Harald Norpoth
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  West Germany |
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| Men’s Athletics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | Tokyo 1964 | 5.000 metres | |
| European Championships | |||
| Bronze | Budapest 1966 | 1.500 metres | |
| Silver | Budapest 1966 | 5.000 metres | |
| Bronze | Helsinki 1971 | 5.000 metres | |
Harald Norpoth (born August 22, 1942) is a West German former middle and long distance runner. Born in Münster, he won the silver medal over 5000m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a member of the United Team of Germany.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Norpoth dropped out of the 5000m and finished fourth over 1500m. He also set a 2000m world record of 4:57.8 minutes in September 1966 in Hagen, Germany. He is a first cousin of political scientist Helmut Norpoth.
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