Johannes Runge
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Johannes Runge (24 January 1878 in Braunschweig – 12 November 1949 in Bad Harzburg) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and in the 1906 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70470 |title=Johannes Runge |work=Olympedia |access-date=10 January 2021}}
In 1904 he finished fifth in the 800 metres competition as well as in the 1500 metres event. He also participated in the 400 metres event but his exact result is unknown.
Two years later at the Intercalated Games he was eliminated in the first round of the 400 metres competition as well as of the 800 metres competition. In the long jump event he finished twelfth.
Between 1903 and 1914 he also served as the president of his sports club, Eintracht Braunschweig.Horst Bläsig/Alex Leppert, Ein Roter Löwe auf der Brust - Die Geschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig (2010) {{in lang|de}}, publisher: Die Werkstatt, page: 396
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- [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath03dem.html list of German athletes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045907/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath03dem.html |date=18 October 2012 }}
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Category:Sportspeople from Braunschweig
Category:People from the Duchy of Brunswick
Category:Eintracht Braunschweig athletes
Category:German male sprinters
Category:German male middle-distance runners
Category:German male long jumpers
Category:German national athletics champions
Category:Olympic athletes for Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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