Pavol Blažek

Pavol Blažek (born 9 July 1958) is a retired race walker, who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia in the Olympic Games. He was born in Trnava.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Czechoslovakia
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	14th	20 km
			10th	50 km
1981	World Race Walking Cup	Valencia, Spain	11th	20 km
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	20 km
1983	World Race Walking Cup	Bergen, Norway	9th	20 km
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	20 km
			17th	50 km
1985	World Race Walking Cup	St John's, Isle of Man	10th	20 km
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	6th	20 km
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	11th	20 km
			18th	50 km
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	15th	20 km
			12th	50 km
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	8th	20 km
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	20 km
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	17th	20 km
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	17th	20 km
			29th	50 km
Representing Slovakia
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	15th	20 km
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	50 km
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	17th	50 km
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	46th	20 km

External links

• IAAF profile for Pavol Blažek

Records
Preceded by Andrey Perlov	Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder September 16, 1990 – April 7, 1994	Succeeded by Bu Lingtang