Dieter Fromm

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|21 April 1948}}

| birth_place = Bad Langensalza, Germany

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| height = 178 cm

| weight = 65 kg

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 800 m

| pb = 1:45.4 (1972)[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2061&Gender=M Dieter Fromm]. trackfield.brinkster.net

| club = SC Turbine Erfurt

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Dieter Fromm (born 21 April 1948) is a retired East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He held the indoor 800 m world record for over ten years.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/09/archives/from-betters-800-indoor-mark-east-german-does-1466-at-european.html|title=FROM BETTERS 800 INDOOR MARK; East German Does 1:46.6 at European Track Meet|date=9 March 1969|work=The New York Times|accessdate=8 April 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/olympics_trackandfield/800_m.asp|title=Olympic Games 1896–2004 Men's 800m Results|work=sporting-heroes|accessdate=8 April 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.erfurt.de/ef/de/erleben/sport/sportler/21813.shtml&ei=J2a9S_DrC5D20wSmu93-Bg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CA8Q7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3DDieter%2BFromm%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D1ek%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official|title=Erfurter Sportler – Dieter Fromm |work=Erfurt.de|language=German|accessdate=8 April 2010}}

His career ended abruptly in 1976 when, in a race ahead of the 1976 Summer Olympics, for which Fromm was qualified, another runner tread on and damaged his achilles tendon.

He competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during his active career. His son Alexander married the Olympic sprinter Uta Rohländer.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/dieter-fromm-1.html Dieter Fromm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003175757/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/dieter-fromm-1.html |date=3 October 2016 }}. sports-reference.com