Ludwig Warnemünde

Ludwig Warnemünde (born October 10, 1916 in Kiel , † September 24, 2002 in Pinneberg ) was a German athlete who started for St. Georg Hamburg, LSV Rerik , Vfl Pinneberg, SC Victoria Hamburg and ETSV Altona-Eidelstedt and five German championships won.

Life

Warnemünde began his career with the Kieler Radfahrer-Verein, where he won the Golden Wreath in Kiel in 1936, the championship of Schleswig-Holstein. By chance in the same year he came across a group of athletes who were going to the Kiel forest running championship. He spontaneously joined them and finished the competition in third place. Then he bought spikes and started a planned athletics training. As early as 1938 he was in the top German group of medium and long-distance runners.

successes

Ludwig ("Luden") Warnemünde became German champion in the 1500 meter run in 1943. In 1950 he took second place, in 1942 and 1946 he was third. In 1947 and 1948 he was German champion in the 5000 meter run. In 1952 he became German marathon champion . At the German championships in forest and cross-country running in 1948 he won the title over 7.6 km, in 1949 he came second.

Warnemünde had qualified over 5000 meters for the 1940 Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1939, which were canceled because of the Second World War. He would also have been eligible to compete in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, but Germany was not allowed to participate. Only in 1952 at the Olympic Games in Helsinki he was able to start in the marathon. Here he finished 43rd almost during the entire run due to severe liver problems.

In 1952 he won the Paderborn Easter run over 30 km.

Best times

1500 meters: 3: 54.0 min (1939) (Source: newspaper article by Berno Wischmann 1948)
3000 meters: 8: 21.0 min (1950)
5000 meters: 14: 43.2 min (1948) (Source: newspaper article by Berno Wischmann 1948)
Marathon: 2: 32: 57.0 h (1952)

Web links

Ludwig Warnemünde in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Seven years and two coincidences. Der Spiegel 17/1948, April 24, 1948

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Warnemünde, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiel
DATE OF DEATH	September 24, 2002
Place of death	Pinneberg

[1] sport-komplett.de: Athletics - German Championships (1500m - men)

[2] sport-komplett.de: Athletics - German Championships (5000m - men)

[3] tt.de: A city game and twice for the points (PDF; 2.2 MB)