Margrit Klinger is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres

800 metres

The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

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Her personal best time in 800 metres is 1:57.22 minutes, achieved at the 1982 European Championships

1982 European Championships in Athletics

The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Field:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |...

 in Athens

Athens

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. This places her eighth on the German all-time list, behind Sigrun Wodars

Sigrun Wodars

Sigrun Grau is an East German former middle distance athlete, who was born Sigrun Ludwigs in Neu-Kaliß. She started out as a 400 m runner in Schwerin, and proved successful in this event in junior meets...

, Christine Wachtel

Christine Wachtel

Christine Wachtel , is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run...

, Elfi Zinn

Elfi Zinn

Elfi Zinn, née Rost is a German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She won the silver medal at the 1973 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics....

, Anita Weiss, Martina Kämpfert, Ulrike Klapezynski

Ulrike Klapezynski

Ulrike Bruns is a retired East German athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres....

 and Hildegard Ullrich. Her personal best time in 1500 metres is 4:02.66 minutes, achieved in August 1983 in Köln

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. This places her tenth on the German all-time list, behind Christiane Wartenberg

Christiane Wartenberg

Christiane Wartenberg is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres.She competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 1500 metres where she won the Silver medal.-References:...

, Hildegard Körner

Hildegard Körner

Hildegard Körner, née Ullrich is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her active career.-Achievements:...

, Angelika Zauber, Andrea Lange, Ulrike Klapezynski

Ulrike Klapezynski

Ulrike Bruns is a retired East German athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres....

, Beate Liebich, Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim, Brigitte Kraus

Brigitte Kraus

Brigitte Kraus is a retired West German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres.She competed for the sports clubs LG Rhein-Berg and ASV Köln during her active career.-Achievements:- References :...

 and Gunhild Hoffmeister

Gunhild Hoffmeister

Gunhild Hoffmeister is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres.At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where she won the silver medal in the 1500 metres. She then won her second medal at the games in the 800m by finishing third...

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Klinger competed for the sports club TV Obersuhl during her active career.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1982	European Championships 1982 European Championships in Athletics The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Field:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |1990 |-Track:1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |...	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	3rd	1:57.22 PB
1983	World Championships 1983 World Championships in Athletics The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	4th
1984	Olympic Games Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	7th