Christa Merten (née Basche; 14 October 1944, Dobbertin, Germany – 1 July 1986, Marbella, Spain), was a West German athlete and Olympian who competed for West Germany in the 1960s and 70s in the 800, 1500 and 3000 meter runs and in cross country running.
[1] On July 31, 1971, she set a world record in Lübeck with Ellen Tittel, Sylvia Schenk, and Hildegard Falck in the 800 meter relay.
She won the silver medal with the relay in the 2000m medley relay with Elfgard Schittenhelm, Heidi Gerhard [de] and Jutta von Haase [de] with a time of 5:01.1 minutes at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
At the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships, she earned fourth place at the 800 meter dash.
Until 1964, she belonged to the sports club SC Charlottenburg, then VfL Wolfsburg, then ASV Köln and finally from 1971 onward, Bayer 04 Leverkusen.