Thomas WESSINGHAGE

Thomas Wessinghage - Germany - Meisterschaft Rekord 1974-1983

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 11 September 1982

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Friday, 22 February 1952
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Hagen, Germany
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Germany
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Thomas WESSINGHAGE - Germany - Meisterschaft Rekord 1974-1983

Thomas Wessinghage winning the European 5,000 metres title in Athens,

beating World record holder David Moorcroft.

 


1500m Endrunde 

Europameisterschaft 1974

1. Klaus Peter JUSTUS   FRG   3.40.6
2. Tom HANSEN   DEN   3.40.8
3. Tomas WESSINGHAGE   FRG   3.41.1
4. Haico SCHARN   HOL   3.41.3
5. Vladimir PANTELEI   URS   3.41.4
6. Pekka VASALA   FIN   3.41.5

 

1500m Endrunde

Europameisterschaft 1978


1. Steve OVETT   GBR   3.35.59
2. Eamonn COGHLAN   IRE   3.36.75
3. David MOORCROFT   GBR   3.36.70
4. Thomas WESSINGHAGE   FRG   3.37.19
5. Antti LOIKKANEN   FIN   3.37.50
6. Jose MARAJO   FRA   3.38.20

 

5000m Endrunde

Europameisterschaft 1982


1. Thomas WESSINGHAGE   FRG   13.28.90
2. Werner SCHILDHAUER   GDR   13.30.03
3. David MOORCROFT   GBR   13.30.42
4. Yevgeny IGNATOV   BUL   13.30.95
5. Dietmar MILLONIG   AUT   13.31.03
6. Valeri ABRAMOV   URS   13.31.26

 

5000m Endrunde

Weltmeisterschaft 1983


1. Eamonn Coghlan   IRL   13: 28.53
2. Werner Schildhauer   GDR   13: 30.20
3. Martti Vainio   FIN   13: 30.34
4. Dmitriy Dmitriyev   SOV   13: 30.38
5. Doug Padilla   USA   13: 32.08
6. Thomas Wessinghage   FRG   13: 32.46
7. Wodajo Bulti   ETH   13: 34.03
8. Dietmar Millonig   AUT   13: 36.08

 

 

PERSONAL BEST TIMES.

800 Metres       1:48.18         Montréal  24 JUL 1976
1500 Metres     3:31.58         Koblenz     27 AUG 1980
One Mile          3:49.98         Berlin     17 AUG 1983
2000 Metres     4:52.20         Ingelheim     31 AUG 1982
3000 Metres     7:36.75         Ingelheim     01 SEP 1981
5000 Metres     13:32.37       Helsinki    12 AUG 1983 

 

INDOORS:

 
1500m    3:37.54    Sindelfingen (GER)    02.03.1980
Mile        3:54.7h    New York (USA)    06.02.1981
2000m    5:02.20    Sindelfingen (GER)    01.02.1985
3000m    7:49.13    East Rutherford (USA)    11.02.1984
2 Miles    8:30.2h    Inglewood (USA)    05.02.1982 

 

Details of racing career:


1972    European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France 1st 4 × 720 m relay 6:26.4

            Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 21st (sf) 1,500 m 3:43.4

1973    European Indoor Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands 1st 4 × 720 m relay 6:21.58

            Universiade Moscow, Soviet Union 3rd (h) 1,500 m 3:44.61

1974    European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 1,500 m 3:42.02

            European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd 1,500 m 3:41.1

1975    European Indoor Championships Katowice, Poland 1st 1,500 m 3:44.6

            Universiade Rome, Italy 1st 1,500 m 3:39.73

1976    European Indoor Championships Munich, West Germany 2nd 1,500 m 3:45.3

1977    World Cup Düsseldorf, West Germany 2nd 1,500 m 3:35.98

1978    European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 2nd 1,500 m 3:38.23

            European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 4th 1,500 m 3:37.19

1979    European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 2nd 1,500 m 3:42.2

            World Cup Montreal, Canada 1st 1,500 m 3:46.002

1980    European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 1st 1,500 m 3:37.54

1981    European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France 1st 1,500 m 3:42.64

1982    European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 4th 1,500 m 3:39.79

            European Championships Athens, Greece 1st 5,000 m 13:28.90

1983    European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 1,500 m 3:39.82

            World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 5,000 m 13:32.46

1984    European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd 1,500 m 3:41.75

1985    European Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece 2nd 3,000 m 8:10.88

1986    European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 5th 3,000 m 8:00.76

            European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 17th (h) 5,000 m 13:33.98