Silvana Cruciata

Silvana Cruciata (born 15 February 1953) is a former Italian middle- and long-distance runner.

She represented Italy at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and shared medals with the Italian women's teams at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Her best of 18.

084 km for the one hour run set in 1981 was a world record for over seventeen years Among her other achievements were wins at the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon and Stramilano road races and a bronze medal over 3000 metres at the 1981 IAAF World Cup.