Thomas Giessing

Thomas Giessing (born 19 March 1961 in Rhede, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

At the 1982 European Championships he finished eighth in the 400 metres and helped win the 4 x 400 metres relay with teammates Erwin Skamrahl, Harald Schmid and Hartmut Weber. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he ran in the first round for the relay team.^[1]

References

↑ 1984 Summer Olympics results - men's 4 x 400 metres relay

European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1934: Germany (Hamann, Scheele, Voigt, Metzner)
1938: Germany (Blazejezak, Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig)
1946: France (Santona, Cros, Chef d’Hôtel, Lunis)
1950: Great Britain (Pike, Lewis, Scott, Pugh)
1954: France (Haarhoff, Degats, Martin-du-Gard, Goudeau)
1958: Great Britain (Sampson, MacIsaac, Wrighton, Salisbury)
1962: West Germany (Kindermann, Schmitt, Reske, Kinder)
1966: Poland (Werner, Borowski, Grędziński, Badeński)
1969: France (Bertould, Nicolau, Carette, Nallet)
1971: West Germany (Schlöske, Jordan, Jellinghaus, Köhler)
1974: Great Britain (Cohen, Hartley, Pascoe, Jenkins)
1978: West Germany (Weppler, Hofmeister, Herrmann, Schmid)
1982: West Germany (Skamrahl, Schmid, Giessing, Weber)
1986: Great Britain (Redmond, Akabusi, Whittle, Black)
1990: Great Britain (Sanders, Akabusi, Regis, Black)
1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Black, Whittle, Ladejo)
1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Thomas, Richardson)
2002: Great Britain (Deacon, Elias, Baulch, Caines)
2006: France (Djhone, M'Barke, Keïta, Raquil)
2010: Russia (Dyldin, Aksyonov, Krasnov, Trenikhin)
2012: Belgium (Gillet, J. Borlée, Bouckaert, K. Borlée)
2014: Great Britain (Rooney, Bingham, Williams, Hudson-Smith)
2016: Belgium (Watrin, J. Borlée, D. Borlée, K. Borlée)

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