Andreas Busse

Andreas Busse ( born May 6, 1959 in Dresden ) is a retired German middle distance runner who twice reached as a starter for the GDR an Olympic final.

Career

1975 took buses at the Junior European Championships he won the fourth place in the 800 -meter run in 1977 the title of European Junior Champion. At GDR championships he already was able to place third. In 1978 he was. During the GDR Championships fourth behind Detlef Wagenknecht, Jürgen Straub and Olaf Beyer As Straub wanted to start only above 1500 m, drove buses as third 800 - meter runner at the European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague. While Wagenknecht was eliminated in the first semifinal, buses ran second in this race behind Sebastian Coe in the final. In the final Olaf Beyer won against Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe, buses reached 1:47,1 min after the sixth goal. Buses also appeared as the third leg of the GDR in the 4 x 400 - meter relay, finishing in fifth place in the final. In the season 1979 buses ran for the first time at the East German Indoor Championships in the medals when he was about 800 m second behind Bernd Wulf, in the outdoor season ranked buses in the GDR Championships third place above 1,500 meters.

In 1980 he reached at the Indoor Championships in third place on 800 m, outdoor, he joined not to after he had already qualified for the Olympic team. The middle distance races at the 1980 Olympic Games were the focus of public interest because met for the first time in two years, the two outstanding British Coe and Ovett again. The 800 - meter race won before Coe Ovett, buses could not compete in the final sprint, finishing in fifth place 1:46,9 min ago Detlef Wagenknecht. The 1,500- meter final six days later had its drama in that Jürgen Straub put on a long sprint, the only Coe could counter. Reached a second behind Ovett buses in 3:40,17 minutes, the fourth goal.

After buses in the East Indoor Championships had become over 800 m second behind Hans -Joachim Mogalle, he participated in Grenoble at the Indoor Athletics Championships in 1981. Even in the absence of the English Stars failed coaches to win a medal, with half a second adrift of third-placed Spaniard Antonio Páez took buses to fourth place. At GDR outdoor championships reached buses in 1981 to third place on 800 m and the second place above 1,500 meters. In 1982, he once again took second place over 1500 meters behind Olaf Beyer. At the European Championships in 1982 in Athens buses stuck in the finals early and reached behind with eight seconds eleventh goal.

1983 won buses in 3:37,38 minutes for the first time in the GDR championships. At the World Championships in Helsinki, there was a slow final with a quick sprint, buses reached in 3:43,72 min seventh goal. 1984 buses won his second league title over 1,500 m in 1986 his third. At the European Championships in 1986 in Stuttgart missed buses for the first time in his career the final. At GDR championships, he finished in third place in 1987 and 1982, second place. Internationally, he did not start more at championships after 1986.

Andreas Busse is 1,85 m tall and weighed about 70 kg competition times. He started for the SC Einheit Dresden and married the hurdler Petra pitcher.

Bests

  • 800 meters: 1:44,72 min, May 10, 1980 Potsdam Hall: 1:47,1 min, February 11, 1981 Cosford
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