For the footballer, see Bernhard Cullmann

Bernhard Cullmann

Bernhard Cullmann, nicknamed "Bernd", is a former German footballer.He began his footballing career in 1969 with SpVgg Porz, until he was signed by 1. FC Köln in 1970. He played 341 matches in the Bundesliga for them before his retirement on health grounds in 1983. He played 40 matches for the...

Bernd Cullmann (born October 11, 1939) is a former West German

West Germany

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 athlete, winner of gold medal in 4×100 m relay

Relay race

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 at the 1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

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Cullmann was born in Idar-Oberstein

Idar-Oberstein

Idar-Oberstein is a town in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. As a Große kreisangehörige Stadt , it assumes some of the responsibilities that for smaller municipalities in the district are assumed by the district administration...

. At the Rome

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 Olympics

Olympic Games

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 he ran the opening leg in the 4×100 m relay team for the United Team of Germany

United Team of Germany

The Unified Team of Germany , competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic...

. In the final the Germans finished second behind the team of the United States

United States

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, but 15 minutes after the final it was announced that the USA had been disqualified for an incorrect exchange. Germany's time, 39.5 equalled their own world record

World record

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