Jan Balachowski
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
European Championships | ||
1971 Helsinki | 4 x 400 m relay | |
European Indoor Championships | ||
1968 Madrid | 4 x 364 m relay | |
1969 Belgrade | 400 m | |
1969 Belgrade | 4 x 390 m relay | |
1971 Sofia | 4 x 400 m relay | |
1972 Grenoble | 4 x 400 m relay | |
1967 Prague | 4 x 300 m relay | |
1970 Vienna | 4 x 400 m relay | |
1968 Madrid | 400 m |
Jan Balachowski (born 28 December 1948) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
He was born in Kraków and represented the club Cracovia Kraków.[1] At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres,[2] as well as a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay.[3]
At the 1967 European Indoor Games he won a silver medal in the 4 x 300 metres relay, which he ran together with Edward Romanowski, Edmund Borowski and Tadeusz Jaworski. [4] At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres[5] and a gold medal in the 4 x 364 metres relay.[6] In the summer he competed at the 1968 Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals in the individual contest and finishing fourth in the final of the 4 x 400 metres relay.[1] At the 1969 European Indoor Games he won a gold medal in the 400 metres[5] and another gold medal in the 4 x 390 metres relay.[7] At the 1969 European Championships the Polish relay team finished fourth.[8]
At the 1970 European Indoor Championships the Polish relay team won silver medals.[9] Balachowski also qualified for the 400 metres final, but did not finish the race.[10] At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he again qualified, but did not start the final race.[11] This time, the Polish team won relay gold. Balachowski ran together with Jan Werner, Andrzej Badeński and Waldemar Korycki.[12] That summer, the same Polish team won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Championships.[13] The same team then took another relay triumph at the 1972 European Indoor Championships.[14] In the summer Balachowski participated in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1972 Olympics, and finished fifth.[1]
He became Polish indoor 400 metres champion in 1973.[15] His personal best time was 45.8 seconds, achieved in 1970.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Sports Reference Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "European Junior Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "European Junior Championships 1966". World Junior Athletics History. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "1967 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ a b "European Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "1968 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "1969 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1969 Athens (GRE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "1970 European Indoor Championships, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "1970 European Indoor Championships, men's 400 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "1971 European Indoor Championships, men's 400 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "1971 European Indoor Championships, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1971 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "1972 European Indoor Championships, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Polish Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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- 1966: Hartmut Koch (GDR)
- 1967: Manfred Kinder (FRG)
- 1968: Andrzej Badeński (POL)
- 1969: Jan Balachowski (POL)
- 1970: Aleksandr Bratchikov (URS)
- 1971: Andrzej Badeński (POL)
- 1972: Georg Nückles (FRG)
- 1973: Luciano Sušanj (YUG)
- 1974: Fons Brydenbach (BEL)
- 1975: Hermann Köhler (FRG)
- 1976: Yanko Bratanov (BUL)
- 1977: Fons Brydenbach (BEL)
- 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
- 1979: Karel Kolář (TCH)
- 1980: Nikolay Chernetskiy (URS)
- 1981: Andreas Knebel (GDR)
- 1982: Pavel Konovalov (URS)
- 1983: Yevgeniy Lomtyev (URS)
- 1984: Sergey Lovachov (URS)
- 1985: Todd Bennett (GBR)
- 1986: Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)
- 1987: Todd Bennett (GBR)
- 1988: Jens Carlowitz (GDR)
- 1989: Cayetano Cornet (ESP)
- 1990: Norbert Dobeleit (FRG)
- 1992: Slobodan Brankovic (YUG)
- 1994: Du'aine Ladejo (GBR)
- 1996: Du'aine Ladejo (GBR)
- 1998: Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS)
- 2000: Iliya Dzhivondov (BUL)
- 2002: Marek Plawgo (POL)
- 2005: David Gillick (IRL)
- 2007: David Gillick (IRL)
- 2009: Johan Wissman (SWE)
- 2011: Leslie Djhone (FRA)
- 2013: Pavel Maslák (CZE)
- 2015: Pavel Maslák (CZE)
- 2017: Pavel Maslák (CZE)
- 2019: Karsten Warholm (NOR)
- 2021: Óscar Husillos (ESP)
- 2023: Karsten Warholm (NOR)