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.
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
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.
See also
- Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera
- Italy national athletics team
- Naturalized athletes of Italy
- Italian records in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships
References
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)
