Giuseppe D'Urso

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| nationality = Italian

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| event = Middle distance running

| club = CUS Roma
Fiamme Azzurre

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800 m: 1:43.95 (1996)
1500 m: 3:35.78 (1998)

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Giuseppe D'Urso (born 15 September 1969) is a former Italian 800 metres runner, vice-world champion in 1993.

Biography

Giuseppe D'Urso won four medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE_U_1908_2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=1 January 2013}} He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1996), he has 31 caps in national team from 1989 to 2000.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}} He won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. In addition he won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. His personal best in 800 metres is 1'43"95.

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
1988 \|align=left\|World Junior Championships \|align=left\|Sudbury, Canada \|5th \|800m \|1:53.34
1990 \|align=left\|European Championships \|align=left\|Split, Yugoslavia \|align="center" \| 7th \|800 metres \|1:47.29
1991 \|align=left\|World Student Games \|align=left\|Sheffield, United Kingdom \|bgcolor="gold" align="center" \| 1st \|800 metres \|1:46.82
1993 \|align=left\|World Championships \|align=left\|Stuttgart, Germany \|bgcolor="silver" align="center" \| 2nd \|800 metres \|1:44.86
1994 \|align=left\|European Championships \|align=left\|Helsinki, Finland \|5th \|800m \|1:46.90
1995 \|align=left\|World Championships \|align=left\|Gothenburg, Sweden \|{{tooltip\|Heat\|Eliminated in heat}} \|800 metres \|1:47.43
rowspan=2\|1996 \|align=left\|European Indoor Championships \|align=left\|Stockholm, Sweden \|bgcolor="silver" align="center" \| 2nd \|800 metres \|1:48.04
align=left\|Olympic Games \|align=left\|Atlanta, United States \|{{tooltip\|SF\|Eliminated in semi-finals}} \|800 metres \|1:46.97
rowspan=2\|1997 \|align=left\|Mediterranean Games \|align=left\|Bari, Italy \|bgcolor="gold" align="center" \| 1st \|800 metres \|1:47.10
align=left\|World Championships \|align=left\|Athens, Greece \|{{tooltip\|DNF\|Did Not Finish}} \|1500 metres \|{{tooltip\|NT\|No Time}}
rowspan=2\|1998 \|rowspan=2 align=left\|European Championships \|rowspan=2 align=left\|Budapest, Hungary \|{{tooltip\|SF\|Eliminated in semi-finals}} \|800 metres \|1:48.95
{{tooltip\|DNF\|Did Not Finish}} \|1500 metres \|{{tooltip\|NT\|No Time}}
rowspan=1\|1999 \|align=left\|World Championships \|align=left\|Stockholm, Sweden \|14th \|1500 metres \|3:50.71

colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}

1988

|align=left|World Junior Championships

|align=left|Sudbury, Canada

|5th

|800m

|1:53.34

1990

|align=left|European Championships

|align=left|Split, Yugoslavia

|align="center" | 7th

|800 metres

|1:47.29

1991

|align=left|World Student Games

|align=left|Sheffield, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|800 metres

|1:46.82

1993

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|Stuttgart, Germany

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|800 metres

|1:44.86

1994

|align=left|European Championships

|align=left|Helsinki, Finland

|5th

|800m

|1:46.90

1995

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|Gothenburg, Sweden

|{{tooltip|Heat|Eliminated in heat}}

|800 metres

|1:47.43

rowspan=2|1996

|align=left|European Indoor Championships

|align=left|Stockholm, Sweden

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|800 metres

|1:48.04

align=left|Olympic Games

|align=left|Atlanta, United States

|{{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}}

|800 metres

|1:46.97

rowspan=2|1997

|align=left|Mediterranean Games

|align=left|Bari, Italy

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|800 metres

|1:47.10

align=left|World Championships

|align=left|Athens, Greece

|{{tooltip|DNF|Did Not Finish}}

|1500 metres

|{{tooltip|NT|No Time}}

rowspan=2|1998

|rowspan=2 align=left|European Championships

|rowspan=2 align=left|Budapest, Hungary

|{{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}}

|800 metres

|1:48.95

|1500 metres

|{{tooltip|NT|No Time}}

rowspan=1|1999

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|Stockholm, Sweden

|14th

|1500 metres

|3:50.71

National titles

He has won 7 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=1 January 2013 |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 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=1 January 2013}}