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|birth_date={{birth-date and age|28 January 1951}}
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|weight=82 kg
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| club =[[VfB Stuttgart]]<ref name=sr/>
| event=200 m, 400 m
| pb = 200 m – 20.6 (1973)<br>400 m – 44.70 (1972)<ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2802&Gender=M Karl Honz]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>
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{{MedalSilver | [[1973 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1973 Rotterdam]] | [[1973 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|4 x 400 m]] }}}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1973 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1973 Rotterdam]] | [[1973 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|4 x 400 m]] }}}}


'''Karl Honz''' (born 28 January 1951) is a retired German [[track and field]] athlete who competed in the [[Sprint (running)|sprint]]s. He held the [[Men's 400 metres European record progression|European record]] in the [[400 metres]] from 1972 until 1980 with a time of 44.70 s.
'''Karl Honz''' (born 28 January 1951) is a retired German [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]]. He held the [[Men's 400 metres European record progression|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 relay.<ref name=sr/>


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Honz was most successful in the [[European Indoor Championships in Athletics]]. In the 4 × 400 m relay, he won silver in [[1973 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1973]] in [[Rotterdam]] and gold in [[1975 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1975]] in [[Katowice]]. In [[1974 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1974]] in [[Rome]], he won gold in the 400m with a time of 45.04 seconds, ahead of [[David Jenkins (runner)|David Jenkins]] (GB) and Bernd Herrmann, and silver in the 4 × 400 m (with Köhler, Schlöske and Ziegler) with a time of 3:03.52 minutes, behind Great Britain and ahead of France.
He participated in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]]. He reached the finals in the 400 m, where he finished in 7th place with a time of 45.68 seconds. In the 4 × 400 m relay, with Schlöske, Köhler and Herrmann, he finished in 4th place with a time of 3:00.88 minutes.


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In 1972 he became German champion in the 400 m, with a [[European record progression 400 metres men|European record]] time of 44.70 seconds,<ref name=tf/> 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]] and 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 4 × 400 m relay with the German team [[VfB Stuttgart]].
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He was most successful in the [[European Indoor Championships in Athletics]]. In the 4 × 400 m relay, he won silver in [[1973 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1973]] in [[Rotterdam]] and gold in [[1975 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1975]] in [[Katowice]]. In [[1974 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1974]] in [[Rome]], he won gold in the 400m with a time of 45.04 seconds, ahead of [[David Jenkins (runner)|David Jenkins]] (GB) and Bernd Herrmann, and silver in the 4 × 400 m (with Köhler, Schlöske and Ziegler) with a time of 3:03.52 minutes, behind Great Britain and ahead of France.


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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 400 m.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/me23.htm European Under 23 All-Time Lists (Men)]. gbrathletics.com</ref> He ranks fourth on the German all-time records for the 400 m.<ref>[http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf „Ewige“ Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik]. leichtathletik.de {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |date=4 July 2007 }}</ref>
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In 1972 he became German champion in the 400 m, with a [[European record progression 400 metres men|European record]] 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]] and 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 4 × 400 m relay with the German team [[VfB Stuttgart]].

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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.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/me23.htm European Under 23 All-Time Lists (Men)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He ranks fourth on the German all-time records for the 400m.<ref>[http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word – Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |date=2007-07-04 }}</ref>


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Revision as of 10:58, 24 July 2020

Karl Honz
Honz at the 1974 European Championships
Personal information
Born28 January 1951 (1951-01-28) (age 73)
Bankholzen, Germany[1]
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)200 m, 400 m
ClubVfB Stuttgart[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m – 20.6 (1973)
400 m – 44.70 (1972)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Rome 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1974 Rome 4 x 400m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Katowice 4 x 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1973 Rotterdam 4 x 400 m

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 relay.[1]

Honz was most successful in the European Indoor Championships in Athletics. In the 4 × 400 m relay, he won silver in 1973 in Rotterdam and gold in 1975 in Katowice. In 1974 in Rome, he won gold in the 400m with a time of 45.04 seconds, ahead of David Jenkins (GB) and Bernd Herrmann, and silver in the 4 × 400 m (with Köhler, Schlöske and Ziegler) with a time of 3:03.52 minutes, behind Great Britain and ahead of France.

In 1972 he became German champion in the 400 m, with a European record time of 44.70 seconds,[2] 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 and 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 4 × 400 m 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 400 m.[3] He ranks fourth on the German all-time records for the 400 m.[4]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karl Honz.
  1. ^ a b c Karl Honz. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b Karl Honz. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ European Under 23 All-Time Lists (Men). gbrathletics.com
  4. ^ „Ewige“ Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik. leichtathletik.de Archived 4 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Records
Preceded by European Record Holder Men's 400m
21 July 1972 – 29 July 1980 		Succeeded by
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