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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