Stephan Freigang

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Bronze	Barcelona 1992	Marathon

Stephan Freigang (born September 27, 1967 in Hohenleipisch, Brandenburg) is a former long-distance runner from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He also competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

As a youth, Freigang ran long-distance races. As a 16 year old he took part in 15 km runs. In 1986 he was fourth at the World Junior Championships in the 10,000 meter run and in the 20 km run. He ran his first marathon in 1987 with a time of 2 hours 14 min. 34 sec.

He sporting career was in question in 1989 after a bad motorcycle accident, but in 1990 he was once again one of the top German runners and took place in the September sporting event in Berlin and recorded a time of 28:05 in the 10,000, a result that was the best by a German that year.

At the 1992 Olympic games he planned to run the 10,000 meters, but he failed to qualify for the German team in that event. But with a marathon time of 2 hours 12 minutes in Palermo, December 1991, he was still able to join the Olympic team.

The marathon at the games came to a dramatic end. He reached the stadium in third place, but was overtaken by Takeyuji Nakayama of Japan. Even so he was able to overtake Nakayama to take the bronze.

After his Olympic medal he had no further important results in international competitions.

Freigang represented first LC Cottbus and trained with Dieter Bittermann. In 2002 he has represented SC DHfK Leipzig and has trained under Karl-Heinz Baumback and Dr. Thomas Prochnow. In 2005 he retired from sport. During his career he was 1.76 meters tall and weighed 65 kilograms.

[edit] Marathon achievements

Date	Marathon	Venue	Result	Time
1987	Budapest Marathon	Budapest, Hungary	1st	2:14:34
1989	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	1st	2:12:28
1990	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	4th	2:09:45
1991	Palermo Marathon	Palermo, Italy	1st	2:12:00
1992	Barcelona Olympic Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	2:14:00
1994	Frankfurt Marathon	Frankfurt, Germany	1st	2:11:53
1995	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	2:10:12
1996	Atlanta Olympic Marathon	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	–	DNF
1997	Cologne Marathon	Cologne, Germany	1st	2:11:58
1998	Frankfurt Marathon	Frankfurt, Germany	1st	2:12:58
	Hannover Marathon	Hannover, Germany	1st	2:12:16
1999	Hannover Marathon	Hannover, Germany	1st	2:13:48
2000	Leipzig Marathon	Leipzig, Germany	1st	2:15:57
2001	Lisbon Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	2:14:27
2002	Leipzig Marathon	Leipzig, Germany	2nd	2:20:11

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Incumbent	Cologne Men's Marathon Winner 1997	Succeeded by Carsten Eich
Preceded by Stanislaw Cembrzynski	Leipzig Men's Marathon Winner 2001	Succeeded by Carsten Eich