| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s athletics | ||
Representing  Germany | ||
| International University Games | ||
 | 1930 Darmstadt | Javelin throw |
| 1933 Turin | Javelin throw |
Gottfried Weimann (16 September 1907 – 13 March 1990) was a German javelin thrower. He placed fourth at the Olympic Games in 1932 and ninth in 1936. [1]
Weimann was one of the world's top javelin throwers by 1930, when he threw 66.97 m. [2] [3] He placed third behind two Finns at that year's International University Games in Darmstadt with 64.24. [4] Ahead of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he threw 69.54 in Leipzig [3] and entered the Olympics as the main challenger to Finland's javelin supremacy, as the other top non-Finnish thrower, Estonia's Gustav Sule, was not competing. [2]
At the Olympics he threw 68.18 in round one, a new Olympic record; [1] however, Finland's world record holder Matti Järvinen reached 71.25 later in the same round. [5] For much of the competition Weimann was second behind Järvinen, [2] [5] but the other Finns, Eino Penttilä and Matti Sippala, passed him in rounds five and six, leaving Weimann in fourth and out of the podium. [2] [5]
Weimann won another bronze medal at the International University Games in Turin in 1933, missing out to Hungary's József Várszegi and Sule. [4] Later that year he reached his eventual personal best, 73.40, in Gdańsk; [3] [6] at the time, that distance placed him second in the world, behind only Järvinen. [6] He placed sixth at the inaugural European Championships in 1934 [1] and remained in shape for another two years, throwing 72.24 in July 1936, [3] but at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin he only managed 63.58 and placed ninth. [1]
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