Overview of Athletics practiced in Italy
Siragusa ,
Bongiorni ,
Hooper ,
Herrera , the
national record holders of the
4x100 m relay .
Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people.[1]
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 2021 outdoor or indoor
100 metres [ ]
200 metres [ ]
400 metres [ ]
800 metres [ ]
1500 metres [ ]
3000 metres [ ]
5000 metres [ ]
10000 metres [ ]
110/100 metres hurdles [ ]
400 metres hurdles [ ]
3000 metres steeplechase [ ]
Half marathon [ ]
Marathon [ ]
20 km walk [ ]
50 km walk [ ]
High jump [ ]
Pole vault [ ]
Long jump [ ]
Triple jump [ ]
Shot put [ ]
Discus throw [ ]
Hammer throw [ ]
Javelin throw [ ]
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
Dario Dester
2000
7,936
Tallinn
11 July 2021
6
Ubaldo Ranzi
1970
7,930
Formia
6 October 1996
7
1973
7,861
Viareggio
20 July 2002
8
1969
7,824
Desenzano
18 May 1997
9
1972
7,804
Oristano
31 May 1998
10
Marco Baffi
1964
7,763
Brescia
19 May 1991
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
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
Patta , Jacobs , Desalu , Tortu
37.50
Tokyo
6 Aug 2021
2
Patta , Jacobs , Desalu , Tortu
37.95
Tokyo
5 Aug 2021
3
Cattaneo , Jacobs , Manenti , Tortu
38.11
Doha
4 Oct 2019
4
R. Donati , Collio , Di Gregorio , Checcucci
38.17
Barcelona
1 Aug 2010
5
Desalu , Jacobs , Manenti , Tortu
38.29
Yokohama
11 May 2019
6
Tilli , Simionato , Pavoni , Mennea
38.37
Helsinki
10 Aug 1983
7
Longo , Madonia , Floris , Tilli
38.39
Split
1 Sep 1990
8
Puggioni , Madonia , Cipolloni , Floris
38.41
Göteborg
12 Aug 1995
Tumi , Collio , Di Gregorio , Cerutti
38.41
Daegu
4 Sep 2011
10
Lazzer , Caravani , Grazioli , Mennea
38.42
Mexico C.
13 Sep 1979
Scuderi , Collio , M. Donati , Cavallaro
38.42
Florence
21 Jun 2003
Women
#
Team
Time
Venue
Date
1
Siragusa , Hooper , Bongiorni , Fontana
42.84
Tokyo
5 Aug 2021
2
Herrera , Hooper , Bongiorni , Siragusa
42.90
Doha
4 Oct 2019
3
Herrera , Hooper , Bongiorni , Siragusa
42.98
Doha
5 Oct 2019
4
Pistone , Calì , Arcioni , Alloh
43.04
Annecy
21 June 2008
5
Hooper , Siragusa , Bongiorni , Alloh
43.21
Lausanne
6 July 2017
6
Riva , Siragusa , Bongiorni , Hooper
43.22
Beijing
29 August 2015
7
Caravelli , Siragusa , Amidei , Alloh
43.26
Zurich
17 August 2014
8
Draisci , Hooper , Amidei , Alloh
43.28
Geneva
11 June 2016
9
Caravelli , Siragusa , Amidei , Alloh
43.29
Zurich
16 August 2014
10
Hooper , Siragusa , Bongiorni , Alloh
43.30
Monaco
21 July 2017
4×400 metres relay [ ]
Men
#
Team
Time
Venue
Date
1
Re , Aceti , Scotti , Sibilio
2:58.81
Tokyo
7 Aug 2021
2
Sibilio , Aceti , Scotti , Re
2:58.91
Tokyo
6 Aug 2021
3
Bongiorni , Zuliani , Petrella , Ribaud
3:01.37
Stuttgart
31 Aug 1986
4
Malinverni , Di Guida , Ribaud , Zuliani
3:01.42
Zagreb
16 Aug 1981
5
Tozzi , Nocco , Ribaud , Mennea
3:01.44
Los Angeles
11 Aug 1984
6
Saber , Vaccari , Nuti , Mori
3:01.52
Athens
10 Aug 1997
7
Scotti , Aceti , Galvan , Re
3:01.60
Doha
5 Oct 2019
8
Saber , Vaccari , Nuti , Mori
3:01.75
Athens
9 Aug 1997
9
Montanari , Petrella , Ribaud , Nuti
3:01.78
Split
1 Sep 1990
10
Nuti , Montanari , Aimar , Vaccari
3:01.85
Stuttgart
21 Aug 1993
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
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:
Event
Record
Athlete
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
4×400 m relay
3:13.51
ItalyEdoardo Scotti Alice Mangione Rebecca Borga Vladimir Aceti
30 July 2021
Olympic Games
Tokyo , Japan
[11]
See also [ ]
Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera
Italy national athletics team
Naturalized athletes of Italy
Italian records in athletics
Italian Athletics Championships
References [ ]
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