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Poczta Joanna, Malchrowicz-Mosko Ewa. Imprezy biegowe w Polsce – fenomen, nowy typ kibica, wplyw na postawy wobec aktywnosci fizycznej = Running Events in Poland - a phenomenon, a new type of fan, the impact on attitudes toward physical activity. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2015;5(12):450-464. eISSN 2391-8306. DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.35669http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/2015%3B5%2812%29%3A450-464http://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/works/684629Formerly Journal of Health Sciences. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. Archives 2011–2014http://journal.rsw.edu.pl/index.php/JHS/issue/archive The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015). 755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport (null) 2391-8306 7© The Author (s) 2015;This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland and Radom University in Radom, PolandOpen Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercialuse, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.Received: 10.11.2015. Revised 15.12.2015. Accepted: 23.12.2015.Imprezy biegowe w Polsce – fenomen, nowy typ kibica, wplyw na postawy wobec aktywnosci fizycznejRunning Events in Poland - a phenomenon, a new type of fan, the impact on attitudes toward physical activity Joanna Poczta, Ewa Malchrowicz-Mosko Zaklad Kulturowych Podstaw TurystykiWydzial Turystyki i RekreacjiAkademia Wychowania Fizycznego im. E. Piaseckiego w Poznaniu Department of Cultural Foundations of TourismTourism and Recreation FacultyUniversity School of Physical Education in Poznan StreszczenieCelem artykulu jest wykazanie, ze wielkie wydarzenia biegowe takie jak maratony czy pólmaratony zyskuja coraz wieksza popularnosc zarówno posród czynnych jak i biernych uczestników (kibiców) oraz okreslenie typu kibica imprez biegowych w Polsce. Badania przeprowadzone podczas 6. Poznan Pólmaratonu oraz analiza danych wtórnych wykazaly wzrastajace zainteresowanie Polaków bieganiem oraz umozliwily okreslenie nowego spoleczno-demograficznego profilu kibica imprez biegowych. Slowa kluczowe: bieganie, kibice, turystyka sportowa. AbstractThe main goal of this article is to prove that Polish cross-country events, such as marathons and half marathons are becoming increasingly popular among both active and passive participants (fans) and to determine the type of fan running events in Poland. Studies conducted during the 6th Poznan Half Marathon and analysis of secondary data have shown increasing interest of running by the Poles and noted the new profile fan running events. Keywords: running, fans, sports tourism.