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Abdon Pamich
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1960 Rome | 50 km walk | |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | 50 km walk | |
Abdon Pamich (born October 3, 1933) at 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.
| 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 |
| Olympic champions in men's 50 km walk |
|---|
| Thomas Green | Harold Whitlock | John Ljunggren | Giuseppe Dordoni | Norman Read | Don Thompson | Abdon Pamich | Christoph Höhne | Bernd Kannenberg | Hartwig Gauder | Raúl González | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | Andrey Perlov | Robert Korzeniowski (three times) |
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