Manfred Germar

Manfred Germar
Medal record

Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Competitor for Germany
	1956 Melbourne	4x100 metre relay
European Championships
Competitor for West Germany
	Stockholm 1958	200 metres
	Stockholm 1958	4x100 metres
	Belgrade 1962	4x100 metres
	Stockholm 1958	100 metres

Manfred ("Manni") Germar (born 10 March 1935 in Cologne) is a West German athlete who mainly competed in sprint events.

He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Lothar Knörzer, Leonhard Pohl and Heinz Fütterer. In September 1957 he set a European record for 200m in Hannover.

References

Awards
Preceded by Hans Günter Winkler	German Sportsman of the Year 1957	Succeeded by Fritz Thiedemann

Records
Preceded by Heinz Futterer	European Record Holder Men's 100m 31 July 1957 - 25 May 1960	Succeeded by Livio Berruti
Preceded by Heinz Futterer	European Record Holder Men's 200m 15 September 1957 - 13 September 1958	Succeeded by Peter Radford
Preceded by Peter Radford	European Record Holder Men's 200m 21 September 1958 - 27 May 1960	Succeeded by Peter Radford

European Champions in Men's 200 m

1934: Chris Berger (NED)
1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED)
1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS)
1950: Brian Shenton (GBR)
1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG)
1958: Manfred Germar (FRG)
1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE)
1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA)
1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI)
1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS)
1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR)
1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS)
1990: John Regis (GBR)
1994: Geir Moen (NOR)
1998: Douglas Walker (GBR)
2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)
2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR)
2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
2012: Churandy Martina (NED)
2014: Adam Gemili (GBR)

European Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m relay

1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer)
1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring)
1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson)
1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov)
1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi)
1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar)
1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar)
1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck)
1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles)
1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman)
1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot)
1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin)
1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov)
1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin)
1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose)
1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma)
1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding)
2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash)
2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis)
2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock)
2012: Netherlands (Mariano, Martina, Codrington, van Luijk)
2014: Great Britain (Gemili, Kilty, Aikines-Aryeetey, Ellington)