Photo 1: Gian Giorgio Trissino – Unknown author – Reproduced from an Italian collectable card

*Photo 2: Dorando Pietri – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10003959 – Copyright notice: © 1908 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

Photo 3: Ondina Valla – Getty Images, Photo 542409409 – Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Photo 4: Ondina Valla – Getty Images, Photo 154072424 – Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images

Photo 5: Edoardo Mangiarotti – Getty Images, Photo 541814117 – Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images

*Photo 6: Nedo Nadi – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10004950 – Copyright notice: © 1920 / Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano – All rights reserved

Photo 7: Valentina Vezzali – Getty Images, Photo 82252359 – Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images

Photo 8: Valentina Vezzali – Getty Images, Photo 146929427 – Photo by Gary M. Prior

Photo 9: Valentina Vezzali – Getty Images, Photo 149711108 – Photo by Alex Livesey

*Photo 10: Nino Benvenuti – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10010727 – Copyright notice: © 1960 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Videoclip 1: Livio Berruti – IOC Platform, Sequence MDA41593066 – Copyright notice: © 2014 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved – With respect of moral rights of paternity and of integrity

*Photo 11: Luigi Beccali – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10025084 – Copyright notice: © 1932 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Videoclip 2: Pietro Mennea – IOC Platform, Sequence MDA41888976 – Copyright notice: © 2016 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

Photo 12: Sara Simeoni – Getty Images, Photo 115785151 – Photo by Don Morley

Photo 13: Sara Simeoni – Getty Images, Photo 115785144 – Photo by Tony Duffy

*Photo 14: Raimondo and Piero D’Inzeo – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10010789 – Copyright notice: © 1956 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

Photo 15: Juri Chechi – Getty Images, Photo 231099 – Photo by Mike Powell

*Photo 16: Novella Calligaris – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10453389 – Copyright notice: © 1972 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

Photo 17: Gregorio Platrinieri – Getty Images, Photo 589396382 – Photo by Adam Pretty

Photo 18: Federica Pellegrini – Getty Images, Photo 82278975 – Photo by Paul Gilham

Photo 19: Federica Pellegrini – Getty Images, Photo 51182535 – Photo by Donald Miralle

Photo 20: Antonella Palmisano – Getty Images, Photo 1234505412 – Photo by Lintao Zhang

Photo 21: Italy’s Track Cycling Team – Getty Images, Photo 1332289259 – Photo by Tim de Waele

Photo 22: Italy’s 4x100m Team – Getty Images, Photo 1332833607 – Photo by Matthias Hangst

Photo 23: Massimo Stano – Getty Images, Photo 1332470399 – Photo by Clive Brunskill

Photo 24: Gianmarco Tamberi – Getty Images, Photo 1331764092 – Photo by Cameron Spencer

Photo 25: Gianmarco Tamberi – Getty Images, Photo 1331927797 – Photo by David Ramos

Photo 26: Marcell Jacobs – Getty Images, Photo 1331782891 – Photo by Cameron Spencer

Photo 27: Marcell Jacobs – Getty Images, Photo 1331780695 – Photo by Patrick Smith

Photo 28: Gianmarco Tamberi and Marcell Jacobs – Getty Images, Photo 1331787195 – Photo by David Ramos

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