Frank Baumgartl (29 May 1955 – 26 August 2010) was an East German track and field athlete, who specialised in the 3000 meters steeplechase.

However, as Baumgartl was about to challenge Gärderud for the gold medal, he misjudged the steeple barrier and fell.

Baumgartl's time remained his career best, and places him third on the German all-time performers list behind Damian Kallabis and Hagen Melzer.

[2] He competed for the sports club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt during his active career.

He died in Lake Como, Italy, on 26 August 2010 during a cycling tour from cardiac arrest.