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    Pietro Paolo Mennea (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro menˈnɛːa]; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013), nicknamed la Freccia del Sud ("the Arrow of the South")...
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    Diamond League. Following the 2013 death of Italian sprinting legend Pietro Mennea, the organizers added his name to the title of the meet. The 2021 and...
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    since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 0.02 seconds by Pietro Mennea of Italy, the nation's first victory in the event since 1960 and second...
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    Championships. The event showcased two world-class Italian athletes: sprinter Pietro Mennea (winner of the 200 metres and runner-up in the 100 metres and the 4×100...
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    Zhenye  China 22.01 0.0 Li Xuemei  China Europe (records) 19.72[A] +1.8 Pietro Mennea  Italy 21.63 +0.2 Dafne Schippers  Netherlands North, Central America...
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  • football manager Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari (1735–1787), painter from Parma Pietro Mennea (1952–2013), Italian sprinter and politician Pietro Metastasio, pseudonym...
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  • Tebogo (BOT) 19.50 Asia (records)  Xie Zhenye (CHN) 19.88 Europe (records)  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72 North, Central America and Caribbean (records)  Usain Bolt (JAM)...
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    of these distances, behind (two Italians) Marcell Jacobs (9.80s) and Pietro Mennea (19.72s) respectively. Hughes trains with the Racers Track Club in Jamaica...
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    1974: Pietro Mennea 1975: Pasqualino Abeti 1976: Vincenzo Guerini 1977: Luciano Caravani 1978: Pietro Mennea 1979: Mauro Zuliani 1980: Pietro Mennea 1981:...
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    improved upon his own world record that would last for 11 years until Pietro Mennea would surpass it on the same track. Smith's time of 19.83 was among...
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    competitors, 121 men and 38 women, took part in 88 events in 19 sports. Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200 metres Maurizio Damilano — Athletics, Men's 20 km...
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  • Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 1 5 Pietro Mennea  Italy 10.15 NR 8 2 8 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.16 NR 7 3 7 Allan Wells  Great Britain...
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    Black 20.28, 1972 at Munich, 20.00 (Borzov, 1972 also at Munich), 19.96 (Mennea, 1980), 19.75 (Carl Lewis, 1983), 19.75 (Joe DeLoach, 1988) and 19.73 (Michael...
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    The distance attracted the attention of 1980 Olympic 200 m champion Pietro Mennea, whose hand-timed run of 14.8 seconds in Cassino, Italy, in 1983 stood...
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  • Cup 200 metres in Turin, Italy, beating the new world record holder Pietro Mennea on his home ground; he also finished 3rd in the 100 metres. At the start...
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    Pietro Mennea 1972: Pietro Mennea 1973: Pietro Mennea 1974: Pietro Mennea 1975: Pasqualino Abeti 1976: Pietro Mennea 1977: Pietro Mennea 1978: Pietro...
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    Shanghai on May 18. In his first 200-meter race, at the Pietro Mennea Golden Gala meet, he equalled Mennea's long standing 1979 world record time running a 19...
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    Pietro Mennea Preceded by Philippe Clerc European Record Holder Men's 200 m 18 July 1971 – 16 June 1972 Succeeded by Pietro Mennea Preceded by Pietro...
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    professional basketball player, coach of Basket Cassino in 1991-1993. Pietro Mennea, established the world record in the distance 150 m. in Cassino; Domenico...
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    2012 – Nero Wolfe (producer) 2013 – Le Iene con Botte da Orbi 2015 – Pietro Mennea - La freccia del sud (fiction) 2022 – Il grande gioco (producer) 2004...
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    Giovanni Bongiorni Stefano Tilli Pietro Mennea Men's 4×400 metres relay Roberto Tozzi Ernesto Nocco Roberto Ribaud Pietro Mennea Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani...
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    Klaus Dibiasi Dino Meneghin Adriano Panatta Gustav Thöni Oreste Perri Pietro Mennea Pierluigi Marzorati Corrado Barazzutti Sara Simeoni Piero Gros Novella...
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    The Young Montalbano Salvo Montalbano Lead role 2015 Pietro Mennea: La freccia del sud Pietro Mennea Television film 2018 La mossa del cavallo - C'era una...
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  •  Juris Silovs (URS) 10.37  Silvio Leonard (CUB) 10.43  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 10.48 1975  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 10.28 GR  Charles Hopkins (USA) 10.47  Toma Petrescu (ROM)...
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    Klaus Dibiasi Dino Meneghin Adriano Panatta Gustav Thöni Oreste Perri Pietro Mennea Pierluigi Marzorati Corrado Barazzutti Sara Simeoni Piero Gros Novella...
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    held since 1922 in piazza di Siena, inside Villa Borghese; Golden Gala Pietro Mennea international event of athletics which takes place annually at the Stadio...
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    The 150 metres, though rarely competed, has a star-studded history: Pietro Mennea set a world best in 1983, Olympic champions Michael Johnson and Donovan...
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  • Italian National Olympic Committee, founded in 1955. Athletes such as Pietro Mennea and Giuseppe Gibilisco trained here. Formia is also a hub for cycling...
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  • team. On 12 September 2013, Farina commemorated his countryman Pietro Mennea on Mennea Day in Lombardy. In 2019 and 2021, Farina was an athletics coach...
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    championships. Amongst the most famous Italian athletes, there's the sprinter Pietro Mennea (1952-2013) who held the 200 metres world record (19:72) for 17 years...
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