Augusto Persico

Augusto Persico was an Italian marathon runner in the years after World War I. He found himself competing with a new generation of Italian long-distance runners such as Valerio Arri, Pericle Pagliani and Orlando Cesaroni. Persico entered the 1920 Antwerpen Olympics where, on a cold and rainy day, he abandoned the competition shortly after the 30th kilometre. Previously, in the same year, on 24 May in Roma, despite being beaten by Pagliani, Persico set his personal best of 2-44:36.

Personal Best: Mar – 2-44:36 (1920).