Italy at the Olympics

Italy at the Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 259 Silver 231 Bronze 269 Total 759
Summer appearances
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy has sent athletes to most of the modern Olympic Games held since 1896, outside of not having "officially" participated (as a national delegation) in the 1904 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Italy has taken part in all the Winter Olympic Games, winning 141 medals, and 618 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. Italy has won a total of 259 gold medals which makes them the 6th most successful country in Olympic history, after the USA, the Soviet Union, Germany, Great Britain and France. Italy has the sixth highest medal total of all time with 759. Italy has the third longest medaling streak after Sweden and Finland. Italy has medaled in 40 straight Olympic games, starting with the 1936 Summer Olympics.

The Italian National Olympic Committee was created in 1914 and recognised in 1915. As of 2020, Italy is the most successful nation at fencing in Olympic history.

Hosted Games

Italy has hosted the Games on three occasions, with a fourth occasion is planning for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Games	Host city	Dates	Nations	Participants	Events
1956 Winter Olympics	Cortina d'Ampezzo	26 January – 5 February	32	821	24
1960 Summer Olympics	Rome	25 August – 11 September	83	5,338	150
2006 Winter Olympics	Turin	10–26 February	80	2,508	84
2026 Winter Olympics	Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo	6–22 February	TBD	TBD	TBD

Medal tables

According to the official count of the International Olympic Committee, Italy has won 618 medals at Summer Olympics.^[2]

In the Summer Olympic Games, Italy has finished 2nd in 1932, 3rd in 1960, 4th in 1936, and 5th in 1924, 1928, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980 and 1984. In the Winter Olympic Games, Italy has finished 4th in 1968 and 1994, and 6th in 1952 and 1992.

Italy ranks 1st all-time in fencing, 2nd in cycling, 3rd in luge, 4th in boxing and shooting, 5th in alpine skiing, and 6th in bobsled, cross-country skiing and short track speed skating.

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Athletes with most appearances

Partecip.	Athlete	Born	Edition	Period (age 1st / last)	Sport				Tot.
8	Piero D'Inzeo	1923	1948/1976	28 years (25/53)	Equestrian	0	2	4	6
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	1925	1948/1976	28 years (23/51)	Equestrian	1	2	3	6
	Josefa Idem[4]	1964	1984/2012	28 years (20/48)	Canoeing	1	2	2	5
7	Giovanni Pellielo	1970	1992/2016	24 years (22/46)	Shooting	0	3	1	4
6	Angelo Mazzoni	1961	1980/2000	20 years (19/39)	Fencing	2	0	1	3
	Andrea Benelli	1960	1988/2008	20 years (28/48)	Shooting	1	0	1	2
	Ilario Di Buò	1965	1984/2008	20 years (19/43)	Archery	0	2	0	2
	Marco De Nicolo	1976	2000/2020	21 years (22/45)	Shooting	0	0	0	0
	Wilfried Huber	1970	1988/2006	18 years (18/36)	Luge	1	0	0	1
	Alessandra Sensini	1970	1992/2012	20 years (22/42)	Sailing	1	1	2	4
	Gerda Weissensteiner	1969	1988/2006	18 years (19/37)	Luge & Bobsleigh	1	0	1	2
	Armin Zöggeler	1974	1994/2014	20 years (20/40)	Luge	2	1	3	6
	Roland Fischnaller	1980	2002/2022	20 years (22/42)	Snowboarding	0	0	0	0
	Natalia Valeeva[5]	1969	1992/2012	20 years (23/43)	Archery	0	0	0	0

Notes: the names highlighted in pink indicate that they are female athletes. Notes: the names in bold indicate that they are still active.

Athletes with most medals

The Italian athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Olympic Games, is the fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti.^[6]

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Edoardo Mangiarotti	Fencing	1936–1948–1952–1956–1960	6	5	2	13
Arianna Fontana	Short track speed skating	2006–2010–2014–2018–2022	2	4	5	11
Stefania Belmondo	Cross country skiing	1992–1994–1998–2002	2	3	5	10
Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	1996–2000–2004–2008–2012	6	1	2	9
Giulio Gaudini	Fencing	1928–1932–1936	3	4	2	9
Giovanna Trillini	Fencing	1992–1996–2000–2004–2008	4	1	3	8
Gustavo Marzi	Fencing	1928–1932–1936	2	5	0	7
Manuela Di Centa	Cross country skiing	1992–1994–1998	2	2	3	7
Nedo Nadi	Fencing	1912–1920	6	0	0	6
Giuseppe Delfino	Fencing	1952–1956–1960–1964	4	2	0	6
Armin Zöggeler	Luge	1994–1998–2002–2006–2010–2014	2	1	3	6
Eugenio Monti	Bobsleigh	1956–1964–1968	2	2	2	6
Raimondo D'Inzeo	Equestrian	1956–1960–1964–1972	1	2	3	6
Piero D'Inzeo	Equestrian	1956–1960–1964–1972	0	2	4	6
Oreste Puliti	Fencing	1920–1924–1928	4	1	0	5
Giorgio Zampori	Gymnastics	1912–1920–1924	4	0	1	5
Gabriella Paruzzi	Cross country skiing	1992–1994–1998–2002–2006	1	0	4	5
Klaus Dibiasi	Diving	1964–1968–1972–1976	3	2	0	5
Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	1988–1992–1994	3	2	0	5
Antonio Rossi	Canoeing	1992–1996–2000–2004	3	1	1	5
Giancarlo Cornaggia	Fencing	1928–1932–1936	3	1	1	5
Manlio Di Rosa	Fencing	1936–1948–1952–1956	2	2	1	5
Carlo Massullo	Modern pentathlon	1984–1988–1992	1	2	2	5
Silvio Fauner	Cross country skiing	1992–1994–1998	1	2	2	5
Franco Menichelli	Artistic gymnastics	1960–1964	1	1	3	5
Marco Albarello	Cross country skiing	1992–1994–1998	1	3	1	5

Men gold medalist

In this table (sorted by individual totals gold medals), the men who have won gold individual medals at the Olympics (but also at the World Championships).

	Athlete	Sport	Born	Period	Individual						Team						Total
					Olympics			World Ch.			Olympics			World Ch.			Individual			Team			Individual + Team
																										Tot.
1	Gregorio Paltrinieri[7]	Swimming	1994	2013-active	1	1	1	8	5	3	-	-	-	1	1	1	9	6	4	1	1	1	10	7	5	22
2	Armin Zöggeler	Luge	1974	1994–2014	2	1	3	6	3	1	-	-	-	0	2	4	8	4	4	0	2	4	8	6	8	22
3	Jury Chechi	Gymnastics	1969	1989–2004	1	0	1	5	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	0	3	-	-	-	6	0	3	9
4	Klaus Dibiasi	Diving	1946	1964–1976	3	2	0	2	2	0	–	–	–	-	-	-	5	4	0	-	-	-	5	4	0	9
5	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	1966	1987–1996	3	2	0	2	0	2	–	–	–	-	-	-	5	2	2	-	-	-	5	2	2	9
6	Gustav Thöni	Alpine skiing	1951	1972–1976	1	2	0	4	0	0	–	–	–	-	-	-	5	2	0	-	-	-	5	2	0	7
7	Giorgio Zampori	Gymnastics	1887	1909–1913	1	0	1	4	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	5	1	2	3	0	3	8	1	5	14
8	Leandro Faggin	Cycling	1933	1956–1968	1	0	0	3	3	3	1	0	0	-	-	-	4	3	3	1	0	0	5	3	3	11
9	Vincenzo Maenza	Wrestling	1962	1982–1992	2	1	0	2	1	0	–	–	–	-	-	-	4	2	0	-	-	-	4	2	0	6
10	Edoardo Mangiarotti	Fencing	1919	1936–1960	1	1	2	2	5	2	5	4	0	11	3	3	3	6	4	16	7	3	19	13	7	39
11	Sante Gaiardoni	Cycling	1939	1960–1970	2	0	0	1	3	2	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	3	3	2	8
12	Raimondo D'Inzeo	Equestrian	1925	1955–1972	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	-	-	-	3	2	1	0	1	3	3	3	4	10
13	Andrea Benelli	Shooting	1960	1981–2006	1	0	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	7	3	2	3	1	2	7	3	2	10	4	4	18
	Roberto Cammarelle	Boxing	1980	2004–2012	1	1	1	2	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	-	3	1	2	6
15	Paolo Bettini	Cycling	1974	2001–2007	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	1	0	-	-	-	3	1	0	4
	Zeno Colò	Alpine skiing	1920	1950–1952	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	1	0	-	-	-	3	1	0	4
17	Maurizio Damilano	Athletics	1957	1980–1991	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	0	2	-	-	-	3	0	2	5
	Ercole Baldini	Cycling	1933	1956–1964	1	0	0	2	0	2	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	0	2	-	-	-	3	0	2	5
19	Silvio Martinello	Cycling	1963	1995–2000	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	3	0	1	3	2	1	6	2	2	10
	Ennio Mattarelli	Shooting	1928	1961–1973	1	0	0	2	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	0	1	-	-	-	3	0	1	4
21	Luciano Giovannetti	Shooting	1945	1979–1986	2	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	3	1	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	6	1	0	7
22	Massimiliano Rosolino	Swimming	1978	1998–2007	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	2	4	3	9
23	Carlo Pavesi	Fencing	1923	1950–1960	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	4	1	0	2	2	1	7	1	0	9	3	1	13
	Daniele Masala	Modern pentathlon	1955	1979–1988	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	4	3	4	11
25	Mauro Numa	Fencing	1961	1979–1990	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	2	2	1	2	4	2	2	6	3	4	11
	Paul Hildgartner	Luge	1952	1972-1988	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	1	4	1	3	8
26	Aldo Montano	Fencing	1978	2002–2012	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	5	4	2	6	4	12
27	Alberto Cova	Athletics	1958	1983–1984	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	-	-	-	2	0	0	-	-	-	2	0	0	2
Athletes in team sports
1	Eugenio Monti	Bobsleigh	1928	1956–1968	–	–	–	-	-	-	2	2	2	9	1	0	–	–	–	11	3	2	11	3	2	16
2	Carmine Abbagnale	Rowing	1962	1981–1993	–	–	–	-	-	-	2	1	0	7	4	1	–	–	–	9	5	1	9	5	1	15
3	Giuseppe Abbagnale	Rowing	1959	1981–1993	–	–	–	-	-	-	2	1	0	7	3	1	–	–	–	9	4	1	9	4	1	14
4	Antonio Rossi	Canoeing	1968	1992–2004	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	1	1	3	3	1	–	–	–	6	4	2	6	4	2	12
5	Agostino Straulino	Sailing	1914	1939–1965	–	–	–	-	-	-	1	1	0	4	2	1	–	–	–	5	3	1	5	3	1	9
6	Rossano Galtarossa	Rowing	1972	1992–2012	–	–	–	-	-	-	1	1	2	4	1	3	–	–	–	5	2	5	5	2	5	12
7	Agostino Abbagnale	Rowing	1962	1985–2002	–	–	–	-	-	-	3	0	0	2	2	0	–	–	–	5	2	0	5	2	0	7

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity. For cycling was considered for world championships, only professional events.

Women gold medalist

In this table, the women who have won gold individual medals at the Olympics and also at the World Championships. Updated to 16 February 2023.

#	Athlete	Sport	Born	Period	Olympics				World Ch.				Total
								Tot.				Tot.				Tot.
1	Valentina Vezzali[8]	Fencing	1974	1994–2016	3	1	1	5	6	2	4	12	9	3	5	17
2	Federica Pellegrini[9]	Swimming	1988	2004–2019	1	1	0	2	6	3	1	10	7	4	1	12
3	Josefa Idem[10]	Canoeing	1964	1990–2009	1	2	1	4	5	9	6	20	6	11	7	24
4	Stefania Belmondo[11]	Cross-country skiing	1969	1992–2002	2	3	2	7	4	4	1	9	6	5	3	16
5	Deborah Compagnoni	Alpine skiing	1970	1992–1998	3	1	0	4	3	0	0	3	6	1	0	7
6	Alessandra Sensini	Windsurf	1970	1996–2012	1	1	2	4	4	3	1	8	5	4	3	12
7	Paola Pezzo[12]	Mountain bike	1969	1993–2000	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	4	4	0	2	6
8	Arianna Fontana Y	Short track	1990	2006–2022	2	2	3	7	1	6	5	12	3	7	8	19
9	Giovanna Trillini[13]	Fencing	1970	1992–2007	1	1	2	4	2	2	3	7	3	3	5	11
10	Gerda Weissensteiner[14][15]	Luge	1969	1993–2006	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	2	1	2	5
11	Irene Camber[16]	Fencing	1926	1952–1960	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	3
Others notables (at least one gold medal at the Olympics or World Championships and at least one medal in the other competition)
12	Deborah Gelisio	Shooting	1976	1993–2007	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	5	4	2	0	6
13	Dorothea Wierer Y	Biathlon	1990	2014–2022	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	9	3	3	5	11
14	Manuela Di Centa[17][18]	Cross-country skiing	1964	1991–1995	2	2	0	4	0	2	3	5	2	4	3	9
15	Fiona May[19]	Athletics	1969	1995–2001	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	4	2	3	1	6
16	Isolde Kostner	Alpine skiing	1975	1994–2002	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	3	2	2	2	6
17	Antonella Bellutti	Track cycling	1968	1995–2000	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	0	4
18	Federica Brignone Y	Alpine skiing	1990	2011-2023	0	1	2	3	1	2	0	3	1	3	2	6
19	Carolina Kostner Y	Figure skating	1987	2002-2018	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	6	1	2	4	7
20	Sofia Goggia Y	Alpine skiing	1992	2017-2022	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	4
21	Chiara Cainero[20] Y	Shooting	1978	2006–2016	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	4
22	Sara Simeoni[21][22]	Athletics	1953	1976–1984	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3
23	Tania Cagnotto[23]	Diving	1985	2004-2016	0	0	1[24]	1	1	1	5	7	1	1	6	8
24	Novella Calligaris[25]	Swimming	1954	1968–1973	0	1	2	3	1	0	2	3	1	1	4	6
25	Simona Quadarella Y	Swimming	1998	2017-2022	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	3	5
26	Antonella Ragno[26]	Fencing	1940	1960–1972	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	3
27	Dorina Vaccaroni	Fencing	1963	1982-1993	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	3

Summary by sport

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Aquatics

Swimming

Italy first competed in swimming at the 1900 Games, with two swimmers in three events winning no medals.

Games	Swimmers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	2	3/7	0	0	0	0
Total			5	5	12	22

Athletics

Italy first competed in athletics in 1900. After 121 years from first participation, Marcell Jacobs became the very first Italian athlete to win a gold medal in Men's 100 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics on 1 August 2021, with a time of 9"80.

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	2	3/23	0	0	0	0
Total			19	15	26	60

Cycling

Italy first competed in cycling at the 1900 Games, with Enrico Brusoni winning a gold medal in the points race that year. Italy has the second-most gold medals (behind France) and third-most total medals (behind France and Great Britain) in the sport (as of the 2016 Games).

Games	Cyclists	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	7	2/3	1	0	0	1
Total			33	16	10	59

Equestrian

Italy competed in equestrian at the first Games in which the sport was held, in Paris 1900. Six riders competed, including Italy's first female Olympian (Elvira Guerra). Gian Giorgio Trissino won a gold medal in the high jump and a silver in the long jump.

Overall, Italy has won the eighth-most gold medals and eighth-most total medals in the sport.

Games	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	6	4/5	1	1	0	2
Total			7	9	7	23

Fencing

Italy first competed in fencing at the second edition of the Games in 1900. Italy has won more gold medals (49) and total medals (125) in the sport than any other nation. The nation's first medals were in its first appearance, as Italy's men's master sabreurs took gold and silver in that one-time-only event in 1900. Italy won six consecutive gold medals in the men's individual épée from 1932 to 1960 (including medal sweeps in 1936 and 1956), with a 7th in 2008; no other nation has more than 5 total gold medals (France) in the event.

Games	Fencers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	8	6/7	1	1	0	2
Total			49	43	33	125

Gymnastics

Italy's first gymnastics appearance was when the nation sent one gymnast to the second Games in 1900; Camillo Pavanello finished 28th in the men's all-around, the only event held that Games.

Games	Cyclists	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
Total			14	5	9	28

Sailing

Games	No. Sailors	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1896	Scheduled but event was not held
1900	0	0/13	0	0	0	0
1904	Not Scheduled
1908	0	0/4	0	0	0	0
1912	0	0/4	0	0	0	0
1896	Games Cancelled
1920	0	0/14	0	0	0	0
1924	8	2/3	0	0	0	0
1928	12	3/3	0	0	0	0
1932	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
1936	14	4/4	1	0	0	1	4
1940	Games Cancelled
1944	Games Cancelled
1948	15	5/5	0	0	0	0
1952	14	5/5	1	0	0	1	3
1956	12	5/5	0	1	0	1	7
1960	11	5/5	0	0	1	1	8
1964	10	4/5	0	0	0	0
1968	8	4/5	0	0	2	2	10
1972	10	5/6	0	0	0	0
1976	12	6/6	0	0	0	0
1980	6	3/6	0	0	1	1	9
1984	11	6/7	0	0	1	1	8
1988	15	8/8	0	0	0	0
1992	14	9/10	0	0	0	0
1996	16	10/10	0	0	1	1	19
2000	18	11/11	1	1	0	2	5
2004	18	11/11	0	0	1	1	15
2008	18	11/11	0	1	1	2	10
2012	11	8/10	0	0	0	0
2016	13	9/10	0	0	0	0
2020	9	6/10	1	0	0	1	5=
Total			4	3	8	15	13

Shooting

Italy's presence at the first Olympics in 1896 consisted of a single shooter, Giuseppe Rivabella, who entered one event and whose score and rank are unknown. The sport has remained a relatively strong one for Italy, which (after the 2016 Games) ranks fourth on the list of most gold medals in shooting with 16.

Games	Shooters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	1	1/5	0	0	0	0
Total			16	15	11	42

See also

• List of flag bearers for Italy at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Italy
• Italy at the Paralympics
• Italy national athletics team
• Naturalized athletes of Italy

Notes and references

External links

• "Italy". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Italy". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/ITA". olympanalyt.com.