Jerzy Chromik

Jerzy Chromik
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born(1931-06-15)15 June 1931
Mysłowice, Poland
Died21 October 1987(1987-10-21) (aged 56)
Katowice, Poland
Sport
Sportmiddle-distance running
Event
3000 metres steeplechase
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Men's athletics
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1958 Stockholm3000 m st.

Jerzy Chromik (15 June 1931 in Mysłowice – 21 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).

International competitions

Representing  Poland
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1954 European Championships Bern, Switzerland 9th (h) 3000 m s'chase 9:06.41
1955 World Festival of Youth and Students Warsaw, Poland 1st 5000 m 13:55.2
1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 19th (h) 5000 m 14:51.4
1958 European Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:38.2
1960 Olympic Games Rome, Italy 22nd (h) 3000 m s'chase 9:06.68
1962 European Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia 17th (h) 3000 m s'chase 8:54.0

1Did not start in the final

Personal bests

Outdoors

References