Hartwig Gauder wins the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships for East Germany
in the men's 50k race walk. In 1990 and 1991 he won the bronze medal at both the
World Championships and European Championships for Germany.
In 1996 Gauder started suffering from a virus infection of his heart.
After living with an artificial heart for several months, he received a heart transplant.
His recovery from almost dying to returning into a normal life was covered in a
film shown on German documentary channel Phoenix.
He took part in the New York Marathon several times after his operations.
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50km. Gehen Endrunde {Männer}
Olympische Spiele 1980
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| 1. Hartwig GAUDER |
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GDR |
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3: 49: 24 OR |
| 2. Jorge RIBAS |
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SPA |
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3: 51: 25 |
| 3. Yevgeny IVCHENKO |
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SOV |
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3: 56: 32 |
| 4. Bengt SIMONSEN |
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SWE |
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3: 57: 08 |
| 5. Vyacheslav FURSOV |
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SOV |
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3: 58: 32 |
| 6. Jose MARIN |
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SPA |
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4: 03: 08 |
| 7. Stanislav ROLA |
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POL |
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4: 07: 07 |
| 8. Willi SAWALL |
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AUS |
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4: 08: 25 |
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50km. Gehen Endrunde {Männer}.
Europameisterschaft 1986
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| 1. Hartwig GAUDER |
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GDR |
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3.40.55 CBP |
| 2. Vyascheslav IVANCHENKO |
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URS |
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3.41.54 |
| 3. Valeriy SUNTSOV |
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URS |
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3.42.38 |
| 4. Sergey PROTSISHIN |
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URS |
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3.45.51 |
| 5. Reima SALONEN |
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FIN |
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3.46.14 |
| 6. Dietmar MEISCH |
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GDR |
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3.48.01 |
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50km. Gehen Endrunde {Männer}
Weltmeisterschaft 1987
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| 1. Hartwig GAUDER |
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GDR |
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3: 40: 53 |
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CR |
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| 2. Ronald WEIGEL |
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GDR |
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3: 41: 30 |
| 3. Vyacheslav IVANENKO |
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SOV |
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3: 44: 02 |
| 4. Raffaello DUCCESCHI |
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ITA |
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3: 47: 49 |
| 5. Martin BERMUDEZ |
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MEX |
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3: 48: 27 |
| 6. Sandro BELLUCCI |
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ITA |
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3: 48: 52 |
| 7. Pavol SZIKORA PAVOL |
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TCH |
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3: 49: 44 |
| 8. Arturo BRAVO |
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MEX |
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3: 52: 08 |
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50km. Gehen Endrunde {Männer}
Olympische Spiele 1988
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| 1. Vyacheslav Ivanenko |
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SOV |
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3: 38.29 OR |
| 2. Ronald Weigel |
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GDR |
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3: 38.56 |
| 3. Hartwig Gauder |
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GDR |
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3: 39.45 |
| 4. Aleksandr Potashev |
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SOV |
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3: 41.00 |
| 5. Jose Marin |
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SPA |
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3: 43.03 |
| 6. Simon Baker |
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AUS |
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3: 44.07 |
| 7. Bo Gustafsson |
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SWE |
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3: 44.49 |
| 8. Raffaello Ducceshi |
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ITA |
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3: 45.43 |