Italy national swimming team

The Italy national swimming team represents Italy in International swimming competitions such as Olympic Games or World swimming Championships.

The national Italian swimming team participated to all the Summer Olympics editions, from London 1908, 25 times on 29.^[1]

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Swimming

(not included open water swimming) Y update to last edition

Event	Editions	1st edition	last edition	Men	Women	Total	Ranking
								Tot.				Tot.				Tot.
Olympic Games	25	1912	2021	4	3	12	19	1	3	3	7	5	6	15	26	16th
World Championships (LC) Y	17	1973	2024									26	30	33	89	7th
European Championships (LC) Y	34	1926	2024									76	90	108	274	5th
World Championships (SC) Y	16	1993	2022									16	36	30	82	13th
European Championships (SC) Y	22	1996	2023									82	98	88	268	5th

The Italian national swimming team won its first medal at 1972 Summer Olympics with Novella Calligaris.^[1]

Edition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Munich 1972		400 metre freestyle Novella Calligaris		3
			800 metre freestyle Novella Calligaris
			400 metre medley Novella Calligaris
Seoul 1988			400 metre medley Stefano Battistelli	1
Barcelona 1992			400 metre medley Luca Sacchi	2
			200 metre backstroke Stefano Battistelli
Atlanta 1996			200 metre backstrokee Emanuele Merisi	1
Sydney 2000	100 metre breaststroke Domenico Fioravanti			6
	200 metre breaststroke Domenico Fioravanti		200 metre breaststroke Davide Rummolo
	200 metre medley Massimiliano Rosolino
			200 metre freestyle Massimiliano Rosolino
		400 metre freestyle Massimiliano Rosolino
Athens 2004			4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Simone Cercato Filippo Magnini Federico Cappellazzo Matteo Pelliciari	2
		200 metre freestyle Federica Pellegrini
Beijing 2008	200 metre freestyle Federica Pellegrini			2
		800 metre freestyle Alessia Filippi
Rio de Janeiro 2016	1500 metre freestyle Gregorio Paltrinieri		1500 metre freestyle Gabriele Detti	3
			400 metre freestyle Gabriele Detti
Tokyo 2020		800 metre freestyle Gregorio Paltrinieri		6
			100 metre breaststroke Nicolò Martinenghi
			200 metre butterfly Federico Burdisso
		4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Alessandro Miressi Thomas Ceccon Lorenzo Zazzeri Manuel Frigo Santo Condorelli
			4 x 100 metre mixed relay Thomas Ceccon Nicolò Martinenghi Federico Burdisso Alessandro Miressi
			800 metre freestyle Simona Quadarella
Paris 2024		1500 metre freestyle Gregorio Paltrinieri		5
	100 metre breaststroke Nicolò Martinenghi
	100 metre backstroke Thomas Ceccon
			4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Alessandro Miressi Thomas Ceccon Lorenzo Zazzeri Manuel Frigo Santo Condorelli
			800 metre freestyle Gregorio Paltrinieri
	7	7	17	31

Open water swimming was introduced at Beijing 2008.

Edition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
London 2012			10 km Martina Grimaldi	1
Rio de Janeiro 2016		10 km Rachele Bruni		1
Tokyo 2020			10 km Gregorio Paltrinieri	1
	0	1	2	3

Update after Doha 2024.

Edition				Total	Rank
1973 Belgrade	1	0	2	3	5
1975 Cali	0	0	1	1	11
1978 West Berlin	0	0	0	0	-
1982 Guayaquil	0	0	1	1	12
1986 Madrid	0	2	0	2	8
1991 Perth	1	1	4	6	7
1994 Rome	0	0	1	1	15
1998 Perth	0	2	0	2	14
2001 Fukuoka	2	2	2	6	7
2003 Barcelona	0	0	1	1	21
2005 Montreal	1	2	0	3	8
2007 Melbourne	1	1	4	6	7
2009 Rome	3	0	1	4	5
2011 Shanghai	2	3	0	5	6
2013 Barcelona	0	1	1	2	17
2015 Kazan	1	3	1	5	9
2017 Budapest	3	0	3	6	6
2019 Gwangju	3	2	3	8	5
2022 Budapest	5	2	2	9	3
2023 Fukuoka	1	4	1	6	10
2024 Doha	2	5	5	12	5
	26	30	33	89

Update after 2022 Melbourne.

Edition				Total	Rank
1993 Palma de Mallorca	0	1	0	1	13
1995 Rio de Janeiro	0	0	0	0	-
1997 Gothenburg	0	0	0	0	-
1999 Hong Kong	0	1	1	2	18
2000 Athens	0	1	2	3	13
2002 Moscow	0	0	0	0	-
2004 Indianapolis	0	1	0	1	12
2006 Shanghai	2	7	3	12	6
2008 Manchester	0	2	2	4	13
2010 Dubai	0	1	1	2	17
2012 Istanbul	2	2	0	4	6
2014 Doha	1	2	3	6	13
2016 Windsor	1	4	2	7	11
2018 Hangzhou	0	3	4	7	13
2021 Abu Dhabi	5	5	6	16	3
2022 Melbourne	5	6	5	16	3

This table is of swimming pool events, it excludes open water events. See LEN official report.^[2]

Update after day 7 (17 August) of the Rome 2022 swimming program (complete).

Edition	Men			Women			Total				rank
Budapest 1926	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bologna 1927	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Paris 1931	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7
Magdeburg 1934	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	4
London 1938	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monte Carlo 1947	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vienna 1950	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turin 1954	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
Budapest 1958	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	4
Leipzig 1962	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Utrecht 1966	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barcelona 1970	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	11
Vienna 1974	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	8
Jönköping 1977	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	7
Split 1981	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	10
Rome 1983	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	5	4
Sofia 1985	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14
Strasbourg 1987	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	4	8
Bonn 1989	4	0	2	0	1	3	4	1	5	10	2
Athens 1991	1	2	5	0	0	2	1	2	7	10	8
Sheffield 1993	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	11
Vienna 1995	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	13
Sevilla 1997	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	3
Istanbul 1999	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	6	9
Helsinki 2000	5	3	1	0	2	0	5	5	1	11	3
Berlin 2002	4	5	2	0	0	0	4	5	2	11	3
Madrid 2004	5	1	6	0	1	1	5	2	7	14	3
Budapest 2006	4	5	2	1	1	2	5	6	4	15	3
Eindhoven 2008	1	4	3	3	1	1	4	5	4	13	3
Budapest 2010	1	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	4	6	8
Debrecen 2012	4	5	3	2	3	1	6	8	4	18	3
Berlin 2014[3] Y	2.5	1	5	2.5	0	4	5	1	9	15	4
London 2016[4] Y	4	4	4	1	3	1	5	7	5	17	3
Glasgow 2018[5] Y	2	3	6.5	4	2	4.5	6	5	11	22	3
Budapest 2021[6]	0	5,5	8	5	3,5	5	5	9	13	27	3
Rome 2022[7]	8	7,5	5,5	5	5,5	3,5	13	13	9	35	1
Total	51.5	63	75	24.5	28	32	76	91	107	274	5

note 1: in italic to update.

note 2: Where it is reported half medal refers to those assigned in mixed relays from 2014 for the first time.

Updated to Paris 2024

Paltrinieri open water medals are not included.

#	Swimmer	Olympics			World Ch. (LC)			World Ch. (SC)			European Ch. (LC)			European Ch. (SC)			Total
1	Massimiliano Rosolino	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	2	7	7	8	6	7	8	5	17	22	21	60
2	Filippo Magnini	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	5	2	9	5	5	8	7	5	21	18	14	53
3	Alessandro Miressi	0	1	2	1	3	2	5	2	3	3	2	6	0	9	1	9	17	14	40
4	Gregorio Paltrinieri	1	2	1	4	1	4	3	3	0	6	5	1	4	2	0	18	13	6	37
5	Thomas Ceccon	1	1	2	3	2	1	4	2	4	4	2	3	2	3	2	14	10	12	36
6	Nicolò Martinenghi	1	0	2	2	4	1	2	5	3	3	1	3	5	3	1	13	13	10	36
7	Marco Orsi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	9	11	5	9	14	8	31
8	Fabio Scozzoli	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	3	2	3	8	3	5	12	8	10	30
9	Emiliano Brembilla	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	10	3	0	5	0	1	15	5	4	24
10	Luca Dotto	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	5	4	5	10	9	24

#	Swimmer	Olympics			World Ch. (LC)			World Ch. (SC)			European Ch. (LC)			European Ch. (SC)			Total
1	Federica Pellegrini	1	1	0	6	4	1	1	2	5	7	6	7	7	4	6	22	17	19	58
2	Silvia Di Pietro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	3	4	7	6	4	14	13	31
3	Simona Quadarella	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	1	1	8	1	1	3	4	1	14	8	6	28
4	Erika Ferraioli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	2	3	1	4	4	7	9	20
5	Benedetta Pilato	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	0	5	8	3	16
6	Margherita Panziera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	1	1	1	5	3	5	13
7	Alessia Filippi	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	1	2	4	3	5	12
8	Ilaria Bianchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	2	2	2	5	5	12
9	Novella Calligaris	0	1	2	1	0	2	-	-	-	0	1	2	-	-	-	1	2	6	9
10	Alice Mizzau	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	2	4	8

The list refers to individual and team events and include men and women (in pink color), sorted by number of individual titles.^[1]

#	Swimmer	Individual			Team			Total
1	Domenico Fioravanti	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Gregorio Paltrinieri	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
3	Massimiliano Rosolino	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2
4	Federica Pellegrini	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
5	Nicolò Martinenghi	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
6	Thomas Ceccon	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2
7	Novella Calligaris	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
8	Alessia Filippi	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	Stefano Battistelli	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
10	Federico Burdisso	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
11	Simona Quadarella	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

• Italy at the Olympics
• Italy at the World Aquatics Championships
• Italy at the European Aquatics Championships
• Italy national diving team
• List of Italian records in swimming
• Swimming Summer Olympics medal table
• Swimming World Championships medal table

• Italy swimming at Summer Olympics
• Official site of the Italian Swimming Federation (in Italian)