Guido Kratschmer
150px Guido Kratschmer in Köln, 1981 |
||
Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Representing West Germany | ||
Men's athletics | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1976 Montreal | Decathlon |
Guido Kratschmer (born 10 January 1953 in Klotzenhof, Germany) is a retired West German decathlete. His sports club was the USC Mainz.
Kratschmer competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won the silver medal in the men's decathlon event. He could not participate at the 1980 Summer Olympics because of the boycott.
In 1980, Kratschmer broke the world record held by Daley Thompson, but in 1982, Kratschmer's mark was in turn topped by Thompson.
Kratschmer's personal best total in the decathlon was 8667 points, achieved in June 1980 in Bernhausen, Germany. This total ranks him sixth all-time among German decathletes, behind Jürgen Hingsen, Uwe Freimuth, Siegfried Wentz, Frank Busemann and Torsten Voss.[1]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
1974 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 3rd | Decathlon |
1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 2nd | Decathlon |
1980–82 | World record holder in decathlon | |||
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 9th | Decathlon |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | Decathlon |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, US | 4th | Decathlon |
References
Records | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Men's decathlon world record holder 14 June 1980 – 23 May 1982 |
Succeeded by Daley Thompson |
Awards | ||
Preceded by | German Sportsman of the Year 1980 |
Succeeded by Toni Mang |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Use dmy dates from November 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- 1953 births
- Living people
- West German decathletes
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of West Germany
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs