Regine Berg Explained

Regine Berg (born 5 October 1958) is a Belgian former track and field sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. Born in Ostend, she represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 1976 and 1980.[1] Berg won five national titles over 400 m and also two over 800 metres later in her career. She was a silver medallist at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games and participated three times at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.[2]

Berg's 400 m indoor best of 53.13 seconds was the Belgian record[3] for nearly 35 years until it was bested by Cynthia Bolingo's 52.70 at the 2019 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships. She also shared in the 4 × 400 metres relay national record, set with Lea Alaerts, Anne Michel and Rosine Wallez at the 1980 Moscow Olympics[4] that stood for 38 years until it was bested by the Belgian Cheetahs. Her outdoor bests are 52.29 seconds for the 400 m and 2:00.43 minutes for the 800 m.[5]

International competitions

1976Olympic GamesMontreal, Canada7th (q-final)400 m53.14
6th (heats)4 × 400 m relay3:32.87
1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union7th4 × 400 m relay3:31.6
1984European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden4th400 m53.41
1985European Indoor ChampionshipsPiraeus, Greece5th400 m53.15
World Indoor GamesParis, Francebgcolor=silver2nd400 m53.81
1986European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany7th (semis)800 m2:02.05
1989European Indoor ChampionshipsThe Hague, Netherlands5th (heats)800 m2:15.31

National titles

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190700/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/regina-berg-1.html Regina Berg
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wi.htm IAAF World Indoor Games
  3. http://www.val.be/?mnuid=196 Belgische records indoor ALLE CATEGORIEEN VROUWEN
  4. http://www.val.be/?mnuid=187 Belgische records Alle Categorieën Outdoor
  5. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/belgium/regine-berg-63753 Regine Berg
  6. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/bel.htm Belgian Championships