Jürgen Barth

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJürgen•Barth
Used nameJürgen•Barth
Born12 May 1943 in Berlin, Berlin (GER)
Died17 January 2011 in Raubling, Bayern (GER)
Measurements166 cm / 69 kg
AffiliationsRC Pfeil Charlottenburg, Berlin (GER)
NOC West Germany

Biography

Jürgen Barth was one of the most successful German track cyclists. He, and his longtime partner Rainer Müller, won the Tandem World Championship in 1970, and additionally was placed second at the Worlds in 1969 and 1971. Furthermore, he was an eight-time German sprint and tandem champion. Barth’s best individual performance internationally was in finishing third in the sprint at the 1969 Grand Prix de Paris. Barth was eliminated in the sprint quarter-finals at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, and, with Müller, in the quarter-finals of the tandem at the 1972 München Olympics.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1968 Summer Olympics Cycling Track (Cycling) FRG Jürgen Barth
Sprint, Men (Olympic) =5
1972 Summer Olympics Cycling Track (Cycling) FRG Jürgen Barth
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men (Olympic) Rainer Müller =5