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| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1931-05-06)6 May 1931 Mysłowice, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 August 1987(1987-08-20) (aged 57) Katowice, Poland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000 metres steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
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Jerzy Chromik (15 June 1931 in Mysłowice – 20 October 1987 in Katowice) was a foremost long-distance runner from Poland.
Biography
Chromik took eight national titles at long distances: 3000 m steeplechase (1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962), 5000 m (1953), 10,000 m (1955).
He participated in three European Championships in Athletics in Bern (1954), Stockholm (1958), Belgrade (1962). He also took place in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (1956), and the 17th Olympic Games in Rome (1960).
In 1955, Chromik won the 5.000 metres, ahead of Sándor Iharos, József Kovács, Emil Zátopek, and Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, at the International Youth Festival in Warsaw. In 1955 and 1958, he won the 3000m in the Kusocinski Memorial in Warsaw. In the 1958 European Championship at Stockholm, he won gold medal at the 3000m steeplechase. In 1959, he won a Cross L'Humanité in Paris.
Chromik set the 3000m steeplechase world records with 8:41.2 in Brno (August 1955), 8:40.2 in Budapest (September 1955), and 8:32.0 in Warsaw (August 1958).
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jerzy Chromik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
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Preceded by Vasili Vlasenko
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Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder 31 August 1955 – 14 August 1956 |
Succeeded by Semyon Rzhishchin
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| Preceded by Semyon Rzhishchin
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Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder 2 August 1958 – 26 June 1960 |
Succeeded by Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak
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| European Athletics Championships champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase | |
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- 1931 births
- 1987 deaths
- People from Mysłowice
- People from Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
- Polish male long-distance runners
- Polish male steeplechase runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Poland
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship
- Polish Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Polish sportsmen