Henryk Szost (born 20 January 1982 in Krynica Zdrój) is a Polish long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. He twice competed in the marathon at the Olympics. He finished 34th in 2008 at the Beijing Games and 9th in 2012 at the London Games. He competed at the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, C ...

, but dropped out of the race. His personal best time of 2:07:39 hours set in 2012 is the Polish record for the event. In 2012 he was runner-up at the

Lake Biwa Marathon The was a marathon race held in Otsu, Shiga, Japan. It was one of the prominent marathons in Japan. It was a male only competition and had IAAF Gold Label status.Nakamura, Ken (2010-03-07)Tsegay takes Lake Biwa crown IAAF. Retrieved on 2010- ...

and came third at the

Fukuoka Marathon The is an IAAF Gold Label international men's marathon race held in Fukuoka, Japan. It was previously known as the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship between 1947 and 2021, when it was announced the race would be discontinued on its ...

.Nakamura, Ken (2 December 2012)
2:06:58 win for Gitau in Fukuoka
IAAF. Retrieved on 14 February 2013.

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Henryk Szost
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1982 births Living people People from Krynica-Zdrój Polish male long-distance runners Polish male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship {{Poland-sport-bio-stub