Friedel Berges

Friedel Berges
Personal information
Surname:	Friedel Berges
Nation:	Germany
Society:	Young Germany Darmstadt
Birthday:	October 23, 1903
Place of birth:	Darmstadt
Date of death:	13th August 1969
Place of death:	Darmstadt
Medal table

Friedel Berges (born October 23, 1903 in Darmstadt ; † August 13, 1969 there ) was a German swimming athlete . In 1926 and 1927 he won the European championship in the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay.

Career

Friedel Berges from Jungdeutschland Darmstadt took part in the first European swimming championships in 1926 . In the 400 meter freestyle he won the bronze medal in 5: 25.6 minutes behind the Swede Arne Borg and the Leipzig Herbert Heinrich . Borg also won the 1500 meter freestyle; Forty seconds behind, Berges crossed the finish line in 22: 08.2 minutes in second, ahead of Joachim Rademacher from Magdeburg . In the only relay decision, the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay, the German relay team swam with August Heitmann , Joachim Rademacher, Friedel Berges and Herbert Heinrich in 9: 57.2 minutes to win over the Hungarians and the Swedes. In the following year, the German relay team defended the title in 9: 49.6 minutes in front of the Swedes and Hungarians. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , Berges was eliminated from the 400 meter freestyle run. Karl Schubert , August Heitmann, Friedel Berges and Herbert Heinrich missed the medal chance in the relay due to a disqualification in the run-up.

German championship title

• 400 meter freestyle: 1924 , 1926 , 1928
• 1500 meters freestyle: 1924, 1926

literature

• Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970

Web links

• Friedel Berges in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• German champions freestyle swimming