Giovanni Bongiorni
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Giovanni Bongiorni is a retired Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

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His personal best 200 metres time was 20.82 seconds, achieved in July 1981 in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

. His personal best 100 metres time was 10.60 seconds, achieved in July 1982 in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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Achievements

Representing
1982 European Championships
1982 European Championships in Athletics
The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Field:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |...

Athens
Athens
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, Greece
Greece
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4th 4x400 m relay
1982 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 100 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4x100 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held on 11 September 1982.-Final:-See also:* 1978 Men's European Championships 4x100m Relay...

1984 European Indoor Championships
1984 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
The 15th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Gothenburg, a city in Sweden, in 1984.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...

Gothenburg
Gothenburg
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, Sweden
Sweden
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3rd 200 m
Olympic Games
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...

Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, United States
United States
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4th 4x400 m relay
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 400 metre relay
The 4 x 400 metres relay races at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested as part of the athletics program.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:-Records:These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Heats:...

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