The Italy national swimming team represents Italy in International swimming competitions such as Olympic Games or World swimming Championships.
The Italy national swimming team represents Italy in International swimming competitions such as Olympic Games or World swimming Championships.
The national Italian swimming team participated to all the Summer Olympics editions, from London 1908, 25 times on 29. [1]
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(not included open water swimming) 
update to last edition
| Event | Editions | 1st edition | last edition | Men | Women | Total | Ranking | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | Tot. | | | | Tot. | | | | Tot. | |||||
| Olympic Games | 25 | 1912 | 2021 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 16th |
| World Championships (LC) | 17 | 1973 | 2024 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 89 | 7th | ||||||||
| European Championships (LC) | 34 | 1926 | 2024 | 76 | 90 | 108 | 274 | 5th | ||||||||
| World Championships (SC) | 16 | 1993 | 2022 | 16 | 36 | 30 | 82 | 13th | ||||||||
| European Championships (SC) | 22 | 1996 | 2023 | 82 | 98 | 88 | 268 | 5th |
The Italian national swimming team won its first medal at 1972 Summer Olympics with Novella Calligaris. [1]
Open water swimming was introduced at Beijing 2008.
| Edition |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 London 2012 | 10 km Martina Grimaldi | 1 | ||
 Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 10 km Rachele Bruni | 1 | ||
 Tokyo 2020 | 10 km Gregorio Paltrinieri | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Update after Doha 2024.
| Edition |  |  |  | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1973 Belgrade | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 1975 Cali | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
 1978 West Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 1982 Guayaquil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
 1986 Madrid | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
 1991 Perth | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
 1994 Rome | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 1998 Perth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2001 Fukuoka | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
 2005 Montreal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 Rome | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 2011 Shanghai | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 Barcelona | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
 2015 Kazan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
 2017 Budapest | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
 2019 Gwangju | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 2022 Budapest | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
| 2023 Fukuoka | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
 2024 Doha | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| 26 | 30 | 33 | 89 |
Update after 2022 Melbourne.
| Edition | | | | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Palma de Mallorca | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 1995 Rio de Janeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 1997 Gothenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 1999 Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
 2000 Athens | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 2002 Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
 2004 Indianapolis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 Shanghai | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| 2008 Manchester | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
 2010 Dubai | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
 2012 Istanbul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 Doha | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2016 Windsor | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 2018 Hangzhou | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 2021 Abu Dhabi | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 2022 Melbourne | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 3 |
This table is of swimming pool events, it excludes open water events. See LEN official report. [2]
Update after day 7 (17 August) of the Rome 2022 swimming program (complete).
| Edition | Men | Women | Total | rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | | | | | | |  | ||
| Budapest 1926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bologna 1927 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
 Paris 1931 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
 Magdeburg 1934 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| London 1938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Monte Carlo 1947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Vienna 1950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Turin 1954 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Budapest 1958 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
 Leipzig 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Utrecht 1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barcelona 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Vienna 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Jönköping 1977 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Split 1981 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Rome 1983 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
 Sofia 1985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Strasbourg 1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Bonn 1989 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Athens 1991 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| Sheffield 1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Vienna 1995 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Sevilla 1997 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Istanbul 1999 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
 Helsinki 2000 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Berlin 2002 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| Madrid 2004 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| Budapest 2006 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 3 |
| Eindhoven 2008 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 |
| Budapest 2010 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Debrecen 2012 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 3 |
| Berlin 2014 [3] | 2.5 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
| London 2016 [4] | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 3 |
| Glasgow 2018 [5] | 2 | 3 | 6.5 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 3 |
| Budapest 2021 [6] | 0 | 5,5 | 8 | 5 | 3,5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 3 |
| Rome 2022 [7] | 8 | 7,5 | 5,5 | 5 | 5,5 | 3,5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 1 |
| Total | 51.5 | 63 | 75 | 24.5 | 28 | 32 | 76 | 91 | 107 | 274 | 5 |
Updated to Budapest 2024
Paltrinieri open water medals are not included.
| # | Swimmer | Olympics | World Ch. (LC) | World Ch. (SC) | European Ch. (LC) | European Ch. (SC) | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  | | | |  |  |  | | | |  |  |  |  | ||
| 1 | Massimiliano Rosolino | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 60 |
| 2 | Filippo Magnini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 53 |
| 3 | Alessandro Miressi | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Thomas Ceccon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Nicolò Martinenghi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Marco Orsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
| 8 | Fabio Scozzoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 9 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | Emiliano Brembilla | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Luca Dotto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| # | Swimmer | Olympics | World Ch. (LC) | World Ch. (SC) | European Ch. (LC) | European Ch. (SC) | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
| 1 | Federica Pellegrini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 58 |
| 2 | Silvia Di Pietro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Simona Quadarella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Erika Ferraioli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Benedetta Pilato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Margherita Panziera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Alessia Filippi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Ilaria Bianchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | Novella Calligaris | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Alice Mizzau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
The list refers to individual and team events and include men and women (in pink color), sorted by number of individual titles. [1]
| # | Swimmer | Individual | Team | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | | | | ||
| 1 | Domenico Fioravanti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Massimiliano Rosolino | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Federica Pellegrini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Nicolò Martinenghi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Thomas Ceccon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Novella Calligaris | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Alessia Filippi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Stefano Battistelli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Federico Burdisso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Simona Quadarella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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