Mirosław Żerkowski

Polish sportsperson and athletics competitor

Mirosław Żerkowski

Personal information

Born|  (1956-08-20) 20 August 1956 (age 68)
Łódź, Poland
Height| 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight| 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport| Athletics
Event(s)| 1500 m, 3000 m steeplechase
Club| MKS-AZS Łódź (1973–1977)
AZS Poznań (1978–1979)
ŁKS Łódź (1980)
ROW Rybnik (1981–1992)
Budowlani Kielce (1993)
Coached by| Janusz Ludka

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing  Poland
European Indoor Championships
|  1981 Grenoble | 1500 metres

Mirosław Żerkowski (born 20 August 1956 in Łódź) is a retired Polish middle- and long-distance runner.[2] He represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics as well as one outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships.

## International competitions

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  Poland
1980  | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 18th (sf)  | 1500 m  | 3:48.2
1981  | Pacific Conference Games | Christchurch, New Zealand  | 3rd  | 1500 m  | 3:42.15
European Indoor Championships | Grenoble, France | 3rd  | 1500 m  | 3:44.32
1982  | European Indoor Championships | Milan, Italy | 10th (h)  | 1500 m  | 3:44.08
European Championships | Athens, Greece | 19th (h)  | 1500 m  | 3:43.46
1984  | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 16th (h)  | 1500 m  | 3:49.11
1985  | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 4th  | 1500 m  | 3:42.21
European Indoor Championships | Piraeus, Greece | 13th (h)  | 1500 m  | 3:43.63
1987  | World Championships | Rome, Italy | –  | 3000 m s'chase  | DNF
1990  | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | –  | 3000 m s'chase  | DNF
1993  | World Half Marathon Championships | Brussels, Belgium | 80th  | Half marathon  | 1:05:00

## Personal bests

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Outdoor

* 800 metres – 1:48.01 (Auckland 1981)
* 1000 metres – 2:19.30 (Białystok 1981)
* 1500 metres – 3:36.19 (Warsaw 1980)
* One mile – 3:56.63 (London 1982)
* 3000 metres – 7:48.93 (Rhede 1990)
* 5000 metres – 13:34.24 (Saarijärvi 1989)
* 10,000 metres – 28:45.35 (Białystok 1993)
* Half marathon – 1:05:00 (Brussels 1993)
* Marathon – 2:18.24 (New York 1996)
* 2000 metres steeplechase – 5:22.32 (Formia 1991)
* 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:16.89 (Berlin 1990)

Indoor

* 800 metres – 1:48.87 (Budapest 1984)
* 1500 metres – 3:41.16 (Stuttgart 1985)

## References

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1. ^ Sports-Reference profile
2. ^ Mirosław Żerkowski at World Athletics

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