Gudrun Abt

Gudrun Maria Abt is a retired German hurdler. She was born in Riedlingen.

Biography

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she finished sixth in 400 m hurdles in a personal best time of 54.04 seconds. This ranks her fifth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich, Ellen Fiedler and Heike Meißner.
At the 1988 Olympics she also finished fourth in Athletics at the [1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 400 metre relay|4 × 400 m relay] for West Germany together with Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt and Andrea Thomas. She had previously finished fifth at the 1987 [World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|1987 World Championships] with Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt and Gisela Kinzel. At the 1990 [European Championships in Athletics] in Split she finished fourth in 1990 [European Championships in Athletics - Women's 400 metre hurdles|400 m hurdles].
Abt represented the sports club TSV Genkingen, and became West German champion in 1986, 1987 and 1988.