Karl Fleschen (born 28 June 1955 in

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) is a retired West German runner who specialized in the

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, 5000 and

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. He held the

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in the rarely contested 4 x 1500 metres relay (14:38.8 minutes with

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and Michael Lederer). In addition he still holds the German record in 25 km road race, with 1:13:58 hours from 1978. He competed for the sports clubs LG Vulkaneifel and

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during his active career.

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1955 births Living people People from Daun, Germany German male long-distance runners German male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of West Germany Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate 20th-century German people {{Germany-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub