Bordin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 6
18 Fabrizio Donato 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 5
19 Francesco Panetta 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
20 Andrew Howe 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
21 Salvatore Antibo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 4
22 Stefano Tilli 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 4
23 Libania Grenot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 5
24 Antonella Palmisano 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 4
25 Luigi Beccali 1 0 1 - - - 1 0 1 - - - 2 0 2 4
26 Gabriella Dorio 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
27 Ivano Brugnetti 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
28 Pino Dordoni 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 2

Most winning racewalkers

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# Athlete Olympics World Ch. World Ind. Ch. Eur. Ch. Eur. Ind. Ch. World Cup Eur. Cup Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1 Annarita Sidoti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 3 2 0 8 6 2
2 Maurizio Damilano 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 - - - 6 7 4
3 Elisabetta Perrone 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 4 1 4 10 2
4 Erica Alfridi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 4 5 2
5 Marco De Luca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 4
6 Abdon Pamich 1 0 1 - - - 2 1 0 - - - 1 0 3 - - - 4 1 4
7 Ivano Brugnetti 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 1
8 Antonella Palmisano 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 3
9 Matteo Giupponi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 0
10 Ugo Frigerio 3 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 0 1
11 Rossella Giordano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 2 5 0
12 Eleonora Giorgi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 4 2
13 Sandro Bellucci 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 - - - 2 3 4
14 Giorgio Rubino 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 2
15 Carlo Mattioli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 - - - 2 3 2
16 Pino Dordoni 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 - - - 2 0 1
17 Ileana Salvador 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 - - - 1 6 6
18 Elisa Rigaudo 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 4

Where is - he/she never participated because the competition did not exist when he/she was competing. In blod still active athletes.

Diamond League

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Italian victories

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Italian podiums

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Italian team athletes have reached 28 podiums, including 6 victories in the Diamond League.[12]

Gianmarco Tamberi was the first Italian to win the Diamond League Crown in 2021.[13]

Gianmarco Tamberi last victory for the team in 2016.
Elena Vallortigara 4th in high jump final standings in 2018.
  Women results
  Finals
  Diamond League Crown winner
Edition Meeting Gold Silver Bronze
2010 Belgium Memorial Van Damme Antonietta Di Martino
(high jump, 1.98 m)
2012 Switzerland Weltklasse Zürich Fabrizio Donato
(triple jump, 17.29 m)
2013 China Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Yadisleidy Pedroso
(400 m hs, 54.54)
Italy Golden Gala Daniele Greco
(triple jump, 17.04 m)
Monaco Herculis Daniele Greco
(triple jump, 17.25 m)
2015 Norway Bislett Games Marco Fassinotti
(high jump, 2.33 m NR)
United Kingdom London Grand Prix Marco Fassinotti
(high jump, 2.31 m)
Gianmarco Tamberi
(high jump, 2.28 m)
Sweden Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics Gianmarco Tamberi
(high jump, 2.29 m)
2016 Qatar Doha Diamond League Marco Fassinotti
(high jump, 2.29 m)
United States Prefontaine Classic Alessia Trost
(high jump, 1.92 m SB)
Italy Golden Gala Gianmarco Tamberi
(high jump, 2.30 m SB)
Sweden Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics Alessia Trost
(high jump, 1.90 m)
Libania Grenot
(400 m, 52.62)
Monaco Herculis Gianmarco Tamberi
(high jump, 2.39 m NR)
France Meeting de Paris Alessia Trost
(high jump, 1.93 m SB)
2017 Morocco Meeting de Rabat Gianmarco Tamberi
(high jump, 2.27 m)
2018 Italy Golden Gala Filippo Tortu
(100 m, 10.04)
Elena Vallortigara
(high jump, 1.94 m)
United Kingdom London Grand Prix Elena Vallortigara
(high jump, 2.02 m PB)
Belgium Memorial Van Damme Gianmarco Tamberi
(high jump, 2.31 m)
Yadisleidy Pedroso
(400 m hs, 56.12)
2020 Sweden BAUHAUS-galan Luminosa Bogliolo
(100 m ha, 12.88)
2021 United Kingdom Gateshead Filippo Randazzo
(Long jump, 8.11 m (w))
Luminosa Bogliolo
(100 m ha, 13.45)
Sweden BAUHAUS-galan Marcell Jacobs
(100 m, 10.05)
Monaco Herculis Marcell Jacobs
(100 m, 9.99)
Switzerland Weltklasse Zürich Gianmarco Tamberi
(high jump, 2,34 m)

Olympic Games

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  Women's medals

21 of the 65 medals came from race walk.[14]

Edition Gold Silver Bronze Total
United Kingdom London 1908 800 metres
Emilio Lunghi
1
Sweden Stockholm 1912 10 km walk
Fernando Altimani
1
Belgium Antwerp 1920 3 km walk
Ugo Frigerio
4
10 km walk
Ugo Frigerio
3000 metres steeplechase
Ernesto Ambrosini
Marathon
Valerio Arri
France Paris 1924 3 km walk
Ugo Frigerio
2
Marathon
Romeo Bertini
United States Los Angeles 1932 1500 metres
Luigi Beccali
3
4X100 metres relay
Giuseppe Castelli
Gabriele Salviati
Ruggero Maregatti
Edgardo Toetti
50 km walk
Ugo Frigerio
Nazi Germany Berlin 1936 800 metres
Mario Lanzi
5
1500 metres
Luigi Beccali
4X100 metres relay
Orazio Mariani
Gianni Caldana
Elio Ragni
Tullio Gonnelli
Discus throw
Giorgio Oberweger
100 metres hurdles
Ondina Valla
United Kingdom London 1948 4X100 metres relay
Michele Tito
Enrico Perucconi
Carlo Monti
Antonio Siddi
5
Discus throw
Adolfo Consolini
Discus throw
Giuseppe Tosi
Shot put
Amelia Piccinini
Discus throw
Edera Cordiale
Finland Helsinki 1952 50 km walk
Pino Dordoni
2
Discus throw
Adolfo Consolini
Italy Rome 1960 200 metres
Livio Berruti
3
50 km walk
Abdon Pamich
100 metres
Giuseppina Leone
Japan Tokyo 1964 400 metres hurdles
Salvatore Morale
2
50 km walk
Abdon Pamich
Mexico Mexico City 1968 110 metres hurdles
Eddy Ottoz
2
Triple jump
Giuseppe Gentile
West Germany Munich 1972 200 metres
Pietro Mennea
2
1500 metres
Paola Pigni
Canada Montreal 1976 High jump
Sara Simeoni
1
Soviet Union Moscow 1980 200 metres
Pietro Mennea
4
4x400 metres relay
Roberto Tozzi
Mauro Zuliani
Stefano Malinverni
Pietro Mennea
20 km walk
Maurizio Damilano
High jump
Sara Simeoni
United States Los Angeles 1984 10000 metres
Alberto Cova
7
20 km walk
Maurizio Damilano
50 km walk
Sandro Bellucci
Long jump
Giovanni Evangelisti
Shot put
Alessandro Andrei
1500 metres
Gabriella Dorio
High jump
Sara Simeoni
South Korea Seul 1988 10000 metres
Salvatore Antibo
3
Marathon
Gelindo Bordin
20 km walk
Maurizio Damilano
Spain Barcelona 1992 20 km walk
Giovanni De Benedictis
1
United States Atlanta 1996 3000 metres steeplechase
Alessandro Lambruschini
4
5000 metres
Roberta Brunet
10 km walk
Elisabetta Perrone
Long jump
Fiona May
Australia Sydney 2000 Hammer throw
Nicola Vizzoni
2
Long jump
Fiona May
Greece Athens 2004 Marathon
Stefano Baldini
3
20 km walk
Ivano Brugnetti
Pole vault
Giuseppe Gibilisco
China Beijing 2008 50 km walk
Alex Schwazer
2
20 km walk
Elisa Rigaudo
United Kingdom London 2012 Triple jump
Fabrizio Donato
1
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2016 0
Japan Tokyo 2021 100 m
Marcell Jacobs
5
High jump
Gianmarco Tamberi
20 km walk
Massimo Stano
20 km walk
Antonella Palmisano
4×100 m relay
Lorenzo Patta
Marcell Jacobs
Fausto Desalu
Filippo Tortu
24 15 26 65

Technic commissioners

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This is the list of technic commissioners of Italy's national athletics team.[15]

  • 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 Cacchi[16] (men/ women)
  • 1975/86: Enzo Rossi (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 (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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Italy's Medals and Top Athletes". athleticspodium.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships [1985-2016]" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Verso Sopot: il mondiale degli italiani in numeri – I record di Antonio Ullo, Fabrizio Donato e Paolo Dal Soglio" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Annuario 2016 - I campionati Europei indoor" (PDF). fidal.it. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  5. ^ Participations of Italy at Super League: 25 Men, 13 Women and 7 Unified.
  6. ^ "La squadra nazionale" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  7. ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  8. ^ "Maffeis, mamma atletica" (in Italian). Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. p. 192. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Athletics: it is the year of Tamberi, he triumphs in Zurich jumping 2.34. First Italian to win the Diamond League". breakinglatest.news. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Jumps success for Tamberi and Kennedy". worldathletics.org. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Diamond League". iaaf.org. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Athletics: it is the year of Tamberi, he triumphs in Zurich jumping 2.34. First Italian to win the Diamond League". breakinglatest.news. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Team Italy Italy Profile - Medals per year". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Annuario dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  16. ^ He was the housband of Paola Pigni.
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