Italy at the Olympics in athletics competed in all editions of the Summer Olympic Games with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics. The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) is the National Olympic Committee for the Italy.
World Athletics placing table assigns points to the top eight athletes in the final, with eight points to first place, seven to second place, and so on until one point for eighth place. Teams or athletes that do not finish or are disqualified do not receive points.
19 of the 65 medals come from race walk.