Helmut Hamann (31 August 1912 – 22 June 1941) was a German

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from

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who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Hamann competed for Germany in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

held in

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in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates

Friedrich von Stülpnagel Friedrich Gottlob von Stülpnagel (16 July 1913 – 7 July 1996) was a German track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Stülpnagel was born in Lichterfelde in the German capital of Berlin. He was the son of Ferdi ...

, Harry Voigt and Rudolf Harbig. Hamann was killed in Siedliszcze in

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during fighting on the Eastern Front of

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1912 births 1941 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics German male sprinters German military personnel killed in World War II Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes from Berlin European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub