1920 Polish Athletics Championships

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The 1920 Polish Athletics Championships, known as the Main Polish Championships,^[1] were the inaugural national track and field championships held from 16 to 18 July 1920 in LwÃ³w, Poland.^[2]^[3] The event took place at the Edward ÅmigÅy-Rydz Sports Park in Lviv [pl] stadium.^[3] Only male athletes competed, and national titles were awarded exclusively to those who surpassed pre-established qualifying standards for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.^[2]^[4] Only four athletes achieved this: StanisÅaw SoÅnicki (100 m), WacÅaw Kuchar (800 m), Kazimierz Cybulski [pl] (pole vault), and SÅawosz SzydÅowski (discus throw and javelin throw).^[1] Due to the advancing Red Army offensive during the PolishâSoviet War, Poland did not participate in the Antwerp Olympics.^[4] The championships saw eight new Polish national records set.^[1]^[5]

Edition1st

Dates16â18 July 1920

Host cityLwÃ³w, Poland

VenueEdward ÅmigÅy-Rydz Sports Park in Lviv [pl]

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1920 Polish Athletics Championships
Edition	1st
Dates	16â18 July 1920
Host city	LwÃ³w, Poland
Venue	Edward ÅmigÅy-Rydz Sports Park in Lviv [pl]
Level	Senior
Polish Athletics Championships

Background

On 11 October 1919, the Polish Athletic Association was established in KrakÃ³w, becoming the first sports organization in newly independent Poland.^[6]^[7] Headquartered in LwÃ³w, then a hub for Polish athletics, the Polish Athletic Association aimed to promote the sport and assess athletes' abilities through a national competition.^[1] Consequently, the first Polish Championships were scheduled for July 1920 in LwÃ³w. At the time, Poland had only a few athletics clubs, located in Warsaw, KrakÃ³w, and LwÃ³w, with just 265 registered athletes nationwide.^[1]

Competition overview

The championships spanned three days, from Friday, 16 July, to Sunday, 18 July 1920. Athletes competed in 19 events,^[3] with an additional 4 Ã 400 m relay held, where the Polish national team set a new national record with a time of 3:41.6.^[1]^[5] The 100 m race was the most popular, with 15 athletes competing across four heats.^[2] StanisÅaw SoÅnicki, representing Polonia Warsaw, won the most individual medals, triumphing in the 100 m, standing high jump, triple jump, long jump, and standing long jump.^[3] However, local clubs PogoÅ LwÃ³w and Czarni LwÃ³w dominated the medal table, collectively securing 12 of the 19 gold medals.^[1]^[3] Despite setting several national records and achieving Poland's best results for the 1920 season, the performances lagged behind contemporary international standards.^[1]

Results

PB â personal best \| SB â season best for 1920 \| NL â national leader for 1920

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Event	1st place	Result	2nd place	Result	3rd place
100 m	StanisÅaw SoÅnicki Polonia Warsaw	11.4 SB^[8]	Edward Jakubowicz Czarni LwÃ³w	11.8	Elgin Scott [pl] Czarni LwÃ³w
200 m	Janusz Habich [pl] Polonia Warsaw	24.2 PB SB^[8]	Edward Jakubowicz Czarni LwÃ³w	24.4 PB^[8]	Felicjan Sterba PogoÅ LwÃ³w
400 m	Felicjan Sterba [pl] PogoÅ LwÃ³w [pl]	55.0	Janusz Habich Polonia Warsaw	55.1 SB^[8]
800 m	WacÅaw Kuchar PogoÅ LwÃ³w	2:04.6 NR^[5] SB PB^[8]	ZdzisÅaw Latawiec PogoÅ LwÃ³w		Jan Baran PogoÅ LwÃ³w
1500 m	ZdzisÅaw Latawiec [pl] PogoÅ LwÃ³w	4:26.7 SB NL^[8]	Juliusz Miller Czarni LwÃ³w		Tadeusz DrÄgiewicz PogoÅ LwÃ³w
3000 m	ZdzisÅaw Latawiec PogoÅ LwÃ³w	9:47.2 SB NL^[8]	Jan Baran PogoÅ LwÃ³w	10:02.0 SB PB^[8]	Witold Wondrausch Czarni LwÃ³w
3000 m team	PogoÅ LwÃ³w ZdzisÅaw Latawiec Jan Baran-Bilewski [pl] Tadeusz DrÄgiewicz [pl]	7 pts.
5000 m	Witold Wondrausch [pl] Czarni LwÃ³w	18:12.8 PB^[8]	Adam Welichowski [pl] PogoÅ LwÃ³w
110 m hurdles	WacÅaw Kuchar PogoÅ LwÃ³w	18.0 SB PB^[8]	Edward Jakubowicz Czarni LwÃ³w
4 Ã 100 m relay	Polonia Warsaw StanisÅaw SoÅnicki WacÅaw Gebethner [pl] Jan Loth Janusz Habich	48.2 NR^[5]
4 Ã 400 m relay	POL Felicjan Sterba WacÅaw Kuchar Edward Jakubowicz [pl] Janusz Habich	3:41.6 NR^[1]
High jump	Tadeusz Kirchner [pl] Czarni LwÃ³w	1.555	StanisÅaw SoÅnicki Polonia Warsaw	1.50
Standing high jump	StanisÅaw SoÅnicki Polonia Warsaw	1.26	WacÅaw Kuchar PogoÅ LwÃ³w
Pole vault	Kazimierz Cybulski [pl] PogoÅ LwÃ³w	3.21 = NR^[5] SB = PB NL^[8]	Leszek PawÅowski [pl] Czarni LwÃ³w	3.10 SB PB^[8]	WacÅaw Kuchar PogoÅ LwÃ³w
Long jump	StanisÅaw SoÅnicki Polonia Warsaw	6.19	WacÅaw Kuchar PogoÅ LwÃ³w	6.13
Standing long jump	StanisÅaw SoÅnicki Polonia Warsaw	2.87	Kazimierz Cybulski PogoÅ LwÃ³w	2.82	SÅawosz SzydÅowski PogoÅ LwÃ³w
Triple jump	StanisÅaw SoÅnicki Polonia Warsaw	12.68 NR^[5]^[9] SB PB NL^[8]	WacÅaw Kuchar PogoÅ LwÃ³w	12.18
Shot put	Kazimierz Cybulski PogoÅ LwÃ³w	11.25 NR^[5] SB = PB NL^[8]	SÅawosz SzydÅowski PogoÅ LwÃ³w		Tadeusz Kirchner Czarni LwÃ³w
Discus throw	SÅawosz SzydÅowski PogoÅ LwÃ³w	37.75 NR^[5] SB PB NL^[8]	Kazimierz Cybulski PogoÅ LwÃ³w		Tadeusz Kirchner Czarni LwÃ³w
Javelin throw	SÅawosz SzydÅowski PogoÅ LwÃ³w	48.40 NR^[5]^[10] SB PB NL^[8]	Tadeusz Kirchner Czarni LwÃ³w

Medal table

Medals were awarded to athletes from only three clubs, with PogoÅ LwÃ³w leading the tally by securing 24 medals.^[3]

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Rank	Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	PogoÅ LwÃ³w [pl]	10	9	5	24
2	Polonia Warsaw	7	2	0	9
3	Czarni LwÃ³w	2	6	4	12

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