Jörg Peter

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Jörg Peter (born October 23, 1955 in Dresden) is a former German long-distance runner and holder of the current German records over the marathon distance. Peter won in 1978 at the 3000 m. run. In 1980 he competed for the DDR at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the men's 10,000-meter run and finished in 6th place.

In February 1988, he won the Tokyo International Men's Marathon with a 2:08:47 still valid German record. Peter started until 1990 for the SC unit Dresden. He was East German champion in 5000-meter run in the years 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980, in the 10,000-meter run in 1977 and in 1985 by his marathon victory at the Leipzig Marathon.

In 1990 and 1991 he won the Hamburg Marathon.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Klaus Goldammer	Leipzig Men's Marathon Winner 1985	Succeeded by Uwe Koch
Preceded by František Višnický	Košice Men's Marathon Winner 1987	Succeeded by Michael Heilmann
Preceded by Nivaldo Filho	Hamburg Men's Marathon Winner 1990 – 1991	Succeeded by Julius Sumawe