Manfred Kokot

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Manfred Kokot
Medal record
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
Representing  East Germany
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal 4 × 100 metre relay
IAAF World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1977 Düsseldorf 4 × 100 metre relay

Manfred Kokot (born 3 January 1948 in Templin, Brandenburg) is a former East German athlete, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He did so alongside Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat and Alexander Thieme.[1] In 1977, his team came in second place in the 4 x 100 m relay at the IAAF World Cup in Düsseldorf.

In 1971 Kokot set the European record in 100 metres sprint at 10.0 seconds, and in 1973 he set the world record in 50 metres indoor sprint at 5.61 seconds.

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manfred Kokot". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2018.


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