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| | Dieter Baumann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Dieter Baumann had been in awesome form during 1992, lowering his personal bests for the 1500m, 1 mile and 5000m, and winning the gold medal in the 5000m at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. |
 | | Dieter made a successful return to form in June 1994 at the European Cup in Birmingham, where he won the 5000m in 13min 48.95sec, which was just a prelude to his performance at the European Championships in Helsinki. |
 | | However, in the final held two days later, on 14 August, Baumann inexplicably lost contact with the leading group with three laps to go, and struggled home in 9th place in a time of 13min 39.98sec, nine seconds slower than he had run in his heat. |
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