| Nickname: | Massimo |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Marathon |
| Country: |  Italy |
| Club: | G.S. Fiamme Oro |
| Birth Date: | 1971 3, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Mistretta, Italy |
| Weight: | 65kg (143lb) |
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Vincenzo Massimo Modica (born 2 March 1971 in Mistretta) is an Italian long-distance runner who competed in the marathon.
He was the bronze medallist in that event at the 1998 European Athletics Championships then took the silver medal behind Abel Antón at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.
He was a six-time participant at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and was twice in the top twenty of the junior race. He represented Italy in the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but failed to finish the race.
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 7th | 10,000m | 29:09.06 | |
| 1994 | Helsinki, Finland | 11th | 10,000 m | 28:17.24 | ||
| 1997 | Athens, Greece | - | Marathon | DNF | ||
| 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | Marathon | 2:12:53 | |
| 1999 | Seville, Spain | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Marathon | 2:14:03 | |
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | - | Marathon | DNF | ||
Vincenzo Modica has won 8 times the individual national championship.[1] [2]