- Jerzy Chromik
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Jerzy Chromik (June 15, 1931 in Mysłowice – October 20, 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
Records Preceded by
Vasili VlasenkoMen's Steeplechase World Record Holder
August 31, 1955 – August 14, 1956Succeeded by
Semyon RzhishchinPreceded by
Semyon RzhishchinMen's Steeplechase World Record Holder
August 2, 1958 – June 26, 1960Succeeded by
Zdzisław KrzyszkowiakEuropean Champions in Men's 3000 m Steeplechase 1938: Lars Larsson (SWE) • 1946: Raphaël Pujazon (FRA) • 1950: Jindřich Roudný (TCH) • 1954: Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN) • 1958: Jerzy Chromik (POL) • 1962: Gaston Roelants (BEL) • 1966: Viktor Kudinskiy (URS) • 1969: Mikhail Zhelev (BUL) • 1971: Jean-Paul Villain (FRA) • 1974: Bronisław Malinowski (POL) • 1978: Bronisław Malinowski (POL) • 1982: Patriz Ilg (FRG) • 1986: Hagen Melzer (GDR) • 1990: Francesco Panetta (ITA) • 1994: Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) • 1998: Damian Kallabis (GER) • 2002: Antonio David Jiménez (ESP) • 2006: Jukka Keskisalo (FIN) • 2010: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
Categories:- 1931 births
- 1987 deaths
- People from Mysłowice
- People from Silesia
- Polish long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Poland
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
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