Harald Norpoth

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Silver 1964 Tokyo 5000m

Harald Norpoth (born August 22, 1942) is a German former middle and long distance runner. Born in Münster, he won the silver medal over 5000m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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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