The Italy national swimming team represents Italy in International swimming competitions such as Olympic Games or World swimming Championships.
History The national Italian swimming team participated to all the Summer Olympics editions, from London 1908, 25 times on 29.
Medal tables
Swimming (not included open water swimming) update to last edition EventEditions1st editionlast edition Men Women Total RankingTot.Tot.Tot. Olympic Games2519122024 6 4 14 24 1 3 3 7 7 7 17 31 15th World Championships (LC) 1719732024 26 30 33 89 7th European Championships (LC) 3419262024 76 90 108 2745th World Championships (SC) 16 1993 2022 16 36 30 82 13th European Championships (SC) 22 1996 2023 82 98 88 268 5th
Olympic Games Swimming The Italian national swimming team won its first medal at 1972 Summer Olympics with Novella Calligaris. Edition Gold Silver Bronze Total Munich 1972 400 metre freestyleNovella Calligaris 3 800 metre freestyleNovella Calligaris 400 metre medleyNovella Calligaris Seoul 1988 400 metre medleyStefano Battistelli 1 Barcelona 1992 400 metre medleyLuca Sacchi 2 200 metre backstrokeStefano Battistelli Atlanta 1996 200 metre backstrokeeEmanuele Merisi 1 Sydney 2000100 metre breaststrokeDomenico Fioravanti 6 200 metre breaststrokeDomenico Fioravanti 200 metre breaststrokeDavide Rummolo200 metre medleyMassimiliano Rosolino 200 metre freestyleMassimiliano Rosolino 400 metre freestyleMassimiliano Rosolino Athens 2004 4 × 200 metre freestyle relayEmiliano BrembillaMassimiliano RosolinoSimone CercatoFilippo MagniniFederico CappellazzoMatteo Pelliciari2 200 metre freestyleFederica Pellegrini Beijing 2008 200 metre freestyleFederica Pellegrini 2 800 metre freestyleAlessia Filippi Rio de Janeiro 20161500 metre freestyleGregorio Paltrinieri 1500 metre freestyleGabriele Detti3 400 metre freestyleGabriele Detti Tokyo 2020 800 metre freestyleGregorio Paltrinieri 6 100 metre breaststrokeNicolò Martinenghi 200 metre butterflyFederico Burdisso 4 x 100 metre freestyle relayAlessandro MiressiThomas CecconLorenzo ZazzeriManuel FrigoSanto Condorelli 4 x 100 metre mixed relayThomas CecconNicolò MartinenghiFederico BurdissoAlessandro Miressi 800 metre freestyleSimona Quadarella Paris 2024 1500 metre freestyleGregorio Paltrinieri5 100 metre breaststrokeNicolò Martinenghi 100 metre backstrokeThomas Ceccon 4 x 100 metre freestyle relayAlessandro MiressiThomas CecconLorenzo ZazzeriManuel FrigoSanto Condorelli 800 metre freestyleGregorio Paltrinieri 7 7 17 31
Open water Open water swimming was introduced at Beijing 2008. Edition Gold Silver Bronze Total London 2012 10 kmMartina Grimaldi1 Rio de Janeiro 2016 10 kmRachele Bruni 1 Tokyo 2020 10 kmGregorio Paltrinieri1 0 1 2 3
World Championships Long course
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
Short course 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
European Championships
This table is of swimming pool events, it excludes open water events. See LEN official report.
Update after day 7 (17 August) of the Rome 2022 swimming program (complete).
Edition Men Women Total rank Budapest 19260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bologna 19270 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 Paris 19310 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 47 Magdeburg 19340 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 London 19380 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monte Carlo 19470 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vienna 19500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turin 19540 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 Budapest 19581 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 54 Leipzig 19620 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Utrecht 19660 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barcelona 19700 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 111 Vienna 19740 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 28 Jönköping 19770 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 47 Split 19810 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 210 Rome 19832 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 54 Sofia 19850 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 114 Strasbourg 19870 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 48 Bonn 19894 0 2 0 1 3 4 1 5 102 Athens 19911 2 5 0 0 2 1 2 7 108 Sheffield 19930 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 211 Vienna 19950 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 313 Sevilla 19972 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 53 Istanbul 19991 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 69 Helsinki 20005 3 1 0 2 0 5 5 1 113 Berlin 20024 5 2 0 0 0 4 5 2 113 Madrid 20045 1 6 0 1 1 5 2 7 143 Budapest 20064 5 2 1 1 2 5 6 4 153 Eindhoven 20081 4 3 3 1 1 4 5 4 133 Budapest 20101 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 4 68 Debrecen 20124 5 3 2 3 1 6 8 4 183 Berlin 2014One gold medal by mixed relay 2.5 1 5 2.5 0 4 5 1 9 154 London 2016Two silver medals by mixed relays 4 4 4 1 3 1 5 7 5 173 Glasgow 2018One bronze medal by mixed relay 2 3 6.5 4 2 4.5 6 5 11 223 Budapest 2021One silver and two bronze medals by mixed relays0 5,5 8 5 3,5 55 9 13 273 Rome 2022Two silver medals by mixed relays 8 7,5 5,5 5 5,5 3,513 13 9 351Total51.5 63 75 24.5 28 32 76 91 107 2745
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.
Multiple medalists
Updated to Lublin 2025
Men Paltrinieri open water medals are not included. #Swimmer Olympics World Ch. (LC) World Ch. (SC)European Ch. (LC)European Ch. (SC)Total 1Massimiliano Rosolino1 1 2 1 3 11 2 7 7 8 67 8 5 17 22 21 60 2Filippo Magnini0 0 1 2 1 12 5 2 9 5 58 7 5 21 18 14 53 3Thomas Ceccon1 1 2 3 4 24 2 4 4 4 44 3 2 16 14 14 44 4Alessandro Miressi0 1 2 1 3 26 3 4 3 2 60 9 1 10 18 15 43 5Nicolò Martinenghi1 0 2 2 5 12 5 3 5 2 35 3 2 15 15 11 41 6Gregorio Paltrinieri1 2 1 4 1 43 3 0 6 5 14 2 0 18 13 6 37 7Marco Orsi0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1 0 1 19 11 5 9 15 8 32 8Fabio Scozzoli0 0 0 0 2 01 1 2 3 2 38 3 5 12 8 10 30 9Lorenzo Zazzeri0 1 1 1 3 13 2 2 1 1 15 6 1 10 13 6 29 10Luca Dotto0 0 0 0 1 10 1 1 2 3 33 6 4 5 11 9 25
Women #Swimmer Olympics World Ch. (LC) World Ch. (SC)European Ch. (LC)European Ch. (SC)Total 1Federica Pellegrini1 1 0 6 4 11 2 5 7 6 77 4 6 22 17 19 58 2Silvia Di Pietro0 0 0 0 0 01 4 4 0 3 36 8 7 7 15 14 36 3Simona Quadarella0 0 1 3 3 20 2 1 11 1 14 6 1 18 12 6 36 4Erika Ferraioli0 0 0 0 0 00 2 3 1 4 23 1 4 4 7 9 20 5Benedetta Pilato0 0 0 1 2 30 1 1 2 3 12 4 0 5 10 5 20 6Sara Curtis0 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 1 2 33 4 2 5 6 5 16 7Margherita Panziera0 0 0 0 0 00 0 1 4 2 31 1 1 5 3 5 13 8Alessia Filippi0 1 0 1 1 10 1 0 3 0 23 1 2 4 3 5 12 9Ilaria Bianchi0 0 0 0 0 01 0 1 0 3 21 2 2 2 5 5 12 10Novella Calligaris0 1 2 1 0 2- - - 0 1 2- - - 1 2 6 9
Olympic Games The list refers to individual and team events and include men and women (in pink color), sorted by number of individual titles.
#Swimmer Individual Team Total 1Domenico Fioravanti2 0 00 0 0 2 0 02Gregorio Paltrinieri1 2 10 0 0 1 2 13Massimiliano Rosolino1 1 10 0 1 1 1 24Federica Pellegrini1 1 00 0 0 1 1 05Nicolò Martinenghi1 0 10 0 11 0 26Thomas Ceccon1 0 00 1 21 1 27Novella Calligaris0 1 20 0 0 0 1 28Alessia Filippi0 1 00 0 0 0 1 09Stefano Battistelli0 0 20 0 0 0 0 210Federico Burdisso0 0 10 0 10 0 211Simona Quadarella0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1
See also 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
References
External links Italy swimming at Summer Olympics Official site of the Italian Swimming Federation