deaths
August 17, 1998
Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (born 1950)
Tadeusz Ślusarski
Tadeusz Ślusarski was a Polish Olympic gold medalist in pole vault at the 1976 Olympics, as well as a silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics.
August 17
August 17 is the 229th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.