Witold Baran
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| File:Josef Odložil 1964.jpg Baran at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 July 1939 Chmielów, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 June 2020 in (aged 80) Bydgoszcz, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | long-distance | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | ||||||||||||||
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Witold Stanisław Baran (29 July 1939 – 22 June 2020) was a middle distance runner from Poland. He was born in Chmielów. Set a European mile record of 3 minutes 56.04 sec finishing first at the White City, London on 3 August 1964. He finished sixth in the 1500 metres final at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Bran finished second behind fellow Pole Lech Boguszewicz in the 3 miles event at the British 1964 AAA Championships.[1][2][3]
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- Profile Sporting Heroes
- Profile Bieganie.pl
- Witold Baran's obituary (in Polish)
- YouTube
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- 1939 births
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- Burials in Municipal Cemeteries in Bydgoszcz
- Polish men middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Poland
- People from Ostrowiec County
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes from Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
- Zawisza Bydgoszcz athletes
- 20th-century Polish sportsmen
- Polish Athletics Championships winners
- Polish middle-distance runner stubs