Jan Balachowski (born 28 December 1948) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

[3] At the 1967 European Indoor Games he won a silver medal in the 4 x 300 metres relay, which he ran together with Edward Romanowski, Edmund Borowski and Tadeusz Jaworski.

[6] In the summer he competed at the 1968 Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals in the individual contest and finishing fourth in the final of the 4 x 400 metres relay.

[8] At the 1970 European Indoor Championships the Polish relay team won silver medals.

[12] That summer, the same Polish team won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Championships.