Pavol Blažek
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Pavol Blažek is a retired race walker
, who represented Czechoslovakia
and later Slovakia
in the Olympic Games
. He was born in Trnava
.
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...
, who represented Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
and later Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
. He was born in Trnava
Trnava
Trnava is a city in western Slovakia, 47 km to the north-east of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a kraj and of an okres . It was the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric . The city has a historic center...
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Achievements
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| 1980 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal... |
Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... |
14th | 20 km Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 km walk The Men's 20 km Race Walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entrylist of 34 competitors. Seven athletes were disqualified and two did not finish in the final, held on Thursday 24 July 1980.-Medalists:-Results:-See also:... |
| 10th | 50 km Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walk The Men's 50 km Race Walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entrylist of 27 competitors. Four athletes were disqualified and eight did not finish in the final, held on 30 July 1980.-Medalists:-Final ranking:-See also:... |
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| 1981 | World Race Walking Cup 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 3 and 4 October 1981 in the streets of Valencia, Spain.-Medallists:-Men's 20 km:-Men's 50 km:-Women's 5 km:-References:* - IAAF.org... |
Valencia, Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
11th | 20 km |
| 1982 | European Championships 1982 European Championships in Athletics The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Field:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |... |
Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
3rd | 20 km |
| 1983 | World Race Walking Cup 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 24 and 25 September 1983 in the streets of Bergen, Norway.-Medallists:-Men's 20 km:* 6th place missing from results reference.-Men's 50 km:-Women's 10 km:-References:* - IAAF.org... |
Bergen, Norway | 9th | 20 km |
| World Championships 1983 World Championships in Athletics The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983.... |
Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 20 km | |
| 17th | 50 km | |||
| 1985 | World Race Walking Cup 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 28 and 29 September 1985 in the streets of St John's, Isle of Man.-Medallists:-Men's 20 km:* 9th place missing from results reference.-Men's 50 km:-Women's 10 km:... |
St John's, Isle of Man Isle of Man The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is... |
10th | 20 km |
| 1986 | European Championships 1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk These are the official results of the Men's 20 km walk event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany.-Medalists:-Final:-See also:* 1980 Men's Olympic 20km Walk * 1982 Men's European Championships 20km Walk... |
Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
6th | 20 km |
| 1987 | World Championships 1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Sunday August 30, 1987.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:... |
Rome, Italy | 11th | 20 km |
| 18th | 50 km 1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:... |
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| 1988 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:... |
Seoul, South Korea | 15th | 20 km Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 km walk The Men's 20 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 53 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while one walker did not finish the race... |
| 12th | 50 km Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walk The Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988.-Medalists:... |
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| 1989 | World Race Walking Cup 1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 27 and 28 May 1989 in the streets of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.-Medallists:-Men's 20 km:* 20th place missing from results reference.-Men's 50 km:-Women's 10 km:... |
L'Hospitalet L'Hospitalet de Llobregat L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or briefly L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Catalonia by population... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
8th | 20 km |
| 1990 | European Championships 1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk These are the official results of the Men's 20 km walk event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, who finished the race.-Medalists:-Final:-See also:... |
Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century.... |
1st | 20 km |
| 1991 | World Championships 1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 24, 1991 with the start at 08:30h local time.... |
Tokyo, Japan | 17th | 20 km |
| 1992 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders... |
Barcelona, Spain | 17th | 20 km |
| 29th | 50 km Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walk These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 45 competitors, with seven athletes who were disqualified.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:... |
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| 1993 | World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 48 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 15, 1993.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:... |
Stuttgart, Germany | 15th | 20 km |
| 1994 | European Championships 1994 European Championships in Athletics The 16th European Athletics Championships were held from 7 August to 14 August 1994 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, Finland.-Track:1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |-Field:1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |-Track:1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |-Field:... |
Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 50 km |
| 1995 | World Championships 1995 World Championships in Athletics The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations.... |
Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
17th | 50 km 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1995 World Championships held on Thursday 10 August 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden... |
| 1996 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:... |
Atlanta, United States | 46th | 20 km Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 km walk These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:-Results:-See also:... |