Procedure for determining the distances to radar targets using an FMCW radar, said procedure comprising: - transmission of a frequency modulated transmission signal , - reception of a reception signal reflected by at least one radar target , - conversion of the reception signal to an intermediate frequency signal , - transformation of the intermediate frequency signal into the frequency domain by means of a fast Fourier transform, wherein a frequency spectrum is obtained as a sequence of frequency sample values , - detection of peaks in the frequency spectrum , characterized by: a) Selection of at least three adjacent points of the frequency spectrum in a vicinity of a peak , which have the highest frequency amplitudes determined so far, b) Definition of an approximation parabola by the at least three points , and introduction of a frequency (f 11 , f 12 ) of a vertex of the approximation parabola as an additional frequency support point, or introduction of additional frequency support points (f 4 , f 5 , f 6 , f 7 ) by subdividing frequency intervals (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ) between the at least three adjacent points in the frequency domain in the vicinity of the peak , c) Determination of the frequency amplitude at at least one additional frequency support point (f 4 , f 5 , f 6 , f 7 , f 11 , f 12 ) using the Goertzel algorithm, d) Repetition of steps a) to c) until a position of a peak maximum of the peak is determined with a predefined accuracy, and - Conversion of the position of the peak maximum to a distance of the radar target . - transmission of a frequency modulated transmission signal , - reception of a reception signal reflected by at least one radar target , - conversion of the reception signal to an intermediate frequency signal , - transformation of the intermediate frequency signal into the frequency domain by means of a fast Fourier transform, wherein a frequency spectrum is obtained as a sequence of frequency sample values , - detection of peaks in the frequency spectrum , characterized by: a) Selection of at least three adjacent points of the frequency spectrum in a vicinity of a peak , which have the highest frequency amplitudes determined so far, b) Definition of an approximation parabola by the at least three points , and introduction of a frequency (f 11 , f 12 ) of a vertex of the approximation parabola as an additional frequency support point, or introduction of additional frequency support points (f 4 , f 5 , f 6 , f 7 ) by subdividing frequency intervals (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ) between the at least three adjacent points in the frequency domain in the vicinity of the peak , c) Determination of the frequency amplitude at at least one additional frequency support point (f 4 , f 5 , f 6 , f 7 , f 11 , f 12 ) using the Goertzel algorithm, d) Repetition of steps a) to c) until a position of a peak maximum of the peak is determined with a predefined accuracy, and a) Selection of at least three adjacent points of the frequency spectrum in a vicinity of a peak , which have the highest frequency amplitudes determined so far, b) Definition of an approximation parabola by the at least three points , and introduction of a frequency (f 11 , f 12 ) of a vertex of the approximation parabola as an additional frequency support point, or introduction of additional frequency support points (f 4 , f 5 , f 6 , f 7 ) by subdividing frequency intervals (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ) between the at least three adjacent points in the frequency domain in the vicinity of the peak , c) Determination of the frequency amplitude at at least one additional frequency support point (f 4 , f 5 , f 6 , f 7 , f 11 , f 12 ) using the Goertzel algorithm, d) Repetition of steps a) to c) until a position of a peak maximum of the peak is determined with a predefined accuracy, and - Conversion of the position of the peak maximum to a distance of the radar target . <EOS>