| Birth Name: | Luigi Pagliani |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long-distance running Marathon |
| Club: | Società Podistica Lazio |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Magliano Sabina |
| Death Place: | Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Country: |  Italy |
Pericle Pagliani (2 February 1883 - 4 October 1932) was an Italian long-distance runner who competed in the men's 5 miles and men's 3 miles team race at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
He was the most famous Italian podist in the early twentieth century, the idol of the youngest Dorando Pietri, who decided to seriously engage in racing competitions when he battled him in a racing competition that took place in 1904 in his Carpi hometown.[3]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | align=left rowspan=3 | Intercalated Games | align=left rowspan=3 | Athens | 1500 metres | |||
| 5th | 5 miles | |||||||
| 3 miles team race | ||||||||
| 1908 | align=left rowspan=2 | Olympic Games | align=left rowspan=2 |  London | 5 miles | 26:56.4 | ||
| 3 miles team race | 15:22.6 | [4] |
He won five national championships at individual senior level.[5]
1908
1906, 1910
1908, 1909