Lutz Philipp

Lutz Philipp ( born October 14, 1940 in Königsberg, † February 1, 2012 in Darmstadt ) was a German long-distance runner.

Work

In 1964 he retired from about 5000 meters in the flow at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The following year he exhibited with 28:44,8 minutes in the 10,000 meters initially a DLV record and then scored a week after he had won over the same distance his first German championship title on August 12 in Augsburg with 28:35, 6 minutes of the general German record. In the Universiade, he won over 5000 meters silver medal.

At the European Athletics Championships in Budapest in 1966, he was twelfth in the 10,000 meters. The following year, he won over the same distance bronze medal at the Universiade.

In 1968 he succeeded on August 1 in Kassel with 28:27,2 min another DLV record in the 10,000 meters, and at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, he came in this discipline on the 23th Place.

For the European Athletics Championships 1969, he was nominated, but did not start because of the boycott of the DLV - athletes.

In 1970 he won the Paderborn Easter Run and then ran on his debut at the marathon distance on April 25 in Werther (Westphalia ) with 2:15:23 hours a DLV record. On June 24, 28:23,4 min followed with another West German record in the 10,000 meters. The following year he became German champion in the marathon and came in the marathon at the European Championships in Helsinki to seventh place.

In 1972 he won at the British Open Championships with the overall German record of 2:12:50 h After he had not gone in the marathon of the Olympic Games in Munich on the 32nd place, he defended his national marathon title in the fall.

With 1:15:32,6 h he presented on 20 May 1973 for a total German record in the 25,000 - meter track run, which was broken by Stéphane Franke in 1999. In September, he was the third time German Marathon Champion, and on October 14, followed by 20 237 meters a DLV record hours of operation (including the 20,000 -meter interval of 59:20,2 minutes was West German record ).

With a fourth place at the German Marathon Championships in 1974 and a seventh in 1975, he trailed off his high-performance sports career. However, up to the age he was active as a runner and won from 1979 to 1987, the first nine sweeps the townspeople Kober Forest Marathon ( in 1985 with the current course record of 2:30:48 hours).

In addition to his three marathon titles, he was three times national champion over 10,000 meters (1965, 1967, 1972) and six times in a forest or cross country (1967, 1969-1973 ).

Lutz Philipp launched until 1966 for the LBV Phönix Lübeck and then for the ASC Darmstadt. By profession he was a high school teacher.

Personal best

  • 3000 m: 8:00,8 min, May 12, 1965 in Hamburg
  • 5000 m: 13:44,0 min, July 17, 1965, Berlin
  • 10,000 m: 28:23,4 min, June 24, 1970, Koblenz
  • 20,000 m: 59:20,2 min, 14 October 1973 Colombes (intermediate )
  • Hours of operation: 20 237 m, October 14, 1973, Colombes
  • 25,000 m: 1:15:32,6 h, May 20, 1973 Berlin
  • Marathon: 2:12:50 h, June 4, 1972, Manchester
  • 3000m steeplechase: 8:50,2 min, May 28, 1964 Kassel
5000 metres Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband 1966 European Athletics Championships 1969 European Athletics Championships 1971 European Athletics Championships One hour run Cross country running 3000 metres
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