Italy at the European Athletics Championships
Italy has participated in all editions of the European Athletics Championships, held since the first edition of 1934 European Athletics Championships.
Summary
Italians have won 33 titles in the men's field and 7 in the women's field. The men's marathon is a specialty, with five wins in the men's field and two in the women's field with Maria Guida and Anna Incerti.Pietro Mennea and Adolfo Consolini, three times each, are the Blues with the most European titles, while in the women's field Messina Annarita Sidoti, with two victories, holds this record. In Stuttgart 1986 the Italian athletes achieved a historical undertaking by painting the entire podium of blue with Stefano Mei, Alberto Cova and Totò Antibo in the 10,000 meters, a result repeated in the marathon race in Budapest 1998 with Stefano Baldini, Danilo Goffi and Giacomo Modica.
Medal count
Update to the new medals after doping disqualifications.| Edition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank | Men champions | Women champions |
| 1934 Turin | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7th | Beccali | |
| 1938 Paris/Vienna | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7th | Testoni | |
| 1946 Oslo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8th | Consolini | |
| 1950 Brusselsl | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5th | Filiput, Dordoni, Consolini | |
| 1954 Bern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8th | Consolini | |
| 1958 Stockholm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11th | ||
| 1962 Belgrade | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6th | Morale, Pamich | |
| 1966 Budapest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5th | Ottoz, Frinolli, Pamich | |
| 1969 Athens | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9th | Ottoz | |
| 1971 Helsinki | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9th | Arese | |
| 1974 Rome | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8th | Mennea | |
| 1978 Prague | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4th | Mennea, Ortis | Simeoni |
| 1982 Athens | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6th | Cova | |
| 1986 Stuttgart | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5th | Mei, Bordin | |
| 1990 Split | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4th | Antibo, Panetta, Bordin | Sidoti |
| 1994 Helsinki | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8th | Benvenuti, Lambruschini | |
| 1998 Budapest | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7th | Baldini | Sidoti |
| 2002 München | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15th | Guida | |
| 2006 Göteborg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9th | Baldini, Howe | |
| 2010 Barcelona | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8th | Schwazer | Incerti |
| 2012 Helsinki | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11th | Donato | |
| 2014 Zurich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9th | Meucci | Grenot |
| 2016 Amsterdam | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9th | Tamberi | Grenot |
| 2018 Berlin | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16th | Men's marathon team | |
| Total | 42 | 44 | 48 | 134 | 8th | - | - |