Petar Šegedin (14 September 1926 – 14 October 1994) was a Yugoslav

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

and

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. Šegedin won the 3000 m steeplechase silver medal at the

1950 European Athletics Championships The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian capital Brussels. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Complete results ...

. He placed 6th in the same event at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

in London. His personal best over

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

was 8:47.8, set in 1953. He twice won the Yugoslavian Athletics Championships over 5000 m (1948 and 1950) and set five national records in this event. Šegedin was a member of AK Jug, Dubrovnik and AK Partizan,

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* 1926 births 1994 deaths Yugoslav male steeplechase runners Croatian male long-distance runners Yugoslav male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists People from Orebić Sportspeople from Dubrovnik-Neretva County Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Mediterranean Games {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub