Italy at the European Athletics Championships

Italy at the
European Athletics Championships
WA codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
54
Silver
53
Bronze
57
Total
164
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)

Italy has participated in all editions of the European Athletics Championships, held since the first edition of 1934 European Athletics Championships.[1]

Summary

Italians have won 33 titles in the men's field and 7 in the women's field. The men's marathon is a specialty, with five wins in the men's field (two each for the Olympic champions Gelindo Bordin and Stefano Baldini, plus that of Daniele Meucci) and two in the women's field with Maria Guida and Anna Incerti.

Pietro Mennea, Adolfo Consolini and Yemaneberhan Crippa, three times each, are the Blues with the most European titles, while in the women's field Messina Annarita Sidoti and Libania Grenot, with two victories each, hold this record. In Stuttgart 1986 the Italian athletes achieved a historical undertaking by painting the entire podium of blue with Stefano Mei, Alberto Cova and Totò Antibo in the 10,000 meters, a result repeated in the marathon race in Budapest 1998 with Stefano Baldini, Danilo Goffi and Giacomo Modica.

Medal count

See also: All-time medal table
  Best performance

Green tickY Update to the new medals after doping disqualifications.

Edition Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Men champions Women champions
1934 Turin 1 2 2 5 7th Beccali (1500 m)
1938 Paris/Vienna 1 4 3 8 7th Testoni (80 m hs)
1946 Oslo 1 1 2 4 8th Consolini (discus)
1950 Brusselsl 3 5 1 9 5th Filiput (400 m hs), Dordoni (50 km walk), Consolini (discus)
1954 Bern 1 1 1 3 8th Consolini (discus)
1958 Stockholm 0 1 0 1 11th
1962 Belgrade 2 1 1 4 6th Morale (400 m hs), Pamich (50 km walk)
1966 Budapest 3 0 0 3 5th Ottoz (110 m hs), Frinolli (400 m hs), Pamich (50 km walk)
1969 Athens 1 0 3 4 9th Ottoz (110 m hs)
1971 Helsinki 1 1 3 5 9th Arese (1500 m)
1974 Rome 1 2 2 5 8th Mennea (200 m)
1978 Prague 4 1 0 5 4th Mennea (100 m, 200 m), Ortis (5000 m) Simeoni (high jump)
1982 Athens 1 2 2 5 6th Cova (10000 m)
1986 Stuttgart 2 6 2 10 5th Mei (10000 m), Bordin (marathon)
1990 Split 5 2 5 12 4th Antibo (5000 m, 10000 m), Panetta (3000 m st), Bordin (marathon) Sidoti (10 km walk)
1994 Helsinki 2 3 3 8 8th Benvenuti (800 m), Lambruschini (3000 m st)
1998 Budapest 2 4 3 9 7th Baldini (marathon) Sidoti (10 km walk)
2002 München 1 0 3 4 15th Guida (marathon)
2006 Göteborg 2 0 1 3 9th Baldini (marathon), Howe (long jump)
2010 Barcelona Green tickY 2 3 3 8 8th Schwazer (20 km walk) Incerti (marathon)
2012 Helsinki 1 1 1 3 11th Donato (triple jump)
2014 Zurich 2 1 0 3 9th Meucci (marathon) Grenot (400 m)
2016 Amsterdam 2 2 3 7 9th Tamberi (high jump) Grenot (400 m)
2018 Berlin 1 1 4 6 16th Men's marathon team (Yassine Rachik, Eyob Faniel, Stefano La Rosa)
2022 Munich 3 2 6 11 7th Marcell Jacobs (100 m) Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump) Yeman Crippa (10,000 m)
2024 Rome 11 9 4 24 1st Marcell Jacobs (100 m) Lorenzo Simonelli (110 m hs) Leonardo Fabbri (shot put) Yeman Crippa (half maraton), Half maraton team, Gimbo Tamberi (high jump), 4×100 m relay team Antonella Palmisano (20 km walk) Nadia Battocletti (5000 m, 10,000 m), Sara Fantini (hammer throw)
Total 56 55 58 169 7th

Medals awarded years later after doping cases

Edition New medal Finished Event Athlete Disqualified athlete (position) Years for decision-making Notes
Spain 2010 Barcelona 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Men's 20 km race walk Alex Schwazer Russia Stanislav Emelyanov (original 1st) 4 [2]
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Women's marathon Anna Incerti Lithuania Živilė Balčiūnaitė (original 1st)
Russia Nailya Yulamanova (original 2nd) 		1 (became 2nd)
2 (became 1st) 		[3]
[4]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4th Women's 4 × 400 m relay Chiara Bazzoni
Marta Milani
Maria Enrica Spacca
Libania Grenot		  Russia (original 1st) 2 [5]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4th Women's 400 m Libania Grenot Russia Tatiana Firova (original 1st) 9 [6]

Medalists

  Athletes still active
Gimbo Tamberi, three individual gold medals won.
Marcell Jacobs (in this shot with his child), two individual gold medals won and one with the relay team.
Pietro Mennea, six medals at the EC
Yeman Crippa, five medals at the EC
Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total Editions Events
Pietro Mennea 3 2 1 6 1971–1978 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m relay
Yemaneberhan Crippa 3 0 2 5 2018-2024 5,000 m, 10,000 m, half maraton
Gianmarco Tamberi 3 0 0 3 2016-2024 high jump
Marcell Jacobs 3 0 0 3 2022-2024 100 m, 4x100 m relay
Adolfo Consolini 3 0 0 3 1946–1954 discus throw
Daniele Meucci 2 1 2 5 2010-2024 10,000 m, Marathon, Half marathon
Abdon Pamich 2 1 0 3 1958–1966 50 km walk
Annarita Sidoti 2 1 0 3 1990–1998 10 km walk
Libania Grenot 2 0 3 5 2014-2016 400 m, 4x400 m relay
Salvatore Antibo 2 0 1 3 1986–1990 5000 m, 10000 m
Nadia Battocletti 2 0 0 2 2024 5000 m, 10,000 m
Eddy Ottoz 2 0 0 2 1966–1969 110 m hs
Gelindo Bordin 2 0 0 2 1986–1990 marathon
Stefano Baldini 2 0 0 2 1998–2006 marathon
Stefano Mei 1 1 1 3 1986–1990 5000 m, 10000 m
Alessandro Lambruschini 1 1 1 3 1990–1998 3000 m st
Armando Filiput 1 1 0 2 1950 400 m hs, 4x400 m relay
Venanzio Ortis 1 1 0 2 1978 5000 m, 10000 m
Alberto Cova 1 1 0 2 1982–1986 10000 m
Francesco Panetta 1 1 0 2 1986–1990 3000 m st
Sara Simeoni 1 0 2 3 1974–1982 high jump
Luigi Beccali 1 0 1 2 1934–1938 1500 m
Antonella Palmisano 1 0 1 2 2018-2024 20 km walk
Yassine Rachik 1 0 1 2 2018 Marathon Cup
Claudia Testoni 1 0 0 1 1938 80 m hs
Giuseppe Dordoni 1 0 0 1 1950 50 km walk
Salvatore Morale 1 0 0 1 1962 400 m hs
Roberto Frinolli 1 0 0 1 1966 400 m hs
Franco Arese 1 0 0 1 1971 1500 m
Andrea Benvenuti 1 0 0 1 1994 800 me
Maria Guida 1 0 0 1 2002 marathon
Andrew Howe 1 0 0 1 2006 long jump
Anna Incerti 1 0 0 1 2010 marathon
Alex Schwazer 1 0 0 1 2010 20 km walk
Fabrizio Donato 1 0 0 1 2012 long jump
Eyob Faniel 1 0 0 1 2018 marathon
Lorenzo Simonelli 1 0 0 1 2024 110 m hs
Leonardo Fabbri 1 0 0 1 2024 shot put
Giuseppe Tosi 0 3 0 3 1946–1954 discus throw

See also

References

  1. ^ "MANIFESTAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI ITALIANI SUL PODIO – 1908 2011" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Atletica, Schwazer oro europeo dopo 4 anni. Dopato il trionfatore di Barcellona" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ^ "European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban". bbc.com. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ^ "London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences". telegraph.co.uk. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ^ "2010 European Athletics Championships - 4 x 400m Women - Final". european-athletics.org. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2018. DQ IAAF Rule 32.2.a
  6. ^ "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 22 September 2019.