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Place of Birth: Moos, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Karl Honz
- Karl Honz (born 28 January 1951) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the sprints.
- He held the European record in the 400 metres from 1972 until 1980 with a time of 44.70 s. He participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
- He reached the finals in the 400 m, where he finished in 7th place with a time of 45.68 seconds.
- In the 4 × 400 m relay, with Schlöske, Köhler and Herrmann, he finished in 4th place with a time of 3:00.88 minutes. He was most successful in the European Indoor Championships in Athletics.
- In the 4 × 400 m relay, he won silver in 1973 in Rotterdam and gold in 1975 in Katowice.
- In 1974 in Rome, he won gold in the 400m with a time of 45.04 seconds, ahead of David Jenkins (GB) and Bernd Herrmann, and silver in the 4 × 400 m (with Köhler, Schlöske and Ziegler) with a time of 3:03.52 minutes, behind Great Britain and ahead of France. In 1972 he became German champion in the 400 m, with a European record time of 44.70 seconds, in front of Bernd Herrmann and Hermann Köhler.
- He repeated this in 1973, running in 45.60 seconds and finishing in front of Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske and Köhler.
- In 1974 he placed second behind Herrmann, and in 1975 in third place behind Schlöske and Köhler.
- In the years 1973 and 1974 he won the German championship in the 4 × 400 m relay with the German team VfB Stuttgart. With a personal best of 44.70 seconds, he was ranked World No.
- 2 in 1972 and European No.
- 6 young athlete of all time in the 400m.
- He ranks fourth on the German all-time records for the 400m.
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