The 1979 Military Friendship Athletics Championships was an international men's outdoor track and field competition between military athletes from states of the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Cuba. The competition was held in Potsdam, East Germany from 30 August to 1 September.
Poland's Marian Woronin claimed a sprint double in the 100 metres and 200 metres while East Germany's Jürgen Straub did the middle-distance equivalent in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. The most prominent athlete at the competition was the reigning 1976 Olympic hammer throw champion Yuriy Sedykh, who comfortably won his event by several metres. East German Ronald Weigel's win in the 20 kilometres race walk was also a standout performance, as the future world champion finished over two minutes ahead of his rivals.
Irena Szewińska was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events. She is the only athlete in history, male or female, to have held the world record in the 100 m, the 200 m and the 400 m.
Władysław Kozakiewicz is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the bras d'honneur gesture which he showed to the hostile Soviet crowd. In Poland, where the gesture was viewed as a symbol of resistance against Soviet dominance, it became known as "Kozakiewicz's gesture". In addition, he won several medals at continental level, won two Summer Universiades and broke the pole vault world record three times, twice outdoors and once indoors. He is also a ten-time Polish champion.
Anna Rogowska is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. She became the World Champion in 2009 in Berlin.
Jacek Roman Wszoła is a retired Polish high jumper best known for winning gold and silver medals at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics respectively. Wszoła is also a one-time world record holder with the result of 2.35 metres.
Marika Popowicz-Drapała is a Polish track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting. She is a two-time European bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay.
Maciej Kot is a Polish ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and 2018. He is a 2017 World Champion and bronze medalist of 2013 World Championship in the team large hill event.
The Polish Athletic Association is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Poland. Current president is Henryk Olszewski.
Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She won two medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, gold with Polish mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team and silver as a member of women's 4 × 400 metres relay team.
At the 1999 Military World Games, the track and field events were held at the Sportski Park Mladost athletic stadium in Zagreb, Croatia from 11–16 August. A total of 32 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 10 by female athletes. The marathon events were held on 11 August, prior to the track and field competition. It was the last time that the men's 20 kilometres walk and women's shot put featured on the programme. The women's 1500 metres and 5000 metres were added to the programme for the first time. Nations could enter a maximum of two athletes into each event.
Danuta Perka is a Polish female former track and field hurdler who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles. She was a two-time national champion in the 60 metres hurdles, taking the Polish title in 1977 and 1983.
The Polish Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Polish Athletic Association (PZLA), which serves as the Polish national championship for the sport. It is typically held as a three-day event in the Polish summer, ranging from late June to early August. The venue of the championships changes annually.
The 2018 Polish Athletics Championships was the 94th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in Poland. It was held between 20 and 22 July 2018 in Lublin.
The Złote Kolce is an annual sports award in recognition of Polish competitors in the sport of athletics. Established in 1970 by Polish newspaper Sport and the Polish Athletic Association, the award is decided by a complex points ranking system, which incorporates scores for performances in major national and international competitions, record-breaking performances, and end-of-year global rankings by the International Association of Athletics Federations.
The 2020 Polish Indoor Athletics Championships was the 64th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Poland, organised by the Polish Athletic Association. It was held on 29 February – 1 March at Arena Toruń in Toruń. A total of 31 events were contested over the two-day competition. It was to serve as preparation for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in China before the German championships.
Bogusław Psujek was a Polish long-distance runner who specialised in the marathon. His most prominent victory was at the 1986 Berlin Marathon, which he won in a course record of 2:11:03 hours. He also won the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 1990. He achieved his highest global ranking of ninth in the 1990 season, with a then Polish national record run of 2:10:26 hours in a seventh-place finish at the 1987 London Marathon.
The Polish Cross Country Championships is an annual cross country running organised by the Polish Athletics Association that serves as the national championship for the sport in Poland. It is usually held in March or April.
Witold Smętek was a Polish athlete, javelin thrower, runner, handball player, table tennis player, Polish champion and record holder. Born intersex and assigned female at birth, in 1937 Smętek transitioned to male.
Pia Skrzyszowska is a Polish athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won, in the 100 metres hurdles, a gold medal at the 2021 European U23 Championships and 2022 European Championships, as well as a silver at the 2019 European U20 Championships.
Adrianna Sułek is a Polish athlete competing in the combined events. She represented Poland at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, finishing ninth. After winning several medals at age groups competitions, she achieved her first senior success by winning silver at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, where she beat Urszula Włodarczyk's 24-year-old Polish record with her score of 4851 points.
The 2020 Polish Athletics Championships was the 96th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in Poland. It was held between 28 and 30 August at the Stadion OSiR-u in Włocławek.
