Abdon Pamich

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Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933 in Fiume) is a former Italian race walker, who won two Olympic medals, and was the nation's flagbearer at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also set a world best time over 50 km with 4:03:02 on 16 October 1960 in Ponte San Pietro. The best time was lowered to 4:01:39 the next year by Grigoriy Klimov.

[edit] Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Italy
1955 Mediterranean Games Barcelona, Spain 1st 50 km
1958 European Championships Stockholm, Sweden 2nd 50 km
1960 Olympic Games Rome, Italy 3rd 50 km
1961 World Race Walking Cup Lugano, Switzerland 1st 50 km
1962 European Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1st 50 km
1963 Mediterranean Games Napoli, Italy 1st 50 km
1964 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1st 50 km
1965 World Race Walking Cup Pescara, Italy 3rd 50 km
1966 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 50 km
1971 Mediterranean Games Izmir, Turkey 1st 50 km


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Records
Preceded by
Soviet Union Anatoliy Vedyakov
Men's 50 km Walk World Record Holder
16 October 1960 – 17 August 1961
Succeeded by
Soviet Union Grigoriy Klimov



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