Harald Norpoth

Harald Norpoth ( born August 22, 1942 in Münster ) is a German former middle and long distance runners, who started for the Federal Republic.

Life

The running style of a body height of 1.85 m and a weight of 60 kg extremely lanky athlete Emil Zatopek recalled. Supervised by Ernst van Aaken, he made the 5000 - meter race of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo for a surprise when he let the hot favorites Michel Jazy and Ron Clarke behind and end up behind Bob school the silver medal in 13:49, 6 min won.

In 1966 the first European discharged hall games in Dortmund Norpoth won over 3000 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Budapest in 1966, he won silver and bronze over 5000 meters 1500 meters. In the 2000 -meter run him In 1966 at the 5th International Stadium playing the TSV Hagen 1860 a world record. In 1968 he was involved in a world record in the 4 x 880 yards relay race. In the 3000 - and 5000 - meter race he set up in 1966 and 1967 European records. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he was fourth over 1500 meters in 3:42,5 min; over 5000 meters, it did not reach the goal in the final. Another bronze medal he won at the European Championships 1971 in Helsinki over 5000 meters. He had his last major appearance. During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where he came to sixth place over 5000 meters in 13:32,6 min

Near his hometown Telgte in Münster, he was from 1971 to 2002 sports teacher at the Bundeswehr Sports School in Warendorf. He initially studied business administration and worked as an insurance agent. Later, he began studying at the German Sport University Cologne, which he described as a qualified sports teachers graduated ( diploma thesis: Comparative studies of the behavior of heart rate and blood lactate during stepped loads ). In 2002, he retired. He is married and has two children with his wife Marlies.

He was 1971 and 1973 awarded by the Sports Federation of Münster at the ball of the sport as an athlete of the year.

Personal Best

  • 800 m: 1:49,3 min, October 2, 1966 Herford
  • 1000 m: 2:17,3 min, September 21, 1966, Hannover
  • 1500 m: 3:39,7 min, September 17, 1966, Warsaw
  • 1 miles: 3:57,2 min, September 7, 1971, Berlin
  • 2000 m: 4:57,8 min, September 10, 1966, Hagen (former World Record )
  • 3000 m: 7:45,1 min, June 6, 1967, Münster (former European record )
  • 5000 m: 13:20,49 min, July 12, 1972, Munich (former all-German record )

Other records ( in chronological order )

Note: The German records were for the German Athletics Association of the Federal Republic of

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