Irena Szewińska
International competitions
¹Representing Europe

Irena Szewińska

Section Title: International competitions
Table Section Text: ¹Representing Europe

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes

Representing Poland

1964	European Junior Games	Warsaw, Poland	1st	200 m	23.5

1st	4 × 100 m relay	46.6

1st	Long jump	6.19 m

Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	200 m	23.1

1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.6

2nd	Long jump	6.60 m

1965	Universiade	Budapest, Hungary	1st	100 m	11.3

1st	200 m	23.5

2nd	4 × 100 m relay	46.1

1966	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	100 m	11.5

1st	200 m	23.1

1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.49

1st	Long jump	6.55 m

1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	3rd	100 m	11.1

1st	200 m	22.5

14th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	53.0

16th (q)	Long jump	6.19 m

1969	European Indoor Games	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	50 m	6.4

2nd	Medley relay	4:53.2

1st	Long jump	6.38 m

1970	Universiade	Turin, Italy	(sf)	100 m	12.3

1971	European Indoor Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria	4th	60 m	7.5

2nd	Long jump	6.56 m

European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	100 m	11.63

3rd	200 m	23.32

5th	Long jump	6.62 m

1972	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	6th	50 m	6.39

Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	13th (sf)	100 m	11.54

3rd	200 m	22.74

1973	European Indoor Championships	Rotterdam, Netherlands	4th	60 m	7.35

1974	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	60 m	7.20

European Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	100 m	11.13

1st	200 m	22.51

3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.48

4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.4

1975	European Indoor Championships	Katowice, Poland	3rd	60 m	7.26

1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	1st	400 m	49.28 (WR)

1977	European Indoor Championships	San Sebastián, Spain	7th (h)	60 m	7.42

World Cup	Düsseldorf, West Germany	1st	200 m	22.721

1st	400 m	49.521

2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.81

1978	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia	3rd	400 m	50.40

5th	4 × 100 m relay	43.83

3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.76

1979	World Cup	Montreal, Canada	3rd	400 m	51.151

4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.391

1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	16th (sf)	400 m	53.13

Sentence(s)

Irena Szewińska won her Olympic medal in Montreal in 1976, by winning the gold in the 400 metres in a world record time of 49.28.

final_sentence: Irena Szewińska won her Olympic medal in Montreal in 1976, by winning the gold in the 400 metres in a world record time of 49.28.