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Manfred Matuschewski
Manfred Matuschewski (born 2 September 1939) is a retired track and field athlete from Germany.
Matuschewski was born in Weimar. He competed in the 800 m event where he finished sixth at the 1960 Olympics. He was a two-time European champion 1962 and 1966.
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres middle distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 2.
Only six men were seeded into the final. From the gun Christian Wägli led the pack of five runners off the turn, with only Manfred Matuschewski already beaten. Falling in the back of the pack was Peter Snell from lane 6, the far outside. Wägli held the lead down the final backstretch and through the final turn, with Roger