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{{For|the anthropologist and ethnologist|Bronisław Malinowski}}
{{Short description|Polish athlete (1951–1981)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Bronisław Malinowski
| image          = File:MalonowskiBronislawFuerth1976.jpg
| image_size     = 250px
| caption        = Bronisław Malinowski during competitions in [[Fürth]] in preparations for the 1976 Olympic Summer Games
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| hometown       = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1951|06|4|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Nowe]], [[Polish People's Republic]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1981|09|27|1951|06|4|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Grudziądz]], Polish People's Republic
| height         = 1.82 m<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173224/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/bronislaw-malinowski-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>
| weight         = 68 kg
| sport          = [[Running]]
| event          = [[3000 metres steeplechase]]
| collegeteam    = 
| club           = [[Olimpia Grudziądz]]
| pb             = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{POL}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metre steeplechase|3000&nbsp;m s'chase]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000&nbsp;m s'chase]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1979 Limerick]]|Long Race}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1974 European Athletics Championships|1974 Rome]]|[[1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000&nbsp;m s'chase]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1978 European Athletics Championships|1978 Prague]]|[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000&nbsp;m s'chase]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Universiade|Summer Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1975 Summer Universiade|1975 Rome]]|[[Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000&nbsp;m s'chase]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1970 European Athletics Junior Championships|1970 Paris]]|[[1970 European Athletics Junior Championships#Men's results|2000&nbsp;m s'chase]]}}
}}
'''Bronisław Malinowski''' ({{IPA|pl|brɔˈɲiswaf maliˈnɔfskʲi}}; 4 June 1951 – 27 September 1981) was a Polish [[track and field]] athlete, who is best known for winning a gold medal in the 3000 m [[Steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]] race during the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]] and the silver four years earlier in Montreal. One year after his last Olympic appearance, Malinowski was killed in a car accident in [[Grudziądz]], at the age of 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics/poland/bronislaw-malinowski-244/olympic-steeplechase-champion-in-moscow_a09000/|title=Bronislaw MALINOWSKI - Poland - Olympic Steeplechase champion in Moscow|publisher=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=2013-05-26}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Malinowski was born in [[Nowe]] to a Polish father Anastazy Malinowski, and a [[Scotland|Scottish]] mother, Irene Malinowska (née Dowell). He was named after the [[Bronisław Malinowski|famous anthropologist]]. Throughout most of his career he competed for [[Olimpia Grudziądz]]. His first international medal was the 2000 metres steeplechase gold at the [[1970 European Athletics Junior Championships|1970 European Junior Championships]]. In his first major senior competition, the [[1971 European Athletics Championships|1971 European Championships]], he broke the national 5000 metres record which was enough for the eighth place.

He finished fourth at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]], [[Germany]], but came back to win gold at the [[1974 European Championships in Athletics#Track|1974 European Championships]]. The period between the European Championships and the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], saw a rivalry emerge between Malinowski and [[Sweden|Swedish]] athlete [[Anders Gärderud]]. It ended with Malinowski taking silver behind the first-place Gärderud who won in a world-record time.
[[File:BronekMalinowski.JPG|thumb|right|Memorial to Malinowski in front of the [[Grudziądz]] stadium.]]

Although Gärderud retired from the sport in 1976, Malinowski faced a new contender, [[Henry Rono]] of [[Kenya]], who set the new world record in 1978. Still, Malinowski beat Rono in a head-to-head race that same season. In the autumn of 1978, he successfully defended his European Championship in the 3000 metres steeplechase in Prague.<ref>see, for example, Tapio Pekola et al., eds., "European Championships Prague" / EM-Praha, Kaarina, Finland: "Runner" / Juoksija magazine, 1978</ref> The pinnacle of Malinowski's career came during the 1980 Summer Olympics when he took gold in the 3000 m steeplechase race by steadying himself against front-runner [[Filbert Bayi]].

Shortly before his death, Malinowski was considering moving to Scotland, the native country of his mother, because Poland was then [[History of Poland (1945–89)#Failing economy and labor unrest of 1980|politically restless]].<ref>see, for example, "The Events of Top Sports Until 1982" / Huippu-urheilun tapahtumat vuoteen 1982, published in Finland in 1982</ref> He died in a car crash on 27 September 1981 on a bridge in Grudziądz, which was later named after him. There is also an annual running competition held in his honour in that city, the International Bronisław Malinowski Run.<ref>[http://www.biegimalinowskiego.pl/ Official site of International Bronisław Malinowski Run]</ref>

==Competition record==
{|{{AchievementTable|nation=POL|Event=yes}}
|-
|1970
|[[1970 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|2000 m s'chase
|5:44.00
|-
|1971
|[[1971 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|8th
|5000 m
|[[1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|13:39.4]] (NR)
|-
|rowspan=2|1972
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Munich]], West Germany
|26th (h)
|5000 m
|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|13:48.2]]
|-
|4th
|3000 m s'chase
|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:27.92]]
|-
|1973
|[[1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
|8th
|3000 m
|[[1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|8:07.08]]
|-
|1974
|[[1974 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Rome]], Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m s'chase
|[[1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:15.04]]
|-
|1975
|[[Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Rome]], Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m s'chase
|[[Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:22.32]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1976
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Montreal]], Canada
|20th (h)
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|3:41.67]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|3000 m s'chase
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:09.11]] (NR)
|-
|1977
|[[Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Sofia]], Bulgaria
|4th
|3000 m s'chase
|[[Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:30.8]]
|-
|1978
|[[1978 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Prague]], Czechoslovakia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m s'chase
|[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:15.08]]
|-
|1979
|[[1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Limerick]], Ireland
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Senior race
|
|-
|1980
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Moscow]], Soviet Union
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m s'chase
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:09.70]]
|-
|1981
|[[1981 Pacific Conference Games|Pacific Conference Games]]
|[[Christchurch]], New Zealand
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m s'chase
|8:24.02
|}

==Personal bests==
* [[1500 metres]] – 3:37.42 ([[Warsaw]] 1978)
* [[Mile run|Mile]] – 3:55.40  ([[Stockholm]] 1976)
* [[3000 metres]] – 7:42.4h ([[Oslo]] 1974) '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Polish}}'''
** 3000 metres indoor – 7:55.73 ([[Rotterdam]] 1973)
* [[5000 metres]] – 13:17.69 ([[Stockholm]] 1976) '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Polish}}'''
* [[10,000 metres]] – 28:25.19 ([[Augsburg]] 1974)
* [[3000 metres steeplechase|3000&nbsp;m steeplechase]] – 8:09.11 ([[Montreal]] 1976) '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Polish}}'''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

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{{succession box|before={{flagicon|URS}} [[Vladimir Dudin]]|title=[[Steeplechase (athletics)#World record progression|Men's 3000 m steeplechase<br/>European record holder]]<br><small>equalled [[Vladimir Dudin]]'s 8:22.2 mark</small>|years={{nowrap|10 August 1972 – 14 September 1972}}|after={{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Gärderud]]}}
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{{succession box|before={{flagicon|KEN}} [[Henry Rono]]|title=[[Steeplechase (athletics)#Men's seasons best|Men's 3000 m steeplechase<br/>best year performance]]|years=1980|after={{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mariano Scartezzini]]}}
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