Axel Noack

{{short description|German racewalker}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=September 2022|Axel Noack (Leichtathlet)}} '''Axel Noack''' (born 23 September 1961 in [[Görlitz]]) is a German former [[racewalking|race walker]]. On 21 June 1987 in [[Chemnitz]] he achieved a new world best time in 20 km walk with 1'19:12 hours.

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GDR}} |- |1985 |[[1985 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[St John's, Isle of Man|St John's]], [[Isle of Man]] |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |50 km |3:56:53 |- |1986 |[[1986 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]] |— |[[1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DSQ}} |- |rowspan=2|1987 |[[1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[New York City]], United States |6th |20 km |1:21:53 |- |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Rome, Italy]] | — |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DQ}} |- |1988 |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Seoul]], South Korea |8th |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km]] |1:21:14 |- |rowspan=2|1990 |[[1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] |[[Glasgow]], United Kingdom |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |5000 m |19:08.36 |- |[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] | — |[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DNF}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |- |rowspan=2|1991 |[[1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[San Jose, California|San Jose]], United States |9th |20 km |1:21:35 |- |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Tokyo, Japan]] |11th |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km]] |1:21:35 |- |1992 |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Barcelona, Spain]] |20th |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 km walk|20 km]] |1:29:55 |- |1993 |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Stuttgart, Germany]] |4th |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |3:43:50 |- |1994 |[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Helsinki, Finland]] |10th |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |3:50:32 |- |1995 |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Gothenburg]], Sweden |13th |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |3:55:51 |- |1996 |[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Atlanta]], United States |12th |[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |3:51:55 |- |1997 |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Athens, Greece]] |16th |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km]] |3:59:29 |- |1998 |[[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Budapest, Hungary]] | — |[[1998 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk|50 km]] |{{AthAbbr|DQ}} |- |2000 |[[2000 European Race Walking Cup|European Race Walking Cup]] |[[Eisenhüttenstadt]], Germany | — |50 km |{{AthAbbr|DNF}} |}

==References== *{{World Athletics}}

{{s-start}} {{s-ach|rec}} {{succession box|before=[[Carlos Mercenario]]|title=[[World record progression 20km walk men|Men's 20 km walk world record Holder]]|years=21 June 1987 – 30 July 1988|after=[[Mikhail Shchennikov]]}} {{s-end}}

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