Athletics in Italy

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

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, and regards to the 22 Olympic events. 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.

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100 metres

 * Men


 * Women

200 metres

 * Men


 * Women

400 metres

 * Men


 * Women

800 metres

 * Men


 * Women

1500 metres

 * Men


 * Women

3000 metres

 * Men


 * Women

5000 metres

 * Men


 * Women

10,000 metres

 * Men


 * Women

110/100 metres hurdles

 * Men


 * Women

400 metres hurdles

 * Men


 * Women

3000 metres steeplechase

 * Men


 * Women

Half marathon
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 * Men


 * Women

Marathon

 * Men


 * Women

20 km walk

 * Men


 * Women

35 km walk

 * Men


 * Women

50 km walk

 * Men


 * Women

High jump

 * Men


 * Women

Pole vault

 * Men


 * Women

Long jump

 * Men


 * Women

Triple jump

 * Men


 * Women

Shot put

 * Men


 * Women

Discus throw

 * Men


 * Women

Hammer throw

 * Men


 * Women

Javelin throw

 * Men


 * Women

Decathlon/Heptathlon

 * Men


 * Women

4 × 100 metres relay

 * Men


 * Women

4 × 400 metres relay

 * Men


 * Women

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.
 * Mixed