Jerzy Chromik

Jerzy Chromik (lekkoatleta)  (15 June 1931 in Mysłowice – 20 October 1987 in Katowice) was a foremost long-distance runner from Poland. 

Biography
Chromik took eight national titles at long distances: 3000 m steeplechase (1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962), 5000 m (1953), 10,000 m (1955). 

He participated in three European Championships in Athletics in Bern (1954), Stockholm (1958), Belgrade (1962).  He also took place in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (1956), and the 17th Olympic Games in Rome (1960). 

In 1955, Chromik won the 5.000 metres, ahead of Sándor Iharos, József Kovács, Emil Zátopek, and Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, at the International Youth Festival in Warsaw.  In 1955 and 1958, he won the 3000m in the Kusocinski Memorial in Warsaw.  In the 1958 European Championship at Stockholm, he won gold medal at the 3000m steeplechase.  In 1959, he won a Cross L'Humanité in Paris. 

Chromik set the 3000m steeplechase world records with 8:41.2 in Brno (August 1955), 8:40.2 in Budapest (September 1955), and 8:32.0 in Warsaw (August 1958). 

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Category:1931 births
Category:1987 deaths
Category:People from Mysłowice
Category:Polish male long-distance runners
Category:Polish male steeplechase runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes of Poland
Category:World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship