Jacek Bocian

Jacek Bocian (born 15 September 1976 in Kalisz) is a Polish former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. His biggest successes came in the Polish 4 × 400 metres relay, including gold medals at the 1999 World Championships and 2001 World Indoor Championships, as well as the silver at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. In addition, he competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He has 400 metres personal best of 45.99 seconds outdoors (Kraków 2000) and 46.68 seconds indoors (Spała 1999).^[2]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Poland
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	2nd	400 m	46.59
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.65
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.07
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.59^[3]
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.01 (AR)
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.91
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.30
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.47
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.71^[4]
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.79

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jacek Bocian". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
↑ Jacek Bocian at World Athletics
↑ Was not selected for the final where the Polish team won the silver.
↑ Was not selected for the final where the Polish team won the bronze.

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