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| Full Name: | Jacek Bednarek |
| Sport: | Athletics, Racewalking |
| Birth Place: | Rybnik |
| Citizenship: | Polish (Polish-German ethnicity) |
| Height: | 174 cm |
| Club: | ROW Rybnik |
Jacek Bednarek (born 27 January 1964 in Rybnik, Śląskie) is a male former racewalker from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (3:51.34) in the men's 50 km walk event in 1988.[1] [2] He set a Polish national record in the 50 km walk.
He took part in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul where he was 24th in a 50-kilometer race walk. He was a World Race Walking Cup participant on five occasions.[3] [4]
Bednarek was the 1989 Polish champion in the 50 km walk and a bronze medalist in 1984 in the 20 km walk.[5] For most of his career, he was a ROW Rybnik member.
| 1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man, United Kingdom | 22nd | 20 kilometre race walk | 1:28:10 | |
| 1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 31st | 20 kilometre race walk | 1:26:20 | |
| 1989 | World Race Walking Cup | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain | 21st | 50 kilometres race walk | 4:00:43 | |
| 1991 | World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, California, United States | 22nd | 50 kilometres race walk | 4:03:31 | |
| 1993 | World Race Walking Cup | Monterrey, Mexico | 50 kilometres race walk | — |