Italy national athletics team

File:Ugo Frigerio.jpg

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

Updated to 2013 World Championships in Athletics (18 August 2013).

Event	Editions	1st edition	Men	Women	Total	Notes
							Tot.				Tot.				Tot.
Olympic Games	26	1896	16	8	22	46	3	7	4	14	19	15	26	60	details
World Championships	15	1983	8	9	8	25	3	6	5	14	11	15	13	39	details
European Championships	20	1934	29	33	22	84	6	8	15	29	35	41	37	113	details
World Indoor Championships	14	1985	3	3	6	12	2	3	3	8	5	6	9	20
European Indoor Championships	36	1966	19	21	21	61	13	11	9	31	32	32	30	94
World Cup	10	1977	1	5	6	12	0	3	1	4	1	8	7	16	details
European Cup	41	1965	50	58	88	196	8	13	31	52	58	71	119	248	details
Mediterranean Games	17	1951	110	82	69	262	57	65	42	163	167	147	111	425	details
Universiade	25	1959	38	26	41	105	11	15	9	35	49	41	50	140	details
Military World Games	5	1995	14	13	8	25	2	5	6	13	16	18	14	48	details
	207	Tot.	289	257	267	828	104	136	125	363	393	394	416	1,203

Caps

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

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Men

Is Vittorio Visini, with 67 caps, the Italian athlete with most appearances in national team of all-time.

	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	4	3	4	60
4	Giovanni Evangelisti	Long jump	1961	1980–1994	3	3	4	59
	Marco Montelatici	Shot put	1953	1972–1986	–	1	2
6	Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throw	1973	1995–2013	8	4	5	58
7	Paolo Dal Soglio	Shot put	1970	1992–2012	5	2	2	57
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	Sergio Bello	400 metres	1942	1961–1972	–	3	4	45
20	Giampaolo Urlando	Hammer throw	1945	1965–1984	1	3	2	44
21	Abdon Pamich	Racewalking	1933	1954–1973	–	5	6	43
	Roberto Ribaud	400 metres	1961	1983–1987	2	1	2
23	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
27	Livio Berruti	Sprint	1939	1957–1968	–	4	3	41
	Marco Martino	Discus throw	1968	1983–1993	2	1	3
	Gennaro Di Napoli	Middle distance running	1968	1988–2002	4	3	4
30	Alessandro Lambruschini	3000 metres steeplechase	1951	1985–1998	4	3	4	40
31	Giuseppe Buttari	110 metres hurdles	1951	1971–1980	–	2	2	39
	Diego Fortuna	Discus throw	1968	1995–2005	4	2	1
	Ennio Preatoni	Sprint	1944	1963–1972	–	3	3

Women

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

	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	Daniela Ferrian	Sprint	1961	1982–1993	2	1	1	51

Multiple medalists

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

Olympic Games

17 of the 60 medals come from race walk, in pink color the women's medals.

Edition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
London 1908		800 metres Emilio Lunghi		1
Stockholm 1912			10 km walk Fernando Altimani	1
Antwerp 1920	3 km walk Ugo Frigerio			4
	10 km walk Ugo Frigerio
			3000 metres steeplechase Ernesto Ambrosini
			Marathon Valerio Arri
Paris 1924	3 km walk Ugo Frigerio			2
		Marathon Romeo Bertini
Los Angeles 1932	1500 metres Luigi Beccali			3
			4X100 metres relay Giuseppe Castelli Gabriele Salviati Ruggero Maregatti Edgardo Toetti
			50 km walk Ugo Frigerio
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
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
Helsinki 1952	50 km walk Pino Dordoni			2
		Discus throw Adolfo Consolini
Rome 1960	200 metres Livio Berruti			3
			50 km walk Abdon Pamich
			100 metres Giuseppina Leone
Tokyo 1964			400 metres hurdles Salvatore Morale	2
	50 km walk Abdon Pamich
Mexico City 1968			110 metres hurdles Eddy Ottoz	2
			Triple jump Giuseppe Gentile
Munich 1972			200 metres Pietro Mennea	2
			1500 metres Paola Pigni
Montreal 1976		High jump Sara Simeoni		1
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
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
Seul 1988		10000 metres Salvatore Antibo		3
	Marathon Gelindo Bordin
			20 km walk Maurizio Damilano
Barcelona 1992			20 km walk Giovanni De Benedictis	1
Atlanta 1996			3000 metres steeplechase Alessandro Lambruschini	4
			5000 metres Roberta Brunet
		10 km walk Elisabetta Perrone
		Long jump Fiona May
Sydney 2000		Hammer throw Nicola Vizzoni		2
		Long jump Fiona May
Athens 2004	Marathon Stefano Baldini			3
	20 km walk Ivano Brugnetti
			Pole vault Giuseppe Gibilisco
Beijing 2008	50 km walk Alex Schwazer			2
			20 km walk Elisa Rigaudo
London 2012			Triple jump Fabrizio Donato	1
	19	15	26	60

See also

• Italy at the team sports international competitions
• Athletics in Italy
• Italy national relay team
• Italy at the Olympics
• Italian records in athletics
• Athletics Summer Olympics medal table
• World Championships medal table
• European Championships medal table
• Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera
• FIDAL Hall of Fame

External links

• Italy Athletics at Summer Olympics
• (Italian) MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI ITALIANI SUL PODIO – 1908-2011