Helmut Körnig

This article deals with the athlete; for the cyclist of the same name see Helmut Richard Körnig .

Helmut Körnig (left), 1928

Helmut Körnig (born September 12, 1905 in Glogau , Silesia , † March 5, 1972 in Dortmund ) was a German athlete who won three medals for the German team in the sprint at the Olympic Games :

• the bronze medal in the 200-meter run at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam
• the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam (together with Georg Lammers , Richard Corts , Hubert Houben / Helmut Körnig as final runners)
• the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (together with Friedrich Hendrix , Erich Borchmeyer and Arthur Jonath / Helmut Körnig as the starting runner).

On August 19, 1928 - on a straight 200-meter route (on a 600-meter track) - he set a German record of 20.9 s, which was not improved until 1954 by Heinz Fütterer . His best time over 100 meters was 10.4 s, with which he set the world record and a European record. In 1928 in 40.8 s and in 1932 in 40.6 s he set a relay world record with the national team, in 1929 he improved the club world record in the 4 x 100 meter with the SC Charlottenburg Berlin relay in 40.8 s Relay race.

At German championships he won over 100 meters in 1926, 1927 and 1930, in 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1930 over 200 meters and in 1927, 1929 and 1930 with the 4 x 100 meter relay. In 1930 he won the gold medal on all three sprint courses at the World Student Games . Helmut Körnig started for VfR Schlesien Breslau until 1926 , then he moved to SC Charlottenburg Berlin . In his active time he was 1.75 m tall and weighed 66 kg.

Körnig ended his active career in 1934 after suffering from typhoid fever. The doctor of law worked as an editor at Berliner Tageblatt and was assistant director at UFA . After the war he was advisor to the Allied military government in Westphalia, in 1950 he became advisor for film, radio and image at the DGB . From 1953 he headed the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund as a board member and later as managing director. He died shortly before retiring in 1973. The athletics hall built on the grounds of the Westfalenhallen during his tenure was renamed the Helmut-Körnig-Halle after his death .

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft, page 613f

Web links

• Helmut Körnig in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )