Giovanni De Benedictis

Last updated
Giovanni De Benedictis
Giovanni De Benedictis e Michele Didoni 1995.jpg
Giovanni De Benedictis (left) with his teammate Michele Didoni in 1995
Personal information
Full nameGiovanni Angelo Maria De Benedictis
Nickname(s)Gianni
Nationality Italian
Born (1968-01-08) January 8, 1968 (age 55)
Pescara, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Racewalking
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Coached byMario De Benedictis
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 3000 m walk: 10:47.11 (1990)
  • 10,000 m walk: 38:40.18 (1995)
  • 20 km walk: 1:20:29 (1991)
  • 30 km walk: 2:09:25 (2002)
  • 50 km walk: 3:48:06 (2002)
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 001
World Championships 010
World Indoor Championships 010
European Indoor Championships 111
Mediterranean Games 100
European Junior Championships 101
Total333
World Race Walking Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 San Josè Combined Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Monterrey 20 km Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Beijing Combined Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Monterrey Combined Team

Giovanni De Benedictis (born 8 January 1968, in Pescara) is a retired Italian race walker, that won 9 medals at individual level, 7 of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. [1] He participated at five editions of the Summer Olympics (from 1988 to 2004), this like only two others Italian athletes in track and field: the other racewalker champion Abdon Pamich and the sprinter Pietro Mennea. [2] He also won four medals at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup team events (Lugano Trophy).

Contents

Biography

Giovanni De Benedictis has won 28 times the individual national championship, third of all-time after Abdon Pamich (40) and Antonio Ambu (34). [3] [4] He has 42 caps in seventeen years in national team from 1987 to 2004. [5]

In addition to the five Olympic Games, he participated in six World Outdoor Championships and two of the World Indoor, four editions of the European Outdoor Championships and five European Indoor, six editions of the World Race Walking Cup and four of the European Race Walking Cup.

World best performances

Achievements

Olympic Games
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1988 Olympic Games Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul 9th20 km 1:21:18 PB
1992 Olympic Games Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 3rd20 km 1:23:11 SB
1996 Olympic Games Flag of the United States.svg Atlanta 27th20 km 1:25:22
2000 Olympic Games Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney 16th20 km 1:23:14 SB
2004 Olympic Games Flag of Greece.svg Athens DNF 50 km DSQ
World Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1991 World Championships Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 4th20 km 1:20:29 PB
1993 World Championships Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart 2nd20 km 1:23:06
1995 World Championships Flag of Sweden.svg Gothenburg DNF 50 km DSQ
1997 World Championships Flag of Greece.svg Athens 8th20 km 1:23:33
1999 World Championships Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla 8th20 km 1:25:33
2001 World Championships Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Edmonton DNF 50 km Retired
World Indoor Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1989 World Indoor Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 5th5000 m 18:40.87 NR
1991 World Indoor Championships Flag of Spain.svg Seville 2nd5000 m 18:23.60 NR
European Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1990 European Championships Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Split 8th20 km 1:24:51
1994 European Championships Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki 4th20 km 1:20:39 SB
1998 European Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 10th20 km 1:25.06
2002 European Championships Flag of Germany.svg Munich DNF 50 km DSQ
European Indoor Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1988 European Indoor Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 6th5000 m 18:58.40
1989 European Indoor Championships Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Hague 3rd5000 m 18:43.45
1990 European Indoor Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glasgow 2nd5000 m 19:02.90
1992 European Indoor Championships Flag of Italy.svg Genoa 1st5000 m 18:19.97
1994 European Indoor Championships Flag of France.svg Paris DNF 5000 m NM [7]
World Race Walking Cup
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1989 World Race Walking Cup Flag of Spain.svg L'Hospitalet 14th20 km 1:22:25 SB
1991 World Race Walking Cup Flag of the United States.svg San Jose 5th20 km 1:21:13 PB
1993 World Race Walking Cup Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey 7th20 km 1:25:09
1995 World Race Walking Cup Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing 12th50 km 3:49:30
1997 World Race Walking Cup Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Poděbrady 22nd20 km 1:20:49 SB
2004 World Race Walking Cup Flag of Germany.svg Naumburg 10th50 km 3:54:25
European Race Walking Cup
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1996 European Race Walking Cup Flag of Spain.svg A Coruña 10th20 km 1:23:21 SB
1998 European Race Walking Cup Flag of Slovakia.svg Dudince DNF 20 km NM
2000 European Race Walking Cup Flag of Germany.svg Eisenhüttenstadt 11th20 km 1:21:43 SB
2001 European Race Walking Cup Flag of Slovakia.svg Dudince 15th50 km 3:54:12 SB
Others competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1985 European Junior Championships Flag of East Germany.svg Cottbus 3rd10,000 m42:56.80
1986 World Junior Championships Flag of Greece.svg Athens 4th10,000 m 41:06.95
1987 European Junior Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Birmingham 1st10,000 m39:44.71
1989 World Military Championships Flag of Italy.svg Ostia 1st20 km1:24:21 [8]
1993 World Military Championships Flag of France.svg Tours 1st20 km [8]
1997 Mediterranean Games Flag of Italy.svg Bari 1st20 km1:24:59

National titles

He won 28 times the national championships at senior level. [3] [4]

Event Outdoor Indoor
20 km walk road1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
50 km walk road2004, 2006
10,000 metres walk track1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, [9] [10] 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002
5000 metres walk 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
1810

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivano Brugnetti</span> Italian race walker

Ivano Brugnetti is an Italian former race walker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elisabetta Perrone</span> Italian racewalker

Elisabetta Perrone is a former race walker from Italy who won eighteen medals, eight of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maurizio Damilano</span> Italian former race walker

Maurizio Damilano is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abdon Pamich</span> Italian race walker

Abdon Pamich is a former Italian race walker. He competed in the race walking event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964. Pamich was the Olympics flag bearer for Italy in 1972.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erica Alfridi</span> Italian race walker

Erica Alfridi is a former Italian race walker, who has won an individual senior level World Race Walking Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mauro Zuliani</span> Italian sprinter

Mauro Zuliani is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Stefano Malinverni was an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stefano Tilli</span> Italian sprinter

Stefano Tilli is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 m, twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the Olympic Games, and was the world record holder in the 200m indoor.

Luciano Caravani is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He was born in Vicenza, Veneto. He won six medals at the International athletics competitions, of these five with the national relay team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giovanni Puggioni</span> Italian sprinter

Giovanni "Gianni" Puggioni is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Massimo Di Giorgio</span> Italian high jumper

Massimo Di Giorgio is a former Italian high jumper, who won three medals at senior level at the International athletics competitions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlo Mattioli</span>

Carlo "Carletto" Mattioli is a retired male race walker from Italy, who represented his native country twice at the Olympic Games: 1984 and 1988.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raffaello Ducceschi</span> Italian racewalker

Raffaello Ducceschi is a former Italian race walker, who took fifth and eighth place in two Olympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vittorio Visini</span> Italian racewalker

Vittorio Visini is a retired Italian race walker. He competed in the 20 km and 50 km events at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in 6–8th place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Italian Athletics Championships</span> Italian annual national championships in athletics

The Italian Athletics Championships are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luigi Benedetti</span> Italian sprinter

Luigi Benedetti is a former Italian sprinter.

Gianfranco Lazzer is a former Italian sprinter.

Norberto Oliosi is a former Italian sprinter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gabriele Ferrero</span> Italian middle-distance runner

Gabriele Ferrero is a former Italian middle-distance runner who was 6th at the 1978 European Indoor Championships.

References

  1. ↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Annuario dell'Atletica 2009" (in Italian). www.giovannidebenedictis.it. Retrieved 18 August 2017. In particolare condivide questo record insieme ad altri due illustri campioni dell'atletica leggera italiana: Abdon Pamich e Pietro Mennea.
  3. 1 2 "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  6. ↑ "World records and best performances, men's indoor". Athletics Weekly . Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 11 Jun 2011.
  7. ↑ He was 8th with the time of 19:18.39 in qualification round.
  8. 1 2 "Annuario dell'Atletica 2009" (in Italian). www.giovannidebenedictis.it. Retrieved 18 August 2017. Campionati Mondiali Militari- Roma 1989: Medaglia d'oro sui 20Km; Campionati Mondiali Militari- Tours (FRA) 1993: Medaglia d'oro sui 10Km
  9. ↑ The Italian title was won by Pietro Fiorini of G.S. Forestale, the sportolimpico.it web site, usually very accurate, reports an error attributed to De Benedictis. See note below.
  10. ↑ "Titoli Italiani 1991 - 1995 - Gruppo Sportivo Forestale" (in Italian). grupposportivoforestale.it. p. 6. Retrieved 21 August 2017. Pietro FIORINI - Atletica leggera – 10km marcia - Bologna 1992
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.