# Jerzy Chromik

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{{Short description|Polish long-distance runner (1931–1987)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jerzy Chromik
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| nationality =Polish
| sport = [middle-distance running](/source/middle-distance_running)
| event = [3000 metres steeplechase](/source/3000_metres_steeplechase)
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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1931|06|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[Mysłowice](/source/Mys%C5%82owice), Poland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|10|21|1931|06|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Katowice](/source/Katowice), Poland
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{{MedalSport|Men's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[1958 Stockholm](/source/1958_European_Athletics_Championships)|[3000 m st.](/source/1958_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_3000_metres_steeplechase)}}
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'''Jerzy Chromik'''  (15 June 1931 in [Mysłowice](/source/Mys%C5%82owice) – 21 October 1987 in [Katowice](/source/Katowice)) was a foremost [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_runner) from Poland.

==Biography==
Chromik took eight national titles at long distances: 3000 m [steeplechase](/source/Steeplechase_(athletics)) (1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962), [5000 m](/source/5000_m) (1953), [10,000 m](/source/10%2C000_m) (1955).

He participated in three [European Championships in Athletics](/source/European_Championships_in_Athletics) in Bern (1954), Stockholm (1958), Belgrade (1962). He also took place in the [1956 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Iharos), [József Kovács](/source/J%C3%B3zsef_Kov%C3%A1cs_(runner)), [Emil Zátopek](/source/Emil_Z%C3%A1topek), and [Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak](/source/Zdzis%C5%82aw_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).

==References==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/jerzy-chromik-1.html |title=Jerzy Chromik |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920192905/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/jerzy-chromik-1.html |archive-date=2011-09-20 |url-status=dead}}

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{{Succession box|before={{Flagicon|URS}} [Vasili Vlasenko](/source/Vasili_Vlasenko)|title=[Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder](/source/Steeplechase_(athletics))|years=31 August 1955 – 14 August 1956|after={{Flagicon|URS}} [Semyon Rzhishchin](/source/Semyon_Rzhishchin)}}
{{Succession box|before={{Flagicon|URS}} [Semyon Rzhishchin](/source/Semyon_Rzhishchin)|title=[Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder](/source/Steeplechase_(athletics))|years=2 August 1958 – 26 June 1960|after={{Flagicon|POL}} [Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak](/source/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Krzyszkowiak)}}
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{{Footer European Champions 3000 m Steeplechase Men}}
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Category:1931 births
Category:1987 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Mysłowice
Category:People from Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
Category:Polish men long-distance runners
Category:Polish men 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 for Poland
Category:World record setters in the sport of athletics
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship
Category:Polish Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen

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