Jörg Peter

Jörg Peter (born 23 October 1955 in Dresden) is a former German long-distance runner. He held the German record over the marathon distance from 1988 till 2015.

Jörg Peter.

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 October 25, 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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  East Germany
1977 IAAF World Cup Düsseldorf, West Germany 2nd 10,000 m 28:34.00
1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 3rd 3000 m 7:50.1
1980 Summer Olympics Moscow, Soviet Union 6th 10,000 m 28:05.5
1985 Leipzig Marathon Leipzig, East Germany 1st Marathon 2:12:32
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 17th Marathon 2:18:05
1987 Košice Peace Marathon Košice, Czechoslovakia 1st Marathon 2:14:59
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea — Marathon DNF
1989 Leipzig Marathon Leipzig, East Germany 1st Marathon 2:31:38
Representing  Germany
1990 Hamburg Marathon Hamburg, West Germany 1st Marathon 2:11:49
1991 Hamburg Marathon Hamburg, Germany 1st Marathon 2:10:43
World Championships Tokyo, Japan — Marathon DNF

References
    • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jörg Peter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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