Italy has sent athletes to most of the modern Olympic Games held since 1896, outside of not having officially participated (as a national delegation) in the 1904 Summer Olympics. The Italian National Olympic Committee was created in 1914 and recognised in 1915. As of 2024, Italy is the most successful nation at fencing in Olympic history.
Italy has taken part in all the Winter Olympic Games, winning 171 medals, and has won 658 medals at the Summer Olympic Games.
Italy's total of 281 gold medals makes it the seventh most successful country in Olympic history, after the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Germany, Great Britain, and France. Italy has also the sixth highest medal total of all time with 829. Italy has the third longest medaling streak after Sweden and Finland. It has medaled in 40 straight Olympic Games, starting with the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Italy has hosted a Summer Olympics edition (in 1960) and three Winter Olympics (in 1956, 2006 and 2026).
Hosted Games Italy has hosted the Games on four occasions. Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events 1956 Winter Olympics Cortina d'Ampezzo 26 January – 5 February 32 821 241960 Summer Olympics Rome 25 August – 11 September 83 5,338 1502006 Winter Olympics Turin 10–26 February 80 2,508 842026 Winter Olympics Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 6–22 February 92 2,871 115
Medal tables
According to the official count of the International Olympic Committee, Italy has won 658 medals at Summer Olympics.
In the Summer Olympic Games, Italy has finished 2nd in 1932, 3rd in 1960, 4th in 1936, and 5th in 1924, 1928, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980 and 1984. In the Winter Olympic Games, Italy has finished 4th in 1968, 1994 and 2026, and 6th in 1952 and 1992.
Italy ranks 1st all-time in fencing, 2nd in cycling, 3rd in luge, 4th in boxing and shooting, 5th in alpine skiing, and 6th in bobsled, cross-country skiing and short track speed skating.
Medals by Summer Games
Cyclist Frank Bizzoni, who immigrated from Italy to the United States but still was an Italian citizen in 1904, was disputed and not recognized by the International Olympic Committee until the 21st century.
Medals by Winter Games
Medals by summer sport
SportsTotalRank 50 49 36 135 1 36 18 13 67 3 24 16 28 68 9 17 18 12 47 3 15 15 18 48 4 15 8 14 37 8 11 16 16 43 10 7 9 7 23 8 7 8 4 19 11 7 7 17 31 15 7 4 11 22 14 6 3 8 17 12 5 5 8 18 12 5 4 9 18 9 4 3 3 10 3 3 5 3 11 6 2 3 4 9 5 2 2 4 8 7 2 1 2 5 10 1 3 3 7 8 1 0 2 3 18 1 0 2 3 17 1 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 7 0 1 3 4 8 0 1 0 1 9 Total (26) 229 201 228 658 6
Medals by winter sport
SportsTotalRank 16 12 13 41 5 9 14 15 38 6 9 4 9 22 3 5 1 6 12 12 4 8 7 19 5 4 4 4 12 6 1 3 4 8 12 1 2 6 9 12 1 1 1 3 12 1 0 1 2 7 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 3 3 26 0 0 1 1 14 Total (13) 52 49 70 171 10
Athletes with most appearances
Partecip. Athlete Born Edition Period(age 1st / last) Sport Tot. 8 Raimondo D'Inzeo 1925 1948/1976 28 years (23/51) 1 2 3 6 Josefa Idem 1964 1984/2012 28 years (20/48) 1 2 2 5 Giovanni Pellielo 1970 1992/2024 32 years (22/54) 0 3 1 4 Piero D'Inzeo 1923 1948/1976 28 years (25/53) 0 2 4 67 Roland Fischnaller 1980 2002/2026 24 years (22/46) 0 0 0 0 6 Arianna Fontana 1990 2006/2026 20 years (16/36) 3 6 5 14 Armin Zöggeler 1974 1994/2014 20 years (20/40) 2 1 3 6 Angelo Mazzoni 1961 1980/2000 20 years (19/39) 2 0 1 3 Alessandra Sensini 1970 1992/2012 20 years (22/42) 1 1 2 4 Andrea Benelli 1960 1988/2008 20 years (28/48) 1 0 1 2 Gerda Weissensteiner 1969 1988/2006 18 years (19/37) & 1 0 1 2 Wilfried Huber 1970 1988/2006 18 years (18/36) 1 0 0 1 Ilario Di Buò 1965 1984/2008 20 years (19/43) 0 2 0 2 Marco De Nicolo 1976 2000/2020 21 years (22/45) 0 0 0 0 Natalia Valeeva 1969 1992/2012 20 years (23/43) 0 0 0 0
Notes: Names in bold indicate that they are still active.
Athletes with most medals
The Italian athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Olympic Games, is the short track speed skater Arianna Fontana.
Athlete Sport Games Total Arianna Fontana 2006–2010–2014–2018–2022–2026 3 6 5 14 Edoardo Mangiarotti 1936–1948–1952–1956–1960 6 5 2 13 Stefania Belmondo 1992–1994–1998–2002 2 3 5 10 Valentina Vezzali 1996–2000–2004–2008–2012 6 1 2 9 Giulio Gaudini 1928–1932–1936 3 4 2 9 Giovanna Trillini 1992–1996–2000–2004–2008 4 1 3 8 Gustavo Marzi 1928–1932–1936 2 5 0 7 Manuela Di Centa 1992–1994–1998 2 2 3 7 Nedo Nadi 1912–1920 6 0 0 6 Giuseppe Delfino 1952–1956–1960–1964 4 2 0 6 Armin Zöggeler 1994–1998–2002–2006–2010–2014 2 1 3 6 Eugenio Monti 1956–1964–1968 2 2 2 6 Raimondo D'Inzeo 1956–1960–1964–1972 1 2 3 6 Piero D'Inzeo 1956–1960–1964–1972 0 2 4 6 Oreste Puliti 1920–1924–1928 4 1 0 5 Giorgio Zampori 1912–1920–1924 4 0 1 5 Klaus Dibiasi 1964–1968–1972–1976 3 2 0 5 Alberto Tomba 1988–1992–1994 3 2 0 5 Antonio Rossi 1992–1996–2000–2004 3 1 1 5 Giancarlo Cornaggia 1928–1932–1936 3 1 1 5 Manlio Di Rosa 1936–1948–1952–1956 2 2 1 5Federica Brignone2010-2014-2018-2022-20262125 Marco Albarello 1992–1994–1998 1 3 1 5 Carlo Massullo 1984–1988–1992 1 2 2 5 Silvio Fauner 1992–1994–1998 1 2 2 5Gregorio Paltrinieri 2012-2016-2020-2024122 5 Franco Menichelli 1960–1964 1 1 3 5 Gabriella Paruzzi 1992–1994–1998–2002–2006 1 0 4 5
Men gold multi-medalist In this table (sorted by individual totals gold medals), the men who have won gold individual medals at the Olympics (but also at the World Championships).
AthleteSportBornPeriodIndividualTeamTotal Olympics World Ch. Olympics World Ch. Individual Team Individual + TeamTot.1Gregorio PaltrinieriSwimming 1994 2013-active 1 2 2 8 6 4 – – – 1 2 1 9 8 6 1 2 1 10 10 7 272Armin ZöggelerLuge 1974 1994–2014 2 1 3 6 3 1 – – – 0 2 4 8 4 4 0 2 4 8 6 8 223Jury ChechiGymnastics 1969 1989–2004 1 0 1 5 0 2 – – – - - - 6 0 3 - - - 6 0 3 94Klaus DibiasiDiving 1946 1964–1976 3 2 0 2 2 0 – – – - - - 5 4 0 - - - 5 4 0 95Alberto TombaAlpine skiing 1966 1987–1996 3 2 0 2 0 2 – – – - - - 5 2 2 - - - 5 2 2 96Gustav ThöniAlpine skiing 1951 1972–1976 1 2 0 4 0 0 – – – - - - 5 2 0 - - - 5 2 0 77Giorgio ZamporiGymnastics 1887 1909–1913 1 0 1 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 5 1 2 3 0 3 8 1 5 148Leandro FagginCycling 1933 1956–1968 1 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 - - - 4 3 3 1 0 0 5 3 3 119Vincenzo MaenzaWrestling 1962 1982–1992 2 1 0 2 1 0 – – – - - - 4 2 0 - - - 4 2 0 610Niccolò CamprianiShooting 1987 2010–2016 3 1 0 1 0 1 – – – – – – 4 1 1 – – – 4 1 1 611Thomas CecconSwimming 2000 2021-active 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 4 3 3 4 1 1 4 4 5 8 5 6 2012Edoardo MangiarottiFencing 1919 1936–1960 1 1 2 2 5 2 5 4 0 11 3 3 3 6 4 16 7 3 19 13 7 3913Luigi BusàKarate 1987 2010–active 1 0 0 2 4 1 – – – - - - 3 4 1 - - - 3 4 1 814Sante GaiardoniCycling 1939 1960–1970 2 0 0 1 3 2 – – – - - - 3 3 2 - - - 3 3 2 815Raimondo D'InzeoEquestrian 1925 1955–1972 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 - - - 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 4 1016Elia VivianiCycling 1989 2011–2025 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 3 3 4 1017Andrea BenelliShooting 1960 1981–2006 1 0 1 2 1 1 – – – 7 3 2 3 1 2 7 3 2 10 4 4 18Roberto CammarelleBoxing 1980 2004–2012 1 1 1 2 0 1 – – – - - - 3 1 2 - - - 3 1 2 619Paolo BettiniCycling 1974 2001–2007 1 0 0 2 1 0 – – – - - - 3 1 0 - - - 3 1 0 4Zeno ColòAlpine skiing 1920 1950–1952 1 0 0 2 1 0 – – – - - - 3 1 0 - - - 3 1 0 421Maurizio DamilanoAthletics 1957 1980–1991 1 0 2 2 0 0 – – – - - - 3 0 2 - - - 3 0 2 5Ercole BaldiniCycling 1933 1956–1964 1 0 0 2 0 2 – – – - - - 3 0 2 - - - 3 0 2 523Silvio MartinelloCycling 1963 1995–2000 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 3 2 1 6 2 2 10Ennio MattarelliShooting 1928 1961–1973 1 0 0 2 0 1 – – – - - - 3 0 1 - - - 3 0 1 4Gianmarco TamberiAthletics 1991 2016–active 1 0 0 2 0 1 – – – - - - 3 0 1 - - - 3 0 1 426Luciano GiovannettiShooting 1945 1979–1986 2 0 0 1 0 0 – – – 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 6 1 0 727Nicolò MartinenghiSwimming 1999 2021-active 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 2 8 1 3 1 5 5 9 6 2028Massimiliano RosolinoSwimming 1978 1998–2007 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 4 3 929Carlo PavesiFencing 1923 1950–1960 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 2 1 7 1 0 9 3 1 13Daniele MasalaModern pentathlon 1955 1979–1988 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 4 1131Mauro NumaFencing 1961 1979–1990 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 6 3 4 11Paul HildgartnerLuge 1952 1972–1988 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 3 833Aldo MontanoFencing 1978 2002–2012 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 5 4 2 6 4 1234Vito Dell'AquilaTaekwondo 2000 2017–active 1 0 0 1 0 1 – – – - - - 2 0 1 - - - 2 0 1 3Gabriele RossettiShooting 2000 2017–active 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 4 3 2 6 3 3 1236Daniele MolmentiCanoeing 1984 2005–2013 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 2 7Alberto CovaAthletics 1958 1983–1984 1 0 0 1 0 0 – – – - - - 2 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 2Ivano BrugnettiAthletics 1976 1999–2004 1 0 0 1 0 0 – – – - - - 2 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 2Massimo StanoAthletics 1992 2021–active 1 0 0 1 0 0 – – – - - - 2 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 2Athletes in team sports1Eugenio MontiBobsleigh 1928 1956–1968 – – – - - - 2 2 2 9 1 0 – – – 11 3 2 11 3 2 162Carmine AbbagnaleRowing 1962 1981–1993 – – – - - - 2 1 0 7 4 1 – – – 9 5 1 9 5 1 153Giuseppe AbbagnaleRowing 1959 1981–1993 – – – - - - 2 1 0 7 3 1 – – – 9 4 1 9 4 1 144Antonio RossiCanoeing 1968 1992–2004 – – – - - - 3 1 1 3 3 1 – – – 6 4 2 6 4 2 125Agostino StraulinoSailing 1914 1939–1965 – – – - - - 1 1 0 4 2 1 – – – 5 3 1 5 3 1 96Rossano GaltarossaRowing 1972 1992–2012 – – – - - - 1 1 2 4 1 3 – – – 5 2 5 5 2 5 127Agostino AbbagnaleRowing 1962 1985–2002 – – – - - - 3 0 0 2 2 0 – – – 5 2 0 5 2 0 7 Notes: For cycling, only professional events were considered for the World Championships.
Women gold multi-medalist
In this table, the women who have won gold medals at the Olympics and also at the World Championships. Updated to 23 February 2026.