Harald Norpoth

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of West Germany West Germany
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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