Italian record progression 800 metres freestyle
# Italian record progression 800 metres freestyle

## Long course (50 m)

### Men

| # | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11:44.80 | | Giuseppe Perentin | Pullino | 1927 | - | Bologna, Italy |
| 2 | 11:17.00 | | Giuseppe Perentin | Edera Trieste | 1928 | - | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 3 | 10:41.00 | | Paolo Costoli | Florentia | 1930 | - | Milano, Italy |
| 4 | 10:37.00 | | Giovanni Paliaga | R.N. Napoli | 1950 | - | Napoli, Italy |
| 5 | 10:34.20 | | Giovanni Paliaga | R.N. Napoli | 1950 | - | Napoli, Italy |
| 6 | 10:25.80 | | Angelo Romani | Vis Sauro | 1952 | - | Pesaro, Italy |
| 7 | 10:14.00 | | Giovanni Paliaga | Fiat Ricambi | 1953 | - | Sanremo, Italy |
| 8 | 10:11.90 | | Angelo Romani | Vis Sauro | 1953 | - | Pesaro, Italy |
| 9 | 10:09.50 | | Angelo Romani | Vis Sauro | 1955 | - | Terni, Italy |
| 10 | 09:56.80 | | Angelo Romani | Vis Sauro | 1957 | - | Pesaro, Italy |
| 11 | 09:52.30 | | Paolo Galletti | Florentia | 1958 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 12 | 09:47.50 | | Paolo Galletti | Florentia | 1958 | - | Budapest, Hungary |
| 13 | 09:39.60 | | Antonello Rastrelli | R.N. Napoli | 1962 | - | Napoli, Italy |
| 14 | 09:38.50 | | Giovanni Orlando | Canottieri Napoli | 1963 | - | Milano, Italy |
| 15 | 09:36.60 | | Giorgio Quadri | Picanello | 1976 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 16 | 09:27.00 | | Sergio De Gregorio | Picanello | 1965 | - | Sanremo, Italy |
| 17 | 09:24.50 | | Sergio De Gregorio | Picanello | 1965 | - | Milan, Italy |
| 18 | 09:17.40 | | Sergio Alibertini | Picanello | 1969 | - | Syracuse, Sicily, Italy |
| 19 | 09:15.70 | | Sergio Alibertini | Picanello | 1970 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 20 | 09:14.10 | | Sandro Grassi | Florentia | 1971 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 21 | 09:10.10 | | Sandro Grassi | Florentia | 1971 | - | Syracuse, Sicily, Italy |
| 22 | 09:07.50 | | Sandro Grassi | Florentia | 1971 | - | Bolzano, Italy |
| 23 | 08:51.60 | | Arnaldo Cinquetti | Florentia | 1972 | - | Turin, Italy |
| 24 | 08:44.20 | | Sergio Affronte | Florentia | 1975 | - | Las Palmas, Spain |
| 25 | 08:43.61 | | Sergio Affronte | Florentia | 1975 | - | Algiers, Algeria |
| 26 | 08:36.60 | | Giorgio Quadri | Na | 1976 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 27 | 08:32.87 | | Fabio Bracaglia | Na | 1976 | - | Oslo, Norway |
| 28 | 08:32.64 | | Giorgio Quadri | Na | 1977 | - | Turin, Italy |
| 29 | 08:29.31 | | Giorgio Quadri | Na | 1977 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 30 | 08:28.99 | | Giorgio Quadri | Na | 1978 | - | Chiavari, Italy |
| 31 | 08:28.65 | | Giovanni Nagni | Na | 1978 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 32 | 08:24.40 | | Giorgio Quadri | Gymdomar | 1979 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 33 | 08:23.41 | | Giovanni Nagni | Gymdomar | 1979 | - | Florence, Italy |
| 34 | 08:20.77 | | Renato Paparella | Gymdomar | 1981 | - | Como, Italy |
| 35 | 08:18.27 | | Renato Paparella | Gymdomar | 1982 | - | Verona, Italy |
| 36 | 08:14.68 | | Mauro Rodella | Gymdomar | 1982 | - | Milan, Italy |
| 37 | 08:13.45 | | Stefano Grandi | Gymdomar | 1984 | - | Los Angeles, United States |
| 38 | 08:11.05 | | Stefano Battistelli | Gymdomar | 1986 | - | Berlin, Germany |
| 39 | 08:06.12 | | Stefano Battistelli | Gymdomar | 1986 | - | Madrid, Spain |
| 40 | 08:03.85 | | Giorgio Lamberti | Leonessa Brescia | 1989 | - | Genoa, Italy |
| 41 | 08:03.21 | | Emiliano Brembilla | Bergamo Nuoto | 1996 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 42 | 07:59.83 | | Emiliano Brembilla | Carabinieri | 1997 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 43 | 07:57.02 | | Andrea Righi | Futura Prato | 2001 | - | Livorno, Italy |
| 44 | 07:51.82 | | Massimiliano Rosolino | Larus Nuoto | 2005 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 45 | 07:50.40 | | Massimiliano Rosolino | Larus Nuoto | 2005 | - | Riccione, Italy |
| 46 | 07:49.98 | | Federico Colbertaldo | Nazionale | 2007 | - | Melbourne, Australia |
| 47 | 07:48.13 | | Samuel Pizzetti | - | 26 May 2009 | Italian Championships | Pescara, Italy |
| 48 | 07:43.84 | | Federico Colbertaldo | National Team | 29 July 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy |
| 49 | 07:42.74 | | Gabriele Detti | Centro Sportivo Esercito | 8 April 2014 | Italian Championships | Riccione, Italy |
| 50 | 07:40.81 | | Gregorio Paltrinieri | National Team | 5 August 2015 | World Championships | Kazan, Russia |
| 51 | 07:40.77 | | Gabriele Detti | National Team | 26 July 2017 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
| 52 | 07:39.27 | ER | Gregorio Paltrinieri | National Team | 24 July 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea |

### Women

| # | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 15:51.50 | N. Gamenara | Sanremese | 1932 | - | Bologna, Italy |
| 2 | 15:33.50 | Grazia Scalia | Roma nuoto | 1932 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 3 | 15:12.80 | Grazia Scalia | Torino Nuoto | 1933 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 4 | 13:15.50 | Narcisa Foscati | Torino Nuoto | 1935 | - | Sanremo, Italy |
| 5 | 13:13.30 | S. Samuel | Torino n. | 1938 | - | Sanremo, Italy |
| 6 | 12:55.20 | M. Kratochwila | Giordana Genova | 1938 | - | Sanremo, Italy |
| 7 | 12:28.20 | Romana Calligaris | R.N. Napoli | 1949 | - | Trieste, Italy |
| 8 | 12:08.00 | Sandra Valle | R.N. Napoli | 1957 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 9 | 11:41.30 | Sandra Valle | R.N. Napoli | 1957 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 10 | 11:39.90 | Sandra Valle | R.n. napoli | 1958 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 11 | 11:32.70 | Velleda Veschi | Doria | 1959 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 12 | 11:24.20 | Sandra Valle | Doria | 1959 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 13 | 11:23.00 | Velleda Veschi | Doria | 1960 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 14 | 11:17.80 | Gisella Costoli | Doria | 1961 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 15 | 10:52.70 | Velleda Veschi | Doria | 1961 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 16 | 10:44.60 | Valentina Martinoli | Doria | 1963 | - | Genoa, Italy |
| 17 | 10:19.30 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1968 | - | Minsk, Belarus |
| 18 | 09:57.70 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1968 | - | Málaga, Spain |
| 19 | 09:56.70 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1968 | - | Milano, Italy |
| 20 | 09:46.60 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1969 | - | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 21 | 09:38.00 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1969 | - | Naples, Italy |
| 22 | 09:36.90 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1969 | - | Vienna, Austria |
| 23 | 09:36.70 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1970 | - | Barcelona, Spain |
| 24 | 09:30.80 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1971 | - | Milan, Italy |
| 25 | 09:23.80 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1971 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 26 | 09:20.90 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1971 | - | Bolzano, Italy |
| 27 | 09:20.80 | Novella Calligaris | Nazionale | 1971 | - | Udine, Italy |
| 28 | 09:20.40 | Novella Calligaris | Na | 1972 | - | [[Hamilton]], Italy |
| 29 | 09:19.90 | Novella Calligaris | Na | 1972 | - | Bolzano, Italy |
| 30 | 09:13.40 | Novella Calligaris | Na | 1972 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 31 | 09:06.00 | Novella Calligaris | Gre | 1972 | - | Turin, Italy |
| 32 | 09:02.96 | Novella Calligaris | Snam | 1972 | - | Munich, Germany |
| 33 | 08:57.46 | Novella Calligaris | Snam | 1972 | - | Munich, Germany |
| 34 | 08:52.97 | Novella Calligaris | Snam | 1973 | - | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 35 | 08:52.02 | Roberta Felotti | Snam | 1978 | - | Florence, Italy |
| 36 | 08:51.58 | Roberta Felotti | Snam | 1979 | - | Milan, Italy |
| 37 | 08:49.55 | Roberta Felotti | Snam | 1979 | - | Palma, Majorca, Spain |
| 38 | 08:47.60 | Roberta Felotti | Snam | 1979 | - | Tokyo, Japan |
| 39 | 08:45.34 | Roberta Felotti | Snam | 1980 | - | Piacenza, Italy |
| 40 | 08:43.40 | Carla Lasi | SNAM | 1983 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 41 | 08:41.84 | Carla Lasi | SNAM | 1984 | - | Los Angeles, United States |
| 42 | 08:39.70 | Manuela Melchiorri | Mantova | 1988 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 43 | 08:39.58 | Manuela Melchiorri | Mantova | 1989 | - | Ravenna, Italy |
| 44 | 08:35.84 | Manuela Melchiorri | Mantova | 1989 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 45 | 08:28.92 | Cristina Sossi | Mantova | 1989 | - | Bonn, Germany |
| 46 | 08:20.23 | Alessia Filippi | - | 16 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China |
| 47 | 08:17.21 | Alessia Filippi | National Team | 1 August 2009 | World Championships | Rome, Italy |
| 48 | 08:16.45 | Simona Quadarella | National Team | 4 August 2018 | European Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| 49 | 08:14.99 | Simona Quadarella | National Team | 27 July 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea |

## Short course (25 m)

### Men

| # | Time | | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 08:15.10 | | Paolo Revelli | San Donato | 1981 | - | Gainesville, United States |
| 2 | 08:08.41 | | Renato Paparella | San Donato | 1983 | - | Paris, France |
| 3 | 08:01.97 | | Stefano Grandi | Gymdomar | 1984 | - | Ravenna, Italy |
| 4 | 08:01.11 | | Stefano Battistelli | Gymdomar | 1987 | - | Turin, Italy |
| 5 | 08:00.87 | | Massimo Trevisan | Garbagnate | 1987 | - | Turin, Italy |
| 6 | 07:55.60 | | Giorgio Lamberti | Garbagnate | 1987 | - | Verona, Italy |
| 7 | 07:53.60 | | Massimo Trevisan | Garbagnate | 1989 | - | Bonn, Germany |
| 8 | 07:52.70 | | Massimo Trevisan | Carabinieri | 1992 | - | Milan, Italy |
| 9 | 07:51.84 | | Piermaria Siciliano | Fiamme Gialle | 1995 | - | Paris, France |
| 10 | 07:47.64 | | Emiliano Brembilla | Bergamo Nuoto | 1997 | - | Imperia, Italy |
| 11 | 07:39.30 | | Emiliano Brembilla | Carabinieri | 1998 | - | Sydney, Australia |
| 12 | 07:31.18 | | Federico Colbertaldo | National Team | 19 December 2009 | Duel in the Pool | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| 13 | 07:30.31 | † | Gregorio Paltrinieri | National Team | 16 December 2018 | World Championships | Hangzhou, China |
| 14 | 07:27.94 | | Gregorio Paltrinieri | National Team | 7 November 2021 | European Championships | Kazan, Russia |

### Women

| # | Time | Name | Club | Date | Meet | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 08:42.10 | Roberta Felotti | N.C. Verona | 1981 | - | Verona, Italy |
| 2 | 08:42.10 | Carla Lasi | San Donato | 1982 | - | Crema, Lombardy, Italy |
| 3 | 08:38.70 | Carla Lasi | San Donato | 1983 | - | Asti, Italy |
| 4 | 08:35.82 | Carla Lasi | SNAM | 1985 | - | Loano, Italy |
| 5 | 08:35.11 | Tanya Vannini | Fiorentina Nuoto | 1987 | - | Loano, Italy |
| 6 | 08:33.00 | Manuela Melchiorri | Fiamme Gialle | 1988 | - | Rome, Italy |
| 7 | 08:26.91 | Manuela Melchiorri | Fiamme Gialle | 1989 | - | Lavagna, Italy |
| 8 | 08:26.09 | Cristina Sossi | Leonessa Brescia | 1991 | - | Milan, Italy |
| 9 | 08:25.32 | Simona Ricciardi | Fiamme Gialle | 2005 | - | Trieste, Italy |
| 10 | 08:21.40 | Simona Ricciardi | Esp | 2005 | - | Trieste, Italy |
| 11 | 08:16.35 | Alessia Filippi | Aurelia Nuoto | 2007 | - | Berlin, Germany |
| 12 | 08:12.84 | Alessia Filippi | Aurelia Nuoto | 14 December 2007 | - | Debrecen, Hungary |
| 13 | 08:04.53 | Alessia Filippi | Aurelia nuoto | 12 December 2008 | European Championships | Rijeka, Croatia |
