Jens-Peter Herold (born 2 June 1965 in Neuruppin) is a retired German middle-distance runner who participated in several international championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the 1987 World Championships he came sixth over

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. The following year he won a bronze medal (finishing behind

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and Peter Elliott) at the

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and also ran a new German record for the mile run in 3:49.22 min. which is still unbroken (as of 2019). In 1990 he won the European Championships double finishing first both

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and outdoor over 1500 m. Herold was renowned for his finishing kick which secured him victories over potentially stronger competitors. However, in 1991 he lost an almost certain bronze medal at the World Championships in Tokyo on the finishing line. He was overtaken by his countryman

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while Noureddine Morceli and

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won gold and silver. In 1992 he came sixth in the

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final in Barcelona. In the same year he also set a new personal best of 3:32.77 minutes in

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. This result places him third on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage and

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. Having qualified for the 1993 World Championships in

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he injured himself in the heats. He competed for the sports clubs

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and

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during his active career.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herold, Jens-Peter 1965 births Living people East German male middle-distance runners German male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for East Germany Olympic athletes for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Neuruppin European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)