Burkhard Leuschke
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Burkhard Leuschke is a retired East German race walker
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He finished fourth at the 1964 Olympic Games
, won the silver medal at the 1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the bronze medal at the 1970 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
Leuschke represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin
and became East German champion over 35 km in 1963.
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...
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He finished fourth at the 1964 Olympic Games
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre walk
The men's 50 kilometres walk was the longer of the two men's race walking events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo, as well as the longest event on the program. It was held on 18 October 1964...
, won the silver medal at the 1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the bronze medal at the 1970 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
Leuschke represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin
SC Dynamo Berlin
The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was a training center for the Sports Club Dynamo .-Sporting spectrum:...
and became East German champion over 35 km in 1963.