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{{Short description|Italian athlete (born 1939)}}
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| name = Livio Berruti
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| caption = Livio Berruti in 2010
| nationality = [[Italia]]n
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprint]]
| club = [[G.S. Fiamme Oro]]
| collegeteam =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|5|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Turin]], [[Italy]]
| residence = 
| coach= [[Peppino Russo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Addio-a-Peppino-Russo/48634|title=Addio a Peppino Russo|publisher=fidal.it|language=it|date=5 July 2010|accessdate=19 March 2021}}</ref>
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| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| weight = {{convert|66|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| pb = 
*100 m: 10.2 (1960)
*200 m: 20.5 (1960)
| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]]
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|200 metres]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1959 Summer Universiade|1959 Turin]]| 100 metres}}
{{MedalGold|[[1959 Summer Universiade|1959 Turin]]| 200 metres}}
{{MedalGold|[[1959 Summer Universiade|1959 Turin]]| 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[1967 Summer Universiade|1967 Tokyo]]| 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1963 Summer Universiade|1963 Porto Alegre]]| 100 metres}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1963 Summer Universiade|1963 Porto Alegre]]| 200 metres}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1963 Mediterranean Games|1963 Naples]]|200 metres}}
{{MedalGold|[[1963 Mediterranean Games|1963 Naples]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1963 Mediterranean Games|1963 Naples]]|100 metres}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1967 Mediterranean Games|1967 Tunis]]|200 metres}}
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'''Livio Berruti''' (born 19 May 1939) is an Italian former [[athletics (sport)|athlete]] who was the winner of the 200-meter dash in the [[1960 Summer Olympics]].

He won five medals, at individual level, and three medals with the [[Italy national relays team at the international athletics championships|national relay team]] at the [[International athletics championships and games|International athletics competitions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE_U_1908_2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=5 December 2012}}</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:Berruti roma60.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The victorious finish of the 200 metres final at [[1960 Summer Olympics]]]]
Berruti was born in [[Turin]] where he attended [[Liceo classico Cavour|Liceo Classico "Cavour"]]. After high school, while pursuing a degree in [[chemistry]], he competed in the [[1960 Rome Olympics]]. In the semi-finals of the 200 m, spurred by the [[Home advantage|home crowd]], he unexpectedly ran in 20.5 seconds, equalling the then [[world record]] for that distance. This made him a surprise outsider for the final, later that day. In that race, Berruti, who was noted for always running with black glasses and white socks, once again clocked 20.5, beating the American favourites to the gold medal.

Anchoring the Italian 4 × 100 m relay team, Berruti narrowly missed out on a second Olympic medal, finishing in 4th. His world record was not beaten until June 1962, but his performance remained a [[European record progression 200 metres men|European record]] for a further two years, until 21 June 1964.

His Olympic victory, at the beginning of his career, would remain his best achievement. His three appearances at the European Championships only brought him a 7th place in the 1966 200 m final. He did, however, win Italian titles in both the 100 and 200 m from 1957 until 1962, and two more 200 m titles in 1965 and 1968. Berruti also made two more Olympic appearances, in [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] and [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]. On both occasions, he reached the final of the 4 × 100 m relay, and also placed 5th in the 200 m final of 1964.

==Olympic results==
{| class="wikitable" width=55% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
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!Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Position !!Event !!Performance !!Note
|-
| rowspan=2|1960
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rome]]
| bgcolor=gold|1st
| [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres]]
| 20.5
| = [[File:Sport records icon WR.svg|20px]]
|-
| 4th
| [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
| 40.2
| <ref>Time was 40.33 electronic, but the relay team ran 40.16 in the heat and 40.29 in the semi-finals.</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|1964
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]]
| 5th
| [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres]]
| 20.8
| <ref>He ran in a better time (20.6) in the quarter-finals.</ref>
|-
| 7th
| [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
| 39.5
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1968
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]]
| {{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}}
| [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres]]
| 21.0
|
|-
| 7th
| [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
| 39.2
|
|}

==National titles==
Livio Berruti has won '''14''' times the individual [[Italian Athletics Championships|national championship]].<ref>{{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=5 December 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 }}</ref>
*'''6 wins''' in the [[100 metres]] (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962)
*'''8 wins''' in the [[200 metres]] (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968)

==Awards==
On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] (CONI), [[Giovanni Malagò]], was inaugurated in the [[Olympic Park]] of the [[Foro Italico]] in [[Rome]], along ''Viale delle Olimpiadi'', the [[Walk of Fame of Italian sport]], consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of these tiles is dedicated to Livio Berruti.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coni.it/it/component/content/article.html?id=9832:inaugurata-la-walk-of-fame|title=Inaugurata la Walk of Fame: 100 targhe per celebrare le leggende dello sport italiano|publisher=coni.it|language=it|access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Italy national relays team at the international athletics championships|Italy national relay team]]
* [[Men's 100 metres European record progression]]
* [[Men's 200 metres European record progression]]
* [[Men's 200 metres world record progression]]
* [[FIDAL Hall of Fame]]
* [[Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Gregori |first=Claudio |year=2009 |title=Livio Berruti—Il romanzo di un campione e del suo tempo |trans-title=Livio Berruti—The romance of a champion and his time |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42MFQgAACAAJ |language=it |location=Cassina de' Pecchi (Milan), Italy |publisher=Edizioni Roberto Vallardi |isbn=978-88-95684-31-4}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}
* {{IMDb name|8096950}}
* {{discogs artist|Livio Berruti}}

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