Christine Wachtel (born 6 January 1965) is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run. Her time of 1:56.64 put her second to her training partner Sigrun Wodars.
Her earlier successes in the 800 meter run included:
1983: Second at the Junior European championship (2:00.42 Min.)
1987: Second at the World championship (1:55.32 Min.)
In 1990, she was second at the European championships. (1:56.11 Min.)
Other success in the 4 × 400 meter relay:
1991: Third at the world championship with the German 4 × 400 meter relay (3:21.25 Min.).
She also participated in the 1992 Olympic summer games in Barcelona, where she was, however, eliminated in the 800 meter preliminaries.
Wachtel trained at the Neubrandenburg sport club under trainer Walter Gladrow. During her career she was 1.66 meters tall and weighed 66 kilograms. After her sport career she operates a pizza-bakery in Neubrandenburg.
* Distances have varied as follows: 880 yards (1959–1986), 800 meters (1987–date) except 1000 meters (2015, 2017,2019). The 1958 race was run as an exhibition.
