# Łukasz Krawczuk

Łukasz Krawczuk (Polish pronunciation:; born 15 June 1989) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He has won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.

## Career

Krawczuk represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships, as well as two indoor World Championships in 2012 and 2014. He won the bronze medal with the Polish relay team at the 2014 European Championships and silver at the 2015 European Indoor Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 45.65 seconds outdoors (Szczecin 2014) and 46.31 seconds indoors (Prague 2015).
Krawczuk and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4x400m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Krzewina overtook the leaders from the beginning - Americans on the last straight and achieved the greatest success in their career.

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Poland ||||||
| 2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.13 |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.31 |
| 2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 13th (h) | 400 m | 47.26 |
| 2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.62 |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:11.86 |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 7th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.73 |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 4th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.50 |
| 2014 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 19th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.16 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 16th (sf) | 400 m | 46.24 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.85 |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 4th | 400 m | 46.31 |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.97 |
| 2015 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 11th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.13 |
| 2015 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 4th | Distance medley relay | 9:24.07 |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 11th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.72 |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 45.86 |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.18 |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.50 |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.99 |
| 2017 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd (B) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.89 |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.59 |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.77 WIR |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 20th (sf) | 400 m | 45.78 |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.27 |