Manfred Kokot

Manfred Kokot is a former East German athlete, who won the silver medal in the Athletics at the [1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay] at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He did so alongside Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat and Alexander Thieme. In 1977, his team came in second place in the IAAF World Cup – Results#Men's 4 × [100 metres">1977 IAAF World Cup">IAAF World Cup – Results#Men's 4 × [100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay] at the 1977 [IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup] in Düsseldorf.
In 1971 Kokot became a co-holder of the European 100 m record with 10.0 seconds, and in 1973 he set the world record in 50 metres indoor sprint at 5.61 seconds.