Peter Wirz

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|07|29|df=y}}

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| height = 1.81 m[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/peter-wirz-1.html Sports-Reference profile]

| weight = 68 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = 1500 m, 3000 m

| club = STB Bern
LC Zürich

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Peter Wirz (born 29 July 1960) is a retired Swiss middle-distance runner who competed primarily in the 1500 metres.{{World Athletics}} He represented his country at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In addition, he won a gold medal at the 1984 European Indoor Championships.

International competitions

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1979 \|European Junior Championships \|Bydgoszcz, Poland \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|1500 m \|3:42.66
rowspan=2\|1983 \|European Indoor Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|4th \|1500 m \|3:41.95
World Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|23rd (h) \|1500 m \|3:41.69
rowspan=2\|1984 \|European Indoor Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|1500 m \|3:41.35
Olympic Games \|Los Angeles, United States \|6th \|1500 m \|3:36.97
rowspan=2\|1986 \|European Indoor Championships \|Madrid, Spain \|5th \|1500 m \|3:48.06
European Championships \|Stuttgart, West Germany \|10th \|1500 m \|3:44.09
1987 \|World Championships \|Rome, Italy \|28th (h) \|1500 m \|3:43.00
1988 \|Olympic Games \|Seoul, South Korea \|13th (h) \|1500 m \|3:41.26¹
rowspan=2\|1989 \|European Indoor Championships \|The Hague, Netherlands \|8th (h) \|3000 m \|8:03.73²
World Indoor Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|14th (h) \|3000 m \|7:53.70

colspan="6"|Representing {{SUI}}

1979

|European Junior Championships

|Bydgoszcz, Poland

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|3:42.66

rowspan=2|1983

|European Indoor Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|4th

|1500 m