- Manfred Germar
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Medal record Men’s Athletics Olympic Games Competitor for Germany Bronze 1956 Melbourne 4x100 metre relay European Championships Competitor for West Germany Silver Stockholm 1958 100 metres Gold Stockholm 1958 200 metres Gold Stockholm 1958 4x100 metres Manfred ("Manni") Germar (born March 10, 1935 in Cologne) is a West German athlete who mainly competed in sprint events.
He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Lothar Knörzer, Leonhard Pohl and Heinz Fütterer. In September 1957 he set a European record for 200m in Hannover.
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Awards Preceded by
Hans Günter WinklerGerman Sportsman of the Year
1957Succeeded by
Fritz ThiedemannRecords Preceded by
Heinz FuttererEuropean Record Holder Men's 100m
31 July 1957 - 25 May 1960Succeeded by
Livio BerrutiPreceded by
Heinz FuttererEuropean Record Holder Men's 200m
15 September 1957 - 13 September 1958Succeeded by
Peter RadfordPreceded by
Peter RadfordEuropean Record Holder Men's 200m
21 September 1958 - 27 May 1960Succeeded by
Peter RadfordEuropean Champions in Men's 200 m 1934: Chris Berger (NED) • 1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED) • 1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS) • 1950: Brian Shenton (GBR) • 1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG) • 1958: Manfred Germar (FRG) • 1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE) • 1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA) • 1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI) • 1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS) • 1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA) • 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA) • 1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR) • 1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS) • 1990: John Regis (GBR) • 1994: Geir Moen (NOR) • 1998: Douglas Walker (GBR) • 2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) • 2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR) • 2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
European Champions in Men's 4 x 100 m relay 1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer) • 1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring) • 1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson) • 1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov) • 1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi) • 1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar) • 1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar) • 1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck) • 1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles) • 1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman) • 1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot) • 1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) • 1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov) • 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin) • 1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) • 1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma) • 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding) • 2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash) • 2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis) • 2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock)
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