Karl Fleschen
Karl Fleschen (born 28 June 1955 in Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a retired West German runner who specialized in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.
He held the world record in the rarely contested 4 x 1500 metres relay (14:38.8 minutes with Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak and Michael Lederer). In addition he still holds the German record in 25 km road race, with 1:13:58 hours from 1978.
He competed for the sports clubs LG Vulkaneifel and Bayer 04 Leverkusen during his active career.
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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1977 | European Indoor Championships | San Sebastián, Spain | 1st | 3000 m |
1978 | European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 13th | 5000 m |
1980 | European Indoor Championships | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 1st | 3000 m |
1984 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 3rd | 3000 m |
References
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Preceded by | Men's 3.000m Best Year Performance 1977 | Succeeded by |
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- 1966:
Harald Norpoth (FRG)
- 1967:
Werner Girke (FRG)
- 1968:
Viktor Kudynskyy (URS)
- 1969:
Ian Stewart (SCO)
- 1970:
Ricky Wilde (GBR)
- 1971:
Peter Stewart (GBR)
- 1972:
Juris Grustiņš (URS)
- 1973:
Emiel Puttemans (BEL)
- 1974:
Emiel Puttemans (BEL)
- 1975:
Ian Stewart (GBR)
- 1976:
Ingo Sensburg (FRG)
- 1977:
Karl Fleschen (FRG)
- 1978:
Markus Ryffel (SUI)
- 1979:
Markus Ryffel (SUI)
- 1980:
Karl Fleschen (FRG)
- 1981:
Alexandre Gonzalez (FRA)
- 1982:
Patriz Ilg (FRG)
- 1983:
Dragan Zdravković (YUG)
- 1984:
Lubomír Tesáček (TCH)
- 1985:
Bob Verbeeck (BEL)
- 1986:
Dietmar Millonig (AUT)
- 1987:
José Luis González (ESP)
- 1988:
José Luis González (ESP)
- 1989:
Dieter Baumann (FRG)
- 1990:
Éric Dubus (FRA)
- 1992:
Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)
- 1994:
Kim Bauermeister (GER)
- 1996:
Anacleto Jiménez (ESP)
- 1998:
John Mayock (GBR)
- 2000:
Mark Carroll (IRL)
- 2002:
Alberto García (ESP)
- 2005:
Alistair Cragg (IRL)
- 2007:
Cosimo Caliandro (ITA)
- 2009:
Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2011:
Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2013:
Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE)
- 2015:
Ali Kaya (TUR)
- 2017:
Adel Mechaal (ESP)
- 2019:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2021:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2023:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
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