Miklós Szabó (middle distance runner)

Miklós Szabó [ ˈmikloːʃ ˈsɒboː ] (born December 6, 1908 in Budapest ; † December 3, 2000 there ) was a Hungarian middle-distance runner .

In 1934 the first European Athletics Championships took place in Turin . In 1500 Meters won Luigi Beccali in 3: 54.8 minutes ago Miklós Szabó in 3: 55.4 minutes. Two days later, Szabó fought again for victory with an Italian in the final of the 800-meter run . Szabó won by a judge's decision after he and Mario Lanzi were stopped with 1: 52.0 minutes.

At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 , Szabo was eliminated in the semi-finals over 800 meters. In the 1500 meter final he was seventh in 3: 53.0 minutes. In 1936 Szabo set a world record over 2000 meters with 5: 20.4 minutes, followed a year later with a world record over two miles with 8: 56.0 minutes. His world best of the year in 1937 over 1500 meters of 3: 48.6 minutes meant a European record. In total, he set 23 Hungarian records and won 16 championship titles.

With a height of 1.74 m, his competition weight was 66 kg. From 1947 to 1980, Szabó worked as a trainer in Sweden before returning to Hungary.

Best times

• 800 m: 1: 52.0 min, 1934
• 1500 m: 3: 48.6 min, 1937
• 3000 m : 8: 17.8 min, 1937
• 5000 m : 14: 33.8 min, 1937
• 10,000 m : 30: 47.2 min 1940
• 3000 m obstacle : 9: 39.6 min, 1941

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2001. Worcester 2001, ISBN 1899807-11-X
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )