Athletics in Italy

Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people.^[1]

Siragusa, Bongiorni, Hooper, Herrera, the former national record of the 4 × 100 m relay.

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 7-Jun-2025,^[2] and regards to the 22 Olympic events.^[3] 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 2025 outdoor and indoor

100 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Marcell Jacobs 1994 9.80 Tokyo 1 Aug 2021 2 Chituru Ali 1999 9.96 Turku 17 June 2024 3 Filippo Tortu 1998 9.99 Madrid 22 Jun 2018 4 Pietro Mennea 1952 10.01 Mexico City 4 Sept 1979 5 Simone Collio 1979 10.06 Rieti 21 Jul 2009 6 Carlo Boccarini 1976 10.08 Rieti 9 May 1998 7 Jacques Riparelli 1983 10.11 La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 July 2015 8 Matteo Melluzzo 2002 10.12 La Spezia 29 June 2024 9 Fabio Cerutti 1985 10.13 Cagliari 19 Jul 2008 Lorenzo Patta 2000 10.13 Savona 13 May 2021 Samuele Ceccarelli 2000 10.13 Florence 2 Jun 2023

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Zaynab Dosso 1999 11.01 Rome 9 Jun 2024 2 Manuela Levorato 1977 11.14 Lausanne 4 Jul 2001 3 Irene Siragusa 1993 11.21 Orvieto 17 Jun 2018 Kelly Doualla 2009 11.21 Skopje 21 Jul 2025 5 Giada Gallina 1973 11.23 Milan 4 Jul 1997 6 Gloria Hooper 1992 11.24 Rieti 22 May 2021 7 Arianna De Masi 1999 11.26 Rome 18 May 2024 8 Anita Pistone 1976 11.27 Annecy 21 Jun 2008 Anna Bongiorni 1993 11.27 Rovereto 26 Jun 2021 10 Marisa Masullo 1959 11.29 Turin 24 Jun 1980

200 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Pietro Mennea 1952 19.72 Mexico City 10 September 1979 2 Fausto Desalu 1994 20.08 La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 July 2024 3 Filippo Tortu 1998 20.10 Eugene 20 July 2022 4 Andrew Howe 1985 20.28 Grosseto 15 July 2004 5 Andrea Federici 1997 20.35 Sestriere 22 June 2024 6 Diego Marani 1990 20.36 Zürich 14 August 2014 7 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 1963 20.38 Grosseto 10 August 1987 Marco Torrieri 1978 20.38 Edmonton 20 August 2001 9 Stefano Tilli 1962 20.40 Cagliari 9 September 1984 10 Antonio Infantino 1991 20.41 London 22 May 2019

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Libania Grenot 1983 22.56 Tampa 27 May 2016 2 Manuela Levorato 1977 22.60 Seville 24 August 1999 3 Dalia Kaddari 2001 22.64 Tallinn 10 July 2021 4 Vittoria Fontana 2000 22.79 Bochum 24 July 2025 5 Marisa Masullo 1959 22.88 Verona 1º June 1984 6 Gloria Hooper 1992 22.89 Rieti 26 June 2016 7 Irene Siragusa 1993 22.96 Taipei 26 August 2017 8 Vincenza Calì 1983 22.98 Rieti 7 September 2008 9 Danielle Perpoli 1968 23.06 Bari 17 June 1997 10 Rossella Tarolo 1964 23.09 Verona 19 June 1986 Elisa Valensin 2007 23.09 Banská Bystrica 20 July 2024

400 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Luca Sito 2003 44.75 Rome 9 June 2024 Edoardo Scotti 2000 44.75 Madrid 19 July 2025 3 Davide Re 1993 44.77 La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 June 2019 4 Alessandro Sibilio 1999 45.08 Nocera Inferiore 18 June 2022 5 Matteo Galvan 1988 45.12 Rieti 25 June 2016 6 Andrea Barberi 1979 45.19 Rieti 27 August 2006 7 Claudio Licciardello 1986 45.25 Beijing 18 August 2008 8 Mauro Zuliani 1959 45.26 Rome 5 September 1981 9 Andrea Nuti 1967 45.35 Sestriere 28 July 1993 Alessandro Attene 1977 45.35 Sydney 23 September 2000

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Libania Grenot 1983 50.30 Pescara 2 July 2009 2 Anna Polinari 1999 50.76 Madrid 27 June 2025 3 Virginia Troiani 1996 51.06 Geneva 21 June 2025 4 Alice Mangione 1997 51.07 Paris 6 August 2024 5 Daniela Reina 1981 51.18 Rieti 17 August 2006 6 Virna De Angeli 1976 51.31 Bari 17 June 1997 7 Benedicta Chigbolu 1989 51.67 La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 July 2015 8 Patrizia Spuri 1973 51.74 Budapest 20 August 1998 9 Danielle Perpoli 1968 51.85 Annecy 22 June 2002 10 Marta Milani 1987 51.86 Daegu 28 August 2011

800 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Marcello Fiasconaro 1949 1:43.7 Milan 27 Jun 1973 2 Andrea Longo 1975 1:43.74 Rieti 3 Sep 2000 3 Catalin Tecuceanu 1999 1:43.75 Monaco 12 Jul 2024 4 Donato Sabia 1963 1:43.88 Firenze 13 Jun 1984 5 Andrea Benvenuti 1969 1:43.92 Monaco 11 Aug 1992 6 Giuseppe D'Urso 1969 1:43.95 Rome 5 Jun 1996 7 Francesco Pernici 2003 1:44.06 Bergen 18 Jul 2025 8 Simone Barontini 1999 1:44.34 Budapest 24 Aug 2023 9 Giordano Benedetti 1989 1:44.67 Rome 6 Jun 2013 10 Andrea Giocondi 1969 1:44.78 Zürich 13 Aug 1996

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Gabriella Dorio 1957 1:57.66 Pisa 5 Jul 1980 2 Elisa Cusma 1981 1:58.63 Osaka 26 Aug 2007 3 Eloisa Coiro 2000 1:58.64 Rabat 25 May 2025 4 Elena Bellò 1997 1:58.89 London 20 Jul 2024 5 Marta Zenoni 1999 1:59.45 Brescia 15 Jul 2025 6 Fabia Trabaldo 1972 1:59.51 Caserta 11 Jun 1992 7 Patrizia Spuri 1973 1:59.96 Rieti 30 Aug 1998 8 Yusneysi Santiusti 1984 2:00.04 Monaco 15 Jul 2016 9 Agnese Possamai 1953 2:00.36 Pisa 5 Jul 1980 10 Federica Del Buono 1994 2:00.58 Rieti 7 Sep 2014

1500 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Pietro Arese 1999 3:30.74 Paris 6 Aug 2024 2 Federico Riva 1993 3:31.42 Rome 6 Jun 2025 3 Ossama Meslek 1997 3:32.77 Paris 4 Aug 2024 4 Gennaro Di Napoli 1968 3:32.78 Rieti 9 Sept 1990 5 Joao Bussotti 1993 3:33.08 Dessau 21 Jun 2025 6 Mohad Abdikadar 1993 3:33.79 Padua 3 Sept 2023 7 Stefano Mei 1963 3:34.57 Rieti 7 Sept 1986 8 Davide Tirelli 1966 3:34.61 Nice 15 Jul 1992 9 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 3:35.26 Rovereto 5 Aug 2020 10 Alessandro Lambruschini 1965 3:35.27 Rome 22 Jul 1987

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Sintayehu Vissa 1996 3:58.11 Paris 8 Aug 2024 2 Nadia Battocletti 2000 3:58.15 Rovereto 2 Jun 2025 3 Gabriella Dorio 1957 3:58.65 Tirrenia 25 Aug 1982 4 Gaia Sabbatini 1999 3:59.49 Budapest 12 Aug 2025 5 Marta Zenoni 1999 4:01.52 Rome 6 Jun 2025 6 Ludovica Cavalli 2000 4:01.84 Budapest 22 Aug 2023 7 Paola Pigni 1945 4:02.85 Munich 9 Sept 1972 8 Federica Del Buono 1994 4:03.45 Castellón de la Plana 16 Jun 2022 9 Fabia Trabaldo 1972 4:03.82 Monaco 7 Aug 1993 10 Silvana Cruciata 1953 4:03.88 Turin 15 Jul 1981

3000 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 7:37.90 Gateshead 13 July 2021 2 Gennaro Di Napoli 1968 7:39.54 Formia 18 May 1996 3 Daniele Meucci 1985 7:41.74 Stockholm 19 August 2012 4 Francesco Panetta 1963 7:42.73 Cagliari 16 September 1987 5 Stefano Mei 1963 7:42.85 Nice 15 July 1986 6 Stefano Baldini 1971 7:43.14 Bellinzona 12 July 1996 7 Salvatore Antibo 1962 7:43.57 Trapani 21 September 1991 8 Ossama Meslek 1997 7:43.63 Nembro 2 August 2022 9 Alessandro Lambruschini 1965 7:44.7 Tirrenia 26 July 1997 10 Vittorio Fontanella 1953 7:45.2 Bologna 12 September 1981

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Nadia Battocletti 2000 8:26.27 Rabat 25 May 2025 2 Roberta Brunet 1965 8:35.65 Monaco 16 August 1997 3 Agnese Possamai 1953 8:37.96 Helsinki 10 August 1983 4 Sintayehu Vissa 1996 8:40.81 Rovereto 3 September 2024 5 Marta Zenoni 1999 8:44.10 Rovereto 3 September 2024 6 Nadia Dandolo 1962 8:44.36 Stockholm 3 July 1991 7 Margherita Gargano 1952 8:46.31 Rome 14 September 1982 8 Silvana Cruciata 1953 8:46.31 Rome 25 April 1981 9 Federica Del Buono 1994 8:46.84 Rovereto 6 September 2023 10 Silvia Weissteiner 1979 8:48.63 Rovereto 12 September 2007

5000 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 13:02.26 Ostrava 8 September 2020 2 Salvatore Antibo 1962 13:05.59 Bologna 8 June 1990 3 Francesco Panetta 1963 13:06.76 Zürich 4 August 1993 4 Alberto Cova 1958 13:10.06 Oslo 27 July 1985 5 Stefano Mei 1963 13:11.57 Stuttgart 31 August 1986 6 Gennaro Di Napoli 1968 13:17.46 Rome 8 June 1995 7 Pietro Riva 1997 13:16.29 Maisons-Laffitte 6 July 2024 8 Daniele Meucci 1985 13:19.00 Heusden-Zolder 7 July 2012 9 Venanzio Ortis 1955 13:19.19 Rieti 9 September 1981 10 Said El Otmani 1991 13:19.30 Rabat 16 June 2019

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Nadia Battocletti 2000 14:23.15 Rome 6 June 2025 2 Roberta Brunet 1965 14:44.50 Cologne 16 August 1996 3 Elisa Palmero 1999 14:57.87 Oordegem 9 August 2025 4 Maria Guida 1966 14:58.84 Rome 5 June 1996 5 Federica Del Buono 1994 15:00.05 Rome 7 July 2024 6 Silvia Weissteiner 1979 15:02.65 Berlin 16 September 2007 7 Micol Majori 1998 15:04.32 Caorle 2 August 2025 8 Elena Romagnolo 1982 15:06.38 London 7 August 2012 9 Ludovica Cavalli 2000 15:08.96 Vienna 17 June 2023 10 Nadia Dandolo 1962 15:11.64 Bologna 18 July 1990

10,000 metres

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 27:10.76 Doha 6 October 2019 2 Salvatore Antibo 1962 27:16.50 Helsinki 29 June 1989 3 Francesco Panetta 1963 27:24.16 Helsinki 29 June 1989 4 Venanzio Ortis 1955 27:31.48 Praga 29 August 1978 5 Daniele Meucci 1985 27:32.86 Stanford 29 April 2012 6 Alberto Cova 1958 27:37.59 Lausanne 30 June 1983 7 Franco Fava 1952 27:42.65 Helsinki 30 June 1977 8 Stefano Mei 1963 27:43.97 Oslo 5 July 1986 9 Stefano Baldini 1971 27:43.98 Bratislava 29 May 1996 10 Marco Mazza 1977 27:44.05 Camaiore 6 April 2002

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Nadia Battocletti 2000 30:43.35 Paris 9 August 2024 2 Maura Viceconte 1967 31:05.57 Heusden 5 August 2000 3 Elisa Palmero 1999 31:18.03 Birmingham 15 June 2025 4 Silvia Sommaggio 1969 31:24.12 Heusden 5 August 2000 5 Federica Del Buono 1994 31:25.41 Rome 11 June 2024 6 Maria Guida 1966 31:27.82 Gothenburg 9 August 1995 7 Veronica Inglese 1990 31:37.43 Amsterdam 6 July 2016 8 Anna Arnaudo 2000 31:39.86 London 18 May 2024 9 Nadia Ejjafini 1977 31:45.14 Bilbao 3 June 2012 10 Agata Balsamo 1970 31:56.49 Trento 31 May 2000

110/100 metres hurdles

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Lorenzo Simonelli 2002 13.05 Rome 8 June 2024 2 Paolo Dal Molin 1987 13.27 Rovereto 26 June 2021 3 Emanuele Abate 1985 13.28 Turin 8 June 2012 4 Andrea Giaconi 1974 13.35 Annecy 23 June 2002 5 Laurent Ottoz 1970 13.42 Berlin 30 August 1994 Hassane Fofana 1992 13.42 Rovereto 26 June 2021 7 Emiliano Pizzoli 1974 13.43 Milan 10 June 1998 8 Eddy Ottoz 1944 13.46 Mexico City 17 October 1968 Lorenzo Perini 1994 13.46 Naples 12 July 2019 10 Mauro Rossi 1973 13.48 Rome 23 May 1998

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Giada Carmassi 1994 12.69 Stockholm 15 June 2025 2 Luminosa Bogliolo 1995 12.75 Tokyo 1 August 2021 3 Veronica Borsi 1987 12.76 Orvieto 2 June 2013 4 Elena Carraro 2001 12.84 Imperia 1 May 2025 5 Marzia Caravelli 1981 12.85 Montgeron 13 May 2012 6 Veronica Besana [it] 2002 12.88 Trieste 26 July 2025 7 Elisa Di Lazzaro 1998 12.90 Savona 13 May 2021 8 Carla Tuzzi 1967 12.97 Valencia 12 June 1994 9 Micol Cattaneo 1982 12.98 Annecy 22 June 2008 Angelika Węgierska 1994 12.98 La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 July 2024

400 metres hurdles

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Alessandro Sibilio 1999 47.50 Rome 11 June 2024 2 Fabrizio Mori 1969 47.54 Edmonton 10 August 2001 3 Laurent Ottoz 1970 48.52 Atlanta 31 Lug 1996 4 Gianni Carabelli 1979 48.84 Rome 8 Lug 2005 5 José Bencosme 1992 48.91 Oran 1 July 2022 6 Mario Lambrughi 1992 48.99 Rieti 13 May 2018 7 Giorgio Frinolli 1970 49.04 Milan 6 June 2001 8 Ashraf Saber 1973 49.08 Rome 5 June 1996 9 Roberto Frinolli 1940 49.14 Mexico City 14 October 1968 10 Gabriele Montefalcone 1997 49.15 Chengdu 3 Aug 2023

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Ayomide Folorunso 1996 53.89 Budapest 22 Aug 2023 2 Yadisleidy Pedroso 1987 54.54 Shanghai 18 May 2013 3 Alice Muraro 2000 54.57 Caorle 3 August 2025 4 Benedetta Ceccarelli 1980 54.79 Rieti 28 Aug 2005 5 Rebecca Sartori 1997 54.82 Budapest 21 Aug 2023 6 Linda Olivieri 1998 54.99 Rome 10 Jun 2024 7 Monika Niederstätter 1974 55.10 Seville 22 Aug 1999 8 Eleonora Marchiando 1997 55.13 Geneve 10 Jun 2023 9 Irmgard Trojer 1964 55.42 Athens 10 Jul 1991 10 Manuela Gentili 1978 55.54 Lucerna 17 Jul 2012

3000 metres steeplechase

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Francesco Panetta 1963 8:08.57 Rome 5 September 1987 2 Alessandro Lambruschini 1965 8:08.78 Stuttgart 21 August 1993 3 Ahmed Abdelwahed 1996 8:10.29 Rome 9 June 2022 4 Osama Zoghlami 1994 8:11.00 Rome 9 June 2022 5 Giuseppe Maffei 1974 8:11.85 Cologne 8 August 1999 6 Mariano Scartezzini 1954 8:12.5 Rome 5 August 1980 7 Angelo Carosi 1964 8:14.02 Monaco 2 August 1994 8 Ala Zoghlami 1994 8:14.06 Tokyo 30 July 2021 9 Luciano Di Pardo 1969 8:17.32 Nuremberg 13 June 1999 10 Yassin Bouih 1996 8:18.37 Chorzów 18 May 2024

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Elena Romagnolo 1982 9:27.48 Beijing 15 August 2008 2 Isabel Mattuzzi 1995 9:34.02 Berlin 10 August 2018 3 Martina Merlo 1993 9:37.72 Nice 12 June 2021 4 Giulia Martinelli 1991 9:39.51 Brussels 16 September 2011 5 Francesca Bertoni 1993 9:43.80 Lille 24 June 2017 6 Anna Arnaudo [it] 2000 9:45.86 Bergamo 11 September 2021 7 Emma Quaglia 1980 9:48.33 Paris 9 September 2009 8 Eleonora Curtabbi 1997 9:49.74 Décines-Charpieu 11 June 2022 9 Laura Dalla Montà 1993 9:53.02 Pescara 9 September 2018 10 Valeria Roffino 1990 9:53.82 Rovereto 21 July 2014

Half marathon

  Not recognized performance

Men[4][5] # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 59:26 Naples 22 February 2022 2 Pietro Riva 1997 59:41 Valencia 22 October 2023 3 Eyob Faniel 1992 1:00:07 Siena 28 February 2021 4 Rachid Berradi 1975 1:00:20 Milan 13 April 2002 5 Marco Mazza 1977 1:00:24 Milan 13 April 2002 6 Pasquale Selvarolo 1999 1:00:32 Ravenna 12 November 2023 7 Giuliano Battocletti 1975 1:00:47 Udine 29 September 2002 8 Stefano Baldini 1971 1:00:50 Malmö 17 June 2000 Yohanes Chiappinelli 1997 1:00:50 Valencia 27 October 2024 10 Vincenzo Modica 1971 1:01:03 Milan 3 April 1993 (6) Yohanes Chiappinelli 1997 1:00:45[5] Pisa 9 October 2022

Women[6][7] # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Nadia Ejjafini 1977 1:08:27 Cremona 16 October 2011 Sofiia Yaremchuk 1994 1:08:27 Naples 25 February 2024 3 Valeria Straneo 1976 1:08:48 Milan 25 March 2012 4 Maria Guida 1966 1:09:00 Malmö 12 June 2000 5 Elisa Palmero 1999 1:09:02 Reggio Emilia 16 May 2025 6 Maura Viceconte 1967 1:09:19 Ivry-sur-Seine 22 April 2001 7 Gloria Marconi 1979 1:09:25 Ostia 23 February 2003 8 Rosaria Console 1968 1:09:34 Ostia 27 February 2005 9 Fatna Maraoui 1977 1:10:08 Cremona 16 October 2011 10 Anna Incerti 1980 1:10:10 Verona 16 February 2014 Sara Dossena 1980 1:10:10 Udine 23 September 2018 (1) Valeria Straneo 1976 1:07:46[8] Ostia 26 February 2012 (2) Anna Incerti 1980 1:08:18[8] Ostia 26 February 2012 (3) Sofiia Yaremchuk 1994 1:08:49[9] Rome 5 March 2023 (9) Rosanna Munerotto 1962 1:09:38[10] South Shields 20 September 1992

Marathon

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Yohanes Chiappinelli 1997 2:05:24 Valencia 1 December 2024 2 Yemaneberhan Crippa 1996 2:06:06 Sevilla 18 February 2024 3 Iliass Aouani 1995 2:06:06 Valencia 1 December 2024 4 Eyob Faniel 1992 2:07:09 Seville 18 February 2024 5 Stefano Baldini 1971 2:07:22 London 23 April 2006 6 Nekagenet Crippa 1994 2:07:35 Valencia 3 December 2023 7 Pietro Riva 1997 2:07:37 Valencia 1 December 2024 8 Daniele Meucci 1985 2:07:49 Seville 18 February 2024 9 Giacomo Leone 1971 2:07:52 Ōtsu 4 March 2001 10 Alberico Di Cecco 1974 2:08:02 Rome 13 March 2005

Women[11] # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Sofiia Yaremchuk 1994 2:23:14 London 27 April 2025 2 Valeria Straneo 1976 2:23:44 Rotterdam 15 April 2012 3 Giovanna Epis 1988 2:23:46 Hamburg 23 April 2023 4 Maura Viceconte 1967 2:23:47 Vienna 21 May 2000 5 Sara Dossena 1984 2:24:00 Nagoya 10 March 2019 6 Franca Fiacconi 1965 2:25:17 New York City 1 November 1998 7 Bruna Genovese 1976 2:25:28 Boston 17 April 2006 8 Anna Incerti 1980 2:25:32 Berlin 25 September 2011 9 Maria Guida 1966 2:25:57 Carpi 10 October 1999 10 Rosaria Console 1979 2:26:10 Berlin 25 September 2011

20 km walk

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1[12] Massimo Stano 1992 1:17:26 Taicang March 2024 2 Francesco Fortunato 1994 1:18:16 Poděbrady 18 May 2025 3 Alex Schwazer 1984 1:18:24 Lugano 14 March 2010 4 Andrea Cosi 2001 1:18:43 Poděbrady 18 May 2025 5 Maurizio Damilano 1957 1:18:54 A Coruña 6 June 1992 6 Ivano Brugnetti 1976 1:19:36 Leamington 20 May 2007 7 Giorgio Rubino 1986 1:19:37 Rio Maior 4 April 2009 8 Marco Giungi 1974 1:19:49[13] Grosseto 7 April 2002 9 Matteo Giupponi 1988 1:19:58 Poděbrady 10 October 2020 10 Michele Didoni 1974 1:19:59 Gothenburg 6 August 1995

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Eleonora Giorgi 1989 1:26:17 Murcia 17 May 2015 2 Antonella Palmisano 1991 1.26:36 London 13 August 2017 3 Elisabetta Perrone 1968 1:27:09 Dudince 19 May 2001 4 Elisa Rigaudo 1980 1:27:12 Beijing 21 August 2008 5 Erica Alfridi 1968 1:27:29 Dudince 19 May 2001 6 Valentina Trapletti 1985 1:28:37 Rome 7 June 2024 7 Annarita Sidoti 1969 1:28:38 Eisenhüttenstadt 17 June 2000 8 Nicole Colombi 1995 1:28:51 Dudince 22 March 2025 9 Alexandrina Mihai 2003 1:28:57 Sant'Alessio Siculo 30 March 2025 10 Rossella Giordano 1972 1:29:12 Cassino 9 March 1997

35 km walk

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Massimo Stano 1992 2:20:43 Poděbrady 18 May 2025 2 Riccardo Orsoni [es] 2000 2:26:09 Poděbrady 18 May 2025 3 Alex Schwazer 1984 2:26:16 Montalto di Castro 24 January 2010 4 Matteo Giupponi 1988 2:27:18 Dudince 22 March 2025 5 Teodorico Caporaso 1987 2:28:51 Dudince 22 March 2025 6 Marco De Luca 1981 2:28:53 Montalto di Castro 24 January 2010 7 Andrea Agrusti 1995 2:30:16 Poděbrady 21 May 2023 8 Giorgio Rubino 1986 2:30:50 Grosseto 28 January 2018 9 Aldo Andrei 2001 2:30:52 Acquaviva delle Fonti 26 January 2025 10 Gianluca Picchiottino 1996 2:31:13 Acquaviva delle Fonti 26 January 2025

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Antonella Palmisano 1991 2:39:35 Poděbrady 18 May 2025 2 Nicole Colombi 1995 2:41:47 Poděbrady 18 May 2025 3 Eleonora Giorgi 1989 2:41:54 Aksu 22 February 2025 4 Federica Curiazzi 1992 2:45:33 Acquaviva delle Fonti 26 January 2025 5 Alexandrina Mihai 1998 2:46:41 Acquaviva delle Fonti 26 January 2025 6 Lidia Barcella 1997 2:51:50 Poděbrady 16 May 2021 7 Sara Vitiello 1996 2:54:06 Milazzo 29 January 2023 8 Sofia Fiorini 2004 2:54:42 Acquaviva delle Fonti 26 January 2025 9 Beatrice Foresti 1998 3:04:04 Poděbrady 16 May 2021 10 Vittoria Giordani 2000 3:04:42 Pescara 16 January 2022

50 km walk

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Alex Schwazer 1984 3:36:04 Rosignano 11 February 2007 2 Giovanni Perricelli 1967 3:43:55 Helsinki 13 August 1994 3 Raffaello Ducceschi 1962 3:44:27[13] Molfetta 17 April 1988 4 Marco De Luca 1981 3:44:47 Rome 8 May 2016 5 Arturo Di Mezza 1969 3:44:52 Atlanta 2 August 1996 6 Marco Giungi 1974 3:45:55 Vittorio Veneto 3 March 2002 7 Maurizio Damilano 1957 3:46:51 Pomigliano 25 March 1990 8 Ivano Brugnetti 1976 3:47:54 Seville 25 August 1999 9 Giovanni De Benedictis 1968 3:48:06[13] Vittorio Veneto 3 March 2002 10 Sandro Bellucci 1955 3:48:08[13] Molfetta 17 April 1988

Women[14] # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Eleonora Giorgi 1989 4:04:50 Alytus 19 May 2019 2 Mariavittoria Becchetti 1994 4:26:10 Alytus 19 May 2019 3 Nicole Colombi 1995 4:27:38 Gioiosa Marea 27 January 2019 4 Natalia Bruniko 1973 4:29:56 Scanzorosciate 27 October 2002 5 Federica Curiazzi 1992 4:30:17 Alytus 19 May 2019

High jump

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Gianmarco Tamberi 1992 2.39 m Monaco 15 July 2016 2 Marco Fassinotti 1989 2.35 m (i) Banská Bystrica 4 February 2016 3 Stefano Sottile 1998 2.34 m Paris 10 August 2024 4 Marcello Benvenuti 1964 2.33 m Verona 12 September 1989 Silvano Chesani 1988 2.33 m (i) Ancona 17 February 2013 6 Luca Toso 1964 2.32 m Turin 21 July 1988 Alessandro Talotti 1980 2.32 m (i) Glasgow 29 January 2005 8 Andrea Bettinelli 1978 2.31 m Rieti 3 August 2003 Nicola Ciotti 1976 2.31 m (i) Hustopeče 21 January 2006 Giulio Ciotti 1976 2.31 m (i) Hustopeče 21 January 2006

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Antonietta Di Martino 1978 2.04 m (i) Banská Bystrica 9 February 2011 2 Elena Vallortigara 1991 2.02 m London 22 July 2018 3 Sara Simeoni 1953 2.01 m Brescia 4 August 1978 4 Alessia Trost 1993 2.00 m (i) Třinec 29 January 2013 5 Antonella Bevilacqua 1971 1.98 m Athens 28 February 1994 6 Desirée Rossit 1994 1.97 m Bressanone 10 June 2016 7 Francesca Bradamante 1973 1.95 m Udine 23 May 1998 Raffaella Lamera 1983 1.95 m Florence 5 June 2010 9 Erika Furlani 1996 1.94 m Rieti 11 July 2020 10 Idea Pieroni 2002 1.93 m Livorno 1 September 2024

Pole vault

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Giuseppe Gibilisco 1979 5.90 m Paris 28 August 2003 2 Claudio Stecchi 1991 5.82 m Chiari 8 September 2020 3 Fabio Pizzolato 1975 5.75 m Milan 6 July 1995 4 Matteo Oliveri 2002 5.71 m Lucca 8 June 2025 5 Gianni Iapichino 1969 5.70 m Sestriere 31 July 1994 Maurilio Mariani 1973 5.70 m Padova 26 June 1999 Simone Bertelli 2004 5.70 m Bergen 19 July 2025 8 Marco Andreini 1961 5.68 m Siderno 23 September 1990 9 Andrea Pegoraro 1966 5.65 m Foggia 18 June 1992 Andrea Giannini 1976 5.65 m Milan 6 June 1997 Alberto Giacchetto 1973 5.65 m (i) Castellanza 24 February 1998

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Roberta Bruni 1994 4.73 m Chiari 4 Sept. 2023 2 Elisa Molinarolo 1994 4.70 m Paris 7 August 2024 3 Anna Giordano Bruno 1980 4.60 m Milan 2 August 2009 4 Sonia Malavisi 1994 4.52 m Nembro 19 July 2024 5 Virginia Scardanzan 1998 4.45 m Chiari 4 Sept. 2023 Great Nnachi 2004 4.45 m (i) Ancona 17 February 2024 7 Giulia Valletti Borgnini 2001 4.42 m (i) Ancona 18 February 2023 Helen Falda 1996 4.42 m Vermillion 16 April 2021 Arianna Farfaletti Casali 1976 4.42 m Busto Arsizio 21 Sept. 2008 9 Maria Roberta Gherca 2000 4.41 m Novo Mesto 15 June 2024 10 Elena Scarpellini 1987 4.40 m (i) Ancona 6 February 2010 Giorgia Benecchi 1989 4.40 m (i) Ancona 17 February 2013

Long jump

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Andrew Howe 1985 8.47 m Osaka 30 August 2007 2 Giovanni Evangelisti 1961 8.43 m San Giovanni V. 16 May 1987 3 Mattia Furlani 2005 8.38 m Rome 8 June 2024 4 Simone Bianchi 1963 8.25 m Madrid 1º June 1996 5 Nicola Trentin 1974 8.20 m Padua 6 July 2003 Kevin Ojiaku 1989 8.20 m Turin 21 May 2017 7 Stefano Dacastello 1980 8.17 m Florence 10 July 2004 8 Paolo Camossi 1974 8.16 m Padua 7 June 1998 9 Fausto Frigerio 1966 8.15 m Cagliari 5 July 1990 10 Milko Campus 1969 8.13 m Formia 5 June 1994

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Fiona May 1969 7.11 m Budapest 22 August 1998 2 Larissa Iapichino 2002 7.06 m Palermo 31 May 2025 3 Valentina Uccheddu 1966 6.80 m Sestriere 31 July 1994 4 Laura Strati 1990 6.72 m Ávila 15 July 2017 Antonella Capriotti 1962 6.72 m (i) Florence 24 February 1988 6 Tania Vicenzino 1986 6.68 m (i) Glasgow 2 March 2019 7 Dariya Derkach 1993 6.67 m Rieti 15 June 2013 Magdelín Martínez 1976 6.67 m Rieti 5 September 2004 9 Valeria Canella 1982 6.56 m Pergine V. 7 July 2007 10 Maria Chiara Baccini 1981 6.55 m Annecy 31 July 1998 Arianna Battistella 2002 6.55 m Grosseto 13 June 2021

Triple jump

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Andy Díaz 1995 17.80 m (i) Nanjing 21 March 2025 2 Fabrizio Donato 1976 17.73 m (i) Paris 6 March 2011 3 Daniele Greco 1989 17.70 m (i) Gothenburg 3 March 2013 4 Paolo Camossi 1974 17.45 m Milan 7 June 2000 5 Andrea Dallavalle 1999 17.36 m (i) Ancona 23 February 2025 6 Emmanuel Ihemeje 1998 17.29 m Walnut 15 April 2023 7 Fabrizio Schembri 1981 17.27 m Turin 4 June 2009 8 Tobia Bocchi 1997 17.26 m Castellón 14 June 2023 9 Giuseppe Gentile 1943 17.22 m Mexico City 14 October 1968 10 Dario Badinelli 1960 17.12 m Cagliari 14 September 1986

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Magdelín Martínez 1976 15.03 m Rome 26 June 2004 2 Simona La Mantia 1983 14.69 m Palermo 22 May 2005 3 Fiona May 1969 14.65 m Saint Petersburg 27 June 1998 4 Dariya Derkach 1993 14.52 m Eugene 16 September 2023 5 Barbara Lah 1972 14.38 m Paris 26 August 2003 6 Maria Costanza Moroni 1969 14.25 m Formia 12 July 1998 7 Erika Saraceni 2006 14.24 m Tampere 8 August 2025 8 Ottavia Cestonaro 1995 14.22 m Madrid 8 June 2022 9 Antonella Capriotti 1962 14.18 m Stuttgart 21 August 1993 10 Silvia Biondini 1974 14.15 m Catania 7 July 2001

Shot put

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Leonardo Fabbri 1997 22.98 m Brussels 14 Sep 2024 2 Alessandro Andrei 1959 22.91 m Viareggio 12 Aug 1987 3 Zane Weir 1995 22.44 m Padua 3 Sep 2023 4 Nick Ponzio 1995 21.83 m Leiria 13 Mar 2022 5 Paolo Dal Soglio 1970 21.23 m Grosseto 11 Sep 1996 6 Riccardo Ferrara 2001 20.98 m Pergine Valsugana 6 July 2024 7 Marco Montelatici 1953 20.90 m Milan 26 May 1985 8 Corrado Fantini 1967 20.78 m Rieti 1 Sep 1996 9 Luciano Zerbini 1960 20.54 m Parma 23 Jul 1992 10 Sebastiano Bianchetti 1996 20.41 m Spoleto 22 Jul 2022

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Assunta Legnante 1978 19.20 m (i) Genoa 16 Feb 2002 2 Chiara Rosa 1983 19.15 m Milan 19 Jun 2007 3 Mara Rosolen 1965 18.89 m (i) Castellanza 16 Feb 1997 4 Cinzia Petrucci 1955 18.74 m Florence 4 Jun 1980 5 Cristiana Checchi 1977 18.64 m (i) Schio 13 Feb 2003 6 Julaika Nicoletti 1988 17.97 m (i) Ancona 27 Jan 2015 7 Agnese Maffeis 1965 17.76 m Milan 9 Jun 1998 8 Maria Assunta Chiummariello 1958 17.74 m Imola 12 Oct 1986 9 Maria Tranchina 1968 17.04 m (i) Schio 6 Feb 1995 10 Manuela Torazza 1968 16.87 m Novara 1 Aug 1994

Discus throw

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Marco Martino 1960 67.62 m Spoleto 28 May 1989 2 Giovanni Faloci 1985 67.36 m Spoleto 29 June 2021 3 Marco Bucci 1960 66.96 m Formia 30 June 1984 4 Alessio Mannucci 1998 65.60 m Ramona 10 April 2025 5 Silvano Simeon 1945 65.10 m Rome 27 May 1976 6 Hannes Kirchler 1978 65.01 m Bolzano 4 June 2007 7 Nazzareno Di Marco 1985 64.93 m Latina 6 July 2019 8 Diego Fortuna 1968 64.69 m Ravenna 24 June 2000 9 Cristiano Andrei 1973 64.49 m Lucca 6 May 2003 10 Armando De Vincentiis 1943 64.48 m Rome 27 May 1976

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Daisy Osakue 1996 64.57 m Pietrasanta 11 June 2023 2 Agnese Maffeis 1965 63.66 m Milan 12 June 1996 3 Stefania Strumillo 1989 59.80 m Amsterdam 6 July 2016 4 Cristiana Checchi 1977 59.74 m Milan 23 June 2007 5 Tamara Apostolico 1989 59.50 m Split 15 May 2012 6 Laura Bordignon 1981 59.21 m San Benedetto 24 February 2008 7 Valentina Aniballi 1984 59.12 m Tarquinia 13 June 2018 8 Maria Stella Masocco 1948 57.54 m Tirrenia 14 May 1972 9 Maria Marello 1961 57.54 m Verona 19 June 1986 10 Emily Conte 2002 57.11 m Espoo 14 July 2023

Hammer throw

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Enrico Sgrulletti 1965 81.64 m Ostia 9 Match 1997 2 Loris Paoluzzi 1974 80.98 m Pescara 4 July 1999 3 Nicola Vizzoni 1973 80.50 m Formia 14 July 2001 4 Marco Lingua 1978 79.97 m Bydgoszcz 1 July 2008 5 Lorenzo Povegliano 1984 79.08 m Codroipo 12 May 2012 6 Giampaolo Urlando 1945 78.16 m Walnut 25 July 1984 7 Lucio Serrani 1961 78.02 m Milan 6 September 1988 8 Orlando Bianchini 1955 77.94 m Milan 27 June 1984 9 Giuliano Zanello 1963 77.48 m Mereto 25 May 1986 10 Simone Falloni 1991 76.33 m Rieti 23 April 2021

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Sara Fantini 1997 75.77 m Madrid 18 June 2022 2 Ester Balassini 1977 73.59 m Brixen 25 June 2005 3 Clarissa Claretti 1980 72.46 m Cagliari 19 July 2008 4 Silvia Salis 1985 71.93 m Savona 18 May 2011 5 Rachele Mori 2003 69.04 m La Spezia 30 June 2024 6 Elisa Palmieri 1983 67.33 m Turin 25 June 2011 7 Laura Gibilisco 1986 66.90 m Siracusa 5 April 2008 8 Cecilia Desideri 1999 66.72 m Lucca 28 May 2022 9 Nadia Maffo 1996 66.56 m Fresno 29 April 2022 10 Micaela Mariani 1988 66.24 m Rovereto 19 July 2014

Javelin throw

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Carlo Sonego 1972 84.60 m Osaka 8 May 1999 2 Giovanni Frattini 2002 83.61 m[15] Modena 24 September 2024 3 Mauro Fraresso 1993 81.79 m Lucca 24 February 2019 4 Roberto Bertolini 1985 81.68 m Nembro 7 July 2017 5 Francesco Pignata 1978 81.67 m Florence 19 June 2005 6 Alberto Desiderio 1973 80.80 m Catania 19 May 2001 7 Norbert Bonvecchio 1985 80.37 m Braunschweig 22 June 2014 8 Roberto Orlando 1996 80.35 m Rovereto 26 June 2021 9 Armin Kerer 1972 80.25 m Brixen 18 September 1999 10 Fabio De Gaspari 1966 79.30 m Cesenatico 26 July 1989

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Claudia Coslovich 1972 65.30 m Ljubljana 10 June 2000 2 Zahra Bani 1979 62.75 m Helsinki 14 August 2005 3 Elisabetta Marin 1977 61.77 m Gorizia 5 June 2004 4 Paola Padovan 1995 59.25 m(1) Treviso 13 April 2025 5 Federica Botter 2001 58.72 m Boulder 10 May 2024 6 Sara Zabarino 1999 58.62 m Šamorín 10 March 2019 7 Carolina Visca 2000 58.47 m Brixen 28 July 2019 8 Luisa Sinigaglia 1997 58.41 m Mariano Comense 16 February 2020 9 Sara Jemai 1992 58.19 m Pescara 9 September 2018 10 Tiziana Rocco 1978 57.42 m Gioia Tauro 1 March 2003 (1) Not approved by World Athletics as it was obtained in a regional competition.

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Men # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Dario Dester 2000 8,235 Rome 11 June 2024 2 Beniamino Poserina 1970 8,169 Formia 6 October 1996 3 Lorenzo Naidon [it] 1999 8,090 Molfetta 30 July 2023 4 Paolo Casarsa 1975 8,056 Vienna 6 June 2004 5 William Frullani 1979 7,984 Götzis 2 June 2002 6 Simone Cairoli 1990 7,949 Berlin 8 August 2018 7 Ubaldo Ranzi 1970 7,930 Formia 6 October 1996 8 Marzio Viti 1973 7,861 Viareggio 20 July 2002 9 Luciano Asta 1969 7,824 Desenzano 18 May 1997 10 Stefano Cellario 1972 7,804 Oristano 31 May 1998

Women # Athlete Born Performance Venue Date 1 Sveva Gerevini 1996 6,379 Rome 8 June 2024 2 Gertrud Bacher 1971 6,185 Desenzano 9 May 1999 3 Giuliana Spada 1971 6,135 Cesano Maderno 28 May 1995 4 Karin Periginelli 1970 6,059 Bologna 26 May 1996 5 Ifeoma Ozoeze 1971 6,056 Tokyo 27 August 1991 6 Francesca Doveri 1982 5,988 Desenzano 8 May 2011 7 Corinne Schneider 1962 5,957 Duisburg 29 August 1989 8 Silvia Dalla Piana 1975 5,920 Desenzano 25 July 2004 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 Rigali, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu 37.62 Budapest 26 Aug 2023 3 Rigali, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu 37.65 Budapest 25 Aug 2023 4 Melluzzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu 37.68 Paris 9 Aug 2024 5 Melluzzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu 37.82 Rome 12 June 2024 6 Patta, Jacobs, Desalu, Tortu 37.95 Tokyo 5 Aug 2021 7 Rigali, Tortu, Patta, Ceccarelli 38.04 Grosseto 21 July 2023 4 Melluzzo, Jacobs, Desalu, Tortu 38.07 Paris 8 Aug 2024 9 Cattaneo, Jacobs, Manenti, Tortu 38.11 Doha 4 Oct 2019 10 Rigali, Patta, Jacobs, Tortu 38.14 Nassau 5 May 2024

Women # !Team Time Venue Date 1 Dosso, Kaddari, Bongiorni, Pavese 42.14 Budapest 25 Aug 2023 2 Dosso, Kaddari, Bongiorni, Pavese 42.49 Budapest 26 Aug 2023 3 Fontana, Hooper, Kaddari, Dosso 42.58 Madrid 28 June 2025 4 Dosso, Kaddari, Siragusa, De Masi 42.60 Nassau 5 May 2024 5 Dosso, Kaddari, Bongiorni, Fontana 42.71 Eugene 22 Jul 2022 6 Siragusa, Hooper, Bongiorni, Fontana 42.84 Tokyo 5 Aug 2021 Dosso, Kaddari, Bongiorni, Pavese 42.84 Munich 21 Aug 2022 8 Herrera, Hooper, Bongiorni, Siragusa 42.90 Doha 4 Oct 2019 9 Dosso, Kaddari, Bongiorni, Fontana 42.92 Eugene 23 Jul 2022 10 Herrera, Hooper, Bongiorni, Siragusa 42.98 Doha 5 Oct 2019

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 Sito, Aceti, Scotti, Sibilio 2:59.72 Paris 10 Aug 2024 4 Re, Scotti, Benati, Sibilio 3:00.14 Budapest 26 Aug 2023 5 Sito, Aceti, Sibilio, Scotti 3:00.26 Paris 9 Aug 2024 6 Sito, Aceti, Meli, Scotti 3:00.81 Rome 12 June 2024 7 Scotti, Meli, Benati, Re 3:01.23 Budapest 26 Aug 2023 8 Bongiorni, Zuliani, Petrella, Ribaud 3:01.37 Stuttgart 31 Aug 1986 9 Malinverni, Di Guida, Ribaud, Zuliani 3:01.42 Zagreb 16 Aug 1981 10 Tozzi, Nocco, Ribaud, Mennea 3:01.44 Los Angeles 11 Aug 1984

Women # Team Time Venue Date 1 Accame, Trevisan, Polinari, Mangione 3:23.40 Rome 12 June 2024 2 Mangione, Folorunso, Bonora, Trevisan 3:23.86 Budapest 26 Aug 2023 3 Mangione, Polinari, Bonora, Trevisan 3:24.98 Budapest 27 Aug 2023 4 Chigbolu, Spacca, Folorunso, Grenot 3:25.16 Rio de Janeiro 19 Aug 2016 5 Accame, Trevisan, Borga, Polinari 3:25.28 Rome 11 June 2024 6 Bazzoni, Milani, Spacca, Grenot 3:25.71 Barcelona 1 Aug 2010 7 Borga, Folorunso, Trevisan, Mangione 3:26.28 Nassau 4 May 2024 8 Accame, Polinari, Bonora, Borga 3:26.40 Guangdong 11 May 2025 9 Polinari, Troiani, Folorunso, Mangione 3:26.45 Eugene 24 Jul 2022 10 Bazzoni, Milani, Spacca, Grenot 3:26.48 Daegu 2 Sep 2011

4 × 400 metres Mixed

#	Team	Time	Venue	Date
1	Scotti, Troiani, Aceti, Mangione	3:09.66	Madrid	29 June 2025
2	Sito, Polinari, Scotti, Mangione	3:10.69	Rome	7 June 2024
3	Sito, Polinari, Scotti, Mangione	3:11.59	Paris	2 August 2024
4	Sito, Trevisan, Scotti, Mangione	3:11.84	Paris	3 August 2024
5	Scotti, Troiani, Aceti, Mangione	3:12.53	Guangzhou	11 May 2025
6	Scotti, Mangione, Borga, Aceti	3:13.51	Tokyo	30 July 2021
7	Scotti, Folorunso, Sibilio, Polinari	3:13.56	Chorzów	25 June 2023
8	Benati, Folorunso, Lopez, Mangione	3:13.89	Eugene	15 July 2022
9	Benati, Folorunso, Meli, Mangione	3:14.56	Budapest	19 August 2023
10	Bianciardi, Borga, Raimondi, Troiani	3:15.64	Guangzhou	10 May 2025

See also

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