Jacek Bednarek

Jacek Bednarek
Personal information
Full name	Jacek Bednarek
Citizenship	Polish ; (Polish-German ethnicity)
Born	January 27, 1964; Rybnik
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Athletics, Racewalking
Club	ROW Rybnik
Medal record
Polish Athletics Championships

Jacek Bednarek (born January 27, 1964 in Rybnik, Śląskie) is a male former racewalker from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (3:51.34) in the men's 50 km walk event in 1988.^[1]^[2] He set a Polish national record in the 50 km walk.

He took part in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul where he was 24th in a 50-kilometer race walk. He was a World Race Walking Cup participant on five occasions.^[3]^[4]

Bednarek was the 1989 Polish champion in the 50 km walk and a bronze medalist in 1984 in the 20 km walk.^[5] For most of his career, he was a ROW Rybnik member.

International competitions[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1985	World Race Walking Cup	St John's, Isle of Man, United Kingdom	22nd	20 kilometre race walk	1:28:10
1987	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	31st	20 kilometre race walk	1:26:20
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain	21st	50 kilometres race walk	4:00:43
1991	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, California, United States	22nd	50 kilometres race walk	4:03:31
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	DNF	50 kilometres race walk	—

Personal bests[]

5 kilometres race walk (indoor) – 19:20,66 (February 21, 1987, Liévin) – 8th result in the history of Polish athletics^[6]
20 kilometres race walk – 1:24:19 (September 13, 1986, Warsaw)
50 kilometres race walk – 3:51:34 (July 31, 1988, Södertälje) – 13th result in the history of Polish athletics^[7]
50 kilometres race walk – 3:52:53,0 (May 15, 1992, Bergen (Fana)) – Polish record^[8]

References[]

^ "Trener kadry o finałach OrlenLigi: Najlepsza okazja, by zobaczyć jak na nie działa adrenalina". Retrieved 2015-05-12.
^ sports-reference
^ "IAAF World Race Walking Cup. Taicang 2014. Facts & Figures" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
^ "Jacek Bednarek - Sport and the Business - Personal Bio".
^ Kurzyński, Henryk; Pietkiewicz, Stefan; Rozum, Janusz; Wołejko, Tadeusz (2008). Historia finałów lekkoatletycznych mistrzostw Polski 1920-2007. Konkurencje męskie. Szczecin – Warszawa: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA. pp. 231 and 238. ISBN 978-83-61233-20-6.
^ Zbigniew Jonik, Indoor All-Time Lists / Tabele najlepszych w historii
^ Zbigniew Jonik, All-Time Lists / Tabele najlepszych w historii
^ Rekordy Polski mężczyzn (PDF) (in Polish)

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[1] "Trener kadry o finałach OrlenLigi: Najlepsza okazja, by zobaczyć jak na nie działa adrenalina". Retrieved 2015-05-12.

[2] sports-reference

[3] "IAAF World Race Walking Cup. Taicang 2014. Facts & Figures" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

[4] "Jacek Bednarek - Sport and the Business - Personal Bio".

[5] Kurzyński, Henryk; Pietkiewicz, Stefan; Rozum, Janusz; Wołejko, Tadeusz (2008). Historia finałów lekkoatletycznych mistrzostw Polski 1920-2007. Konkurencje męskie. Szczecin – Warszawa: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA. pp. 231 and 238. ISBN 978-83-61233-20-6.

[6] Zbigniew Jonik, Indoor All-Time Lists / Tabele najlepszych w historii

[k-7] Zbigniew Jonik, All-Time Lists / Tabele najlepszych w historii

[8] Rekordy Polski mężczyzn (PDF) (in Polish)

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