Abdon Pamich

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for Flag of Italy Italy
Olympic Games
Gold 1964 Tokyo 50 km walk
Bronze 1960 Rome 50 km walk

Abdon Pamich (born October 3, 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 October 16, 1960 in Ponte San Pietro. The best time was lowered to 4:01:39 the next year by Grigoriy Klimov.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
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
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


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