Petra Krug is a retired East German hurdler

400 metres hurdles

The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

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She finished fifth at the 1983 World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 400 metre hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Wednesday...

. She represented the sports clubs SC Einheit Dresden and 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 in 1989.

Her personal best time was 54.35 seconds, achieved in July 1989 in Bryansk

Bryansk

Bryansk is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Moscow. Population: -History:The first written mention of Bryansk was in 1146, in the Hypatian Codex, as Debryansk...

. This ranks her ninth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind Sabine Busch

Sabine Busch

Sabine Busch is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She was born in Erfurt.At the 1982 European Championships she finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles, but won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Kirsten...

, Cornelia Ullrich

Cornelia Ullrich

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0604-007, Cornelia Ulrich, Susanne Losch.jpg Cornelia Ullrich, née Feuerbach is a retired East German hurdler...

, Ellen Fiedler

Ellen Fiedler

Ellen Fiedler, is a German hurdler.She won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in a career best time of 53.63 seconds...

, Heike Meissner

Heike Meissner

Heike Meißner is a retired German athlete. She competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles, but also spent two seasons specializing in the 800 metres...

, Gudrun Abt

Gudrun Abt

Gudrun Abt is a retired German hurdler. She was born in Riedlingen.At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she finished sixth in 400 m hurdles in a personal best time of 54.04 seconds...

, Silvia Rieger

Silvia Rieger

Silvia Rieger is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time in the 200 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg...

, Susanne Losch and Karin Rossley.