Volker Beck (athlete)
Encyclopedia
Volker Beck 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 the boycott, the best chance of winning the Olympic gold had Volker Beck, the East German 400 m hurdles champion in 1980, 1981 and 1983.
In Moscow
, Beck won the 400 m hurdles easily, 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 4x400 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.
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
.
With the best 400 m hurdler in the late 1970s and early 1980s Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
Edwin Corley Moses is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals and set the world record in his event four times...
missing due the boycott, the best chance of winning the Olympic gold had Volker Beck, the East German 400 m hurdles champion in 1980, 1981 and 1983.
In Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Beck won the 400 m hurdles easily, beating second-placed Vasyl Arkhypenko from Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
by 0.16 seconds, although it was the slowest Olympic final since 1964
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
. Beck won his second Olympic medal in 4x400 m relay, when he was beaten to a second place by Soviet anchor Viktor Markin
Viktor Markin
Viktor Fyodorovich Markin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics....
.
After his athletics career, Beck started to work as a coach, among other things he was a coach of German National Team.