Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Italian Athletics Championships | |
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| Sport | Athletics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1906 |
| First season | 1906 Italian Athletics Championships |
| Country |  Italy |
| Related competitions | Indoor Championships |
| Official website | Fidal.it |
The Italian Athletics Championships (Italian: Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in Milan, just after the foundation of the Federazione Podistica Italiana and with the organization of La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Since then, 110 editions were held with the only exceptions of the years 1915-1918 and 1944. During 1945, only athletes of Northern Italy could participate but FIDAL considered this edition as an official one.
To the running races, in 1913 the field events were added.
Some facts have to be underlined:
- in 1920, track events were disputed in Rome and field events in Milan;
- in 1922, 2 towns hosted the championships, Milan and Busto Arsizio;
- in 1931, 3 sessions were held in Bologna, Rome and Milan;
- in 1932, 2 towns hosted the events: Pisa and Milan;
- the first male and female championships were held together in 1953 (always separated before that year);
- in 1974, for preparing the 1974 European Championships in Rome, it was implemented for the first time automatic timing but the Federation decided to diminish the time of 16/100th the first day and of 18/100th on the following 2 days;[1][2][3] The Italian Championships held in 2010 in Grosseto were the 100th edition (not held just five times: 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1944 in 105 years from 1906 to 2010).[4]
- ^ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI 1906-2015 - Storia, Sedi, Programmi" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Grosseto, partiti gli Assoluti numero 100" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 17 September 2018.