[DOC] [TLE] Pietro Mennea - Wikipedia [PAR] Pietro Paolo Mennea was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most 
successful in the 200 m event, in which he won a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow 
Olympics and set a world record at 19.72 seconds in September 1979. This 
record stood for almost 17 years  the longest duration in the event ... The record 
held for seventeen years before Michael Johnson broke it at the... [DOC] [TLE] Former 200m record holder Mennea no more - The Hindu [PAR] Mar 21, 2013 ... Pietro Mennea, an Olympic sprint champion from Italy who held the ... the 200m 
world record of 19.72 seconds on September 12, 1979, at the ... He broke 
Tommie Smith's record of 19.83, set on the same track at the 1968 Olympics. 
Mennea's record stood until Michael Johnson ran 19.66 on June 23, 1996,... [DOC] [TLE] Former Olympic 200m champion Pietro Mennea dies, aged 60 ... [PAR] Mar 21, 2013 ... Former Olympic 200m champion Pietro Mennea dies, aged 60 ... He broke the 
200m world record in 1979 with a time of 19.72 seconds, ... that stood for 17 
years until Michael Johnson ran 19.66 in 1996. American Johnson's record was 
bettered by Jamaica's Usain Bolt at ... Wells makes leap to sprint glory. [DOC] [TLE] Pietro Mennea: Olympic sprint champion whose 200 metres world ... [PAR] Mar 22, 2013 ... The name of Pietro Mennea, the 1980 Olympic 200 metres ... Pietro Mennea: 
Olympic sprint champion whose 200 metres world record stood for 17 years ... He 
also departed the track having set a world 200m record of 19.72sec at altitude ... 
Johnson at the US trials shortly before the 1996 Atlanta Olympics,... [DOC] [TLE] Pietro Mennea - Expand Your Mind [PAR] In 1979, Mennea placed first in the 100 metres and second in the 200 m behind 
... On 12 September 1979, he won the 200 metres with a time of 19.72. ... The 
record held for seventeen years before Michael Johnson broke it at the 1996 U.S. 
... Mennea: Olympic sprint champion whose 200 metres world record stood for 17
... [DOC] [TLE] Usain Bolt's ultimate dream is a sub-19 second 200m. Can he really ... [PAR] Mar 23, 2016 ... Usain Bolt first claimed the 200m world record at the 2008 Olympics, ... effort: the 
American's record run was produced at the 1996 Olympic ... Petro Mennea, 
Johnson's time of 19.66 just pipping Mennea's 19.72. ... Pietro Mennea AFP ... 
ever broken the 19.5 second mark once: in the 200m final at London... [DOC] [TLE] Men's 200-Meter World Records - Track & Field - About.com [PAR] Apr 24, 2016 ... Men's track and field world records in the 200-meter run, ... American, Charles 
Paddock, ran 21-flat for the 200 meters in 1923. ... as the sole 200-meter world 
mark, until Italy's Pietro Mennea broke it  at the same Mexico City stadium in 
which Smith set his record  with a time of 19.72 seconds in 1979. [DOC] [TLE] Superman runs out of track | Sport | The Guardian [PAR] Jul 21, 2002 ... Before 1996, Pietro Mennea's 200m world record of 19.72sec had stood since 
1979. Johnson is not so sure. 'It's not that 19.72 was such a great... [DOC] [TLE] Fastest White Man | Charlie's Space [PAR] Aug 23, 2008 ... No white athlete made it past the second round and the fastest in that ... that 
Pietro Mennea ran his 10.01s at the 100m and his amazing 19.72s at 200m. ... 24 
years on it has been broken ten times and is currently 9.69s set by ..... held the 
200m world record of 19.72 from 1979-1996yes this was set at high... [DOC] [TLE] How good was Wayde's record? - PressReader [PAR] Aug 21, 2016 ... On October 18, 1968, American Bob Beamon soared through the rarified air of ... 
Beamon's record stood for a few months shy of 23 years before compatriot ... 
eclipse the 200m record of Italian Pietro Mennea of 19.72, set in 1979. ... 
Johnson

Question: Pietro Mennea's record of 19.72 seconds in the 200-m. dash stood from 1979 until this American broke it in 1996
Answer: Michael Johnson