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.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Czechoslovakia
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	14th	20 km	1:35:30.8
			10th	50 km	4:16:26
1981	World Race Walking Cup	Valencia, Spain	11th	20 km	1:28:12
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	20 km	1:26:13
			—	50 km	DNF
1983	World Race Walking Cup	Bergen, Norway	9th	20 km	1:21:37
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	20 km	1:21:54
			17th	50 km	4:06:49
1985	World Race Walking Cup	St John's, Isle of Man	10th	20 km	1:24:51
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	6th	20 km	1:23:26
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	11th	20 km	1:24:37
			18th	50 km	3:58:43
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	15th	20 km	1:22:39
			12th	50 km	3:47:31
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	8th	20 km	1:21:53
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	20 km	1:22:05
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	17th	20 km	1:22:34
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	17th	20 km	1:29:23
			29th	50 km	4:22:33
Representing Slovakia
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	15th	20 km	1:25:31
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	50 km	3:49:44
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	17th	50 km	4:03:45
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	46th	20 km	1:29:41

External links

• Pavol Blažek at World Athletics
• Pavol Blažek at Olympedia
• Pavol Blažek at Olympics.com
• Pavol Blažek at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
• Pavol Blažek at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)