Rita Wilden
- Born
- Oct 9, 1947 (79 years old)
- Birthplace
- Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
- Events
- 300 Metres · 400 m
- Height
- 1.70 m
- Weight
- 57 kg
Rita Wilden, née Rita Jahn, (born 9 October 1947 in Leipzig) is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 400 metres where she won the silver medal.
Later on in the same Games she helped her teammates Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding and Hildegard Falck to a bronze in the first Olympic women's 4 × 400 m relay. Previously as Rita Jahn she had competed in the 200 metres and on the West German 4 × 100 m relay team at the 1968 Olympics, the team finishing 6th.
1976 was her third and last Olympics, making the semi-final round in the 400, and her team finishing 5th in the 4 × 400. She achieved a silver medal on the West German 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 1969 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 1974 European Championships.
As of Oct 28, 2026: 300 Metres 34.6h, 400 m 50.88 (#340 all-time), 1976 season best 23.14 (Jul 7, 1976, Lüdenscheid (GER)) · Olympic Games: 1 silver, 1 bronze · 79 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 200m | 23.14 | -0.4 | Jul 7, 1976 | Lüdenscheid (GER) |
| 1976 | 400m | 51.47 | – | Aug 15, 1976 | Frankfurt (GER) |
| 1976 | 400m-short-track Indoor | 52.26 | – | Feb 21, 1976 | European Indoor Championships, Olympiahalle, München (i) |
| 1976 | 400m-short-track | 52.28 | – | Feb 6, 1976 | – |
| 1976 | 4x400m | 3:25.71 | – | Jul 31, 1976 | Olympic Stadium, Montréal (CAN) |
| 1975 | 200m Indoor | 23.51 | – | Feb 22, 1975 | Stuttgart (GER) (i) |
| 1975 | 200m-short-track Indoor | 23.51 | – | Feb 22, 1975 | Stuttgart (GER) (i) |
| 1975 | 200m-short-track | 23.51 | – | Feb 22, 1975 | – |