Marian Woronin

Marian Jerzy Woronin (born 13 August 1956 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki) is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres. He won nine Polish outdoor titles, and nine indoor titles.

Marian Woronin

Marian Woronin 2012.
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Poland
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 0 0
World Indoor Championships 0 0 0
European Indoor Championships 5 0 0
World Cup 1 0 2
European Cup 3 1 1
Total 10 2 3
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow4x100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Prague4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Athens100 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Vienna60 m
Gold medal – first place 1980 Sindelfingen60 m
Gold medal – first place 1981 Grenoble50 m
Gold medal – first place 1982 Milan60 m
Gold medal – first place 1987 Liévin60 m
European Cup
Gold medal – first place 1979 Turin4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1981 Zurich4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1985 Moscow100 m
Silver medal – second place 1979 Turin100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Turin200 m
Representing Europe
World Cup
Gold medal – first place1981 Rome4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place1979 Montreal4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place1979 Montreal100 m

Career

His first major medal came at the 1978 European Athletics Championships, where he anchored the Polish 4×100 metres relay team of Zenon Nowosz, Zenon Licznerski and Leszek Dunecki to the gold medal in the event. He won the bronze in the 100 m at the 1979 IAAF World Cup, running for Europe.

He competed for Poland in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the 100 and 200 he reached both finals finishing seventh in both sprints. In the 4×100 metres relay he won the silver medal with his teammates Krzysztof Zwoliński, Licznerski and Dunecki.

In 1981 he ran with the Polish/Europe sprint relay team that won the gold at the 1981 IAAF World Cup in Rome. He won a bronze in the 100 metres at the 1982 European Athletics Championships.

His fastest time for the 100 m was 10.00 seconds, recorded in 1984 in Warsaw with wind on the maximum allowable limit of 2.0 m/s. This was the European record for the event until Linford Christie ran 9.97 sec at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Although Woronin's official timing read as 10.00 seconds, this was rounded up from 9.992 seconds – so this represents the first time that a Caucasian (and a European) broke the 10-second barrier in this event, albeit unofficially.[1]

Woronin's personal best in the 200 m was 20.49.

International competitions
Representing  Poland & Europe
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
1974 European Championships Rome, Italy 19th (h) 100 m 10.77
25th (h) 200 m 21.60
1975 European Indoor Championships Katowice, Poland 4th 60 m 6.76
European Junior Championships Athens, Greece 3rd 100 m 10.55
6th 200 m 21.65
4th 4 × 100 m 40.57
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 16th (sf) 100 m 10.69
29th (h) 200 m 21.90
4th 4 × 100 m 38.83
1977 European Indoor Championships San Sebastián, Spain 3rd 60 m 6.67
1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 4th 60 m 6.75
European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 9th (sf) 100 m 10.54
1st 4 × 100 m 38.58
1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st 60 m 6.57
World Cup Montreal, Canada 3rd 100 m 10.28Europe
3rd 4 × 100 m 38.85Europe
1980 European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 1st 60 m 6.62
Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 7th 100 m 10.46
7th 200 m 20.81
2nd 4 × 100 m 38.33
1981 European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France 1st 50 m 5.65
World Cup Rome, Italy 1st 4 × 100 m 38.73Europe
1982 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 1st 60 m 6.61
European Championships Athens, Greece 3rd 100 m 10.28
5th 4 × 100 m 39.00
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 31st (qf) 100 m 10.72
6th 4 × 100 m 38.72
1984 Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union 16th (h) 100 m 10.66
3rd 4 × 100 m 38.81
1985 World Cup Canberra, Australia 7th 100 m 10.45Europe
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany – 100 m DNF
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 1st 60 m 6.51

References
  1. Błąd w odczycie wyniku Justina Gatlina
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