Career
1964: Qualified as a German Democratic Republic representative for the all-German team at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. However, the teams split in Semi-final of the 1500 m. 1965: Jürgen May obtained four records in only a few weeks:
European record in the 1500 m: 3:36.4 minister on 14 July in Erfurt
World record in the 1000 m: 2:16.2 minister on 20 July in Erfurt
German Democratic Republic record in the 800 m: 1:46.3 minister on 25 August in Potsdam
German Democratic Republic record in the one mile run: 3:56.0 minister on 30 August in London
1965: Jürgen May was nominated as German Democratic Republic sportsman of the year.
(German Democratic Republic statistics show that he came runner-up to Peter Ducke)
During the 1966 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Jürgen May, on behalf of a footwear company, bribed teammate Jürgen Haase to wear the company"s trainers in the 10,000 metres final.
As punishment, Jürgen was given a lifelong ban from participating on behalf of the German Democratic Republic.
In 1967 Jürgen took advantage of an offer to move to West Germany, where he was able to continue his career as a sportsman. He was selected by the German Athletics Federation for the 1969 European Championships.
However, the team boycotted the European Championships and participated only symbolically in the relay competitions. In 1970 in Stockholm he pulled out of the European Cup final at short notice due to a tooth operation.
He pulled out of the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki in advance.
He also pulled out of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in advance. After this he retired from competitive sport. He later worked as a civil servant in Main-Kinzig-Kreis.
Jürgen May is 1.74 m tall and had a match weight of 68 kg.