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    Pavel Kantorek

    BELOVED BY PEOPLE IN KOSICE
    He was a physician by profession. This second most successful long-distance runner in the history of the KPM started running as a 16-year-old. He ran his very first marathon in Kosice itself in 1955, finishing in 23rd place with a time of 2h39m07s. He took part in 39 marathons during his running career, taking the victory in 16 of them. The world athletics experts placed him 2nd to 9th in the world rankings in the years 1957 – 1962.

    Name: Pavel Kantorek
    Born: 8.2.1930
    Nationality: Czechoslovakia
    Club affiliation: Sparta Praha
    Personal record: 2:18:44 (Windsor – Chiswick 1965)
    Košice (MMM): 195523rd place2:39:07
    1958winner2:29:37
    1962winner2:28:29
    1964winner2:25:55
    More information:
    OH Melbourne195627th place 2:52:05
    Chaloupeckého memoriál Praha 1956 winner2:30:19,4
    Kysucký maratón Čadca1956winner2:27:52,8
    Pardubice1956winner2:29:36,8
    Fukuoka19574th place2:24:19
    Utsunomiga19584th place2:24:56
    Zaandan1958winner2:26:17,4
    Lipsko1958winner2:25:32,6
    Fukuoka19592nd place2:30:48
    Enschede1959winner2:26:48
    Ostarava1959winner2:19:06
    OH Rím196014th place2:22:59,8
    Fukuoka19603rd place2:20:41
    Bystrice p. H.1960winner2:29:01
    Chaloupeckého memoriál Praha1960winner2:27:12,4
    Enschede19612nd place2:27:03,2
    Fukuoka1961winner2:22:05
    ME Belehrad19625th place2:26:54,4
    Fukuoka19623rd place2:18:58,4
    Kysucký maratón – Čadca1962winner2:29:09,9
    Enschede19633rd place2:27:25,8
    OH Tokio196425th place2:26:47,2
    Windsor – Chiswick19655th place2:18:44
    Považský maratón Nové M. n. Váhom1965winner2:22:17
    ME Budapešť19668th place2:23:49,4
    Atény19673rd place2:23:17,2
    Znojmo1967winner2:32:27
    OH Melbourne195611th place0:30:00,6
    Majstrovské tituly:
    Champion of ČSR and ČSSR
    10 km road race - 1956, 1957, 1961
    25 km road race – 1958, 1961
    10 000 m race – 1962
    marathon – 1958, 1962, 1964, 1967
    Rekordy:
    Record of ČSSR19592:19:06maratón
    World record19621:42:33,220 míľ
    World record19621:52:3735 000 m
    World record196237.123,16 m2-hodinovka
    Record of ČSSR19621:34:54,230 000 m
    Record of ČSSR19622:18:57maratón
    List of winners
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