Robert Nemeth

Robert Nemeth

Personal information
Born	(1958-06-05) 5 June 1958 (age 66) Hofors, Sweden[1]
Died	15 December 2015(2015-12-15) (aged 57)[2] Mauerbach, Austria
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	1500 m, 3000 m
Club	SV Schwechat

Robert Nemeth (5 June 1958 – 15 December 2015) was an Austrian middle- and long-distance runner.^[3] He represented his country in the 1500 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1983 World Championships, reaching the semifinals on both occasions.

He won a total of 22 Austrian titles in various events. Some of his personal bests are still standing national records.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Austria
1977	European Junior Championships	Donetsk, Soviet Union	8th	1500 m	3:50.4
1978	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	5th (h)	1500 m	3:47.4
	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia	19th (h)	1500 m	3:44.1
1979	Universiade	Mexico City, Mexico	5th (sf)	800 m	1:50.94
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	6th (sf)	1500 m	3:40.8
1981	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	6th	3000 m	9:06.0
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	4th	3000 m	7:57.72
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	1500 m	3:37.81
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	12th (h)	1500 m	3:39.93^1
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	1500 m	3:43.28
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	6th	3000 m	8:11.24

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 1:48.65 (Ebensee 1983)
• 1000 metres – 2:18.20 (Schwechat 1982) former NR
• 1500 metres – 3:35.8 (Rieti 1981)
• One mile – 3:52.42 (Rieti 1981) NR
• 2000 metres – 4:59.56 (Klagenfurt 1984) NR
• 3000 metres – 7:44.08 (Berlin 1984)
• 5000 metres – 13:35.90 (Koblenz 1984)
• 10,000 metres – 29:01.20 (Mistelbach 1982)
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:42.98 (Götzis 1981)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 1:49.4 (Vienna 1981)
• 1500 metres – 3:38.50 (Vienna 1985) NR
• One mile – 3:57.4 (San Diego 1982)
• 3000 metres – 7:48.01 (Budapest 1984)

References

1. Sports-Reference profile
2. ÖLV Rekordhalter Robert Nemeth verstorben (in German)
3. Robert Nemeth at World Athletics

• All-Athletics profile

ÖLV profile