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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | World record - improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Monika Zehrt |
| 1985 | World record - improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Marita Koch |
| 1960 | World record - improvement | 400m | Men | 1 | 8 | Carl Kaufmann |
| 1978 | World record - improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Marita Koch |
| 1939 | World record - improvement | 400m | Men | 1 | 8 | Rudolf Harbig |
| 1971 | World record - improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1976 | World record - improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Christina Brehmer |
| 1969 | World record - improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1987 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2019 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1994 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1973 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1981 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2001 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2008 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2015 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1990 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2022 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1997 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1977 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1986 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2004 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2011 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1986 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2018 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1993 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2025 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1980 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2000 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2007 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2014 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1989 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2021 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1996 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1975 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1985 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2003 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2010 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1981 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2017 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1992 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2024 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1979 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1999 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2006 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2013 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1988 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2020 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1995 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1974 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1983 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2002 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2009 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1980 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2016 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1991 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2023 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1978 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1998 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1987 | World record - annual holding | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2005 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 2012 | World record - annual holding | 400m | Women | 1 | 1 | Marita Koch |
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Sabine Busch |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 2 | Grit Breuer |
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 8 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Grit Breuer |
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1989 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 8 | Helga Arendt |
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2001 | World Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 6 | Ingo Schultz |
| 1983 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 36 | - |
| 1999 | World Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 6 | Anja Rücker |
| 2001 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 18 | - |
| 1987 | World Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 12 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1993 | World Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1991 | World Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 6 | Grit Breuer |
| 1997 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 36 | - |
| 1983 | World Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 18 | - |
| 1999 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1987 | World Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 6 | Petra Müller |
| 1987 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 36 | - |
| 1987 | World Championship | 400m | Women | 3 | 3 | Kirsten Emmelmann |
| 1991 | World Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1972 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1978 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1976 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1982 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1978 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1972 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1979 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1984 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1972 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1979 | Own WR improvement | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1982 | Own WR improvement | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 12 | Karl-Friedrich Haas |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 2 | 12 | Christina Brehmer |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 72 | - |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 3 | 6 | Frank Schaffer |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 3 | 6 | Christina Brehmer |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 12 | Hanns Braun |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 2 | 12 | Rita Wilden |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 72 | - |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 3 | 6 | Joachim Büchner |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 3 | 6 | Ellen Streidt |
| 1952 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 1 | 24 | Marita Koch |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 12 | Carl Kaufmann |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 2 | 12 | Petra Müller |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 400m | Women | 1 | 24 | Monika Zehrt |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1971 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Inge Bödding |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Norbert Dobeleit |
| 1981 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Martin Weppler |
| 1987 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Gisela Kinzel |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Mathias Schersing |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Dagmar Neubauer |
| 1969 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1976 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Rita Wilden |
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Grit Breuer |
| 1967 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1975 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Hermann Köhler |
| 1982 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Dagmar Neubauer |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Ulrich Reich |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Bastian Swillims |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Erika Weinstein |
| 1994 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Rico Lieder |
| 1968 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Sabine Busch |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Christel Frese |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Jens Carlowitz |
| 1976 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Hermann Köhler |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Petra Müller |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Günter Arnold |
| 1982 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Gaby Bußmann |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Christel Frese |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Georg Nückles |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Grit Breuer |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Waltraud Dietsch |
| 1967 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Hartmut Koch |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Jens Carlowitz |
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Claudia Marx |
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Klaus Just |
| 1975 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1980 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Elke Decker |
| 1969 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Christel Frese |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Andreas Scheibe |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Dagmar Neubauer |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Wolfgang Müller |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Waltraud Dietsch |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Helga Henning |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1975 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1967 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Manfred Kinder |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Petra Müller |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Inge Bödding |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Manfred Kinder |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Klaus Just |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Helga Arendt |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Ralf Lübke |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1977 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 1 | 3 | Marita Koch |
| 1968 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Gisela Köpke |
| 1970 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1981 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Andreas Knebel |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Benno Stops |
| 1983 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Kirsten Emmelmann |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Thomas Schneider |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Renate Siebach |
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Sebastian Gatzka |
| 1972 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1971 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 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 |
| 1982 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1958 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Karl-Friedrich Haas |
| 1966 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1978 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1978 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1978 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Christina Brehmer |
| 1971 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1938 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1982 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Andreas Knebel |
| 1966 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1974 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Bernd Herrmann |
| 2012 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1990 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1990 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Grit Breuer |
| 1971 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Ingelore Lohse |
| 1994 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1978 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister |
| 1978 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1938 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Erich Linnhoff |
| 1990 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1974 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1971 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Helga Seidler |
| 1974 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Ellen Streidt |
| 2010 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1934 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1962 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Manfred Kinder |
| 1958 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1966 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Manfred Kinder |
| 1990 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1986 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1986 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 2002 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Grit Breuer |
| 1969 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1974 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Karl Honz |
| 1971 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1990 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1986 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1971 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1990 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Jens Carlowitz |
| 2002 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1971 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Inge Bödding |
| 1986 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Petra Müller |
| 2002 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Ingo Schultz |
| 1954 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1962 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Hans-Joachim Reske |
| 1969 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1982 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1982 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Marita Koch |
| 1990 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Petra Schersing |
| 1986 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1934 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Adolf Metzner |
| 1962 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1986 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Thomas Schönlebe |
| 1974 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1986 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Mathias Schersing |
| 2024 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1998 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1998 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 1 | 4 | Grit Breuer |
| 1974 | European Championship | 400m | Women | 3 | 1 | Rita Wilden |
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