East German sprinter
Barbara Krug (born 6 May 1956, in Leipzig ) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres .
At the 1978 European Championships she won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay , together with teammates Christiane Marquardt , Christina Lathan and Marita Koch . Krug then finished fourth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships .[ 1]
Krug, Lathan and Koch remained on the relay team for the 1980 Summer Olympics , with Gabriele Löwe replacing Christiane Marquardt. The team won the Olympic silver medal in 4 × 400 m relay.
Krug competed for the club SC DHfK Leipzig during her active career.
1969 : Great Britain (Stirling , Lowe , Simpson , Board ) 1971 : East Germany (Kühne , Lohse , Seidler , Zehrt ) 1974 : East Germany (Rohde , Dietsch , Handt , Streidt ) 1978 : East Germany (Marquardt , Krug , Brehmer , Koch ) 1982 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Rübsam , Koch ) 1986 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Müller , Koch ) 1990 : East Germany (Derr , Hesselbarth , Müller , Breuer ) 1994 : France (Landre , Elien , Dorsile , Pérec ) 1998 : Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Rieger , Breuer ) 2002 : Germany (Ekpo-Umoh , Rockmeier , Marx , Breuer ) 2006 : Russia (Pospelova , Ivanova , Zaytseva , Veshkurova ) 2010 : Germany (Lindenberg , Cremer , Kohlmann , Hoffmann ) 2012 : Ukraine (Olishevska , Zemlyak , Pyhyda , Lohvynenko ) 2014 : France (Gayot , Hurtis , Raharolahy , Gueï ) 2016 : Great Britain (Diamond , Onuora , Doyle , Bundy-Davies ) 2018 : Poland (Hołub-Kowalik , Baumgart-Witan , Wyciszkiewicz , Święty-Ersetic ) 2022 : Netherlands (Saalberg , Klaver , Bol , de Witte ) 2024 : Netherlands (Klaver , Peeters , de Witte , Bol )
1977: East Germany (Popp , Krug , Brehmer , Koch ) 1979: East Germany (Kotte , Brehmer , Köhn , Koch ) 1981: East Germany (Rübsam , Steuk , Wöckel , Koch ) 1985: East Germany (Emmelmann , Busch , Neubauer , Koch ) 1989: Americas (Crooks , Davis , Jackson , Quirot ) 1992: Americas (Edeh , Crooks , Carabali , Restrepo ) 1994: Great Btitain (Smith , Keough , Neef , Gunnell ) 1998: Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Urbansky , Breuer ) 2002: Americas (Richards , Pernía , Amertil , Guevara ) 2006: Americas (S. Williams , Darling , Amertil , N. Williams ) 2010: Americas (Williams , Dunn , Wilson , Amertil ) 2014: Americas (Day , McCorory , McPherson , Williams-Mills )