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Polish sprinter (1946–2014)
Jan Werner
Medal record
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal 4 x 400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Budapest 4 x 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1969 Athens 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1971 Helsinki 4 x 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Helsinki 400 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1968 Madrid 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1969 Belgrade 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1971 Sofia 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1972 Grenoble 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1969 Belgrade 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1970 Vienna 400 m

Jan Werner (25 July 1946 – 21 September 2014) was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.

He was born in Brzeziny and represented the club AZS Warszawa. At the 1966 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres and won the 4 x 400 metres relay together with Edmund Borowski, Stanislaw Gredzinski and Andrzej Badeński. At the 1967 European Indoor Games he competed in the relay final, but the team did not finish, and at the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a gold medal in the relay.

His first Olympic Games were in 1968. He finished fifth in his semi-final heat in the 400 metres, barely missing out on the final. In the 4 x 400 metres relay he finished fourth together with Stanislaw Gredzinski, Jan Balachowski and Andrzej Badeński. With the same team members he finished fourth in the relay at the 1969 European Championships. In the individual distance he won the gold medal. At the 1969 European Indoor Games he won the 400 metres silver medal behind Balachowski, as well as a relay gold medal.

At the 1970 European Indoor Championships the Polish relay team won silver medals. At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with Waldemar Korycki, Andrzej Badeński and Jan Balachowski. With the same team members he won a silver medal in the relay at the 1971 European Championships. He won a bronze medal in the individual distance. The same team won the relay at the 1972 European Indoor Championships.

At the 1972 Olympic Games he reached the semi-final in the 400 metres and finished fifth in the relay. At the 1976 Olympic Games he finished eighth in the 400 metres and won a silver medal in the relay, together with Ryszard Podlas, Zbigniew Jaremski and Jerzy Pietrzyk.

He became Polish 200 metres champion in 1967, 1969 and 1971 and 400 metres champion in 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1976. His personal best time in the 400 metres was 45.44 seconds, achieved in 1976. He did also equal the European record in the 200 metres with 20.4 seconds on 3 June 1967.

Died 21 September 2014 in Warsaw.

References

  1. ^ Sports Reference Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
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  3. "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1966 Budapest (HUN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  4. "1967 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  5. "1968 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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  7. "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1969 Athens (GRE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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  12. "1971 European Indoor Championships, men's 4 x 400 metres relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  13. "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1971 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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  15. "Polish Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
Records
Preceded bySergio Ottolina European record holder, men's 200 metres
3 June 1967 – 29 July 1967 		Succeeded byRoger Bambuck
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 400 metres
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay
World University Games champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay
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