Athletics in Italy

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

Siragusa, Bongiorni, Hooper, Herrera, the national record holders of the 4x100 m relay.

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 12 August 2020,[2] and regards to the 21 individuals Olympic specialities. 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 2019 and 2020 outdoor or 2020 indoor

100 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Filippo Tortu 1998 9.99 Madrid 22 June 2018 2 Pietro Mennea 1952 10.01 Mexico City 4 September 1979 3 Marcell Jacobs 1994 10.03 Padova 16 July 2019 4 Simone Collio 1979 10.06 Rieti 21 July 2009 5 Carlo Boccarini 1976 10.08 Rieti 9 May 1998 6 Jacques Riparelli 1983 10.11 La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 July 2015 7 Fabio Cerutti 1985 10.13 Cagliari 19 July 2008 8 Stefano Tilli 1962 10.16 Zurich 22 August 1984 9 Emanuele Di Gregorio 1980 10.17 Barcelona 28 July 2010 10 Michael Tumi 1990 10.19 Gavardo 19 May 2013

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Manuela Levorato 1977 11.14 Lausanne 4 July 2001 2 Irene Siragusa 1993 11.21 Orvieto 17 June 2018 3 Giada Gallina 1973 11.23 Milan 4 July 1997 4 Anita Pistone 1976 11.27 Annecy 21 June 2008 5 Marisa Masullo 1959 11.29 Turin 24 June 1980 6 Gloria Hooper 1992 11.34 Clermont 30 April 2016 7 Vincenza Calì 1983 11.35 Milan 2 July 2008 8 Anna Rita Angotzi 1967 11.36 Cagliari 3 September 1988 9 Audrey Alloh 1987 11.37 Savona 25 May 2017 10 Anna Bongiorni 1993 11.39 Trieste 1 July 2017

200 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Pietro Mennea 1952 19.72 Mexico City 10 September 1979 2 Eseosa Desalu 1994 20.13 Berlin 9 August 2018 3 Andrew Howe 1985 20.28 Grosseto 15 July 2004 4 Filippo Tortu 1998 20.34 Rome 08 June 2017 5 Diego Marani 1990 20.36 Zurigo 14 August 2014 6 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 1963 20.38 Grosseto 10 August 1987 Marco Torrieri 1978 20.38 Edmonton 20 August 2001 8 Stefano Tilli 1962 20.40 Cagliari 9 September 1984 9 Antonio Infantino 1991 20.41 London 22 May 2019 10 Alessandro Cavallaro 1980 20.42 Paris 27 August 2003

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Libania Grenot 1983 22.56 Tampa 27 May 2016 2 Manuela Levorato 1977 22.60 Seville 24 August 1999 3 Marisa Masullo 1959 22.88 Verona 1º June 1984 4 Gloria Hooper 1992 22.89 Rieti 26 June 2016 5 Irene Siragusa 1993 22.96 Taipei 26 August 2017 6 Vincenza Calì 1983 22.98 Rieti 7 September 2008 7 Danielle Perpoli 1968 23.06 Bari 17 June 1997 8 Rossella Tarolo 1964 23.09 Verona 19 June 1986 9 Rita Bottiglieri 1953 23.15 Trinec 6 August 1977 10 Marzia Caravelli 1981 23.16 Milan 28 July 2013

400 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Davide Re 1993 44.77 La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 June 2019 2 Matteo Galvan 1988 45.12 Rieti 25 June 2016 3 Andrea Barberi 1979 45.19 Rieti 27 August 2006 4 Claudio Licciardello 1986 45.25 Beijing 18 August 2008 5 Mauro Zuliani 1959 45.26 Rome 5 September 1981 6 Andrea Nuti 1967 45.35 Sestriere 28 July 1993 Alessandro Attene 1977 45.35 Sydney 23 September 2000 8 Marco Vistalli 1987 45.38 Barcelona 28 July 2010 9 Marco Vaccari 1966 45.47 Bologna 23 June 1992 10 Marcello Fiasconaro 1949 45.49 Helsinki 13 August 1971

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Libania Grenot 1983 50.30 Pescara 2 July 2009 2 Daniela Reina 1981 51.18 Rieti 17 August 2006 3 Virna De Angeli 1976 51.31 Bari 17 June 1997 4 Benedicta Chigbolu 1989 51.67 La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 July 2015 5 Patrizia Spuri 1973 51.74 Budapest 20 August 1998 6 Danielle Perpoli 1968 51.85 Annecy 22 June 2002 7 Marta Milani 1987 51.86 Daegu 28 August 2011 8 Erica Rossi 1955 52.01 Athens 7 September 1982 9 Chiara Bazzoni 1984 52.06 Mersin 28 June 2013 10 Manuela Levorato 1977 52.16 Milan 5 June 2002

800 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Marcello Fiasconaro 1949 1:43.7 Milan 27 June 1973 2 Andrea Longo 1975 1:43.74 Rieti 3 September 2000 3 Donato Sabia 1963 1:43.88 Firenze 13 June 1984 4 Andrea Benvenuti 1969 1:43.92 Monte Carlo 11 August 1992 5 Giuseppe D'Urso 1969 1:43.95 Rome 5 June 1996 6 Giordano Benedetti 1989 1:44.67 Rome 6 June 2013 7 Andrea Giocondi 1969 1:44.78 Zurich 13 August 1996 8 Marco Chiavarini 1972 1:45.05 Rome 8 June 1995 9 Davide Cadoni 1973 1:45.24 Rome 8 June 1994 10 Carlo Grippo 1955 1:45.3 Turin 7 July 1976 Alberto Barsotti 1964 1:45.3 Pisa 9 July 1986

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Gabriella Dorio 1957 1:57.66 Pisa 5 July 1980 2 Elisa Cusma 1981 1:58.63 Osaka 26 August 2007 3 Fabia Trabaldo 1972 1:59.51 Caserta 11 June 1992 4 Patrizia Spuri 1973 1:59.96 Rieti 30 August 1998 5 Yusneysi Santiusti 1984 2:00.04 Monte Carlo 15 July 2016 6 Agnese Possamai 1953 2:00.36 Pisa 5 July 1980 7 Federica Del Buono 1994 2:00.58 Rieti 7 September 2014 8 Eleonora Vandi 1996 2:00.88 Rehlingen 9 June 2019 9 Judit Varga 1976 2:00.91 Thessaloniki 10 June 2009 10 Nicoletta Tozzi 1966 2:01.04 Formia 7 July 1990 Elisabetta Artuso 1974 2:01.04 Rome 2 July 2004

1500 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Gennaro Di Napoli 1968 3:32.78 Rieti 9 September 1990 2 Stefano Mei 1963 3:34.57 Rieti 7 September 1986 3 Davide Tirelli 1966 3:34.61 Nice 15 July 1992 4 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 3:35.26 Rovereto 5 August 2020 5 Alessandro Lambruschini 1965 3:35.27 Rome 22 July 1987 6 Christian Obrist 1980 3:35.32 Rieti 6 September 2007 7 Giuseppe D'Urso 1969 3:35.78 Bellinzona 1 July 1998 8 Riccardo Materazzi 1963 3:35.79 Zurich 22 August 1984 9 Vittorio Fontanella 1956 3:35.93 Zurich 19 August 1981 10 Claudio Patrignani 1959 3:36.08 Viareggio 27 July 1983

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Gabriella Dorio 1957 3:58.65 Tirrenia 25 August 1982 2 Paola Pigni 1945 4:02.85 Munich 9 September 1972 3 Fabia Trabaldo 1972 4:03.82 Monte Carlo 7 August 1993 4 Silvana Cruciata 1953 4:03.88 Turin 15 July 1981 5 Elisa Cusma 1981 4:04.98 Athens 13 July 2009 6 Agnese Possamai 1953 4:05.14 Budapest 20 August 1984 7 Federica Del Buono 1994 4:05.32 Rovereto 2 September 2014 8 Judit Varga 1976 4:05.60 Lausanne 7 July 2009 9 Elena Romagnolo 1982 4:06.03 Barcelona 9 July 2010 10 Margherita Magnani 1987 4:06.06 Heusden-Zolder 19 July 2014

5000 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Salvatore Antibo 1962 13:05.59 Bologna 8 June 1990 2 Francesco Panetta 1963 13:06.76 Zurich 4 August 1993 3 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 13:07.84 London 20 July 2019 4 Alberto Cova 1958 13:10.06 Oslo 27 July 1985 5 Stefano Mei 1963 13:11.57 Stuttgart 31 August 1986 6 Gennaro Di Napoli 1968 13:17.46 Rome 8 June 1995 7 Daniele Meucci 1985 13:19.00 Heusden-Zolder 7 July 2012 8 Venanzio Ortis 1955 13:19.19 Rieti 9 September 1981 9 Giuliano Battocletti 1975 13:20.88 Milan 9 June 1999 10 Franco Fava 1952 13:21.96 Turku 7 September 1974

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Roberta Brunet 1965 14:44.50 Cologne 16 August 1996 2 Maria Guida 1966 14:58.84 Rome 5 June 1996 3 Silvia Weissteiner 1979 15:02.65 Berlin 16 September 2007 4 Nadia Dandolo 1962 15:11.64 Bologna 18 July 1990 5 Elena Romagnolo 1982 15:13.19 Pescara 1 July 2009 6 Agata Balsamo 1970 15:14.70 Berlin 7 September 1999 7 Anna Incerti 1980 15:15.5 Palermo 1 June 2011 8 Nadia Ejjafini 1977 15:16.54 Helsinki 28 June 2012 9 Maura Viceconte 1967 15:18.80 Gateshead 16 July 2000 10 Silvia Sommaggio 1969 15:20.89 Gothenburg 10 August 1995

10000 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 27:10.76 Doha 6 October 2019 2 Salvatore Antibo 1962 27:16.50 Helsinki 29 June 1989 3 Francesco Panetta 1963 27:24.16 Helsinki 29 June 1989 4 Venanzio Ortis 1955 27:31.48 Praga 29 August 1978 5 Daniele Meucci 1985 27:32.86 Stanford 29 April 2012 6 Alberto Cova 1958 27:37.59 Lausanne 30 June 1983 7 Franco Fava 1952 27:42.65 Helsinki 30 June 1977 8 Stefano Mei 1963 27:43.97 Oslo 5 July 1986 9 Stefano Baldini 1971 27:43.98 Bratislava 29 May 1996 10 Marco Mazza 1977 27:44.05 Camaiore 6 April 2002

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Maura Viceconte 1967 31:05.57 Heusden 5 August 2000 2 Silvia Sommaggio 1969 31:24.12 Heusden 5 August 2000 3 Maria Guida 1966 31:27.82 Gothenburg 9 August 1995 4 Veronica Inglese 1990 31:37.43 Amsterdam 6 July 2016 5 Nadia Ejjafini 1977 31:45.14 Bilbao 3 June 2012 6 Agata Balsamo 1970 31:56.49 Trento 31 May 2000 7 Nadia Dandolo 1962 32:02.37 Spoleto 31 August 1990 8 Maria Curatolo 1963 32:04.34 Stuttgart 30 August 1986 9 Rosanna Munerotto 1962 32:05.75 Tokyo 27 August 1991 10 Silvia Weissteiner 1979 32:09.26 Gothenburg 7 August 2006

110/100 metres hurdles

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Emanuele Abate 1985 13.28 Turin 8 June 2012 2 Andrea Giaconi 1974 13.35 Annecy 23 June 2002 3 Paolo Dal Molin 1987 13.40 Berlin 9 August 2018 4 Laurent Ottoz 1970 13.42 Berlin 30 August 1994 5 Emiliano Pizzoli 1974 13.43 Milan 10 June 1998 6 Hassane Fofana 1992 13.44 Turku 11 June 2019 7 Eddy Ottoz 1944 13.46 Mexico City 17 October 1968 Lorenzo Perini 1994 13.46 Naples 12 July 2019 9 Mauro Rossi 1973 13.48 Rome 23 May 1998 10 Devis Favaro 1972 13.59 Munich 10 August 2002

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Veronica Borsi 1987 12.76 Orvieto 2 June 2013 2 Luminosa Bogliolo 1995 12.78 La Chaux De Fonds 30 June 2019 3 Marzia Caravelli 1981 12.85 Montgeron 13 May 2012 4 Carla Tuzzi 1967 12.97 Valencia 12 June 1994 5 Micol Cattaneo 1982 12.98 Annecy 22 June 2008 6 Margaret Macchiut 1974 13.03 Valencia 28 May 2006 Giulia Pennella 1989 13.03 Savona 2 July 2014 8 Patrizia Lombardo 1958 13.10 Livorno 30 May 1987 9 Giulia Tessaro 1985 13.14 Torino 25 July 2015 10 Elisa Di Lazzaro 1998 13.21 Guadalajara 5 July 2018

400 metres hurdles

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Fabrizio Mori 1969 47.54 Edmonton 10 August 2001 2 Laurent Ottoz 1970 48.52 Atlanta 31 Lug 1996 3 Gianni Carabelli 1979 48.84 Rome 8 Lug 2005 4 Mario Lambrughi 1992 48.99 Rieti 13 May 2018 5 Giorgio Frinolli 1970 49.04 Milan 6 June 2001 6 Ashraf Saber 1973 49.08 Rome 5 June 1996 7 Roberto Frinolli 1940 49.14 Mexico City 14 October 1968 8 José Bencosme 1992 49.22 Orvieto 21 July 2017 9 Patrick Ottoz 1971 49.24 Bologna 26 Mag 1996 10 Lorenzo Vergani 1993 49.36 Trieste 2 July 2017

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Yadisleidy Pedroso 1987 54.54 Shanghai 18 May 2013 2 Ayomide Folorunso 1996 54.75 Naples 10 July 2019 3 Benedetta Ceccarelli 1980 54.79 Rieti 28 August 2005 4 Monika Niederstätter 1974 55.10 Seville 22 August 1999 5 Irmgard Trojer 1964 55.42 Athens 10 July 1991 6 Manuela Gentili 1978 55.54 Lucerna 17 July 2012 7 Virna De Angeli 1976 55.64 Lisbon 28 June 1996 8 Marzia Caravelli 1983 55.69 Orvieto 26 May 2016 9 Jennifer Rockwell 1983 55.70 La Chaux-de-Fonds 7 July 2013 10 Linda Olivieri 1998 55.97 La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 June 2019

3000 metres steeplechase

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Francesco Panetta 1963 8:08.57 Rome 5 September 1987 2 Alessandro Lambruschini 1965 8:08.78 Stuttgart 21 August 1993 3 Giuseppe Maffei 1974 8:11.85 Cologne 8 August 1999 4 Mariano Scartezzini 1954 8:12.02 Rome 5 August 1980 5 Angelo Carosi 1964 8:14.02 Monte Carlo 2 August 1994 6 Luciano Di Pardo 1969 8:17.32 Nuremberg 13 June 1999 7 Giuseppe Gerbi 1955 8:18.47 Moscow 31 July 1980 8 Franco Fava 1952 8:18.85 Rome 7 September 1974 9 Osama Zoghlami 1994 8:20.88 Rome 6 June 2019 10 Franco Boffi 1958 8:21.69 Rome 3 September 1987

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Elena Romagnolo 1982 9:27.48 Beijing 15 August 2008 2 Isabel Mattuzzi 1995 9:34.02 Berlin 10 August 2018 3 Giulia Martinelli 1991 9:39.51 Brussels 16 September 2011 4 Martina Merlo 1993 9:41.05 Berlin 10 August 2018 5 Francesca Bertoni 1993 9:43.80 Lille 24 June 2017 6 Emma Quaglia 1980 9:48.33 Paris 9 September 2009 7 Laura Dalla Montà 1993 9:53.02 Pescara 9 September 2018 8 Valeria Roffino 1990 9:53.82 Rovereto 21 July 2014 9 Marzena Michalska 1975 9:54.62 Ostrava 8 June 2004 10 Agnes Tschurtschenthaler 1982 9:55.26 Rethymno 18 July 2007

Half marathon

Men[3][4] # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Rachid Berradi 1975 1:00:20 Milan 13 April 2002 2 Marco Mazza 1977 1:00:24 Milan 13 April 2002 3 Giuliano Battocletti 1975 1:00:47 Udine 29 September 2002 4 Stefano Baldini 1971 1:00:50 Malmö 17 June 2000 5 Eyob Faniel 1992 1:00:53 Padua 28 April 2019 6 Vincenzo Modica 1971 1:01:03 Milan 3 April 1993 7 Michele Gamba 1972 1:01:07 Udine 29 September 2002 8 Graziano Calvaresi 1966 1:01:08 Den Haag 23 March 1997 9 Giacomo Leone 1971 1:01:10 Ostia 23 February 1997 10 Andrea Lalli 1987 1:01:11 Milan 25 March 2012

Women[5][6] # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Valeria Straneo 1976 1:07:46 Ostia 26 February 2012 2 Anna Incerti 1980 1:08:18 Ostia 26 February 2012 3 Nadia Ejjafini 1977 1:08:27 Cremona 16 October 2011 4 Maria Guida 1966 1:09:00 Malmö 12 June 2000 5 Maura Viceconte 1967 1:09:19 Ivry-sur-Seine 22 April 2001 6 Gloria Marconi 1979 1:09:25 Ostia 23 February 2003 7 Rosaria Console 1968 1:09:34 Ostia 27 February 2005 8 Rosanna Munerotto 1962 1:09:38 South Shields 20 September 1992 9 Fatna Maraoui 1977 1:10:08 Cremona 16 October 2011 10 Sara Dossena 1984 1:10:10 Udine 22 September 2018

Marathon

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Eyob Faniel 1992 2:07:19 Seville 23 February 2020 2 Stefano Baldini 1971 2:07:22 London 23 April 2006 3 Giacomo Leone 1971 2:07:52 Otsu 4 March 2001 4 Alberico Di Cecco 1974 2:08:02 Rome 13 March 2005 5 Yassine Rachik 1993 2:08:05 London 28 April 2019 6 Gelindo Bordin 1959 2:08:19 Boston 16 April 1990 7 Danilo Goffi 1972 2:08:33 Rotterdam 19 April 1998 8 Francesco Ingargiola 1973 2:08:49 Rome 1 January 2000 9 Daniele Caimmi 1972 2:08:59 Milan 1 December 2002 10 Ottaviano Andriani 1974 2:09:07 Milan 2 December 2001

Women[7] # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Valeria Straneo 1976 2:23:44 Rotterdam 15 April 2012 2 Maura Viceconte 1967 2:23:47 Vienna 21 May 2000 3 Sara Dossena 1984 2:24:00 Nagoya 10 March 2019 4 Franca Fiacconi 1965 2:25:17 New York 1 November 1998 5 Bruna Genovese 1976 2:25:28 Boston 17 April 2006 6 Anna Incerti 1980 2:25:28 Berlin 25 September 2011 7 Maria Guida 1966 2:25:57 Carpi 10 October 1999 8 Rosaria Console 1979 2:26:10 Berlin 25 September 2011 9 Nadia Ejjafini 1977 2:26:15 Frankfurt 30 October 2011 10 Laura Fogli 1959 2:27:49 Seoul 23 September 1988 Ornella Ferrara 1968 2:27:49 Rome 28 March 2004

20 km walk

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1[8] Massimo Stano 1992 1:17:45 A Coruña 8 June 2019 2 Alex Schwazer 1984 1:18:24 Lugano 14 March 2010 3 Maurizio Damilano 1957 1:18:54 A Coruña 6 June 1992 4 Ivano Brugnetti 1976 1:19:36 Leamington 20 May 2007 5 Giorgio Rubino 1986 1:19:37 Rio Maior 4 April 2009 6 Marco Giungi 1974 1:19:49 Grosseto 7 April 2002 7 Michele Didoni 1974 1:19:59 Göteborg 6 August 1995 8 Alessandro Pezzatini 1957 1:20:18 Piacenza 13 May 1984 9 Matteo Giupponi 1988 1:20:27 Rio de Janeiro 12 August 2016 10 Alessandro Gandellini 1973 1:20:28 Leamington 23 April 2000

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Eleonora Giorgi 1989 1:26:17 Murcia 17 May 2015 2 Antonella Palmisano 1991 1.26:36 London 13 August 2017 3 Elisabetta Perrone 1968 1:27:09 Dudince 19 May 2001 4 Elisa Rigaudo 1980 1:27:12 Beijing 21 August 2008 5 Erica Alfridi 1968 1:27:29 Dudince 19 May 2001 6 Annarita Sidoti 1969 1:28:38 Eisenhuttenstadt 17 June 2000 7 Rossella Giordano 1972 1:29:12 Cassino 9 March 1997 8 Valentina Trapletti 1985 1:30:36 London 13 August 2017 9 Cristiana Pellino 1970 1:30:42 Eisenhuttenstadt 17 June 2000 10 Federica Ferraro 1988 1:31:20 Chiasso 13 October 2013

50 km walk

Men

#	Athlete	Born	Performance	Venue	Date
1	Alex Schwazer	1984	3:36:04	Rosignano	11 February 2007
2	Giovanni Perricelli	1967	3:43:55	Helsinki	13 August 1994
3	Raffaello Ducceschi	1962	3:44:27	Molfetta	17 April 1988
4	Marco De Luca	1981	3:44:47	Rome	8 May 2016
5	Arturo Di Mezza	1969	3:44:52	Atlanta	2 August 1996
6	Marco Giungi	1974	3:45:55	Vittorio Veneto	3 March 2002
7	Maurizio Damilano	1957	3:46:51	Pomigliano	25 March 1990
8	Ivano Brugnetti	1976	3:47:54	Seville	25 August 1999
9	Giovanni De Benedictis	1968	3:48:06	Vittorio Veneto	3 March 2002
10	Sandro Bellucci	1955	3:48:08	Molfetta	17 April 1988

High jump

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Gianmarco Tamberi 1992 2.39 m Monte Carlo 15 July 2016 2 Marco Fassinotti 1989 2.35 m (i) Banská Bystrica 4 February 2016 3 Marcello Benvenuti 1964 2.33 m Verona 12 September 1989 Silvano Chesani 1988 2.33 m (i) Ancona 17 February 2013 Stefano Sottile 1998 2.33 m Bressanone August 2019 6 Luca Toso 1964 2.32 m Turin 21 July 1988 Alessandro Talotti 1980 2.32 m (i) Glasgow 29 January 2005 8 Andrea Bettinelli 1978 2.31 m Rieti 3 August 2003 Nicola Ciotti 1976 2.31 m (i) Hustopeče 21 January 2006 Giulio Ciotti 1976 2.31 m (i) Hustopeče 21 January 2006 11 Massimo Di Giorgio 1958 2.30 m Udine 13 June 1981 Fabrizio Borellini 1968 2.30 m (i) Budapest 5 March 1988 Roberto Ferrari 1967 2.30 m Rome 26 June 1993 Filippo Campioli 1988 2.30 m (i) Novi Sad 8 February 2008

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Antonietta Di Martino 1978 2.04 m (i) Banská Bystrica 9 February 2011 2 Elena Vallortigara 1991 2.02 m London 22 July 2018 3 Sara Simeoni 1953 2.01 m Brescia 4 August 1978 4 Alessia Trost 1993 2.00 m (i) Trinec 29 January 2013 5 Antonella Bevilacqua 1971 1.98 m Athens 28 February 1994 6 Desirée Rossit 1994 1.97 m Bressanone 10 June 2016 7 Francesca Bradamante 1973 1.95 m Udine 23 May 1998 Raffaella Lamera 1983 1.95 m Florence 5 June 2010 9 Erika Furlani 1996 1.94 m Rieti 11 July 2020 10 Sandra Dini 1958 1.92 m Udine 4 June 1981 Daniela Galeotti 1977 1.92 m Pescara 3 July 1999 Elena Meuti 1983 1.92 m Gothenburg 8 August 2006

Pole vault

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Giuseppe Gibilisco 1979 5.90 m Paris 28 August 2003 2 Claudio Stecchi 1991 5.80 m (i) Clermont-Ferrand 24 February 2019 3 Fabio Pizzolato 1967 5.75 m Milan 6 July 1995 4 Gianni Iapichino 1969 5.70 m Sestriere 31 July 1994 Maurilio Mariani 1973 5.70 m Padova 26 June 1999 6 Marco Andreini 1961 5.68 m Siderno 23 September 1990 7 Andrea Pegoraro 1966 5.65 m Foggia 18 June 1992 Andrea Giannini 1976 5.65 m Milan 6 June 1997 Alberto Giacchetto 1973 5.65 m (i) Castellanza 24 February 1998 10 Gianni Stecchi 1958 5.60 m Rome 30 July 1987 Massimo Allevi 1969 5.60 m Foggia 28 June 1996 Giorgio Piantella 1981 5.60 m Firenze 5 June 2010 Marco Boni 1984 5.60 m (i) Fermo 4 March 2012

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Roberta Bruni 1994 4.60 m (i) Ancona 17 February 2013 Anna Giordano Bruno 1980 4.60 m Milan 2 August 2009 3 Sonia Malavisi 1994 4.51 m Padova 17 July 2016 4 Arianna Farfaletti Casali 1976 4.42 m Busto Arsizio 21 Set 2008 5 Elisa Molinarolo 1994 4.41 m Vicenza 2 June 2019 6 Helen Falda 1996 4.40 m Sioux Falls 3 May 2019 Giorgia Benecchi 1989 4.40 m (i) Ancona 17 February 2013 Elena Scarpellini 1987 4.40 m (i) Ancona 6 February 2010 8 Francesca Dolcini 1974 4.30 m Viareggio 21 July 2002 9 Giulia Cargnelli 1988 4.25 m (i) Saronno 20 February 2016 Alessandra Lazzari 1991 4.25 m Tampere 13 July 2013

Long jump

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Andrew Howe 1985 8.47 m Osaka 30 August 2007 2 Giovanni Evangelisti 1961 8.43 m San Giovanni V. 16 May 1987 3 Simone Bianchi 1963 8.25 m Madrid 1º June 1996 4 Nicola Trentin 1974 8.20 m Padua 6 July 2003 Kevin Ojiaku 1989 8.20 m Turin 21 May 2017 6 Stefano Dacastello 1980 8.17 m Florence 10 July 2004 7 Paolo Camossi 1974 8.16 m Padua 7 June 1998 8 Fausto Frigerio 1966 8.15 m Cagliari 5 July 1990 9 Milko Campus 1969 8.13 m Formia 5 June 1994 10 Filippo Randazzo 1996 8.12 m Savona 16 July 2020

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Fiona May 1969 7.11 m Budapest 22 August 1998 2 Larissa Iapichino 2002 6.80 m Savona 16 July 2020 Valentina Uccheddu 1966 6.80 m Sestriere 31 July 1994 4 Laura Strati 1990 6.72 m Ávila 15 July 2017 Antonella Capriotti 1962 6.72 m (i) Florence 24 February 1988 6 Tania Vicenzino 1986 6.68 m (i) Glasgow 2 March 2019 7 Dariya Derkach 1993 6.67 m Rieti 15 June 2013 Magdelin Martinez 1976 6.67 m Rieti 5 September 2004 9 Valeria Canella 1982 6.56 m Pergine V. 7 July 2007 10 Maria Chiara Baccini 1981 6.55 m Annecy 31 July 1998

Triple jump

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Fabrizio Donato 1976 17.73 m (i) Paris 6 March 2011 2 Daniele Greco 1989 17.70 m (i) Göteborg 3 March 2013 3 Paolo Camossi 1974 17.45 m Milan 7 June 2000 4 Fabrizio Schembri 1981 17.27 m Turin 4 June 2009 5 Giuseppe Gentile 1943 17.22 m Mexico City 14 October 1968 6 Dario Badinelli 1960 17.12 m Cagliari 14 September 1986 7 Andrea Dallavalle 1999 16.95 m Gävle 14 July 2019 8 Roberto Mazzucato 1954 16.92 m Turin 5 August 1979 9 Andrea Chiari 1991 16.83 m Misano Adriatico 16 June 2012 10 Emanuele Sardano 1979 16.82 m Turin 3 June 2005

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Magdelín Martínez 1976 15.03 m Rome 26 June 2004 2 Simona La Mantia 1983 14.69 m Palermo 22 May 2005 3 Fiona May 1969 14.65 m Saint Petersburg 27 June 1998 4 Barbara Lah 1972 14.38 m Paris 26 August 2003 5 Maria Costanza Moroni 1969 14.25 m Formia 12 July 1998 6 Antonella Capriotti 1962 14.18 m Stuttgart 21 August 1993 Ottavia Cestonaro 1995 14.18 m Bydgoszcz 10 August 2019 8 Silvia Biondini 1974 14.15 m Catania 7 July 2001 Dariya Derkach 1993 14.15 m Rieti 26 June 2016 10 Thaimi O’Reilly Causse 1976 13.97 m Pierre-Bénite 10 June 2005

Shot put

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Alessandro Andrei 1959 22.91 m Viareggio 12 August 1987 2 Leonardo Fabbri 1997 21.59 m (i) Stockholm 11 February 2020 3 Paolo Dal Soglio 1970 21.23 m Grosseto 11 September 1996 4 Marco Montelatici 1953 20.90 m Milan 26 May 1985 5 Corrado Fantini 1967 20.78 m Rieti 1 September 1996 6 Luciano Zerbini 1960 20.54 m Parma 23 July 1992 7 Sebastiano Bianchetti 1996 20.17 m Conegliano 21 June 2019 8 Bruno Pauletto 1954 20.13 m Milan 23 June 1979 9 Luigi De Santis 1957 20.06 m Forlì 23 May 1982 10 Angelo Groppelli 1946 20.03 m Turin 8 June 1979

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Assunta Legnante 1978 19.20 m (i) Genoa 16 February 2002 2 Chiara Rosa 1983 19.15 m Milan 19 June 2007 3 Mara Rosolen 1965 18.89 m (i) Castellanza 16 February 1997 4 Cinzia Petrucci 1955 18.74 m Florence 4 June 1980 5 Cristiana Checchi 1977 18.64 m (i) Schio 13 February 2003 6 Julaika Nicoletti 1988 17.97 m (i) Ancona 27 January 2015 7 Agnese Maffeis 1965 17.76 m Milan 9 June 1998 8 Maria Assunta Chiummariello 1958 17.74 m Imola 12 October 1986 9 Maria Tranchina 1968 17.04 m (i) Schio 6 February 1995 10 Manuela Torazza 1968 16.87 m Novara 1 August 1994

Discus throw

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Marco Martino 1960 67.62 m Spoleto 28 May 1989 2 Marco Bucci 1960 66.96 m Formia 30 June 1984 3 Giovanni Faloci 1985 65.30 m Latina 6 July 2019 4 Silvano Simeon 1945 65.10 m Roma 27 May 1976 5 Hannes Kirchler 1978 65.01 m Bolzano 4 June 2007 6 Nazzareno Di Marco 1985 64.93 m Latina 6 July 2019 7 Diego Fortuna 1968 64.69 m Ravenna 24 June 2000 8 Cristiano Andrei 1973 64.49 m Lucca 6 May 2003 9 Armando De Vincentiis 1943 64.48 m Roma 27 May 1976 10 Luciano Zerbini 1960 64.26 m Bologna 2 August 1993

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Agnese Maffeis 1965 63.66 m Milan 12 June 1996 2 Daisy Osakue 1996 61.69 m Naples 9 July 2019 3 Stefania Strumillo 1989 59.80 m Amsterdam 6 July 2016 4 Cristiana Checchi 1977 59.74 m Milan 23 June 2007 5 Tamara Apostolico 1989 59.50 m Split 15 May 2012 6 Laura Bordignon 1981 59.21 m San Benedetto 24 February 2008 7 Valentina Aniballi 1984 59.12 m Tarquinia 13 June 2018 8 Maria Stella Masocco 1948 57.54 m Tirrenia 14 May 1972 9 Maria Marello 1961 57.54 m Verona 19 June 1986 10 Mara Rosolen 1965 56.80 m Verona 25 June 2000

Hammer throw

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Enrico Sgrulletti 1965 81.64 m Ostia 9 Match 1997 2 Loris Paoluzzi 1974 80.98 m Pescara 4 July 1999 3 Nicola Vizzoni 1973 80.50 m Formia 14 July 2001 4 Marco Lingua 1978 79.97 m Bydgoszcz 1 July 2008 5 Lorenzo Povegliano 1984 79.08 m Codroipo 12 May 2012 6 Giampaolo Urlando 1945 78.16 m Walnut 25 July 1984 7 Lucio Serrani 1961 78.02 m Milano 6 September 1988 8 Orlando Bianchini 1955 77.94 m Milano 27 June 1984 9 Juneliano Zanello 1963 77.48 m Mereto 25-May-1986 10 Simone Falloni 1991 75.73 m Lucca 28 May 2017

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Ester Balassini 1977 73.59 m Brixen 25 June 2005 2 Clarissa Claretti 1980 72.46 m Cagliari 19 July 2008 3 Silvia Salis 1985 71.93 m Savona 18 May 2011 4 Sara Fantini 1997 70.73 m Udine 8 August 2020 5 Elisa Palmieri 1983 67.33 m Torino 25 June 2011 6 Laura Gibilisco 1986 66.90 m Siracusa 5 April 2008 7 Micaela Mariani 1988 66.24 m Rovereto 19 July 2014 8 Francesca Massobrio 1993 64.65 m Rieti 16 June 2013 9 Cecilia Desideri 1999 64.33 m Firenze 26 January 2020 10 Elisa Magni 1991 63.50 m Livorno 18 July 2012

Javelin throw

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Carlo Sonego 1972 84.60 m Osaka 8 May 1999 2 Mauro Fraresso 1993 81.79 m Lucca 24 February 2019 3 Roberto Bertolini 1985 81.68 m Nembro 7 July 2017 4 Francesco Pignata 1978 81.67 m Florence 19 June 2005 5 Alberto Desiderio 1973 80.80 m Catania 19 May 2001 6 Norbert Bonvecchio 1985 80.37 m Braunschweig 22 June 2014 7 Armin Kerer 1972 80.25 m Brixen 18 September 1999 8 Fabio De Gaspari 1966 79.30 m Cesenatico 26 July 1989 9 Gianluca Tamberi 1990 78.61 m Ascoli Piceno 13 March 2010 10 Leonardo Gottardo 1988 78.10 m Nembro 1 July 2011

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Claudia Coslovich 1972 65.30 m Ljubljana 10 June 2000 2 Zahra Bani 1979 62.75 m Helsinki 14 August 2005 3 Elisabetta Marin 1977 61.77 m Gorizia 5 June 2004 4 Sara Zabarino 1999 58.62 m Šamorín 10 March 2019 5 Carolina Visca 2000 58.47 m Brixen 28 July 2019 6 Luisa Sinigaglia 1997 58.41 m Mariano Comense 16 February 2020 7 Sara Jemai 1992 58.19 m Pescara 9 September 2018 8 Tiziana Rocco 1978 57.42 m Gioia Tauro 1 March 2003 9 Paola Padovan 1995 57.41 m Isernia 19 May 2018 10 Eleonora Bacciotti 1989 56.24 m Rieti 26 June 2016

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Beniamino Poserina 1970 8,169 Formia 6 October 1996 2 Paolo Casarsa 1975 8,056 Vienna 6 June 2004 3 William Frullani 1979 7,984 Götzis 2 June 2002 4 Simone Cairoli 1990 7,949 Berlin 8 August 2018 5 Ubaldo Ranzi 1970 7,930 Formia 6 October 1996 6 Marzio Viti 1973 7,861 Viareggio 20 July 2002 7 Luciano Asta 1969 7,824 Desenzano 18 May 1997 8 Stefano Cellario 1972 7,804 Oristano 31 May 1998 9 Marco Baffi 1964 7,763 Brescia 19 May 1991 10 Marco Rossi 1963 7,761 Götzis 20 June 1988

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Gertrud Bacher 1971 6,185 Desenzano 9 May 1999 2 Giuliana Spada 1971 6,135 Cesano Maderno 28 May 1995 3 Karin Periginelli 1970 6,059 Bologna 26 May 1996 4 Ifeoma Ozoeze 1971 6,056 Tokyo 27 August 1991 5 Francesca Doveri 1982 5,988 Desenzano 8 May 2011 6 Corinne Schneider 1962 5,957 Duisburg 29 August 1989 7 Silvia Dalla Piana 1975 5,920 Desenzano 25 July 2004 8 Sveva Gerevini 1996 5,907 Brixen 27 July 2019 9 Elisa Trevisan 1980 5,844 Desenzano 25 July 2004 10 Alessandra Becatti 1965 5,785 Götzis 24 May 1987

4×100 metres relay

Men # Team Time Venue Date 1 Cattaneo, Jacobs, Manenti, Tortu 38.11 Doha 4 Oct 2019 2 R. Donati, Collio, Di Gregorio, Checcucci 38.17 Barcelona 1 Aug 2010 3 Desalu, Jacobs, Manenti, Tortu 38.29 Yokohama 11 May 2019 4 Tilli, Simionato, Pavoni, Mennea 38.37 Helsinki 10 Aug 1983 5 Longo, Madonia, Floris, Tilli 38.39 Split 1 Sep 1990 6 Puggioni, Madonia, Cipolloni, Floris 38.41 Göteborg 12 Aug 1995 Tumi, Collio, Di Gregorio, Cerutti 38.41 Daegu 4 Sep 2011 8 Lazzer, Caravani, Grazioli, Mennea 38.42 Mexico C. 13 Sep 1979 Scuderi, Collio, M. Donati, Cavallaro 38.42 Florence 21 Jun 2003 10 Tumi, Galvan, Marani, Obou 38.49 Moscow 18 Aug 2013 Cattaneo, Desalu, Manenti, Tortu 38.49 Tarragona 30 Jun 2018

Women # Team Time Venue Date 1 Herrera, Hooper, Bongiorni, Siragusa 42.90 Doha 4 Oct 2019 2 Herrera, Hooper, Bongiorni, Siragusa 42.98 Doha 5 Oct 2019 3 Pistone, Calì, Arcioni, Alloh 43.04 Annecy 21 June 2008 4 Hooper, Siragusa, Bongiorni, Alloh 43.21 Lausanne 6 July 2017 5 Riva, Siragusa, Bongiorni, Hooper 43.22 Beijing 29 August 2015 6 Caravelli, Siragusa, Amidei, Alloh 43.26 Zurich 17 August 2014 7 Draisci, Hooper, Amidei, Alloh 43.28 Geneve 11 June 2016 8 Caravelli, Siragusa, Amidei, Alloh 43.29 Zurich 16 August 2014 9 Hooper, Siragusa, Bongiorni, Alloh 43.30 Monaco 21 July 2017 10 Siragusa, Hooper, Amidei, Alloh 43.33 Amsterdam 9 July 2016

4×400 metres relay

Men # Team Time Venue Date 1 Bongiorni, Zuliani, Petrella, Ribaud 3:01.37 Stuttgart 31 Aug 1986 2 Malinverni, Di Guida, Ribaud, Zuliani 3:01.42 Zagreb 16 Aug 1981 3 Tozzi, Nocco, Ribaud, Mennea 3:01.44 Los Angeles 11 Aug 1984 4 Saber, Vaccari, Nuti, Mori 3:01.52 Athens 10 Aug 1997 5 Saber, Vaccari, Nuti, Mori 3:01.75 Athens 9 Aug 1997 6 Montanari, Petrella, Ribaud, Nuti 3:01.78 Split 1 Sep 1990 7 Nuti, Montanari, Aimar, Vaccari 3:01.85 Stuttgart 21 Aug 1993 8 Licciardello, Vallet, Galletti, Barberi 3:01.96 Florence 19 Jun 2005 9 Vaccari, Ottoz, Aimar, Nuti 3:02.01 Göteborg 12 Aug 1995 10 Scotti, Galvan, Lopez, Re 3:02.04 Bydgoszcz 11 Aug 2019

Women # Team Time Venue Date 1 Chigbolu, Spacca, Folorunso, Grenot 3:25.16 Rio de Janeiro 19 Aug 2016 2 Bazzoni, Milani, Spacca, Grenot 3:25.71 Barcelona 1 Aug 2010 3 Bazzoni, Milani, Spacca, Grenot 3:26.48 Daegu 2 Sep 2011 4 Perpoli, Spuri, Carbone, De Angeli 3:26.69 Paris 20 Jun 1999 5 Chigbolu, Spacca, Folorunso, Grenot 3:27.05 Rio de Janeiro 20 Aug 2016 6 Chigbolu, Bonfanti, Folorunso, Bazzoni 3:27.07 Beijing 29 Aug 2015 7 Chigbolu, Folorunso, Borga, Trevisan 3:27.32 Bydgoszcz 11 Aug 2019 8 Graglia, Carbone, Piroddi, De Angeli 3:27.43 Sydney 29 Sep 2000 9 Bazzoni, Spacca, Bonfanti, Grenot 3:27.44 Nassau 25 May 2014 10 Chigbolu, Spacca, Bazzoni, Grenot 3:27.49 Amsterdam 10 Jul 2016

See also

• Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera
• Italy national athletics team
• Naturalized athletes of Italy
• Italian records in athletics
• Italian Athletics Championships

References

1. "Graduatoria degli sport più praticati in Italia" (PDF) (in Italian). coni.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
2. "LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
3. "HALF MARATHON - MEN - SENIOR - OUTDOOR". iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
4. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
5. "La Mezza Maratona Italiana del XXI° secolo" (PDF) (in Italian). runners-tv.it. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
6. "HALF MARATHON - WOMEN - SENIOR - OUTDOOR". iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
7. "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.
8. "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

External links

• Italian Athletics Federation official site
• TOP TEN ALL-TIME – MEN (update 4 July 2018)
• TOP TEN ALL-TIME – WOMEN (update 5 July 2018)