Italy national track relay team
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The Italy national relay teams are the relay teams of the Italian athletics team. They compete in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay at outdoor international athletics competitions such as the Olympic Games and World Championships.
Medal count
Key: 
means the category is updated as of 14 June 2024
| Event | 4 × 100 metres relay | 4 × 400 metres relay | |||||||||||||
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| Men | Women | Men | Women | Mixed | |||||||||||
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| Olympic Games 2021 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| World Championships 2023 |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| World Indoor Championships 2024 |
unscheduled | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | unscheduled | |||||||
| European Championships 2024 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| European Indoor Championships 2023 |
unscheduled | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | unscheduled | |||||||
| World Athletics Relays 2024 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Universiade 2021 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | unscheduled | ||
| Mediterranean Games 2022 |
16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | unscheduled | ||
| European Team Championships[2] 2023 |
6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Military World Games |
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | unscheduled | ||
| 33 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Olympic Games
The table shows only the times in which Italy has participated to a final.[3][4][5][6]
4 × 100 m relay
- Finals
4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
The table shows only the times in which Italy has participated to a final.[7]
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Helsinki 1983 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Stefano Malinverni, Donato Sabia, Mauro Zuliani, Roberto Ribaud | 5th | 3:05.10 |
 Athens 1997 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori | 7th | 3:01.52 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Carla Barbarino, Virna De Angeli | 8th | 3:30.63 [12] | |
 Seville 1999 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Virna De Angeli, Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Monika Niederstätter | 8th | 3:29.56 |
 Moscow 2013 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Chiara Bazzoni, Marta Milani, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot | 7th | DSQ |
 Doha 2019 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Davide Re, Vladimir Aceti, Matteo Galvan, Edoardo Scotti | 6th | 3:02.78 |
 Eugene 2022 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Anna Polinari, Ayomide Folorunso, Virginia Troiani, Alice Mangione | 7th | 3:26.45 |
 Budapest 2023 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Edoardo Scotti, Riccardo Meli, Lorenzo Benati, Davide Re | 7th | 3:01.23 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Alice Mangione, Anna Polinari, Alessandra Bonora, Giancarla Trevisan | 7th | 3:24.98 |
World Indoor Championships
The table shows only the times in which Italy has reached the podium.
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seville 1991 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Marco Vaccari, Vito Petrella, Alessandro Aimar, Andrea Nuti | 3rd | 3:05.51 |
| Barcelona 1995 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Fabio Grossi, Andrea Nuti, Roberto Mazzoleni, Ashraf Saber | 2nd | 3:09.12 |
European Championships
The table shows only the times in which Italy has reached the podium.
4 × 100 m relay
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vienna 1938 |
4 × 100 m relay women | Maria Alfero, Maria Apollonio, Rosetta Cattaneo, Italia Lucchini | 3rd | 49.4 |
 Bern 1954 |
4 × 100 m relay women | Maria Musso, Giuseppina Leone, Letizia Bertoni, Milena Greppi | 3rd | 46.6 |
| Helsinki 1971 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Vincenzo Guerini, Pietro Mennea, Pasqualino Abeti, Ennio Preatoni | 3rd | 39.8 |
 Rome 1974 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Vincenzo Guerini, Norberto Oliosi, Luigi Benedetti, Pietro Mennea | 2nd | 38.88 |
 Split 1990 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Mario Longo, Ezio Madonia, Sandro Floris, Stefano Tilli | 3rd | 38.39 |
| Helsinki 1994 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Ezio Madonia, Domenico Nettis, Giorgio Marras, Sandro Floris | 3rd | 38.99 |
| Barcelona 2010 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Maurizio Checcucci | 2nd | 38.17 NR |
 Munich 2022 |
4 × 100 m relay women | Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari,[13] Anna Bongiorni, Alessia Pavese | 3rd | 42.84 |
| Rome 2024 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Melluzzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu, Rigali[a], Simonelli[a] | 1st | 37.82 EL |
4 × 400 m relay
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brussels 1950 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Baldassarre Porto, Armando Filiput, Luigi Paterlini, Antonio Siddi | 2nd | 3:11.0 |
| Helsinki 1971 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Lorenzo Cellerino, Giacomo Puosi, Sergio Bello, Marcello Fiasconaro | 3rd | 3:04.60 |
 Amsterdam 2016 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Maria Enrica Spacca, Chiara Bazzoni, Libania Grenot | 3rd | 3:27.49 |
| Rome 2024 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Sito, Aceti, Meli, Scotti, Lopez[a] | 2nd | 3:00.81 |
 Birmingham 2026 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Scotti, Sito, Suadassi, Benati | 1st | 2.58.10 NR[b] |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Bonora, Polinari, Mangione, Coiro, Accame, Cirillo | 3rd | 3:23.57 |
Mixed 4 × 400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
The table shows only the times in which Italy has reached the podium.
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dortmund 1966 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Bruno Bianchi, Ito Giani, Sergio Ottolina, Sergio Bello | 2nd | 3:22.2 |
| Ghent 2000 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Francesca Carbone, Carla Barbarino, Patrizia Spuri, Virna De Angeli | 2nd | 3:35.01 |
| Vienna 2002 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Daniela Reina, Patrizia Spuri, Carla Barbarino, Danielle Perpoli | 3rd | 3:36.49 |
| Turin 2009 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Jacopo Marin, Matteo Galvan, Domenico Rao, Claudio Licciardello | 1st | 3:06.68 |
 Glasgow 2019 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Raphaela Lukudo, Ayomide Folorunso, Chiara Bazzoni, Marta Milani | 3rd | 3:31.90 |
 Istanbul 2023 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Alice Mangione, Ayomide Folorunso, Anna Polinari, Eleonora Marchiando | 2nd | 3:28.61 NR |
World Athletics Relays
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yokohama 2019 |
4 × 400 m women | Chigbolu, Folorunso, Trevisan, Lukudo, Bazzoni, Vandi | 3rd | 3:27.74 |
 Silesia 2021 |
4 × 100 m women | Siragusa, Hooper, Bongiorni, Fontana, Herrera | 1st | 43.79 |
| 4 × 400 m mixed | Scotti, Trevisan, Mangione, Re | 1st | 3:16.60 | |
| 4 × 100 m men | Desalu, Jacobs, Manenti, Tortu | 1st | 39.21 |
Universiade
The table shows only the times in which Italy has reached the podium.
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turin 1959 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Elio Catola, Nereo Fossati, Mario Fraschini, Germano Gimelli | 2nd | 3:11.4 |
 Porto Alegre 1963 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Sergio Bello, Marco Busatto, Mario Fraschini, Roberto Frinolli | 3rd | 3:13.65 |
| Budapest 1965 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Sergio Bello, Gian Paolo Iraldo, Bruno Bianchi, Roberto Frinolli | 1st | 3:13.65 |
 Mexico City 1979 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Flavio Borghi, Alfonso Di Guida, Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi | 3rd | 3:03.80 |
| Sheffield 1991 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Gianrico Boncompagni, Riccardo Cardone, Marcello Pantone, Vito Petrella | 3rd | 3:07.54 |
Mediterranean Games
The table shows only the times in which Italy has reached the podium.[14][15]
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona 1955 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Luigi Grossi, Vincenzo Lombardo, Mario Paoletti, Baldassarre Porto | 2nd | 3:14.4 |
 Tunis 1967 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Sergio Bello, Furio Fusi, Sergio Ottolina, Giacomo Puosi | 1st | 3.12.6 |
| Izmir 1971 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Sergio Bello, Daniele Giovanardi, Lorenzo Cellerino, Giacomo Puosi | 1st | 3:07.5 |
 Alger 1975 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Alfonso Di Guida, Flavio Borghi, Bruno Magnani, Giorgio Ballati | 3rd | 3:06.72 |
| Split 1979 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Alfonso Di Guida, Flavio Borghi, Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi | 3rd | 3:04.61 |
 Casablanca 1983 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Roberto Ribaud, Donato Sabia, Mauro Zuliani, Daniele D'Amico | 2nd | 3:04.54 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Cosetta Campana, Giuseppina Cirulli, Letizia Magenti, Erica Rossi | 1st | 3:33.63 | |
 Latakia 1987 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Roberto Ribaud, Andrea Montanari, Vito Petrella, Marcello Pantone | 1st | 3:05.29 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Cosetta Campana, Giuseppina Cirulli, Nevia Pristino, Erica Rossi | 1st | 3:32.14 | |
| Athens 1991 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Fabio Grossi, Andrea Nuti, Marco Vaccari, Alessandro Aimar | 1st | 3:03.20 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Cosetta Campana, Barbara Martinelli, Roberta Rabaioli, Johanna Zuddas | 2nd | 3:33.68 | |
 Narbonne 1993 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Maurizio Federici, Gianrico Boncompagni, Vito Petrella, Alessandro Aimar | 3rd | 3.05.11 |
| Bari 1997 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Michele Grando, Walter Groff, Fabrizio Mori, Ashraf Saber | 3rd | 3:03.08 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Carla Barbarino, Francesca Carbone, Francesca Cola, Patrizia Spuri | 1st | 3:29.98 | |
| Tunis 2001 |
4 × 400 m relay women | Francesca Carbone, Danielle Perpoli, Fabiola Piroddi, Daniela Reina | 2nd | 3:38.90 |
| Mersin 2013 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Lorenzo Valentini, Isalbet Juarez, Michele Tricca, Matteo Galvan | 1st | 3:04.61 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Maria Bonfanti, Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Chiara Bazzoni | 1st | 3:32.44 | |
| Tarragona 2018 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Matteo Galvan, Giuseppe Leonardi, Davide Re, Michele Tricca | 1st | 3:03.54 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Benedicta Chigbolu, Ayomide Folorunso, Libania Grenot, Raphaela Lukudo | 1st | 3:28.08 | |
| Oran 2022 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Pietro Pivotto, Giuseppe Leonardi, Lapo Bianciardi, Matteo Raimondi | 2nd | 3:04.55 |
| 4 × 400 m relay women | Anna Polinari, Virginia Troiani, Raphaela Lukudo, Giancarla Trevisan | 1st | 3:29.93 |
European Team Championships
The table shows only the times in which Italy has reached the podium just in European Cup Super League and, from 2009, at the European Team Championships.
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
Military World Games
The table shows only the times in which Italy has reached the podium.[16]
4 × 100 m relay
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome 1995 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Milko Campus, Angelo Cipolloni, Sandro Floris, Ezio Madonia | 1st | 40.20 |
 Zagreb 1999 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Andrea Rabino, Massimiliano Donati, Maurizio Checcucci, Giovanni Puggioni | 1st | 39.92 |
| Catania 2003 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Stefano Bellotto, Maurizio Checcucci, Alessandro Vecchi, Gianluca Capati | 1st | 41.07 |
 Hyderabad 2007 |
4 × 100 m relay men | Alessandro Cavallaro, Simone Collio, Rosario La Mastra, Jacques Riparelli | 1st | 39.28 |
| 4 × 100 m relay women | Anita Pistone, Maria Aurora Salvagno, Rita De Cesaris, Micol Cattaneo | 1st | 44.97 |
4 × 400 m relay
| Edition | Event | Team | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome 1995 |
4 × 400 m relay men | Ashraf Saber, Marco Chiavarini, Fabrizio Mori, Marco Vaccari | 3rd | 3:05.58 |
Multiple medalists
Military World Games medals are excluded from the list, since the athletes are not representative of the Italy national athletics team but represent military sports bodies.
Still active
| # | Athlete | | | |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simone Collio | 5 | 2 | 1 | [17] |
| 2 | Pietro Mennea | 4 | 3 | 5 | [18] |
| 3 | Sandro Floris | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Filippo Tortu | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | Maurizio Checcucci | 4 | 1 | 2 | [19] |
| 6 | Stefano Tilli | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7 | Marcell Jacobs | 3 | 1 | 0 |
See also
- Italian all-time lists - 4 × 100 metres relay
- Italian all-time lists - 4 × 400 metres relay
- Italy national athletics team
- Italy at the World Athletics Relays
- Italian records in athletics
- Naturalized athletes of Italy
- Italian team at the running events
- Athletics in Italy (the national all-time lists)