Michael Karst
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Born | 28 January 1952 (1952-01-28) (age 72) Mannheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Karst (born 28 January 1952 in Mannheim) is a retired 3000 m steeplechaser from West Germany.
Biography
He finished fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics,[1] first at the 1977 World Cup[2] and fourth at the 1978 European Championships. He also won two silver and one gold medal at the Summer Universiades in 1973, 1975 and 1977.[3] At the 1977 European Indoor Championships he finished sixth in 3000 metres.[4]
In June 1974 he set a new European record of 8:18.4 minutes, which he improved to a then-national record of 8:18.0 at the 1974 European Championships where he won the bronze medal. He improved his (West) German record on two occasions in Stockholm, first to 8:16.2 minutes in July 1975 and finally to 8:14.05 minutes in July 1977. This result places him sixth on the German all-time performers list, behind Damian Kallabis, Hagen Melzer, Frank Baumgartl, Rainer Schwarz and Uwe Pflügner.[5]
Karst won five German national titles, in the years 1974-1977 and 1979.[6] He competed for the sports clubs SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken and USC Mainz during his active career.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Karst". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ IAAF World Cup in Athletics - GBR Athletics
- ^ World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics
- ^ 1977 European Indoor Championships, men's 3000 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
- ^ German championships, men's 3000 m steeplechase
External links
- Michael Karst at World Athletics
- Michael Karst at Olympics.com
- Michael Karst at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Men's 3000 m steeplechase European record holder equalled Anders Gärderud's 8:18.4 mark 26 June 1974 – 2 July 1974 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by | Men's 3000 m steeplechase best year performance 1977 | Succeeded by |
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- 1967: Jouko Kuha (FIN)
- 1970: Mikhail Zhelev (BUL)
- 1973: Leonid Savelyev (URS)
- 1975: Bronisław Malinowski (POL)
- 1977: Michael Karst (FRG)
- 1979: Paul Copu (ROM)
- 1981: John Gregorek (USA)
- 1983: Peter Daenens (BEL)
- 1985: Franco Boffi (ITA)
- 1987: Valeriy Vandyak (URS)
- 1989: Patrick Sang (KEN)
- 1991: Shaun Creighton (AUS)
- 1993: Michael Buchleitner (AUT)
- 1995: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
- 1997: Mark Ostendarp (GER)
- 1999: Giuseppe Maffei (ITA)
- 2001: Anthony Famiglietti (USA)
- 2003: César Pérez (ESP)
- 2005: Halil Akkaş (TUR)
- 2007: Halil Akkaş (TUR)
- 2009: Ion Luchianov (MDA)
- 2011: Alberto Paulo (POR)
- 2013: Ilgizar Safiullin (RUS)
- 2015: Martin Grau (GER)
- 2017: Krystian Zalewski (POL)
- 2019: Mounaime Sassioui (MAR)
- 2021: Jens Mergenthaler (GER)