Athletics in Italy

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Siragusa, Bongiorni, Hooper, Herrera, the former national record of the 4 × 100 m relay.

Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people. [1]

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Affiliations

The governing body of Athletics in Italy is Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera affiliated to European federation, the European Athletic Association (EAA), international federation, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), which in turn is a member of International Olympic Committee (IOC).

All-time top lists

The lists are updated to 1 May 2024, [2] and regards to the 22 Olympic events. [3] For high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump and shot put performance also affects indoor competitions, measures are identified by (i) in the tables.

  Performance achieved in the season 2024 outdoor and indoor

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

3000 metres

5000 metres

10,000 metres

110/100 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

3000 metres steeplechase

Half marathon

  Not recognized performance

Marathon

20 km walk

35 km walk

50 km walk

High jump

Pole vault

Long jump

Triple jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Hammer throw

Javelin throw

Decathlon/Heptathlon

4 × 100 metres relay

4 × 400 metres relay

Mixed

The Italian Federation decided that the first National record of the mixed relay should be quicker than 3:16s. So the best performance of 3:16.12 by Italian team of Davide Re (M), Giancarla Trevisan (W), Andrew Howe (M), Raphaela Lukudo (W) (3h3) at World Athletics Relays, International, in Yokohama (JPN), on 11 May 2019 was not considered as a NR. The first recognized national record is the following:

EventRecordAthleteDateMeetPlaceRef
4 × 400 m relay 3:13.51Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Edoardo Scotti
Alice Mangione
Rebecca Borga
Vladimir Aceti 		30 July 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ "LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Including former 50 km and new 35 km racewalking that will not be Pan Olympic event in Paris 2024.
  4. ↑ "HALF MARATHON – MEN – SENIOR – OUTDOOR". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Liste italiane all-time mezza maratona uomini". marathonworld.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "HALF MARATHON – WOMEN – SENIOR – OUTDOOR". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Liste italiane all-time mezza maratona donne". marathonworld.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Mezza maratona, nella Roma-Ostia stabilito il nuovo record italiano". repubblica.it. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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  10. ↑ "Rosanna Munerotto - Personal bests". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "MARATONA – DONNE Tutte le prestazioni fino a 2h39'59" (Aggiornamento: 1° Gen 2013)" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Stano primatista italiano dei 20 km di marcia" (in Italian). fidal.it. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019. Annullati tutti risultati conseguiti da Alex Schwazer a far data dal 18 marzo 2012. L'1h17:45 ottenuto dall'azzurro delle Fiamme Oro sabato scorso a La Coruna è record nazionale assoluto
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  14. ↑ "All time Top lists – 50 kilometres race walk women". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Mixed 4×400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2 Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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