Jerzy Chromik
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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 | Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder 31 August 1955 – 14 August 1956 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder 2 August 1958 – 26 June 1960 | Succeeded by |
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- 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 Kudynskyy (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)
- 2012: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
- 2014: Yoann Kowal (FRA)
- 2016: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
- 2018: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
- 2022: Topi Raitanen (FIN)
- 2024: Alexis Miellet (FRA)