Jan Balachowski

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Jan Balachowski (born December 28, 1948 in Krakow , Poland ) is a former Polish athlete .

Career

At the European Indoor Games in 1967 in Prague, he started the Polish four-time two-round relay with Edmund Borowski, only one runner who had become European champion the year before with the Polish four-by-400-meter relay . In addition to Borowski, Edward Romanowski, Tadeusz Jaworski and the just 18-year-old Jan Balachowski were used. The relay won silver behind the Soviet Union relay .

A year later at the European Indoor Games in Madrid in 1968, Jan Balachowski won bronze in the 400-meter run in 47.3 seconds, while his compatriot Andrzej Badeński won gold . The Polish four-by-two-round relay with Waldemar Korycki , Jan Balachowski, Jan Werner and Andrzej Badeński won gold before the relay from the Federal Republic of Germany . In the fall of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Jan Balachowski was eliminated in the quarter-finals over 400 meters in 46.33 seconds. The season finale developed behind the seasons from the United States and KenyaBetween the relays from the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland an exciting fight up to the finish line, where the German final runner Martin Jellinghaus had a hundredth of a second ahead of Andrzej Badeński. The Polish squadron was in 3: 00.58 minutes in the fourth occupation Stanisław Grędziński , Jan Balachowski, Jan Werner and Badeński.

At the European Indoor Games in Belgrade in 1969, Jan Balachowski won gold over 400 meters in 47.3 seconds ahead of Jan Werner. In the four-by-two-round relay, Werner, Jan Radomski , Badeński and Balachowski won the title just before the relay from the Soviet Union. Outdoors at the European Championships in Athens in 1969 , the Polish relay with Balachowski, Grędziński, Badeński and individual European champion Jan Werner fought behind the French and the relay from the Soviet Union again with the relay from the Federal Republic of Germany for bronze. The final runner for the Germans was again Martin Jellinghaus, who practically intercepted Jan Werner at the finish line. In 3: 03.1 minutes, the Poles finished fourth, just like in Mexico City.

In 1970 the European Indoor Games were replaced by the official European Indoor Championships. At the first European Indoor Championships in Vienna in 1970, Jan Balachowski gave up in the individual finals over 400 meters. In the four-by-two-round relay, the Poles with Werner, Grędziński, Balachowski and Badeński were second behind the relay from the Soviet Union.

A year later at the second European Indoor Championships in Sofia Balachowski did not take part in the final over 400 meters. The relay, which this time was a real 4-by-400-meter relay, was won by Korycki, Werner, Badeński and Balachowski in 3: 11.1 minutes, well ahead of the Soviet relay. The 1971 European Championships took place in Helsinki in the summer . The Polish relay team in the lineup Badeński, Balachowski, Korycki and Werner won silver in 3: 03.6 minutes behind the relay from Germany.

At the European Indoor Championships in Grenoble in 1972 Jan Balachowski was again on the podium with the 4x2 round relay. Werner, Korycki, Balachowski and Badeński won before the relay from Germany. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, the Polish relay team with Werner, Balachowski, Zbigniew Jaremski and Badeński reached the final and finished fifth in 3: 01.05 minutes.

Jan Balachowski's best time, hand-stopped, is 45.8 seconds. He set his electronically measured best time of 46.23 seconds in the run-up to the 1968 Olympic Games.

With a height of 1.83 m, his competition weight was 76 kg.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede : The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999.