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Italy at the Olympics in athletics

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Italy at the
Summer Olympics in athletics
WA codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
24
Silver
15
Bronze
26
Total
65
Summer appearances
Marcell Jacobs and Filippo Tortu at the 2020 Resisprint in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The duo would go on to win gold for the 4×100 m relay team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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]

Placing table

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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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

Medals

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  Women's medals

21 of the 65 medals come from race walk.[3][4]

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 2020 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

Results by event

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Event No. of
appearances
First
appearance
First
medal
First
gold medal
Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish
Men's 100 metres 19/29 1900 2020 2020 1 0 0 1 1st place, gold medalist(s) (2020)
Men's 400 metres 17/28 1900 0 0 0 0 8th (1912, 1936)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Italy - Overview". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 Olympic Games - Placing Table". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Team Italy Italy Profile - Medals per year". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Statistics Handbook published - Country index Italy". worldathletics.org. p. 432. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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