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)