Ingeborg "Inge" Helten (born 31 December 1950) is a former

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from

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, who competed mainly in the

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. She was born in Westum,

Sinzig Sinzig is a town in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Rhine, about 5 km south-east of Remagen and 25 km south-east of Bonn, and it has approximately 20,000 inhabitants (2004). ...

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Biography

She won her first international Gold medal at the 1971 European Athletics Championships as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay team, where she placed 4th in the 100 metre final. She took a silver as the anchor of the 4 × 100 m relay squad in the 1974 European Championships in Rome. Helten set a world record for 100 meters in June 1976, with an 11.04 clocking; she competed for West Germany at the

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held in

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, Canada in the 100 metres, winning a

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behind teammate

Annegret Richter Annegret Richter (born 13 October 1950) is a German (former West German) athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion. Biography Born Annegret Irrgang, she won her first international title at the 1971 European Championships, as a part of ...

and

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Renate Stecher Renate Stecher (, ; née Meißner, born 12 May 1950) is a German (former East German) sprint runner and a triple Olympic champion. She held 34 world records and was the first woman to run 100 metres within 11 seconds. Biography Born as Renate ...

. She placed 5th in the 200 meter final, where the top 5 women were German. She then joined with Annegret and fellow West Germans Elvira Possekel and

Annegret Kroniger Annegret "Anne" Kroniger (born September 24, 1952, in Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a female German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. She competed for West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 x 100 metres hel ...

in the

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, where they won the

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behind the East Germans in 42.59 to 42.55.

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