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He reached the finals in the 400m, where he finished in 7th place with a time of 45.68 seconds. In the 4 × 400 m relay, with Schlöske, Köhler and Herrmann, he finished in 4th place with a time of 3:00.88 minutes.
He reached the finals in the 400m, where he finished in 7th place with a time of 45.68 seconds. In the 4 × 400 m relay, with Schlöske, Köhler and Herrmann, he finished in 4th place with a time of 3:00.88 minutes.
He is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall. Karl Honz participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was most successful in the European Indoor Championships in Athletics.
He repeated this in 1973, running in 45.60 seconds and finishing in front of Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske and Köhler.
In 1974 he placed second behind Herrmann, and in 1975 in third place behind Schlöske and Köhler. With a personal best of 44.70 seconds, he was ranked World Number.
2 in 1972 and European Number. 6 young athlete of all time in the 400m.
He ranks fourth on the German all-time records for the 400m.