German Sets Indoor 5,000 Record

Uta Pippig of Germany set a world indoor record for the women’s 5,000 meters Sunday at Stuttgart, Germany, with a time of 15 minutes 13.71 seconds.

Sonia O’Sullivan of Ireland and Villanova University had set the previous record of 15:17.28 on Jan. 25 at Boston University.

There were several other good performances at the Stuttgart meet, with three Americans setting 1991 bests. Leroy Burrell won the 60-meter dash in 6.57 seconds, Danny Everett clocked 45.40 seconds in beating Thomas Schoenlebe of Germany in the men’s 400, and Johnny Gray beat Olympic champion Paul Ereng of Kenya in the 800 in 1:45.86.