Antoni Niemczak (born 17 November 1955) is a retired long-distance runner from Poland, who won the inaugural 1984 edition of the Vienna Marathon, clocking 2:12:17 on March 25, 1984. He finished in eighth place at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany. His best marathon time is 2:09:41, which he ran on October 28, 1990, in the Chicago Marathon. He finished in second place with a margin of less than one second between him and Martin Pitayo. Antoni was ranked seventh in the world for the marathon in 1990, the same year he won the San Francisco Marathon.
Suspension Niemczak tested positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone after finishing second at the 1986 New York City Marathon. ,Suspended Polish Marathoner Gets the Runaround, The New York Times, October 11, 1988. Niemczak received a two-year suspension from the sport.Bartłomiej Czekański: Kaniony nadziei, Sportowiec nr 25(1996) 1989, p. 17–20, Główny Urząd Kultury Fizycznej, Warszawa, Elliot Almond: Suspended Polish Marathoner Gets the Runaround, LA Times, 11 October 1988
Achievements Representing 1984Vienna MarathonVienna, Austria 1stMarathon2:12:171986European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany8thMarathon2:13:041986 New York City MarathonNew York, USADSQ (2nd)Marathon1990San Francisco MarathonSan Francisco, United States1stMarathon2:13:481991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan—MarathonDNF
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1984 Year Ranking 1990 Year Ranking