Analysis

Athletics Middle distance

Subject Analysis

First select a ranking, then choose an athlete, brand, team or country.

Germany
Career 1908 - 2021
Best year 1972
Total points 707
Best results 4x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#5
10-year rank
#32

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Disciplines

Contests

Categories

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
1973 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Elfi Zinn
1971 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Hildegard Falck
1972 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Hildegard Falck
1946 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1975 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Gerhard Stolle
1953 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1974 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister
1978 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Olaf Beyer
1934 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1978 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Olaf Beyer
1962 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Paul Schmidt
1968 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Karin Burneleit
1941 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1986 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Sigrun Wodars
1926 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Otto Peltzer
1986 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Sigrun Wodars
1908 Olympic Games 800m Men 3 6 Hanns Braun
1942 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1982 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Martina Steuk
1960 Olympic Games 800m Women 3 6 Ursula Donath
1949 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1998 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Nils Schumann
1930 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1938 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Rudolf Harbig
1987 World Championship 800m Women 1 12 Sigrun Wodars
1987 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 8 Christine Wachtel
1966 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 1 Herbert Missalla
1937 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1966 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 Franz-Josef Kemper
2002 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Nils Schumann
1972 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Gunhild Hoffmeister
1972 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Hildegard Falck
1966 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Karin Keßler
1928 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Lina Radke
1982 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Margrit Klinger
1928 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Lina Radke
1945 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1969 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Dieter Fromm
1952 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1990 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Sabine Zwiener
1928 Own WR improvement 800m Women 1 4 Lina Radke
1977 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Erwin Gohlke
1933 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1969 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Dieter Fromm
1958 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Paul Schmidt
1989 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 2 Ellen Kiessling
1967 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Karin Keßler
1940 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1974 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Gunhild Hoffmeister
2000 Olympic Games 800m Men 1 24 Nils Schumann
1941 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1981 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Hildegard Körner
1979 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Anita Weiß
1988 Olympic Games 800m Women 2 12 Christine Wachtel
1948 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1986 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Peter Braun
1929 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1988 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Gabi Lesch
1983 World Championship 800m Men 1 12 Willi Wülbeck
1999 World Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 2 Nico Motchebon
2000 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Nils Schumann
1936 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1998 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Nils Schumann
1989 IAAF Grand Prix 800m Women 3 2 Christine Wachtel
1969 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Manfred Matuschewski
1971 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Hildegard Falck
1943 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1988 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Sabine Zwiener
1927 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Lina Radke
1966 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Antje Gleichfeld
1952 Olympic Games 800m Men 3 6 Heinz Ulzheimer
1944 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1951 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1989 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Ellen Kiessling
1976 Olympic Games 800m Women 3 6 Elfi Zinn
1976 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Josef Schmid
1932 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1966 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Manfred Matuschewski
1989 Grand Prix Final 800m Women 2 1 Christine Wachtel
1991 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 8 Christine Wachtel
1989 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 1 Joachim Heydgen
1939 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1934 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Wolfgang Dessecker
1962 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Waltraud Kaufmann
1940 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1978 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Ulrike Bruns
1974 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Gisela Klein
1988 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Sigrun Wodars
1947 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1981 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Herbert Wursthorn
1954 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1976 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Gisela Klein
1993 World Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 2 Nico Motchebon
1982 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Klaus-Peter Nabein
1935 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1982 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Hans-Peter Ferner
1989 IAAF Grand Prix 800m Women 2 4 Gabi Lesch
1966 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Bodo Tümmler
1969 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Barbara Wieck
1942 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1987 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Christine Wachtel
1939 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Rudolf Harbig
1990 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Christine Wachtel
1928 Olympic Games 800m Men 3 6 Hermann Engelhard
1943 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1950 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Rudolf Harbig
1987 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Sigrun Wodars
1972 Olympic Games 800m Women 3 6 Gunhild Hoffmeister
1973 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Gerhard Stolle
1931 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1962 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Manfred Matuschewski
1987 World Championship 800m Women 2 6 Christine Wachtel
1989 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 8 Christine Wachtel
1980 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 1 Herbert Wursthorn
1938 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lina Radke
1971 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 Dieter Fromm
1990 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Sigrun Wodars
1927 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Otto Peltzer
1975 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Anita Weiß
1972 European Indoor Championships 4x800m Men 1 9 -
1969 European Indoor Championships 4x800m Men 1 9 -
1971 European Indoor Championships 4x800m Men 3 3 -
1967 European Indoor Championships 4x800m Men 1 9 -
1973 European Indoor Championships 4x800m Men 1 9 -
1990 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Jens-Peter Herold
1975 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 Thomas Wessinghage
2021 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Hanna Klein
1990 European Championship 1500m Women 2 2 Ellen Kiessling
1974 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Thomas Wessinghage
1991 World Championship 1500m Men 3 3 Hauke Fuhlbrügge
1972 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Jürgen May
1989 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 2 Yvonne Mai
1991 IAAF Grand Prix 1500m Men 2 4 Jens-Peter Herold
1976 Olympic Games 1500m Men 3 6 Paul-Heinz Wellmann
1976 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Brigitte Kraus
1927 World record - annual holding 1500m Men 1 1 Otto Peltzer
1978 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Brigitte Kraus
1974 European Championship 1500m Men 3 1 Thomas Wessinghage
1980 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 Thomas Wessinghage
1978 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Thomas Wessinghage
1984 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Thomas Wessinghage
1956 Olympic Games 1500m Men 2 12 Klaus Richtzenhain
1976 Olympic Games 1500m Women 2 12 Gunhild Hoffmeister
1982 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Brigitte Kraus
1953 World record - annual holding 1500m Men 1 1 Werner Lueg
1974 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Klaus-Peter Justus
1988 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Brigitte Kraus
1971 European Championship 1500m Women 2 2 Gunhild Hoffmeister
1990 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 Jens-Peter Herold
1987 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Jens-Peter Herold
1997 World Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 4 Rüdiger Stenzel
1968 Olympic Games 1500m Men 3 6 Bodo Tümmler
1973 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Ellen Tittel
1971 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Karin Burneleit
1975 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Ellen Tittel
1966 European Championship 1500m Men 3 1 Harald Norpoth
1977 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 Jürgen Straub
1971 European Championship 1500m Women 3 1 Ellen Tittel
1977 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Paul-Heinz Wellmann
1978 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Jürgen Straub
1972 Olympic Games 1500m Women 2 12 Gunhild Hoffmeister
1974 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Karin Burneleit
1929 World record - annual holding 1500m Men 1 1 Otto Peltzer
1966 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Bodo Tümmler
1985 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Brigitte Kraus
1974 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Gunhild Hoffmeister
1983 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 Thomas Wessinghage
1981 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Uwe Becker
1989 World Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 4 Hauke Fuhlbrügge
1988 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Rüdiger Horn
1952 Olympic Games 1500m Men 3 6 Werner Lueg
1976 Olympic Games 1500m Women 3 6 Ulrike Bruns
1973 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Iris Claus
1952 World record - improvement 1500m Men 1 8 Werner Lueg
2010 European Championship 1500m Men 2 2 Carsten Schlangen
1976 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 Paul-Heinz Wellmann
2012 European Championship 1500m Women 2 2 Diana Sujew
1976 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Thomas Wessinghage
1987 World Championship 1500m Women 2 6 Hildegard Körner
1973 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Klaus-Peter Justus
1988 Olympic Games 1500m Men 3 6 Jens-Peter Herold
1983 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Brigitte Kraus
1928 World record - annual holding 1500m Men 1 1 Otto Peltzer
2019 Diamond League 1500m Women 2 6 Konstanze Klosterhalfen
1982 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Beate Liebich
1971 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Karin Burneleit
1981 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 Thomas Wessinghage
1990 Grand Prix Final 1500m Women 2 1 Yvonne Mai
1979 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Thomas Wessinghage
1987 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Klaus-Peter Nabein
1980 Olympic Games 1500m Men 2 12 Jürgen Straub
1980 Olympic Games 1500m Women 2 12 Christiane Wartenberg
2017 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Konstanze Klosterhalfen
1926 World record - improvement 1500m Men 1 8 Otto Peltzer
1990 Grand Prix Final 1 mile Men 2 1 Jens-Peter Herold
1990 IAAF Grand Prix 1 mile Men 2 4 Jens-Peter Herold
Seven meeting records set on final night of Diamond League season

Seven meeting records set on final night of Diamond League season

WorldAthletics.org | 06.09.2026

A total of seven meeting records were set on the final night of the Wanda Diamond League season in Brussels on Saturday.

Read article
Masai Russell breaks women's 100m hurdles world record with 12.09 at 2026 Zurich Diamond League

Masai Russell breaks women's 100m hurdles world record with 12.09 at 2026 Zurich Diamond League

Olympics.com | 27.08.2026

The Olympic champion took 0.03 off Tobi Amusan's mark with no wind at all, less than 40 minutes after Alison dos Santos set a world record of his own in Zurich.

Read article
Britain’s Amy Hunt wins record 4th gold medal at European championships. ‘Mondo’ victorious again

Britain’s Amy Hunt wins record 4th gold medal at European championships. ‘Mondo’ victorious again

APnews.com | 17.08.2026

Amy Hunt won a record fourth gold medal in a single edition of the European championships when Britain clinched victory in the mixed 4x100 relay on Sunday.

Read article
Scroll to Top