Andreas Busse

Andreas Busse at the GDR championships in 1981 over 800 m between Olaf Beyer (right) and Lutz Zauber (left)

Andreas Busse (born May 6, 1959 in Dresden ) is a former German middle-distance runner who, as a starter for the GDR, reached two Olympic finals.

Career

In 1975 Busse finished fourth in the 800 meter run at the European Junior Championships , and in 1977 he won the title of European Junior Champion. At the GDR championships he was able to place third. In 1978 he was fourth at the GDR championships behind Detlef Wagenknecht , Jürgen Straub and Olaf Beyer . Since Straub only wanted to start over 1500 m , Busse drove as the third 800-meter runner to the European Athletics Championships in Prague in 1978 . While Wagenknecht was eliminated in the first semi-final, Busse ran into the final in second place behind Sebastian Coe . In the final, Olaf Beyer won ahead of Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe, Busse reached the finish line in sixth place after 1: 47.1 minutes. He also appeared as the third runner of the GDR in the 4 x 400 meter relay and finished fifth in the final. In the 1979 season Busse ran for the first time in the medal ranks at the GDR indoor championships when he finished second behind Bernd Wulf over 800 m , in the outdoor season Busse took third place over 1500 m at the GDR championships.

In 1980 he reached third place over 800 m at the indoor championships; he did not appear outdoors after he had already qualified for the Olympic team. The middle-distance races at the 1980 Olympic Games were the focus of public interest because for the first time in two years the two great Britons Coe and Ovett met again. Ovett won the 800 meter run ahead of Coe, Busse could not keep up in the final sprint and took fifth place in 1: 46.9 minutes ahead of Detlef Wagenknecht. The 1,500 meter final six days later experienced its drama when Jürgen Straub pulled in a long sprint that only Coe could counter. One second behind Ovett, Busse finished fourth in 3: 40.17 minutes.

After Busse had finished second behind Hans-Joachim Mogalle at the GDR Indoor Championships over 800 m , he took part in the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Grenoble in 1981 . Even in the absence of the English stars, he failed to win a medal. Half a second behind third-placed Spaniard Antonio Páez , Busse finished fourth. At the GDR Open Air Championships in 1981 he reached third place over 800 m and second place over 1500 m, in 1982 he again took second place over 1500 m behind Olaf Beyer. At the European Championships in Athens in 1982 , Busse was early in the final and reached the finish line in eleventh place, eight seconds behind.

In 1983 Busse won the GDR championships for the first time in 3: 37.38 minutes. At the World Championships in Helsinki there was a slow final with a fast final sprint, Busse reached the finish line in 3: 43.72 minutes in seventh place. In 1984 he won his second championship title over 1500 m, in 1986 his third. At the European Championships in Stuttgart in 1986 , Busse missed the finals for the first time in his career. At GDR championships he took third place in 1987 and second place in 1982. Internationally, he did not start in championships after 1986.

Andreas Busse is 1.85 m tall and weighed 70 kg at competition times. He started for the SC Einheit Dresden and married the hurdler Petra Krug .

Best times

• 800 meters: 1: 44.72 min, May 10, 1980, Potsdam
  • Hall: 1: 47.1 min, February 11, 1981, Cosford
• 1000 meters : 2: 15.25 min, July 31, 1983, East Berlin
• 1500 meters: 3: 34.10 min, July 21, 1984, Potsdam
• 1 mile : 3: 53.55 min, August 20, 1982, West Berlin
• 3000 meters : 7: 51.17 min, June 20, 1988, Düsseldorf

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898-2005 . 2 volumes, Darmstadt 2005. (published by Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft )

Web links

• Andreas Busse in the database of World Athletics (English)