Ralf Lübke

Ralf Lübke (born 17 June 1965 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a retired West German athlete who specialized in the 200 metres.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea he helped win the 4 x 400 metres relay bronze medal with his teammates Norbert Dobeleit, Edgar Itt and Jörg Vaihinger. He had already finished fifth in the 1984 Olympic relay, won a relay silver medal at the 1986 European Championships and a bronze medal in 400 m at the 1988 European Indoor Championships.

His personal best time was 20.38 seconds, achieved in August 1985 in Stuttgart. This ranks him fifth among German 200 m sprinters, behind Tobias Unger, Frank Emmelmann, Sebastian Ernst, Eugen Ray and Jürgen Evers. [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ] In addition he ran the 400 metres in 44.98 seconds in July 1986 in Berlin. This ranks him tenth among German 400 m sprinters, behind Thomas Schönlebe, Erwin Skamrahl, Ingo Schultz, Karl Honz, Hartmut Weber, Mathias Schersing, Jens Carlowitz, Frank Schaffer and Harald Schmid.b]

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