Werner Schildhauer (born 5 June 1959, in

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) is a retired

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athlete, who represented the former

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at the 1980 Olympic Games in

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in the 10,000 meter run and placed 7th behind his teammate

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Career

At the European Championship in 1982 he won the silver medal in the 5,000 meter run and in the 10,000 meter run. At the World Athletics Championship in 1983 he won the silver medal in both the 5000 meter and 10,000 meter runs. On 28 May 1983 he set an East German record in the 10,000 meters with a time of 27:24.95, a time which had also stood as a German record and was broken almost 14 years later by

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. Schildhauer represented the Chemie Halle sport club; his long-time rival in East Germany was

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. Schildhauer was known for his effective kick in the final lap or the final 200 metres of the race. In the 1982 European Championships 5,000-metre final, he rose from fourth place to second place on the home straight. In the 1983 World Athletics Championships 5,000-metre final, he rose from fifth place to second place in the last 200 metres; he was still running seventh when the final lap began. In the 1983 World Athletics Championships 10,000-metre final, he sprinted to the lead with about 450 metres or 440 metres to go, and quickly moved to a roughly five-metre lead over his teammate, Hansjörg Kunze. On the final bend, however, Kunze caught him and Italy's

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sprinted past him with about five metres to go. Schildhauer lost his chance for one or two Olympic medals when almost all the Soviet bloc countries of Eastern Europe refused to participate in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He still competed in the 1985 World Athletics Cup but lost to Ethiopia's

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and the United States'

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in the 10,000-metre race. Leg injuries ended his active running career shortly afterwards.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schildhauer, Werner 1959 births Living people People from Dessau-Roßlau People from Bezirk Halle East German male long-distance runners Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt Olympic athletes of East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists