Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in Milan, just after the foundation of the Federazione Podistica Italiana and with the organization of La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Since then, 110 editions were held with the only exceptions of the years 1915-1918 and 1944. During 1945, only athletes of Northern Italy could participate but FIDAL considered this edition as an official one.
To the running races, in 1913 the field events were added.
Some facts have to be underlined:
- in 1920, track events were disputed in Rome and field events in Milan;
- in 1922, 2 towns hosted the championships, Milan and Busto Arsizio;
- in 1931, 3 sessions were held in Bologna, Rome and Milan;
- in 1932, 2 towns hosted the events: Pisa and Milan;
- the first male and female championships were held together in 1953 ;
- in 1974, for preparing the 1974 European Championships in Rome, it was implemented for the first time automatic timing but the Federation decided to diminish the time of 16/100th the first day and of 18/100th on the following 2 days; The Italian Championships held in 2010 in Grosseto were the 100th edition.
Editions
Shows only the main venue of the events. In 2013 the Championships backs in Arena Civica in Milan.The number of editions refers to the male ones, the female ones are 19 less. The first women's edition was disputed in 1923 and until 1952 the men's and women's championships disputed the two different venues. Only from the 1953 edition the championships were disputed in a single venue.
Multi winners
Updated to 2024 Italian Athletics Championships.Men
Angiolo Profeti and Adolfo Consolini, with their 15 outdoor titles, are those who have won the highest number in a single specialty.| Titles | Athlete | Events |
| 40 | Abdon Pamich | 10000 walk, 20 km walk, 50 km walk |
| 34 | Antonio Ambu | 5000 m, 10000 m, Marathon, Half marathon, cross country |
| 28 | Giovanni De Benedictis | 10000 walk, 20 km walk, 50 km walk, 5000 m walk indoor |
| 28 | Nicola Vizzoni | Hammer, Hammer winters |
| 26 | Giuseppe Dordoni | 10000 walk, 20 km walk, 50 km walk |
| 26 | Paolo Dal Soglio | Shot put, Shot put indoor |
| 24 | Adolfo Contoli | 110 m hs, 400 m hs, Pole vault, Long jump, Standing HJ, Standing LJ, Standing TJ, Pentathlon, Decathlon |
| 23 | Fabrizio Donato | Triple jump, Long jump indoor, Triple jump indoor |
| 21 | Maurizio Damilano | 10000 walk, 20 km walk, 50 km walk, 5000 m walk indoor |
| 18 | Marco Lingua | Hammer, Hammer winters |
| 17 | Luigi Facelli | 400 m, 110 m hs, 400 m hs, Triple jump |
| 16 | Pietro Mennea | 100 m, 200 m, 60 m indoor, 400 m indoor |
| 16 | Dario Badinelli | Triple jump, Triple jump indoor |
| 16 | Vittorio Visini | 20 km walk, 50 km walk, 5000 m walk indoor |
| 16 | Angiolo Profeti | Shot put, Discus |
| 15 | Giuseppe Lippi | 5000 m, 10000 m, 3000 steeplechase, cross country |
| 15 | Giuseppe Beviacqua | 5000 m, 10000 m, cross country |
| 15 | Adolfo Consolini | Discus |
Women
Agnese Maffeis and Marisa Masullo are the Italian women multi winners.| Titles | Athlete | Events |
| 38 | Agnese Maffeis | Shot put, Discus, Shot put indoor, Discus winter |
| 30 | Marisa Masullo | 100 m, 200 m, 60 m indoor, 200 m indoor |
| 30 | Chiara Rosa | Shot put, Shot put indoor |
| 26 | Donata Govoni | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, Cross country, 400 m indoor, 800 m indoor |
| 25 | Sara Simeoni | High jump, Pentathlon, High jump indoor |
| 23 | Gabriella Dorio | 800 m, 1500 m, 800 m indoor, 1500 m indoor, Cross country |
| 22 | Agnese Possamai | 800 m, 3000 m, 1500 m indoor, 3000 m indoor, Cross country |
| 20 | Claudia Coslovich | Javelin, Javelin winter |
| 20 | Amelia Piccinini | Shot put, Long jump, Pentathlon |
| 19 | Erica Rossi | 400 m, 800 m, 200 m indoor, 400 m indoor |
| 19 | Paola Pigni | 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, Cross country |
| 19 | Claudia Testoni | 60 m, 80 m, 100 m, 200 m, 80 m hs, Long jump |
| 18 | Antonella Capriotti | Long jump, Triple jump, 60 m indoor, Long jump indoor |
| 18 | Giuseppina Leone | 100 m, 200 m |
| 18 | Magalì Vettorazzo | 100 m hs, Long jump Pentathlon |
| 17 | Zahra Bani | Javelin, Javelin winter |
Italian Winter Throwing Championships
The Italian Winter Throwing Championships, are the Italian championships of three of the throwing events in athletics, which, for logistical reasons, do not have an indoor championship. The fourth throwing event in track and field, shot put, is included in the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships instead.The championships are organized by FIDAL since 1984. The 2022 edition was held in Mariano Comense. Focus was upon Sara Fantini, female hammer thrower, who had recently thrown 72.61 meters, close to the Italian women's national record of 73.59 meters. She did win, but with a best throw of 68.18 meters.
Winter is not the only period of competitive throwing in Italy, at least not when international competitions are held in the nation. Notably, at the 2007 IAAF Golden League in Rome, French high jumper Salim Sdiri was hit by a javelin. In 2010, IAAF's Golden League was replaced by World Athletics' Diamond League, which provides perhaps the highest level of competition in outdoor track and field. The Diamond League's annual Golden Gala, which includes all four throwing events, has been held every year from 2010 to 2022 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, with exception that in 2021 it was held in Florence.