# Gerd Hornberger

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German sprinter (1910–1988)

Gerd Hornberger Medal record Men's athletics Representing Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin 4×100 m European Championships 1938 Paris 4×100 m Representing Germany European Championships 1934 Turin 4×100 m

**Gerd Hornberger** (17 February 1910 – 13 September 1988) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

He competed for Germany in the [1936 Summer Olympics](/source/1936_Summer_Olympics) held in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), [Germany](/source/Germany) in the 4 × 100 metre relay, winning the bronze medal with his team mates [Wilhelm Leichum](/source/Wilhelm_Leichum), [Erich Borchmeyer](/source/Erich_Borchmeyer) and [Erwin Gillmeister](/source/Erwin_Gillmeister).[1]

Hornberger was born and died in [Waldfischbach-Burgalben](/source/Waldfischbach-Burgalben).

## Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Germany 1934 European Championships Turin, Italy 6th 100 m 10.9

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SportsRef_1-0)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Gerd Hornberger Olympic Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222353/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/gerd-hornberger-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/gerd-hornberger-1.html) on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer) 1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring) 1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson) 1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov) 1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi) 1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar) 1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar) 1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck) 1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles) 1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman) 1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot) 1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) 1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov) 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin) 1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) 1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma) 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding) 2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash) 2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis) 2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock) 2012: Netherlands (Mariano, Martina, Codrington, van Luijk) 2014: Great Britain (Gemili, Kilty, Aikines-Aryeetey, Ellington) 2016: Great Britain (Dasaolu, Gemili, Ellington, Ujah) 2018: Great Britain (Ujah, Hughes, Gemili, Aikines-Aryeetey) 2022: Great Britain (Azu, Hughes, Efoloko, Mitchell-Blake) 2024: Italy (Melluzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu, Rigali, Simonelli)

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