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'''Karl Honz''' (born [[January 28]], [[1951]] in [[Bankholzen]]) is a former [[West Germany|West German]] athlete and Olympic participant, who, in the early 1970s ran in the [[200 metres]], [[400 metres]] and [[4x400 metres relay]]. He is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall. |
'''Karl Honz''' (born [[January 28]], [[1951]] in [[Bankholzen]]) is a former [[West Germany|West German]] athlete and Olympic participant, who, in the early 1970s ran in the [[200 metres]], [[400 metres]] and [[4x400 metres relay]]. He is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall. |
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Karl Honz (born January 28, 1951 in Bankholzen) is a former West German athlete and Olympic participant, who, in the early 1970s ran in the 200 metres, 400 metres and 4x400 metres relay. He is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall.
Karl Honz participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He reached the finals in the 400m, where he finished in 7th place with a time of 45.68 seconds. In the 4x400m relay, with Schlöske, Köhler and Herrmann, he finished in 4th place with a time of 3:00.88 minutes.
He was most successful in the European Indoor Championships in Athletics. In the 4x400m relay, he won silver in 1973 and gold in 1975. In 1974, he won gold in the 400m and silver in the 4x400m.
In 1972 he became German champion in the 400 m, with a time of 44.70 seconds, in front of Bernd Herrmann and Hermann Köhler. He repeated this in 1973, running in 45.60 seconds and finishing in front of Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske und Köhler. In 1974 he placed second behind Herrmann, and in 1975 in third place behind Schlöske and Köhler. In the years 1973 and 1974 he won the German championship in the 4x400m relay with the German team VfB Stuttgart
With a personal best of 44.70 seconds, he was ranked World No. 2 in 1972 and European No. 6 young athlete of all time in the 400m.[1] He ranks fourth on the German all-time records for the 400m.[2]