# Italy at the Olympics in athletics

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.

## Placing table

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.
| Edition | | | | 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

21 of the 65 medals come from race walk.
| 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 |
| Antwerp 1920 | 10 km walk Ugo Frigerio | | | 4 |
| Antwerp 1920 | | | 3000 metres steeplechase Ernesto Ambrosini | 4 |
| Antwerp 1920 | | | Marathon Valerio Arri | 4 |
| Paris 1924 | 3 km walk Ugo Frigerio | | | 2 |
| Paris 1924 | | Marathon Romeo Bertini | | 2 |
| Los Angeles 1932 | 1500 metres Luigi Beccali | | | 3 |
| Los Angeles 1932 | | | 4X100 metres relay Giuseppe Castelli Gabriele Salviati Ruggero Maregatti Edgardo Toetti | 3 |
| Los Angeles 1932 | | | 50 km walk Ugo Frigerio | 3 |
| Berlin 1936 | | 800 metres Mario Lanzi | | 5 |
| Berlin 1936 | | | 1500 metres Luigi Beccali | 5 |
| Berlin 1936 | | 4X100 metres relay Orazio Mariani Gianni Caldana Elio Ragni Tullio Gonnelli | | 5 |
| Berlin 1936 | | | Discus throw Giorgio Oberweger | 5 |
| Berlin 1936 | 100 metres hurdles Ondina Valla | | | 5 |
| London 1948 | | | 4X100 metres relay Michele Tito Enrico Perucconi Carlo Monti Antonio Siddi | 5 |
| London 1948 | Discus throw Adolfo Consolini | Discus throw Giuseppe Tosi | | 5 |
| London 1948 | | Shot put Amelia Piccinini | | 5 |
| London 1948 | | Discus throw Edera Cordiale | | 5 |
| Helsinki 1952 | 50 km walk Pino Dordoni | | | 2 |
| Helsinki 1952 | | Discus throw Adolfo Consolini | | 2 |
| Rome 1960 | 200 metres Livio Berruti | | | 3 |
| Rome 1960 | | | 50 km walk Abdon Pamich | 3 |
| Rome 1960 | | | 100 metres Giuseppina Leone | 3 |
| Tokyo 1964 | | | 400 metres hurdles Salvatore Morale | 2 |
| Tokyo 1964 | 50 km walk Abdon Pamich | | | 2 |
| Mexico City 1968 | | | 110 metres hurdles Eddy Ottoz | 2 |
| Mexico City 1968 | | | Triple jump Giuseppe Gentile | 2 |
| Munich 1972 | | | 200 metres Pietro Mennea | 2 |
| Munich 1972 | | | 1500 metres Paola Pigni | 2 |
| Montreal 1976 | | High jump Sara Simeoni | | 1 |
| Moscow 1980 | 200 metres Pietro Mennea | | | 4 |
| Moscow 1980 | | | 4x400 metres relay Roberto Tozzi Mauro Zuliani Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea | 4 |
| Moscow 1980 | 20 km walk Maurizio Damilano | | | 4 |
| Moscow 1980 | High jump Sara Simeoni | | | 4 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | 10000 metres Alberto Cova | | | 7 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | | | 20 km walk Maurizio Damilano | 7 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | | | 50 km walk Sandro Bellucci | 7 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | | | Long jump Giovanni Evangelisti | 7 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | Shot put Alessandro Andrei | | | 7 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | 1500 metres Gabriella Dorio | | | 7 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | | High jump Sara Simeoni | | 7 |
| Seul 1988 | | 10000 metres Salvatore Antibo | | 3 |
| Seul 1988 | Marathon Gelindo Bordin | | | 3 |
| Seul 1988 | | | 20 km walk Maurizio Damilano | 3 |
| Barcelona 1992 | | | 20 km walk Giovanni De Benedictis | 1 |
| Atlanta 1996 | | | 3000 metres steeplechase Alessandro Lambruschini | 4 |
| Atlanta 1996 | | | 5000 metres Roberta Brunet | 4 |
| Atlanta 1996 | | 10 km walk Elisabetta Perrone | | 4 |
| Atlanta 1996 | | Long jump Fiona May | | 4 |
| Sydney 2000 | | Hammer throw Nicola Vizzoni | | 2 |
| Sydney 2000 | | Long jump Fiona May | | 2 |
| Athens 2004 | Marathon Stefano Baldini | | | 3 |
| Athens 2004 | 20 km walk Ivano Brugnetti | | | 3 |
| Athens 2004 | | | Pole vault Giuseppe Gibilisco | 3 |
| Beijing 2008 | 50 km walk Alex Schwazer | | | 2 |
| Beijing 2008 | | | 20 km walk Elisa Rigaudo | 2 |
| London 2012 | | | Triple jump Fabrizio Donato | 1 |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 | | | | 0 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 100 m Marcell Jacobs | | | 5 |
| Tokyo 2020 | High jump Gianmarco Tamberi | | | 5 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 20 km walk Massimo Stano | | | 5 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 20 km walk Antonella Palmisano | | | 5 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 4×100 m relay Lorenzo Patta Marcell Jacobs Fausto Desalu Filippo Tortu | | | 5 |
| | 24 | 15 | 26 | 65 |

## Results by event

| 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 | (2020) |
| Men's 400 metres | 17/28 | 1900 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th (1912, 1936) |