Robert Maćkowiak

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Robert Maćkowiak

Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for  Poland
World Championships
Gold 1999 Seville 4x400 m relay[1]
Bronze 1997 Athens 4x400 m relay

Robert Maćkowiak (born May 30, 1970 in Rawicz, Wielkopolskie) is a former Polish sprinter. Together with Tomasz Czubak, Jacek Bocian and Piotr Haczek he won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.[1] Maćkowiak has also won other relay medals as well as individual medals in the 200 metres and 400 metres.

He belonged to the most famous and successful Polish relay team in the 1990s together with Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Haczek and Piotr Rysiukiewicz. Unfortunately, numerous injuries prevented them from joining the best relays of all time. The worst disaster happened in the Olympic Games in Sydney. The Polish team was one of the favourites to win a medal (after unstoppable U.S. really there were two main rivals: Jamaica and Bahamas). On the second leg (on the first ran Rysiukiewicz) Maćkowiak was leading, but he ran into a starting box (Polish team ran on the eighth lane) and Poland lost their medal chances. The relay finished seventh in the competition. Maćkowiak also competed in the individual race in which he finished fifth.

Maćkowiak was also one of the favourites in the World Championships in Edmonton 2001). His main rival was German runner Ingo Schultz who had best times in qualification runs. Maćkowiak was a candidate for silver but he got an injury a few days before final and he lost all medal chances. He also didn't start in the relay run which took place a few days after individual start.

Officially retired at the end of 2006 season.

Competition record

Representing  Poland
1989 European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 7th 200 metres 21.59
1st 4x100 m relay 40.00
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th (sf) 4x100 m relay 39.08
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 5th 200 metres 21.76
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 31st (h) 200 m 20.83
5th 4x400 m relay 3:03.84
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 20th (qf) 200 m 20.61
6th 4x400 m relay 3:00.96
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 4th 400 m 45.94
World Championships Athens, Greece 9th (qf) 400 m 45.26 (NR)
3rd 4x400 m relay 3:00.26
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 3rd 400 metres 46.00
Goodwill Games Uniondale, United States 1st 4x400 m relay 2:58.00 (NR)
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 400 metres 45.04
2nd 4x400m relay 2:58.88
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 2nd 4x400 m relay 3:03.01 (iAR)
World Championships Seville, Spain 9th (qf) 400 m 45.23
1st 4x400 m relay[1] 2:58.91
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 5th 400 m 45.14
7th 4x400 m relay 3:03.22
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 15th (h) 400 m 47.24
1st 4x400 m relay 3:04.47
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 7th 400 m DNF
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 3rd 200 metres 20.77
1st 4x400 m relay 3:05.50
European Championships Munich, Germany – 4x400 m relay DQ
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain – 4x400 m relay DQ
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th 4x400 m relay 3:00.58

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The USA 4x400 team originally finished first in 4x400 m relay but was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

References


World Champions in Men's 4×400 m Relay
  • 1983: Soviet Union
  • 1987: United States
  • 1991: Great Britain
  • 1993 & 1995: United States
  • 1997: Great Britain
  • 1999: Poland
  • 2001: Bahamas
  • 2003: France
  • 2005–2013: United States
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