Helmut Hamann

Helmut Hamann (August 31, 1912 – June 22, 1941) was a German athlete from Berlin who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Hamann competed for Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Friedrich von Stülpnagel, Harry Voigt and Rudolf Harbig.

Hamann was killed in Siedliszcze in Poland during fighting on the Eastern Front of World War II.

European Champions in Men's 4 x 400 m relay
  • 1934: Germany (Hamann, Scheele, Voigt, Metzner)
  • 1938: Germany (Blazejezak, Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig)
  • 1946: France (Santona, Cros, Chef d’Hôtel, Lunis)
  • 1950: Great Britain (Pike, Lewis, Scott, Pugh)
  • 1954: France (Haarhoff, Degats, Martin-du-Gard, Goudeau)
  • 1958: Great Britain (Sampson, MacIsaac, Wrighton, Salisbury)
  • 1962: West Germany (Kindermann, Schmitt, Reske, Kinder)
  • 1966: Poland (Werner, Borowski, Grędziński, Badeński)
  • 1969: France (Bertould, Nicolau, Carette, Nallet)
  • 1971: West Germany (Schlöske, Jordan, Jellinghaus, Köhler)
  • 1974: Great Britain (Cohen, Hartley, Pascoe, Jenkins)
  • 1978: West Germany (Weppler, Hofmeister, Herrmann, Schmid)
  • 1982: West Germany (Skamrahl, Schmid, Giessing, Weber)
  • 1986: Great Britain (Redmond, Akabusi, Whittle, Black)
  • 1990: Great Britain (Sanders, Akabusi, Regis, Black)
  • 1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Black, Whittle, Ladejo)
  • 1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Thomas, Richardson)
  • 2002: Great Britain (Deacon, Elias, Baulch, Caines)
  • 2006: France (Djhone, M'Barke, Keïta, Raquil)
  • 2010: Russia (Dyldin, Aksyonov, Krasnov, Trenikhin)
  • 2012: Belgium (Gillet, J. Borlée, Bouckaert, K. Borlée)
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Name Hamann, Helmut
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Short description German sprinter
Date of birth August 31, 1912
Place of birth
Date of death June 22, 1941
Place of death


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