Giacomo Leone (born 10 April 1971 in Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi) is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy.
He set his personal best (2:07:52) in the marathon on 4 March 2001 in Otsu, Japan.
[1][2] He was the last European to win New York City Marathon before the African dominance, except for Brazilian victories in 2006 and 2008.
Leone still holds the record of "Italian most quick" to NYC Marathon.
When 18–20 years old he started to run distances over 20 km and in 1989 won the bronze medal in European Athletics Junior Championships (in 1989 edition in Varaždin, on 20 km Road Race);[3] in the next year he places himself at fifth place at Juniores World Championship on the same distance.