Benoît Zwierzchiewski

{{short description|French long-distance runner}}

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Benoît Zwierzchiewski (born August 19, 1976, in Mouscron, Belgium) is a male long-distance runner from France who mainly competed in the marathon race during his career. He set his personal best (2:06:36) in the classic distance on April 6, 2003, in Paris, France, equalling the European record set by Portugal's António Pinto at the 2000 edition of the London Marathon. Zwierzchiewski set the course record at the Las Vegas Half marathon on February 9, 1997 besting the hour mark, recording a world class [https://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/feb/10/pack-cant-catch-holba-and-helbik/ 59:53] which was then ten seconds from Moses Tanui's world's best time.