Pribilinec Jozef

Personal information

Date of birth   06-07-1960
Birthplace   Kopernica (SK, formerly Czechoslovakia)
Nationality   Slovakia


Jozef Pribilinec from Slovakia, formerly Czechoslovakia: Olympic champion in the 20 km Race walk in Seoul 1988
&
2 x silver medalist at the World Championships in Helsinki 1983 & Rome 1987
&
European champion in the 20 km Race walk in Stuttgart 1986
&
silver medalist at the European Championships in Athens 1982 
&
Former world record holder in the 20 km Race walk with a time of 1:19:30    

Indoor Championships

World Indoor Championships

Podium 5.000 m Indianapolis (USA) 1987

1. Mikhail Schennikov (RUS)   18' 27" 79
2. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)          18' 27" 80
3. Ernesto Canto (MEX)          18' 38" 71

European Indoor Championships

Podium 5.000 m Liévin (F) 1987

1. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)   19' 08" 44
2. Ronald Weigel (GDR)   19' 08" 93
3. Roman Mrázek (SK)     19' 10" 77

Podium 5.000 m Budapest (H) 1988

1. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)   18' 44" 40
2. Roman Mrázek (SK)     18' 44" 93
3. Sándor Urbanik (H)      18' 45" 91

International honors

Olympic Games

Olympic gold medalist 20 km Race walk in Seoul (ROK)

Podium Race walk 20 km Seoul 1988
   
1. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)   1 h 19' 57"
2. Ronald Weigel (GDR)   1 h 20' 00"   
3. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 20' 14"

World Championships 

2 x silver medalist in the 20 km Race walk

Podium Race walk 20 km Helsinki 1983 

1. Ernesto Canto (MEX)           1 h 20' 49"  
2. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)          1 h 20' 59" 
3. Evgueni Yevsyukov (RUS)   1 h 21' 08"     

Podium Race walk 20 km Rome 1987 

1. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 20' 45"  
2. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)   1 h 21' 07" 
3. José Marin (E)              1 h 21' 24"     

European Athletics Championships 

European champion in the 20 km Race walk in Stuttgart (D)

Podium Race walk 20 km Stuttgart 1986 
 
1. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)     1 h 21' 15"
2. Maurizio Damilano (I)      1 h 21' 17"    
3. Miguel Ángel Prieto (E)   1 h 21' 36"     

Silver medalist in the 20 km Race walk in Athens (GR)

Podium Race walk 20 km Athens 1982 

1. José Marin (E)              1 h 23' 43"
2. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)   1 h 25' 55"  
3. Pavol Blazek (SK)         1 h 26' 13"    

European Junior Championships 

Gold medalist in the 10 km Race walk track in Bydgoszcz (PL)

Podium Race walk 10 km Bydgoszcz 1979 

1. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)     41' 04"
2. Erling Andersen (N)        41' 12"  
3. Jörg Pasemann (GDR)   42' 31"   

Medal record

♦ Olympic Games                              1 x gold   
♦ World Championships                     2 x silver
♦ European Championships              1 x gold / 1 x silver 
♦ World Indoor Championships         1 x silver
♦ European Indoor Championships   2 x gold 
♦ European Junior Championships    1 x gold
       total number of medals            9

Merits

Former world record holder in the 20 km Race walk with a time of 1:19:30, set in 1983 at the World Race walking Cup in Bergen, Norway.  

Barrier Race walk 20 km/ 1 h 20'

2 performances under 1 h 20' over 20 km ► best performance  1 h 19' 30"  (= ex-WR)

Best memories

My top three unforgettable memories in my career are in descending order:

♦ My victory in the 20 km at the Olympic Games in Seoul (South Korea) 1988, awarded with the prestigious title of << Olympic champion >>

♦ My gold medal in the 20 km at the European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart 1986, crowned with the title of << European champion >>; 

♦ My victory at the World Race walking Cup in Bergen (Norway) in the men's 20 km Race walk, crowned with a new world record: 1 h 19' 30".  

Personal bests

♦ 5000 m Race walk track       18' 27"   1987   Indianapolis (USA) 

♦ 10 km Race walk road          38' 49"   15,457 km/h   1986   Bad Salzdetfurth (D)
♦ 10 km Race walk track         38' 02"   15,776 km/h   1985   Banská Bystrica (SK)

♦ 20 km Race walk road    1 h 19' 30"   15,094 km/h   1983   Bergen (N)   
♦ 20 km Race walk track   1 h 21' 39"   14,697 km/h   1980   Bergen (N)

Palmares

Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
10 km route 10.000 00 h 38' 49" 15.457 1986 Bad Salzdetfurth (D) -
suite du palmarès ...
 
Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
10 km piste 10.000 00 h 38' 02" 15.776 1985 Banská Bystrica (SK) -
10 km piste 10.000 00 h 41' 04" 14.610 1979 Bydgoszcz (PL) European Junior Championships ► gold medalist
suite du palmarès ...
 
Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
20 km route 20.000 01 h 19' 30" 15.094 1983 Bergen (N) IAAF World Race walking Cup ► 1st place / Winner of the race
20 km route 20.000 01 h 19' 57" 15.009 1988 Seoul (ROK) Olympic Games Seoul 1988 ► Olympic gold medalist
20 km route 20.000 01 h 20' 59" 14.818 1983 Helsinki (FIN) World Championships ► silver medalist
20 km route 20.000 01 h 21' 07" 14.794 1987 Rome (I) World Championships ► silver medalist
20 km route 20.000 01 h 21' 15" 14.769 1986 Stuttgart (D) European Championships ► gold medalist
20 km route 20.000 01 h 22' 44" 14.504 1979 Eschborn (D) IAAF World Race walking Cup ► 10th place
20 km route 20.000 01 h 23' 11" 14.426 1986 Eschborn (D) 4 Nations Meeting << East Germany - France - Switzerland - Czechoslovakia >> ► 1th place / Winner of the race
20 km route 20.000 01 h 25' 55" 13.967 1982 Athens (GR) European Championships ► silver medalist
20 km route 20.000 01 h 36' 25" 12.446 1981 Valencia (E) IAAF World Race walking Cup ► 40th place
20 km route 20.000 01 h 42' 52" 11.666 1980 Moscow (RUS) Olympic Games Moscow 1980 ► 20th place
suite du palmarès ...
 
Discipline Distance Time Average Year Location Description
20 km piste 20.000 01 h 21' 39" 14.697 1980 Bergen (N) International Racewalking Event ► 2nd place
suite du palmarès ...

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