Helmut Hamann

{{Short description|German sprinter (1912–1941)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|GER|Nazi}} Germany}}

{{MedalBronze | 1936 Berlin | 4 × 400 metre relay}}

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Helmut Hamann (31 August 1912 – 22 June 1941) was a German athlete from Berlin who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Hamann competed for Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 × 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt and Rudolf Harbig.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/helmut-hamann-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222329/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/helmut-hamann-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Helmut Hamann Olympic Results |accessdate=29 August 2017}}

Hamann was killed in Siedliszcze in Poland during fighting on the Eastern Front of World War II.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |access-date=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}