Jörg Peter
{{short description|German long-distance runner}}
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Jörg Peter (born 23 October 1955 in Dresden) is a German former long-distance runner. He held the German record over the marathon distance from 1988 till 2015.
Biography
Peter won bronze at the 3000 m run at the 1978 European Indoor Championships. In 1980 he competed for the DDR at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the men's 10,000-meter run and finished in 6th place.
In February 1988, he won the Tokyo International Men's Marathon with a 2:08:47, which remained the German Record until 25 October 2015, when Arne Gabius improved the time by 14 seconds. Peter started until 1990 for the SC unit Dresden. He was East German champion in 5000-meter run in the years 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980, in the 10,000-meter run in 1977 and in 1985 by his marathon victory at the Leipzig Marathon.
In 1990 and 1991 he won the Hamburg Marathon.
Achievements
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| colspan="6"|Representing {{GDR}} |
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| 1977
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |10,000 m |28:34.00 |
| 1978
|European Indoor Championships |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |3000 m |7:50.1 |
| 1980
|6th |10,000 m |
| 1985
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:12:32 |
| 1986
|17th |Marathon |
| 1987
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:14:59 |
| 1988
|— |Marathon |DNF |
| 1989
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:31:38 |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |
| 1990
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:11:49 |
| rowspan=2|1991
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:10:43 |
| World Championships
|— |Marathon |DNF |
External links
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jorg-peter-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jorg-peter-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jörg Peter}}
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Category:German male long-distance runners
Category:East German male marathon runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for East Germany
Category:Athletes from Dresden