Italy at the Olympics

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 618 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).