Giuseppe Beviacqua

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long distance running

| club = Unione Sportiva Giordana

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|10|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Savona, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|8|19|1914|10|28|df=y}}

| death_place= Savona, Italy

| height = {{height|m=1.60}}

| weight = {{convert|49|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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5000 m: 14:50.4 (1942)
10000 m: 30:27.4 (1940)

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Giuseppe Beviacqua (28 October 1914 – 19 August 1999) was an Italian long distance runner who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/giuseppe-beviacqua-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/giuseppe-beviacqua-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Giuseppe Beviacqua Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=2018-05-02}}

Biography

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Beviacqua participated in the men's 10,000 metres and finished 11th. {{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71866 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 January 2025}}

Beviacqua won the British AAA Championships title in the 6 miles event at the 1938 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19380716/152/0005 |title=Italian wins six-mile title |work=Western Mail |date=16 July 1938 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19380718/127/0004 |title=AAA Championships |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=18 July 1938 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=19 January 2025 }}

Beviacqua collected 22 caps for the national team from 1936 to 1951.{{cite book |title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=FIDAL}}

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
rowspan=1\|1936 \| rowspan=1 align=left\|Olympic Games \| rowspan=1 align=left\|{{flagicon\|GER\|Nazi}} Berlin \| 11th \| 10000 metres \| 31:57.7 \|

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Year

Competition

Venue

Position

Event

Performance

Note

rowspan=1|1936

| rowspan=1 align=left|Olympic Games

| rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|GER|Nazi}} Berlin

| 11th

| 10000 metres

| 31:57.7

National titles

Giuseppe Beviacqua has won 15 times the individual national championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2012 }}