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Let \(X\) be a projective surface and let \(E\) be an ample, spanned vector bundle of rank \(r\geq 2\) on \(X\). Assuming \(c_2(E)=1\), Lanteri and Sommese proved that there exists only one example of such bundles over normal surfaces; namely one must have \(X={\mathbb P}^2\) and \(E={\mathcal O}_X^2(1)\). The present paper contains a classification of pairs \((X,E)\), where \(X\) is a normal Gorenstein surface and \(E\) is an ample and spanned vector bundle with \(c_2(E)=2\). It turns out that rank\((E)\) must be equal to \(2\) and \(X\) must be either \({\mathbb P}^2\) or a quadric or geometrically ruled over an elliptic curve. The author also outlines here a classification of ample, spanned vector bundles \(E\) with \(c_n(E)=2\), over an arbitrary smooth variety of dimension \(n\geq 2\).