Massimo Cartasegna (30 June 1885 – 15 April 1964) was an Italian

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who competed at the

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Biography

He was born in

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. The first event was the

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, in which Cartasegna did not finish his first round semifinal heat and did not advance to the final. In the 400 metres event, Cartasegna placed second in his preliminary heat with a time of 52.7 seconds, behind Louis Sebert's 50.2 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals. In the 3200 metre steeplechase competition he was eliminated in the first round. He was also a member of the Italian team which was eliminated in the first round of the 3 mile team race.

National titles

He won 5 national championships. *

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** 1000 metres: 1907, 1909 ** 1200 metres steeplechase: 1908, 1909, 1911

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1885 births 1964 deaths Italian male middle-distance runners Italian male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes of Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{Italy-athletics-bio-stub