Harald Hudak (born 28 January 1957 in Vaihingen an der Enz) is a retired (West) German middle distance runner who specialized in 1500 metres. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Vaihingen an der Enz is located on the western periphery of the middle Neckar region, between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, in southern Germany West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (
He was one of the runners that set a world record of 14:38. 8 minutes in the 4x1500 metres relay in 1977, together with Thomas Wessinghage, Michael Lederer, and Karl Fleschen. During a relay race, members of a team take turns Running, Orienteering, Swimming, Cross-country skiing, Biathlon, or Skating Thomas Wessinghage (born February 22, 1952 in Hagen) was a German middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships ' final Karl Fleschen (born 28 June 1955 in Daun) is a retired West German runner who specialized in the 3000, 5000 and 10000 metres He ran 3:40. 2 minutes on the second leg.
He finished sixth in 1500 m at the 1979 European Indoor Championships. The 10th European Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Vienna, the capital city in Austria, in 1979. In 1980, Hudak temporarily became the third-fastest 1500 m runner of all time when he set a personal best of 3:31. 96 minutes at a meeting in Koblenz where Steve Ovett set a new world record and Thomas Wessinghage set a new German record. Koblenz (also Coblenz in pre-1926 German Spellings French Coblence) is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine Stephen ("Steve" Michael James Ovett OBE (born October 9, 1955) is a former 3:31. 96 remained his career best time. In Germany only Thomas Wessinghage has run faster. [1] However, Hudak could not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the West German boycott. The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Hudak competed for the sports club Bayer 04 Leverkusen during his active career. Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia.