Tadeusz Rut

Tadeusz Rut (born 11 October 1931 in Przeworsk, † March 27, 2002 in Warsaw) was a Polish athlete. At a height of 1.83 m his competition weight was 90 kg.

Tadeusz Rut had his greatest successes both nationally and internationally as a hammer thrower. In 1956, he also became Polish champion in discus throw and stepped in this discipline at the Olympic Games in Melbourne. With 46.61 meters he left in qualifying.

Career as a hammer thrower

Tadeusz Rut took part in frn 1954 European Championships in Bern and was with new Polish record of 57.70 meters in fourth. However, to third-placed Hungary József Csermák he had about two meters distance. At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 Ruth finished with 53.43 meters to fourteenth place.

His greatest success achieved Tadeusz Rut at the European Championships 1958 in Stockholm. In a final, in which eight throwers hurled the hammer on the 60 -meter mark, he once again improved the Polish record and was charged with 64.78 meter European champion. In the runner-up Mikhail Kriwonosow from the Soviet Union, he had exactly one meter lead, was third with 63.68 meters Hungarian Gyula Zsivótzky.

At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 the launching of the Soviet Union, Belarusian Vasily Rudenkow won with 67.10 meters before Zsivótzky 65.79 meters and 65.64 meters with Ruth. The bronze medal was the only Olympic medal for a Polish hammer thrower until 2000 in Sydney Szymon Ziółkowski Olympic champion.

Tadeusz Rut even started yet at the following major events, but was unable to win more medals. At the European Championships 1962 in Belgrade, he finished with 62.95 meters 8th place at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 he was tenth with 64.52 meters. At the European Championships in 1966, he could not qualify for the final with 61.52 meters.

In the hammer throw was Tadeusz Rut Polish Champion in the years 1955-1958, 1961 and 1964-1965. Overall, he put up 19 Polish national records in the hammer throw.

Bests

  • Ball: 15,82 meters (1962 )
  • Discus: 51.04 m (1959 )
  • Hammer: 67.07 m (1964 )
October 11 1954 European Athletics Championships 1958 European Athletics Championships 1960 Summer Olympics 1962 European Athletics Championships 1964 Summer Olympics 1966 European Athletics Championships Karl Hein Bo Ericson Romuald Klim Anatoliy Bondarchuk Uwe Beyer Yuriy Sedykh
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