Rudolf Klaban

Rudolf Klaban (born April 5, 1938 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian middle and long distance runner .

Career

In 1958 he failed at the European Athletics Championships in Stockholm over 800 m and 1500 m in the run.

At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 he reached the quarter-finals over 800 m and was eliminated over 1500 m in the preliminary run.

In 1961 he won silver over 800 m and bronze over 1500 m at the Universiade . The following year he did not get beyond the preliminary round at the European Championships in Belgrade over 1500 m .

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, he reached the semi-finals over 800 m , and in 1965 he won bronze over 800 m at the Universiade.

At the EM in 1966 in Budapest he was eliminated over 800 m and at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 over 1500 m in the preliminary run.

Seven times he was Austrian champion over 800 m (1959-1964, 1966), ten times over 1500 m (1957, 1960-1968), three times over 5000 m and once in the cross-country run on the short distance (1967).

Personal bests

• 800 m: 1: 47.4 min, October 15, 1964, Tokyo (former national record)
• 1000 m : 2: 20.7 min, September 5, 1964, Vienna (former national record)
• 1500 m: 3: 41.4 min, July 10, 1968, Cologne (former national record)
• 1 mile : 4: 05.8 min, August 12, 1961, Vienna (former national record)
• 3000 m : 5: 14.6 min, September 1st, 1968, Tulln (former national record)
• 3000 m : 8: 09.2 min, August 17, 1965, Vienna (former national record)
• 5000 m: 14: 24.8 min, May 1st, 1968, Vienna
• 10,000 m : 29: 53.6 min, April 27, 1968, Vienna (former national record)

literature

• Heiner Boberski : 80 years and not a bit slow . In: Running. No. 1, 2018, p. 56 f.

Web links

• Athlete portrait at the ÖLV
• Rudolf Klaban in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )