Marian Dudziak

Marian Andrzej Dudziak (born 2 February 1941) is a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

He was born in Wielichowo and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and Olimpia Poznań. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and Marian Foik. He also competed in the 100 metres event, reaching the quarter-final. He achieved his personal best time in the 100 metres in the same year; 10.2 seconds with handtiming.

He won an individual silver medal in 200 metres at the 1966 European Championships. At the 1967 European Indoor Games he finished fifth in the 50 metres race. He also competed in the relay final, but the team did not finish. At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a silver medal in the medley relay, which he ran with Edmund Borowski, Waldemar Korycki and Andrzej Badeński. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the 4 x 100 metres relay and reached the quarter-final in the 100 metres event.

He became Polish 100 metres champion in 1968 and 200 metres champion in 1966.

International competitions 1Did not finish in the final

Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 10.2 (Kiev 1964) 200 metres – 20.7 (Warsaw 1965) 200 metres – 20.90 (Budapest 1966) 400 metres – 47.4 (Zielona Góra 1965) Indoor 60 metres – 6.6 (1972)