Slavko Špan

{{Short description|Yugoslav middle-distance runner (1938–2021)}}

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| name = Slavko Špan

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| image = Slavko Špan.jpg

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| nationality = Slovene

| sport = Middle-distance running

| event = Steeplechase

| years_active = 1956–1967

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|5|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|6|12|1938|5|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Slavko Špan (25 May 1938 – 12 June 2021){{cite web |url=http://slovenska-atletika.si/umrl-je-slavko-span-udelezenec-olimpijskih-iger-v-tokiu-leta-1964/ |title=Umrl je Slavko Špan, udeleženec olimpijskih iger v Tokiu leta 1964 |trans-title=Slavko Špan, participant of the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, has died |language=sl |work=Slovenska atletika |publisher=Atletska zveza Slovenije |date=15 June 2021 |accessdate=17 June 2021}} was a Slovene middle-distance runner.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79469 |title=Slavko Špan |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 June 2021}}

He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics,{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/slavko-span-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102811/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/slavko-span-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Slavko Špan Olympic Results |accessdate=22 November 2017}} but did not progress beyond the qualifying round. In 1962, he finished the men's 3000 metres steeplechase race in 9th place at the European Athletics Championships in Belgrade.

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