Michael Karst

Michael Karst (born 28 January 1952 in Mannheim) is a retired 3000 m steeplechaser from West Germany.

Michael Karst

Personal information
Born	28 January 1952 (1952-01-28) (age 71) Mannheim
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  West Germany European Championships 1974 Rome 3000 m steeplechase IAAF World Cup 1977 Düsseldorf 3000 m steeplechase Summer Universiade 1977 Sofia 3000 m steeplechase 1973 Moscow 3000 m steeplechase

Biography

He finished fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics,^[1] first at the 1977 World Cup^[2] and fourth at the 1978 European Championships. He also won two silver and one gold medal at the Summer Universiades in 1973, 1975 and 1977.^[3] At the 1977 European Indoor Championships he finished sixth in 3000 metres.^[4]

In June 1974 he set a new European record of 8:18.4 minutes, which he improved to a then-national record of 8:18.0 at the 1974 European Championships where he won the bronze medal. He improved his (West) German record on two occasions in Stockholm, first to 8:16.2 minutes in July 1975 and finally to 8:14.05 minutes in July 1977. This result places him sixth on the German all-time performers list, behind Damian Kallabis, Hagen Melzer, Frank Baumgartl, Rainer Schwarz and Uwe Pflügner.^[5]

Karst won five German national titles, in the years 1974-1977 and 1979.^[6] He competed for the sports clubs SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken and USC Mainz during his active career.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
2. IAAF World Cup in Athletics - GBR Athletics
3. World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics
4. 1977 European Indoor Championships, men's 3000 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
5. ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
6. German championships, men's 3000 m steeplechase

External links

• Michael Karst at World Athletics  
• Michael Karst at the International Olympic Committee
• Michael Karst at Olympedia

Records
Preceded by   Anders Gärderud	Men's 3000 m steeplechase European record holder equalled Anders Gärderud's 8:18.4 mark 26 June 1974 – 2 July 1974	Succeeded by   Anders Gärderud
Sporting positions
Preceded by   Anders Gärderud	Men's 3000 m steeplechase best year performance 1977	Succeeded by   Henry Rono