Hartmut Weber (born 17 October 1960 in

Kamen Kamen () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Unna. Geography Kamen is situated at the east end of the Ruhr area, approximately 10 km south-west of Hamm and 25 km north-east of Dortmund. Neighbouring citie ...

) is a retired German

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete who competed in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. At the 1982 European Championships he won the gold medal with a lifetime best of 44.72 seconds. He also helped win the

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...

with teammates Erwin Skamrahl,

Harald Schmid Harald Schmid (; born 29 September 1957) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the sprints and hurdles. He was one of the best 400 metres hurdles runners in the world during his career. Career Schmid won bronze with the Wes ...

and

Thomas Giessing Thomas Giessing (born 19 March 1961 in Rhede, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1982 European Championships he finished eighth in the 400 metres and helped win the 4 × 400 metres ...

. At the 1983 World Championships he finished fifth in 400 metres and won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay with teammates Erwin Skamrahl, Jörg Vaihinger and Harald Schmid. His personal best time of 44.72 seconds ranks him fifth among German 400 m sprinters, behind

Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which stood ...

, Erwin Skamrahl, Ingo Schultz and

Karl Honz Karl Honz (born 28 January 1951) is a retired German sprinter. He held the European record in the 400 metres from 1972 until 1980 with a time of 44.70 s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics he placed seventh in the 400 m and fourth in the 4 × 400 m ...

. In addition he ran the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

in 49.10 seconds in May 1982 in

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

. This ranks him ninth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind

, Olaf Hense, Edgar Itt, Uwe Ackermann,

Thomas Goller Thomas Goller (born 28 October 1977 in Dohna, Bezirk Dresden) is a retired German hurdler. He was banned from competing for two years for doping. Biography He won a bronze medal in a 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Champ ...

, Volker Beck, Carsten Köhrbrück and

Gerhard Hennige Gerhard Hennige (born 23 September 1940) is a retired German sprinter. He won a silver medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1968 Olympics, setting a European record in the semifinals. He was also part of the 4 × 400 m West German teams that finishe ...

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* 1960 births Living people West German male sprinters World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany People from Kamen Athletes from Arnsberg (region) West German Athletics Championships winners {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub