Gioacchino De Palma

Gioacchino De Palma is an Italian long-distance runner born on 21 May 1940, who competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Olympedia places his birth in Bari, and records that he ran for the club CUS Bari. In a period when Antonio Ambu dominated the Italian marathon, he still won two consecutive Italian half-marathon championships, in 1969 at Sassari and in 1970 at Villa d'Adda. His best international result was ninth place at the 1966 European Championships in Budapest, where he also set his personal best in the marathon. The Mexico City Games of 1968 are his only Olympic appearance.