Volker Beck (athlete)
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Template:MedalTableTop Volker Beck (born 30 June 1956 in Nordhausen, Bezirk Erfurt) is a former East German athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
With the best 400 m hurdler in the late 1970s and early 1980s Edwin Moses missing due to the boycott, the most likely winner of the Olympic gold was Volker Beck, the East German 400 m hurdles champion in 1980, 1981 and 1983.
In Moscow, Beck won the 400 m hurdles in 48,70 s, beating second-placed Vasyl Arkhypenko from Soviet Union by 0.16 seconds, although it was the slowest Olympic final since 1964. Beck won his second Olympic medal in 4 × 400 m relay, when he was beaten to a second place by Soviet anchor Viktor Markin.
After his athletics career, Beck started to work as a coach, among other things he was a coach of German National Team.
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Nordhausen, Thuringia
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Erfurt
- East German men sprinters
- East German men hurdlers
- Athletes from Thuringia
- German athletics coaches
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- East German Athletics Championships winners