Harald Eggers

This article deals with the former German athlete. For the German actor of the same name, see Harald Eggers (actor) .

Harald Eggers (born July 7, 1942 in Berlin ) is a former German athlete who - starting for the GDR - was fifth in the 1968 Olympics in the sprint relay .

At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 , Eggers competed on both sprint courses. In the 100-meter run , he retired after two false starts, in the 200-meter run Eggers failed in the preliminary run. The GDR sprint relay with the line-up of Heinz Erbstößer , Rainer Berger , Hermann Burde and Harald Eggers won in their preliminary run in 39.8 s and took fourth place in the final with 40.0 s. Two years later, at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Eggers ran over 100 meters in the intermediate run with 10.25 s, the fastest time of his career and was only eliminated in the semifinals. The season with Heinz Erbstößer, Hartmut Schelter , Peter Haase and Harald Eggers set a new European record in the semifinals with 38.72 seconds. This record was improved in the finals by the French relay to 38.43 s; The French were third, the GDR relay improved the GDR record with 38.66 seconds in fifth place.

Eggers took second place over 100 meters and third place over 200 meters at the GDR championships in 1965. In 1966 he was first indoor sprint champion and then won the 100 meter title in the open-air season, and came second over 200 meters. In 1967 Eggers was triple champion over 100 meters, 200 meters and with the relay. In 1968 he took third place over 100 meters and was runner-up over 200 meters. In 1969 he achieved his last individual medal at GDR championships with second place in the indoor sprint. With the relay Eggers won in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1971 at the GDR championships, in the hall he won with the Leipzig 4-times-2-round relay in 1966 and 1967. He won another championship title in 1966 with the 4 times -200 meter relay outdoors.

Eggers started for the SC Leipzig , in his competition time he was 1.72 m tall and 62 kg.

literature

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