Jan Balachowski

Jan Balachowski (born 28 December 1948) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Jan Balachowski
Medal record
Men's athletics
European Championships
1971 Helsinki4 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 Grenoble4 x 400 m relay
1967 Prague 4 x 300 m relay
1970 Vienna 4 x 400 m relay
1968 Madrid 400 m

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 with 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
  1. Sports Reference Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "European Junior Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "European Junior Championships 1966". World Junior Athletics History. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  4. "1967 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  5. "European Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  6. "1968 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  7. "1969 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  8. "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1969 Athens (GRE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  9. "1970 European Indoor Championships, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  10. "1970 European Indoor Championships, men's 400 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  11. "1971 European Indoor Championships, men's 400 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  12. "1971 European Indoor Championships, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  13. "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1971 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  14. "1972 European Indoor Championships, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  15. "Polish Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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