Bogusław Psujek (22 November 1956 – 21 April 1990) was a Polish long-distance runner who specialised in the marathon. His most prominent victory was at the 1986 Berlin Marathon, which he won in a course record of 2:11:03 hours. He also won the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 1990.International Marathons. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-22. He achieved his highest global ranking of ninth in the 1990 season, with a then Polish national record run of 2:10:26 hours in a seventh-place finish at the 1987 London Marathon.Bogusław Psujek. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
At international level he was a three-time competitor at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, running in 1981, 1986 and 1987, and his best finish there was 114th. He represented his country on home turf in Warsaw at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, placing 145th overall and helping Poland to 17th in the team rankings alongside Krzysztof Wesołowski, Bogusław Mamiński, Jan Huruk, Sławomir Gurny, and Andrzej Malicki. Psujek ran in the 1987 World Championships marathon later that year, but failed to finish.Marathon World Championship Rome 1987 - Sunday 06.09. Todor66. Retrieved 2020-06-22. He also ran at the 1987 European Cup 10,000 m, placing 6th, and the 1988 European Marathon Cup, placing 33rd.Boguslaw Psujek. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
At the Polish national championships he won two indoor titles over 3000 metres, four outdoor titles in the 5000 metres and one title in the 10,000 metres.Polish Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-22.Polish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-22. He was also a three-time winner of the Polish Cross Country Championships.Henryk Kurzyński, Stefan Pietkiewicz, Janusz Rozum, Tadeusz Wołejko: Historia Finałów Lekkoatletycznych Mistrzostw Polski 1920-2007. Konkurencje męskie. Szczecin – Warszawa: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA, 2008. .National Crosscountry Champions for Poland. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
Among his individual performances were a win at the Cross Ala dei Sardi and Janusz Kusocinski Memorial in 1985, and two wins at the Trzebnica Sylwester Race in 1986 and 1987. In marathons, he placed seventh at the 1987 New York City Marathon and fourth at the 1988 Berlin Marathon.
Psujek was born in Krasnystaw and died in Szklarska Poręba. He died at the age of 33, having suffered a fall late at night outside the hotel he was staying at. He left a wife and two sons.20 Jahre Deutsche Einheit - Der 17. Berlin-Marathon am 30. September 1990 – Der „Wiedervereinigungsmarathon“ drei Tage vor der deutschen Einheit am 3. Oktober 1990 - Ein Rückblick XII. - Tragischer Tod von Boguslaw Psujek - Von Henryk Paskal (Pila Halfmarathon) . German Road Races (2010-10-14). Retrieved 2020-06-22.Sport-kort. nrc.nl. 27 April 1990. Retrieved 202006-22. He was a member of the WKS Oleśniczanka sports club and the club holds an annual memorial road running competition in his honour in Oleśnica.Już 14 września odbędzie się XXXV międzynarodowy bieg uliczny o memoriał Bogusława Psujka. WKS Olesniczanka. Retrieved 2020-06-22.Dane zawodnika. Bieganie.pl. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
International competitions 1981World Cross Country ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain114thSenior race36:5921stTeam race700 pts1986World Cross Country ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain121stSenior race38:00.123rdTeam race843 pts1987World Cross Country ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland145thSenior race39:1417thTeam race646 ptsEuropean CupPrague, Czechoslovakia6th10,000 m29:08.63World ChampionshipsRome, Italy —Marathon 1988European Marathon CupHuy, Belgium33rdMarathon2:20:31
Road races YearRaceRankTime1986 Berlin Marathon 1st 2:11:031987 New York City Marathon 7th 2:13:381987 London Marathon 7th 2:10:261988 Berlin Marathon 4th 2:12:37
National titles Polish Athletics Championships 5000 m: 1981, 1982, 1985 (shared with Wojciech Jaworski), 1986 10,000 m: 1986 Polish Indoor Athletics Championships 3000 m: 1982, 1985
Personal bests Event Time Location Date1500 metres3:40.37Zabrze, Poland2 September 19843000 metres7:55.7 19823000 metres steeplechase8:43.54Lublin, Poland8 June 1984Two miles8:31.42London, United Kingdom26 August 1985 5000 metres13:35.40Sopot, Poland2 August 198610,000 metres28:28.53Sopot, Poland24 August 1986Marathon2:10:26London, United Kingdom10 May 1987
See also List of 5000 metres national champions (men)
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