Sándor Rozsnyói

Sándor Rozsnyói [ ˈʃaːndor ˈroʒɲoː.i ] (born November 24, 1930 in Zalaegerszeg ; † September 2, 2014 ) was a Hungarian athlete who became European champion in 1954 and set two official world records in the 3,000-meter obstacle course .

With a height of 1.85 m, his competition weight was 71 kg.

Career

In 1954, official world records were recognized for the first time in the 3000 meter obstacle course, after there were no fixed rules about the number and nature of the obstacles beforehand. The first official world record holder was Sándor Rozsnyói, who was best of the year in the world in 1954, with 8: 49.6 minutes. The Finn Olavi Rinteenpää had already run in 1953 on a standardized distance of 8: 44.4 minutes. Rozsnyói ran his record at the 1954 European Championships in Bern. He won the title ahead of Rinteenpää and the Norwegian Ernst Larsen .

In the following years the world record was improved many times. 1956 Rozsnyói ran on September 16 in the international match between Czechoslovakia against Hungary in Budapest 8: 35.6 min. Shortly before the Olympic Games in Melbourne , the Hungarian uprising was suppressed. While the Hungarian world-class runner Sándor Iharos did not take part in the games and István Rózsavölgyi was completely out of shape in Melbourne, Rozsnyói performed convincingly as the reigning world record holder. Nevertheless, he was beaten by two seconds in the final by tough Englishman Chris Brasher and was only just ahead of Ernst Larsen and German Heinz Laufer . First Rozsnyói was announced as the Olympic champion because Brasher should have hampered Larsen and Laufer. After hearing the two athletes concerned, Brasher's disqualification was lifted and Rozsnyói received silver.

After the games Rozsnyói did not return to Hungary, but stayed in Austria. After becoming Hungarian champion in the obstacle course in 1954 and 1955, he became Austrian champion in the 5000 meter run in 1958 . He also applied for authorization to start for Austria in order to compete in the 1958 European Championships . After he received no approval from the Hungarian association, he withdrew from competitive sports. His Austrian national record of 14: 16.8 minutes was not beaten until 1971.

Best times

• 1500 meters: 3: 46.4 minutes (1956)
• 5000 meters: 14: 14.0 minutes (1956)
• 3000 meter obstacle: 8: 35.6 minutes (1956)

literature

• Holzhausen, Manfred: world records and world record holder. Hour run / 20 km run / 3,000 m obstacle course . Grevenbroich 2001
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics , Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV

Web links

• Sándor Rozsnyói in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meghalt Rozsnyói Sándor