Italian record progression 800 metres freestyle

Last updated December 27, 2025

Long course (50 m)

Men


#	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	11:44.80		Giuseppe Perentin	Pullino	1927	-	Bologna, Italy
2	11:17.00		Giuseppe Perentin	Edera Trieste	1928	-	Amsterdam, Netherlands
3	10:41.00		Paolo Costoli	Florentia	1930	-	Milan, Italy
4	10:37.00		Giovanni Paliaga	R.N. Napoli	1950	-	Naples, Italy
5	10:34.20		Giovanni Paliaga	R.N. Napoli	1950	-	Naples, Italy
6	10:25.80		Angelo Romani	Vis Sauro	1952	-	Pesaro, Italy
7	10:14.00		Giovanni Paliaga	Fiat Ricambi	1953	-	Sanremo, Italy
8	10:11.90		Angelo Romani	Vis Sauro	1953	-	Pesaro, Italy
9	10:09.50		Angelo Romani	Vis Sauro	1955	-	Terni, Italy
10	09:56.80		Angelo Romani	Vis Sauro	1957	-	Pesaro, Italy
11	09:52.30		Paolo Galletti	Florentia	1958	-	Rome, Italy
12	09:47.50		Paolo Galletti	Florentia	1958	-	Budapest, Hungary
13	09:39.60		Antonello Rastrelli	R.N. Napoli	1962	-	Naples, Italy
14	09:38.50		Giovanni Orlando	Canottieri Napoli	1963	-	Milan, Italy
15	09:36.60		Giorgio Quadri	Picanello	1976	-	Rome, Italy
16	09:27.00		Sergio De Gregorio	Picanello	1965	-	Sanremo, Italy
17	09:24.50		Sergio De Gregorio	Picanello	1965	-	Milan, Italy
18	09:17.40		Sergio Alibertini	Picanello	1969	-	Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
19	09:15.70		Sergio Alibertini	Picanello	1970	-	Rome, Italy
20	09:14.10		Sandro Grassi	Florentia	1971	-	Rome, Italy
21	09:10.10		Sandro Grassi	Florentia	1971	-	Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
22	09:07.50		Sandro Grassi	Florentia	1971	-	Bolzano, Italy
23	08:51.60		Arnaldo Cinquetti	Florentia	1972	-	Turin, Italy
24	08:44.20		Sergio Affronte	Florentia	1975	-	Las Palmas, Spain
25	08:43.61		Sergio Affronte	Florentia	1975	-	Algiers, Algeria
26	08:36.60		Giorgio Quadri	Na	1976	-	Rome, Italy
27	08:32.87		Fabio Bracaglia	Na	1976	-	Oslo, Norway
28	08:32.64		Giorgio Quadri	Na	1977	-	Turin, Italy
29	08:29.31		Giorgio Quadri	Na	1977	-	Rome, Italy
30	08:28.99		Giorgio Quadri	Na	1978	-	Chiavari, Italy
31	08:28.65		Giovanni Nagni	Na	1978	-	Rome, Italy
32	08:24.40		Giorgio Quadri	Gymdomar	1979	-	Rome, Italy
33	08:23.41		Giovanni Nagni	Gymdomar	1979	-	Florence, Italy
34	08:20.77		Renato Paparella	Gymdomar	1981	-	Como, Italy
35	08:18.27		Renato Paparella	Gymdomar	1982	-	Verona, Italy
36	08:14.68		Mauro Rodella	Gymdomar	1982	-	Milan, Italy
37	08:13.45		Stefano Grandi	Gymdomar	1984	-	Los Angeles, United States
38	08:11.05		Stefano Battistelli	Gymdomar	1986	-	Berlin, Germany
39	08:06.12		Stefano Battistelli	Gymdomar	1986	-	Madrid, Spain
40	08:03.85		Giorgio Lamberti	Leonessa Brescia	1989	-	Genoa, Italy
41	08:03.21		Emiliano Brembilla	Bergamo Nuoto	1996	-	Rome, Italy
42	07:59.83		Emiliano Brembilla	Carabinieri	1997	-	Rome, Italy
43	07:57.02		Andrea Righi	Futura Prato	2001	-	Livorno, Italy
44	07:51.82		Massimiliano Rosolino	Larus Nuoto	2005	-	Rome, Italy
45	07:50.40		Massimiliano Rosolino	Larus Nuoto	2005	-	Riccione, Italy
46	07:49.98		Federico Colbertaldo	Nazionale	2007	-	Melbourne, Australia
47	07:48.13		Samuel Pizzetti	-	26 May 2009	Italian Championships	Pescara, Italy
48	07:43.84		Federico Colbertaldo	National Team	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy
49	07:42.74		Gabriele Detti	Centro Sportivo Esercito	8 April 2014	Italian Championships	Riccione, Italy	^[1]
50	07:40.81		Gregorio Paltrinieri	National Team	5 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[2]
51	07:40.77		Gabriele Detti	National Team	26 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	^[3]
52	07:39.27	ER	Gregorio Paltrinieri	National Team	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	^[4]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Italian Swimming Federation;WR – World record;ER – European record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Women


#	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	15:51.50		N. Gamenara	Sanremese	1932	-	Bologna, Italy
2	15:33.50		Grazia Scalia	Roma nuoto	1932	-	Rome, Italy
3	15:12.80		Grazia Scalia	Torino Nuoto	1933	-	Rome, Italy
4	13:15.50		Narcisa Foscati	Torino Nuoto	1935	-	Sanremo, Italy
5	13:13.30		S. Samuel	Torino n.	1938	-	Sanremo, Italy
6	12:55.20		M. Kratochwila	Giordana Genova	1938	-	Sanremo, Italy
7	12:28.20		Romana Calligaris	R.N. Napoli	1949	-	Trieste, Italy
8	12:08.00		Sandra Valle	R.N. Napoli	1957	-	Rome, Italy
9	11:41.30		Sandra Valle	R.N. Napoli	1957	-	Rome, Italy
10	11:39.90		Sandra Valle	R.n. napoli	1958	-	Rome, Italy
11	11:32.70		Velleda Veschi	Doria	1959	-	Rome, Italy
12	11:24.20		Sandra Valle	Doria	1959	-	Rome, Italy
13	11:23.00		Velleda Veschi	Doria	1960	-	Rome, Italy
14	11:17.80		Gisella Costoli	Doria	1961	-	Rome, Italy
15	10:52.70		Velleda Veschi	Doria	1961	-	Rome, Italy
16	10:44.60		Valentina Martinoli	Doria	1963	-	Genoa, Italy
17	10:19.30		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1968	-	Minsk, Belarus
18	09:57.70		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1968	-	Málaga, Spain
19	09:56.70		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1968	-	Milan, Italy
20	09:46.60		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1969	-	Prague, Czech Republic
21	09:38.00		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1969	-	Naples, Italy
22	09:36.90		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1969	-	Vienna, Austria
23	09:36.70		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1970	-	Barcelona, Spain
24	09:30.80		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1971	-	Milan, Italy
25	09:23.80		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1971	-	Rome, Italy
26	09:20.90		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1971	-	Bolzano, Italy
27	09:20.80		Novella Calligaris	Nazionale	1971	-	Udine, Italy
28	09:20.40		Novella Calligaris	Na	1972	-	[[Hamilton^{[ where? ]}]], Italy
29	09:19.90		Novella Calligaris	Na	1972	-	Bolzano, Italy
30	09:13.40		Novella Calligaris	Na	1972	-	Rome, Italy
31	09:06.00		Novella Calligaris	Gre	1972	-	Turin, Italy
32	09:02.96		Novella Calligaris	Snam	1972	-	Munich, Germany
33	08:57.46		Novella Calligaris	Snam	1972	-	Munich, Germany
34	08:52.97		Novella Calligaris	Snam	1973	-	Belgrade, Serbia
35	08:52.02		Roberta Felotti	Snam	1978	-	Florence, Italy
36	08:51.58		Roberta Felotti	Snam	1979	-	Milan, Italy
37	08:49.55		Roberta Felotti	Snam	1979	-	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
38	08:47.60		Roberta Felotti	Snam	1979	-	Tokyo, Japan
39	08:45.34		Roberta Felotti	Snam	1980	-	Piacenza, Italy
40	08:43.40		Carla Lasi	SNAM	1983	-	Rome, Italy
41	08:41.84		Carla Lasi	SNAM	1984	-	Los Angeles, United States
42	08:39.70		Manuela Melchiorri	Mantova	1988	-	Rome, Italy
43	08:39.58		Manuela Melchiorri	Mantova	1989	-	Ravenna, Italy
44	08:35.84		Manuela Melchiorri	Mantova	1989	-	Rome, Italy
45	08:28.92		Cristina Sossi	Mantova	1989	-	Bonn, Germany
46	08:20.23		Alessia Filippi	-	16 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
47	08:17.21		Alessia Filippi	National Team	1 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[5]
48	08:16.45		Simona Quadarella	National Team	4 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	^[6]
49	8:14.99		Simona Quadarella	National Team	27 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	^[7]
50	8:14.55		Simona Quadarella	Italy	3 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	^[8]
51	8:12.81	ER	Simona Quadarella	Italy	2 August 2025	World Championships	Singapore, Singapore	^[9]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Italian Swimming Federation;WR – World record;ER – European record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Short course (25 m)

Men


#	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	08:15.10		Paolo Revelli	San Donato	1981	-	Gainesville, United States
2	08:08.41		Renato Paparella	San Donato	1983	-	Paris, France
3	08:01.97		Stefano Grandi	Gymdomar	1984	-	Ravenna, Italy
4	08:01.11		Stefano Battistelli	Gymdomar	1987	-	Turin, Italy
5	08:00.87		Massimo Trevisan	Garbagnate	1987	-	Turin, Italy
6	07:55.60		Giorgio Lamberti	Garbagnate	1987	-	Verona, Italy
7	07:53.60		Massimo Trevisan	Garbagnate	1989	-	Bonn, Germany
8	07:52.70		Massimo Trevisan	Carabinieri	1992	-	Milan, Italy
9	07:51.84		Piermaria Siciliano	Fiamme Gialle	1995	-	Paris, France
10	07:47.64		Emiliano Brembilla	Bergamo Nuoto	1997	-	Imperia, Italy
11	07:39.30		Emiliano Brembilla	Carabinieri	1998	-	Sydney, Australia
12	07:31.18		Federico Colbertaldo	National Team	19 December 2009	Duel in the Pool	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[10]
13	07:30.31	†	Gregorio Paltrinieri	National Team	16 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	^[11]
14	07:27.94		Gregorio Paltrinieri	National Team	7 November 2021	European Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[12]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Italian Swimming Federation;WR – World record;ER – European record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Women


#	Time	Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	8:42.10	Roberta Felotti	N.C. Verona	1981	-	Verona, Italy
2	8:42.10	Carla Lasi	San Donato	1982	-	Crema, Italy
3	8:38.70	Carla Lasi	San Donato	1983	-	Asti, Italy
4	8:35.82	Carla Lasi	SNAM	1985	-	Loano, Italy
5	8:35.11	Tanya Vannini	Fiorentina Nuoto	1987	-	Loano, Italy
6	8:33.00	Manuela Melchiorri	Fiamme Gialle	1988	-	Rome, Italy
7	8:26.91	Manuela Melchiorri	Fiamme Gialle	1989	-	Lavagna, Italy
8	8:26.09	Cristina Sossi	Leonessa Brescia	1991	-	Milan, Italy
9	8:25.32	Simona Ricciardi	Fiamme Gialle	2005	-	Trieste, Italy
10	8:21.40	Simona Ricciardi	Esp	2005	-	Trieste, Italy
11	8:16.35	Alessia Filippi	Aurelia Nuoto	2007	-	Berlin, Germany
12	8:12.84	Alessia Filippi	Aurelia Nuoto	14 December 2007	-	Debrecen, Hungary
13	8:04.53	Alessia Filippi	Aurelia Nuoto	12 December 2008	European Championships	Rijeka, Croatia
14	8:03.00	Simona Quadarella	Italy	5 December 2025	European Championships	Lublin, Poland	^[13]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Italian Swimming Federation;WR – World record;ER – European record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

References

↑ "Gabriele Detti Takes Down Italian Record; Federica Pellegrini Remains Distance Free Contender". Swimming World . 8 April 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle Results". Omega Timing. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). MicroPlus Timing. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle Results". Omega Timing. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
↑ "Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
↑ "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.

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[1] "Gabriele Detti Takes Down Italian Record; Federica Pellegrini Remains Distance Free Contender". Swimming World . 8 April 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[2] "Men's 800m Freestyle Results". Omega Timing. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[3] "Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[4] "Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[5] "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[6] "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). MicroPlus Timing. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[7] "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[8] "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[9] "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.

[10] "Men's 800m Freestyle Results". Omega Timing. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[11] "Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

[12] "Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

[13] "Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.

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