Italy at the European Athletics Championships

Italy at the; European Athletics Championships
IAAF code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
Medals ; Ranked 8th	Gold42Silver44Bronze48Total134
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
	1934 ; 1938 ; 1946 ; 1950 ; 1954 ; 1958 ; 1962 ; 1966 ; 1969 ; 1971 ; 1974 ; 1978 ; 1982 ; 1986 ; 1990 ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2012 ; 2014 ; 2016 ; 2018 ;

Last updated September 23, 2019

Italy has participated in all editions of the European Athletics Championships, held since the first edition of 1934 European Athletics Championships.^[1]

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

The European Athletics Championships is a biennial athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association. First held in 1934 in Turin, the Championships have taken place every four years, with a few exceptions. Since 2010, they have been organised every two years, and when they coincide with the Summer Olympics, the marathon and racewalking events are not contested. From 2018, European Championships not held in an Olympic year will form part of the European Championships, a new quadrennial multi-sport event designed and held by individual European sports federations.

The 1st European Athletics Championships were held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini between 7 and 9 September 1934. A contemporaneous report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Summary

Pietro Mennea, six medals at the EC Pietro Paolo Mennea (cropped).jpg — Pietro Mennea, six medals at the EC

33 are the titles won in the men's field and 7 in the women's field. While the men's marathon is the specialty that with five wins in the men's field (two each for the Olympic champions Gelindo Bordin and Stefano Baldini, plus that of Daniele Meucci) and two in the women's field with Maria Guida and Anna Incerti gave more satisfaction to the colors Azzurri.

The marathon is a long-distance race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres, usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions.

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.

Gelindo Bordin is an Italian former athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is the first Italian to have won an Olympic gold in the marathon and the only male to win both the Boston Marathon and the Olympic gold medal in this event.

Pietro Mennea and Adolfo Consolini, three times each, are the Blues with the highest number of European titles, while in the women's field is the Messina Annarita Sidoti, with two victories, to hold this record. In Stuttgart 1986 the Italian athletes achieved a historical undertaking by painting the entire podium of blue with Stefano Mei, Alberto Cova and Totò Antibo in the 10,000 meters, a result repeated in the race of marathon in Budapest 1998 with Stefano Baldini, Danilo Goffi and Giacomo Modica.

Stefano Mei Italian athletics competitor

Stefano Mei is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10000 metres. European champion on 10000 m in 1986.

Alberto Cova is a retired Italian long-distance track athlete, winner of the 10,000 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Stefano Baldini is a retired Italian runner who specialized in the marathon. He was the Olympic champion in Athens and was twice European champion.

Medal count

Y Update to the new medals after doping disqualifications.

Edition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Men champions	Women champions
1934 Turin	1	2	2	5	7th	Beccali (1500 m)
1938 Paris/Vienna	1	4	3	8	7th		Testoni (80 m hs)
1946 Oslo	1	1	2	4	8th	Consolini (discus)
1950 Brusselsl	3	5	1	9	5th	Filiput (400 m hs), Dordoni (50 km walk), Consolini (discus)
1954 Bern	1	1	1	3	8th	Consolini (discus)
1958 Stockholm	0	1	0	1	11th
1962 Belgrade	2	1	1	4	6th	Morale (400 m hs), Pamich (50 km walk)
1966 Budapest	3	0	0	3	5th	Ottoz (110 m hs), Frinolli (400 m hs), Pamich (50 km walk)
1969 Athens	1	0	3	4	9th	Ottoz (110 m hs)
1971 Helsinki	1	1	3	5	9th	Arese (1500 m)
1974 Rome	1	2	2	5	8th	Mennea (200 m)
1978 Prague	4	1	0	5	4th	Mennea (100 m, 200 m), Ortis (5000 m)	Simeoni (high jump)
1982 Athens	1	2	2	5	6th	Cova (10000 m)
1986 Stuttgart	2	6	2	10	5th	Mei (10000 m), Bordin (marathon)
1990 Split	5	2	5	12	4th	Antibo (5000 m, 10000 m), Panetta (3000 m st), Bordin (marathon)	Sidoti (10 km walk)
1994 Helsinki	2	3	3	8	8th	Benvenuti (800 m), Lambruschini (3000 m st)
1998 Budapest	2	4	3	9	7th	Baldini (marathon)	Sidoti (10 km walk)
2002 München	1	0	3	4	15th		Guida (marathon)
2006 Göteborg	2	0	1	3	9th	Baldini (marathon), Howe (long jump)
2010 Barcelona Y	2	3	3	8	8th	Schwazer (20 km walk)	Incerti (marathon)
2012 Helsinki	1	1	1	3	11th	Donato (triple jump)
2014 Zurich	2	1	0	3	9th	Meucci (marathon)	Grenot (400 m)
2016 Amsterdam	2	2	3	7	9th	Tamberi (high jump)	Grenot (400 m)
2018 Berlin	1	1	4	6	16th	Men's marathon team
Total	42	44	48	134	8th

Medals awarded years later after doping cases

Edition	Finished	Event	Athete	Disqualified athlete (position)	Years for decision-making	Notes
2010 Barcelona		Men's 20 kn race walk	Alex Schwazer	Stanislav Emelyanov (original 1st)	4	^[2]
		Women's marathon	Anna Incerti	Živilė Balčiūnaitė (original 1st) Nailya Yulamanova (original 2nd)	1 (became 2nd) 2 (became 1st)	^[3] ^[4]
	4th	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	Chiara Bazzoni Marta Milani Maria Enrica Spacca Libania Grenot	Russia (original 1st)	2	^[5]
	4th	Women's 400 m	Libania Grenot	Tatiana Firova (original 1st)	9	^[6]

Medalists

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Editions	Events
Pietro Mennea	3	2	1	6	1971–1978	100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m relay
Adolfo Consolini	3	0	0	3	1946–1954	discus throw
Abdon Pamich	2	1	0	3	1958–1966	50 km walk
Annarita Sidoti	2	1	0	3	1990–1998	10 km walk
Salvatore Antibo	2	0	1	3	1986–1990	5000 m, 10000 m
Libania Grenot	2	0	2	4	2014-2016	400 m, 4x400 m relay
Eddy Ottoz	2	0	0	2	1966–1969	110 m hs
Gelindo Bordin	2	0	0	2	1986–1990	marathon
Stefano Baldini	2	0	0	2	1998–2006	marathon
Stefano Mei	1	1	1	3	1986–1990	5000 m, 10000 m
Alessandro Lambruschini	1	1	1	3	1990–1998	3000 m st
Armando Filiput	1	1	0	2	1950	400 m hs, 4x400 m relay
Venanzio Ortis	1	1	0	2	1978	5000 m, 10000 m
Alberto Cova	1	1	0	2	1982–1986	10000 m
Francesco Panetta	1	1	0	2	1986–1990	3000 m st
Sara Simeoni	1	0	2	3	1974–1982	high jump
Luigi Beccali	1	0	1	2	1934–1938	1500 m
Claudia Testoni	1	0	0	1	1938	80 m hs
Giuseppe Dordoni	1	0	0	1	1950	50 km walk
Salvatore Morale	1	0	0	1	1962	400 m hs
Roberto Frinolli	1	0	0	1	1966	400 m hs
Franco Arese	1	0	0	1	1971	1500 m
Andrea Benvenuti	1	0	0	1	1994	800 me
Maria Guida	1	0	0	1	2002	marathon
Andrew Howe	1	0	0	1	2006	long jump
Anna Incerti	1	0	0	1	2010	marathon
Fabrizio Donato	1	0	0	1	2012	long jump
Giuseppe Tosi	0	3	0	3	1946–1954	discus throw

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References

↑ "MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI ITALIANI SUL PODIO – 1908 2011" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
↑ "Atletica, Schwazer oro europeo dopo 4 anni. Dopato il trionfatore di Barcellona" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
↑ "European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban". bbc.com. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
↑ "London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences". telegraph.co.uk. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
↑ "2010 European Athletics Championships - 4 x 400m Women - Final". european-athletics.org. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2018. DQ IAAF Rule 32.2.a
↑ "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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[1] "MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI ITALIANI SUL PODIO – 1908 2011" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

[2] "Atletica, Schwazer oro europeo dopo 4 anni. Dopato il trionfatore di Barcellona" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

[3] "European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban". bbc.com. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[4] "London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences". telegraph.co.uk. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[5] "2010 European Athletics Championships - 4 x 400m Women - Final". european-athletics.org. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2018. DQ IAAF Rule 32.2.a

[6] "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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