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{{short description|German long-distance runner}}
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1985-0622-012, Leipzig, KMU-Marathon, Jörg Peter.jpg|thumb|Peter in 1985]]  
'''Jörg Peter''' (born 23 October 1955 in [[Dresden]]) is a German former long-distance runner. He held the German record over the marathon distance from 1988 till 2015.

==Biography==
Peter won bronze at the 3000 m run at the [[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1978 European Indoor Championships]]. In 1980 he competed for the DDR at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympic Games]] in Moscow in the men's 10,000-meter run and finished in 6th place.

In February 1988, he won the Tokyo International Men's Marathon with a 2:08:47, which remained the German Record until 25 October 2015, when Arne Gabius improved the time by 14 seconds. Peter started until 1990 for the SC unit Dresden.  He was East German champion in 5000-meter run in the years 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980, in the 10,000-meter run in 1977 and in 1985 by his marathon victory at the [[Leipzig Marathon]].

In 1990 and 1991 he won the [[Hamburg Marathon]].

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{GDR}}
|-
|1977
|[[1977 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]] 
|[[Düsseldorf]], [[West Germany]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|10,000 m
|28:34.00
|-
|1978
|[[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Milan]], [[Italy]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|3000 m
|7:50.1
|-
|1980
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] 
|[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
|6th
|10,000 m
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|28:05.5]]
|-
|1985
|[[Leipzig Marathon]] 
|[[Leipzig]], [[East Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:12:32
|-
|1986
|[[1986 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] 
|[[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]]
|17th
|Marathon
|[[1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon|2:18:05]] 
|-
|1987
|[[Košice Peace Marathon]] 
|[[Košice]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|2:14:59
|-
|1988
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|DNF]] 
|-
|1989
|[[Leipzig Marathon]] 
|[[Leipzig]], [[East Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:31:38
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}
|-
|1990
|[[Hamburg Marathon]] 
|[[Hamburg]], [[West Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:11:49
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|[[Hamburg Marathon]] 
|[[Hamburg, Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:10:43
|-
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|DNF]]
|}

==External links==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jorg-peter-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jorg-peter-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jörg Peter}}

{{Footer Hamburg Marathon Champions Men}}
{{Footer Košice Peace Marathon Champions Men}}

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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:German male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:East German male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for East Germany]]
[[Category:Athletes from Dresden]]
[[Category:20th-century German sportsmen]]
[[Category:East German Athletics Championships winners]]