Frank Wiegand

Medal record
Men's swimming
Competitor for East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver	1964 Tokyo	400 m freestyle
Silver	1964 Tokyo	4×100 m freestyle
Silver	1964 Tokyo	4×200 m freestyle
Silver	1968 Mexico City	4×100 m medley
European Championships
Gold	1962 Leipzig	4×100 m medley
Gold	1966 Utrecht	400 m freestyle
Gold	1966 Utrecht	400 m medley
Gold	1966 Utrecht	4x100 m freestyle
Silver	1966 Utrecht	4x200 m freestyle
Silver	1966 Utrecht	4x100 m medley
Bronze	1962 Leipzig	400 m freestyle
Bronze	1962 Leipzig	4×200 m freestyle

Frank Wiegand (born 1943) is a German former swimmer, Olympic medalist and previous world record holder. He was born in Annaberg. He participated in the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a total of four silver medals.^[1]

In 1966, at the European Championships he won the gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle, ahead of Russian Semyon Belits-Geiman.^[2]

He held the world record in 400 metres freestyle in 1966.

References

^ "Frank Wiegand". Sports-Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/frank-wiegand-1.html. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
^ Todor Krastev (December 18, 2010). "Swimming 11th European Championship 1966 Utrecht (NED)". Todor66.com. http://www.todor66.com/swimming/Europe/1966/index.html. Retrieved August 2, 2011.

European Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle

1926: Arne Borg (SWE)
1927: Arne Borg (SWE)
1931: István Bárány (HUN)
1934: Jean Taris (FRA)
1938: Björn Borg (SWE)
1947: Alexandre Jany (FRA)
1950: Alexandre Jany (FRA)
1954: György Csordás (HUN)
1958: Ian Black (GBR)
1962: Jan Bontekoe (NED)
1966: Frank Wiegand (GDR)
1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE)
1974: Aleksandr Samsonov (URS)
1977: Sergey Rusin (URS)
1981: Borut Petrič (YUG)
1983: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
1985: Uwe Daßler (GDR)
1987: Uwe Daßler (GDR)
1989: Artur Wojdat (POL)
1991: Yevgeny Sadovyi (URS)
1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN)
1995: Steffen Zesner (GER)
1997: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
1999: Paul Palmer (GBR)
2000: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2002: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2004: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS)
2008: Yury Prilukov (RUS)
2010: Yannick Agnel (FRA)

European Champions in Men's 400 m Individual Medley

1962: Gennadiy Androsov (URS)
1966: Frank Wiegand (GDR)
1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE)
1974: András Hargitay (HUN)
1977: Sergey Fesenko (URS)
1981: Sergey Fesenko (URS)
1983: Giovanni Franceschi (ITA)
1985: Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
1987: Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
1989: Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
1991: Luca Sacchi (ITA)
1993: Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
1995: Jani Sievinen (FIN)
1997: Marcel Wouda (NED)
1999: Frederik Hviid (ESP)
2000: István Batházi (HUN)
2002: Alessio Boggiatto (ITA)
2004: László Cseh (HUN)
2006: László Cseh (HUN)
2008: László Cseh (HUN)
2010: László Cseh (HUN)

European Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1962: France (Gottvallès, Curtillet, Christophe, Gropaiz)
1966: East Germany (Wiegand, Poser, Gregor, Sommer)
1970: Soviet Union (Bure, Mazanov, Kulikov, Ilyichev)
1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Schiller, Meier, Nocke)
1977: West Germany (Steinbach, Schmidt, Könnecker, Nocke)
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chayev, Kopliakov)
1983: Soviet Union (Smiriagin, Krasyuk, Tkacenko, Markovskiy)
1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Fahrner, Korthals, Groß)
1987: East Germany (Richter, Flemming, Zesner, Lodziewski)
1989: West Germany (Sitt, Schadt, Zikarsky, Zikarsky)
1991: Soviet Union (Khnykin, Prigoda, Tayanovich, Popov)
1993: Russia (Predkin, Pyshnenko, Sadovyi, Popov)
1995: Russia (Predkin, Shegolov, Yegorov, Popov)
1997: Russia (Popov, Yegorov, Pimankov, Pyshnenko)
1999: Netherlands (Kenkhuis, Veens, Wouda, Van den Hoogenband)
2000: Russia (Pimankov, Chernychev, Kapralov, Popov)
2002: Germany (Conrad, Herbst, Spanneberg, Kunzelmann)
2004: Italy (Vismara, Galenda, Vassanelli, Magnini)
2006: Italy (Calvi, Galenda, Vismara, Magnini)
2008: Sweden (Piehl, Nystrand, Stymne, Persson)
2010: Russia (Lagunov, Grechin, Lobintsev, Izotov)

European Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1958: Soviet Union (Barbier, Minachkin, Chenenkov, Polevoy)
1962: East Germany (Dietze, Henninger, Gregor, Wiegand)
1966: Soviet Union (Mazanov, Prokopenko, Kuzmin, Ilyichev)
1970: East Germany (Matthes, Katzur, Poser, Unger)
1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Kusch, Meeuw, Nocke)
1977: West Germany (Steinbach, Mörken, Kraus, Nocke)
1981: Soviet Union (Kuznetsov, Kis, Markovski, Krasyuk)
1983: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Žulpa, Markovskiy, Smiriagin)
1985: West Germany (Lebherz, Beab, Groß, Schowtka)
1987: Soviet Union (Polyansky, Volkov, Petrov, Prigoda)
1989: Soviet Union (Zabolotnov, Volkov, Yaroshchuk, Bashkatov)
1991: Soviet Union (Selkov, Volkov, Kulikov, Popov)
1993: Russia (Selkov, Kirichuk, Pankratov, Popov)
1995: Russia (Selkov, Korneyev, Pankratov, Popov)
1997: Russia (Selkov, Korneyev, Kulikov, Popov)
1999: Netherlands (Zwering, Wouda, Aartsen, Van den Hoogenband)
2000: Russia (Aminov, Komornikov, Chernyshev, Popov)
2002: Russia (Alechin, Sloudnov, Marchenko, Popov)
2004: Ukraine (Nikolaychuk, Lisogor, Serdinov, Yegoshyn)
2006: Russia (Vyatchanin, Sloudnov, Skvortsov, Kapralov)
2008: Russia (Vyatchanin, Falko, Korotyshkin, Grechin)
2010: France (Lacourt, Duboscq, Bousquet, Gilot)

Persondata
Name	Wiegand, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	Swimmer
Date of birth	1943
Place of birth
Date of death
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