Pavol Blažek
Slovak racewalker
Pavol Blažek (born 9 July 1958) is a retired race walker, who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia in the Olympic Games.[1] He was born in Trnava.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 14th | 20 km | 1:35:30.8 |
10th | 50 km | 4:16:26 | |||
1981 | World Race Walking Cup | Valencia, Spain | 11th | 20 km | 1:28:12 |
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 20 km | 1:26:13 |
— | 50 km | DNF | |||
1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | 9th | 20 km | 1:21:37 |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 20 km | 1:21:54 | |
17th | 50 km | 4:06:49 | |||
1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 10th | 20 km | 1:24:51 |
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 6th | 20 km | 1:23:26 |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 11th | 20 km | 1:24:37 |
18th | 50 km | 3:58:43 | |||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 15th | 20 km | 1:22:39 |
12th | 50 km | 3:47:31 | |||
1989 | World Race Walking Cup | L'Hospitalet, Spain | 8th | 20 km | 1:21:53 |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | 20 km | 1:22:05 |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 17th | 20 km | 1:22:34 |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 17th | 20 km | 1:29:23 |
29th | 50 km | 4:22:33 | |||
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1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 15th | 20 km | 1:25:31 |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 50 km | 3:49:44 |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 17th | 50 km | 4:03:45 |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 46th | 20 km | 1:29:41 |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pavol Blažek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- Pavol Blažek at World Athletics
- Pavol Blažek at Olympedia
- Pavol Blažek at Olympics.com
- Pavol Blažek at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
- Pavol Blažek at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
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Preceded by | Men's 20 km walk world record holder September 16, 1990 – April 7, 1994 | Succeeded by Bu Lingtang |
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's 20 kilometres race walk
- 1958:
Stan Vickers (GBR)
- 1962:
Ken Matthews (GBR)
- 1966:
Dieter Lindner (GDR)
- 1969:
Paul Nihill (GBR)
- 1971:
Nikolay Smaga (URS)
- 1974:
Vladimir Golubnichy (URS)
- 1978:
Roland Wieser (GDR)
- 1982:
José Marín (ESP)
- 1986:
Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
- 1990:
Pavol Blažek (TCH)
- 1994:
Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)
- 1998:
Ilya Markov (RUS)
- 2002:
Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
- 2006:
Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
- 2010:
Alex Schwazer (ITA)
- 2014:
Miguel Ángel López (ESP)
- 2018:
Álvaro Martín (ESP)
- 2022:
Álvaro Martín (ESP)
- 2024:
Perseus Karlström (SWE)
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