Karl Honz

Karl Honz ( born January 28, 1951 in Bankholzen ) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic athlete who was successful in the 400 -meter run in the first half of the 1970s.

In 1971, he went at the European Championships in Helsinki in the 200 - meter race at the start, but did not come via the feed addition.

In the following years he was twice German champion over 400 meters, and indeed in 1972 with 44.70 s ( European record ) before Bernd Herrmann and Hermann Köhler and 1972 with 45.60 s before Horst -Rüdiger Schlöske and Hermann Köhler. This was followed by a second place behind Herrmann and before Schlöske in 1974 and a third place behind Herrmann and Schlöske in 1975. Between 1973 and 1974 he won with the team of VfB Stuttgart in the German championships on 4-by- 400 - meters.

Karl Honz took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He reached the finals over 400 meters, where he finished seventh in 45.68 s. With the 4 x 400 - meter relay team (Team: Herrmann, Schlöske, coalfish, Honz ) he reached in 3:00,88 min fourth place.

His greatest successes he achieved at European Championships. With the 4 x 400 - meter relay team, he won at the European Indoor Championships 1973 in Rotterdam silver and gold in 1975 in Katowice. In the outdoor European Championships 1974 in Rome, he won two medals: gold over 400 meters in 45.04 seconds before David Jenkins ( GB) and Bernd Herrmann and silver in the 4 x 400 - meter relay (Team: Köhler, Schlöske, Honz and Ziegler ) in 3:03,52 minutes behind the United Kingdom and in France.

With his personal best of 44.70 s, he was in 1972 ranked second in the world leaderboard. On the all-time best list in Germany, he is now lagging in fourth place.

Karl Honz had as an active athlete at a size of 1.88 m, a competition weight of 83 kg.