Subject Analysis
First select a ranking, then choose an athlete, brand, team or country.
Germany
Career
1908 - 2025
Best year
1972
Total points
1692
Best results
2x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#4
10-year rank
#41
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1967 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1994 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1978 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1990 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1974 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1980 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1993 | World Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2010 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 72 | - |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1934 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1958 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1972 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1990 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1975 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1986 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1952 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1985 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1997 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 36 | - |
| 1975 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1969 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1971 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1984 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1986 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1979 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1983 | World Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 18 | - |
| 1971 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 2002 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1999 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1975 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1971 | World record - improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1954 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1972 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1969 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1974 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1982 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1983 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1987 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 36 | - |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1986 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1962 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1974 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1982 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 2024 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1978 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1998 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1987 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1991 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1971 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1969 | World record - improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1982 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1972 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1966 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1973 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1978 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1981 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1983 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 36 | - |
| 1969 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1971 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 72 | - |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1938 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1966 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1976 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 2012 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1977 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1990 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1986 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2001 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 18 | - |
| 1968 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1971 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Ingelore Lohse |
| 2011 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1985 | World record - improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Marita Koch |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Sabine Busch |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 2 | Grit Breuer |
| 1978 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Christel Frese |
| 1986 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 12 | Hanns Braun |
| 2018 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Jens Carlowitz |
| 1982 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1976 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Hermann Köhler |
| 1987 | World Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 12 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1938 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Erich Linnhoff |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Petra Müller |
| 1993 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 2 | 12 | Rita Wilden |
| 2025 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Günter Arnold |
| 1971 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Helga Seidler |
| 1982 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Gaby Bußmann |
| 2000 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2007 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1960 | World record - improvement | 400m | Men | 1 | 8 | Carl Kaufmann |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Christel Frese |
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 8 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1974 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Ellen Streidt |
| 2014 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Georg Nückles |
| 1978 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Grit Breuer |
| 1962 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Manfred Kinder |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Waltraud Dietsch |
| 1989 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 3 | 6 | Joachim Büchner |
| 2021 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1967 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Hartmut Koch |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Jens Carlowitz |
| 1991 | World Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 6 | Grit Breuer |
| 1966 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Manfred Kinder |
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Claudia Marx |
| 1996 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 3 | 6 | Ellen Streidt |
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Klaus Just |
| 1986 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 2003 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2002 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Grit Breuer |
| 2010 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1978 | World record - improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Marita Koch |
| 1980 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Elke Decker |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Grit Breuer |
| 1974 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Karl Honz |
| 1969 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Christel Frese |
| 1981 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2017 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1979 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Andreas Scheibe |
| 1990 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Dagmar Neubauer |
| 1992 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 1 | 24 | Marita Koch |
| 2024 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Wolfgang Müller |
| 1990 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Jens Carlowitz |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Waltraud Dietsch |
| 1999 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1939 | World record - improvement | 400m | Men | 1 | 8 | Rudolf Harbig |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Helga Henning |
| 1971 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Inge Bödding |
| 2006 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1986 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Petra Müller |
| 2013 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1967 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Manfred Kinder |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Petra Müller |
| 2002 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Ingo Schultz |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Inge Bödding |
| 1988 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 12 | Carl Kaufmann |
| 2020 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Manfred Kinder |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Klaus Just |
| 1987 | World Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 6 | Petra Müller |
| 1962 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Hans-Joachim Reske |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Helga Arendt |
| 1995 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 2 | 12 | Petra Müller |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Ralf Lübke |
| 1982 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 2002 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1990 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Petra Schersing |
| 2009 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1976 | World record - improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Christina Brehmer |
| 1977 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Marita Koch |
| 1989 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Helga Arendt |
| 1934 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Adolf Metzner |
| 1968 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Gisela Köpke |
| 1980 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2016 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1981 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Andreas Knebel |
| 1979 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1986 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1983 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Kirsten Emmelmann |
| 1991 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 1 | 24 | Monika Zehrt |
| 2023 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Benno Stops |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Thomas Schneider |
| 1987 | World Championship | 400m | Women | 3 | 3 | Kirsten Emmelmann |
| 1986 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Mathias Schersing |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Renate Siebach |
| 1998 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Sebastian Gatzka |
| 1998 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Grit Breuer |
| 2005 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1974 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Rita Wilden |
| 2012 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Hartmut Koch |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Sabine Busch |
| 1982 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Hartmut Weber |
| 1971 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Inge Bödding |
| 1987 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 12 | Karl-Friedrich Haas |
| 2019 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Norbert Dobeleit |
| 1981 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Martin Weppler |
| 2001 | World Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 6 | Ingo Schultz |
| 1958 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Karl-Friedrich Haas |
| 1987 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Gisela Kinzel |
| 1994 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 2 | 12 | Christina Brehmer |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Mathias Schersing |
| 1978 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Dagmar Neubauer |
| 2001 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1978 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Christina Brehmer |
| 2008 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1972 | World record - improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Monika Zehrt |
| 1976 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Rita Wilden |
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Sabine Busch |
| 2015 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1975 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Hermann Köhler |
| 1978 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Grit Breuer |
| 1982 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Andreas Knebel |
| 1982 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Dagmar Neubauer |
| 1990 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 3 | 6 | Frank Schaffer |
| 2022 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Ulrich Reich |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Bastian Swillims |
| 1999 | World Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 6 | Anja Rücker |
| 1974 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Bernd Herrmann |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Erika Weinstein |
| 1997 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 3 | 6 | Christina Brehmer |
| 1994 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Rico Lieder |
| 1990 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Grit Breuer |
| 2004 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
Seven meeting records set on final night of Diamond League season
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
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 articleBritain’s Amy Hunt wins record 4th gold medal at European championships. ‘Mondo’ victorious again
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