Giuseppe LIPPI

Beppe Lippi was a middle-distance runner with a long athletics career (1921-49). He was a two-time Olympian, finishing seventh in the infamous 3,000 metres steeplechase at Los Angeles in 1932, when all the runners ran an extra lap. Four years later at Berlin, Lippi was eliminated in the heats. At the second European Championships at Paris in 1938 he ran in the 10,000 metres and finished seventh.

Domestically, Lippi was the Italian 3,000 m record holder (8:46.6) in 1930, and that same year was also the record holder for the 5,000 (15:16.2) and 10,000 (31:24.2). He won a total of 15 national titles at 5,000 m (1932), 10,000 m (1938-39), 3,000 m steeplechase (1933, 1935-36, 1940 and 1948), as well as seven cross-country titles.

Personal Best: 3000S – 9:32.0 (1932).