Jörg Peter

Peter in 1985

Jörg Peter (born 23 October 1955 in Dresden) is a German former long-distance runner. He held the German record over the marathon distance from 1988 till 2015.

Biography

Peter won bronze at the 3000 m run at the 1978 European Indoor Championships. In 1980 he competed for the DDR at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the men's 10,000-meter run and finished in 6th place.

In February 1988, he won the Tokyo International Men's Marathon with a 2:08:47, which remained the German Record until 25 October 2015, when Arne Gabius improved the time by 14 seconds. Peter started until 1990 for the SC unit Dresden. He was East German champion in 5000-meter run in the years 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980, in the 10,000-meter run in 1977 and in 1985 by his marathon victory at the Leipzig Marathon.

In 1990 and 1991 he won the Hamburg Marathon.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  East Germany
1977 IAAF World CupDüsseldorf, West Germany2nd 10,000 m 28:34.00
1978 European Indoor ChampionshipsMilan, Italy3rd 3000 m 7:50.1
1980 Summer OlympicsMoscow, Soviet Union6th 10,000 m 28:05.5
1985 Leipzig MarathonLeipzig, East Germany1st Marathon 2:12:32
1986 European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany17th Marathon 2:18:05
1987 Košice Peace MarathonKošice, Czechoslovakia1st Marathon 2:14:59
1988 Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea— Marathon DNF
1989 Leipzig MarathonLeipzig, East Germany1st Marathon 2:31:38
Representing  Germany
1990 Hamburg MarathonHamburg, West Germany1st Marathon 2:11:49
1991 Hamburg MarathonHamburg, Germany1st Marathon 2:10:43
World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan— Marathon DNF
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