GDR athletics championships 1983

Bettine Jahn (right) defended her title over 100 m hurdles in front of a home crowd.

The GDR athletics championships were held for the 34th time in 1983 and took place from June 16 to 18 in the Ernst-Thälmann-Stadion in Karl-Marx-Stadt .

In the men’s race, seven athletes ( Wagenknecht (800 m), Schildhauer (10,000 m), Munkelt (110 m hurdles), Beyer (ball), Steuk (hammer), Michel (spear) and Voss (decathlon)) won their title to defend the previous year, which in the women’s six athletes ( Göhr (100 m), Koch (200 m), Jahn (100 m hurdles), Fiedler (400 m hurdles), Slupianek (ball) and father (heptathlon) as well as the relay from SC Motor Jena (4 × 100 m)). With five titles, SC Neubrandenburg was the most successful team in this championship.

On May 1, Ronald Weigel improved his own GDR best in the 50 km walk in Naumburg (Saale) and on May 28, Werner Schildhauer set a new GDR record in the 10,000 meter run in Jena Ernst Abbe sports field on.

In the all-round competition on May 21 and 22 in the Jahn Stadium in Neubrandenburg, Sibylle Thiele from Berlin set a new world junior performance with 6301 points.

Men

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
00100 m	Thomas Schröder SC Neubrandenburg	10.25 s	Steffen Bringmann SC DHfK Leipzig	10.31 s	Jens Hübler SC Dynamo Berlin	10.35 s
00200 m	Olaf Prenzler SC Magdeburg	20.61 s	Steffen Bringmann SC DHfK Leipzig	20.80 s	Bernhard Hoff SC Chemie Halle	20.88 s
00400 m	Thomas Schönlebe SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	45.50 s	Andreas Knebel SC Magdeburg	45.53 s	Klaus Thiele ASK Forward Potsdam	46.06 s
00800 m	Detlef Wagenknecht SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 47.97 min	Andreas Hauck ASK Forward Potsdam	1: 48.03 min	Hans-Joachim Mogalle SC Chemie Halle	1: 48.51 min
01500 m	Andreas Busse SC unit Dresden	3: 37.38 min	Olaf Beyer ASK Forward Potsdam	3: 38.71 min	Maik Dreizigeracker SC Dynamo Berlin	3: 39.05 min
05000 m	Hansjörg Kunze SC Empor Rostock	13: 36.99 min	Frank Heine ASK Forward Potsdam	13: 45.04 min	Rainer Wachenbrunner SC Dynamo Berlin	13: 49.98 min
0010,000 m	Werner Schildhauer SC Chemie Halle	27: 24.95 min	Hansjörg Kunze SC Empor Rostock	27: 30.69 min	Axel Krippschock SC Dynamo Berlin	28: 21.48 min
marathon	Stefan Seidemann BSG Motor Teltow	2: 21: 43.8 h	Roland Franke SC Chemie Halle	2: 24: 03.9 h	Matthias Böckler SC Chemie Halle	2: 24: 14.6 h
110 m hurdles	Thomas Munkelt SC DHfK Leipzig	13.48 s	Andreas Oschkenat SC Dynamo Berlin	13.50 s	Andreas Schlißke SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	13.60 s
400 m hurdles	Volker Beck SC Turbine Erfurt	49.39 s	Manfred Konow SC Tractor Schwerin	50.31 s	Thomas Große SC Turbine Erfurt	50.53 s
3000 m obstacle	Hagen Melzer SC unit Dresden	8: 25.29 min	Norbert Brötzmann SC Magdeburg	8: 39.61 min	Rainer Wachenbrunner SC Dynamo Berlin	8: 40.83 min
4 × 100 m	ASK Forward Potsdam Ulf Ursinus Mike Littfin Guido Lieske Frank Möller	40.58 s	SC Dynamo Berlin Uwe Grunert Roland Wolf Frank Hollender Rolf Herrmann	41.16 s	SC Tractor Schwerin Karsten Weller Torsten Heimrath Krause Ulf Rosenkranz	41.19 s
4 × 400 m	SC Neubrandenburg Andreas Kaliebe Mario Monien Ulf Gladrow Eckhard Trylus	3: 09.18 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Schäfer Frank Möller Andreas Hauck Frank Schaffer	3: 09.76 min	SC DHfK Leipzig Andreas Neuber Andreas Stolle Weinhold Schwabe	3: 12.31 min
20 km walk	Ralf Kowalsky TSC Berlin	1: 21: 52.0 h	Werner Heyer SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 22: 17.0 h	Dietmar Meisch TSC Berlin	1: 22: 38.0 h
0050 km walk	Ronald Weigel ASK Forward Potsdam	3: 41: 31.0 h	Hartwig Gauder SC Turbine Erfurt	3: 43: 23.0 h	Dietmar Meisch TSC Berlin	3: 46: 12.0 h
high jump	Andreas Sam SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2.24 m	Carsten Siebert SC Cottbus	2.18 m	Uwe-Jens Austel SC Dynamo Berlin Mathias Grebenstein SC Motor Jena	2.15 m
Pole vault	Olaf Kasten SC DHfK Leipzig	5.30 m	Steffen Giebe SC Dresden unit	5.20 m	Andreas Kramß SC Dynamo Berlin	5.00 m
Long jump	Frank Nowack TSC Berlin	7.86 m	Andre Reichelt SC unit Dresden	7.82 m	Mathias Koch SC Magdeburg	7.79 m
Triple jump	Axel Groß SC Empor Rostock	16.84 m	Bodo Behmer SC Neubrandenburg	16.12 m	Dirk Gamlin SC Tractor Schwerin	15.92 m
Shot put	Udo Beyer ASK Forward Potsdam	21.44 m	Ulf Timmermann TSC Berlin	21.08 m	Detlef Last SC Motor Jena	19.90 m
Discus throw	Jürgen Schult SC Tractor Schwerin	66.34 m	Hilmar Hoßfeld SC Turbine Erfurt	64.54 m	Wolfgang Warnemünde SC Empor Rostock	63.80 m
Hammer throw	Roland Steuk TSC Berlin	78.22 m	Ralf Haber SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	77.00 m	Detlef Gerstenberg SC Dynamo Berlin	74.92 m
Javelin throw	Detlef Michel TSC Berlin	88.12 m	Gerald Weiß SC Tractor Schwerin	86.02 m	Karl Heller SC Dynamo Berlin	79.22 m
00Decathlon	Torsten Voss SC Tractor Schwerin	8337 points	Jörg-Peter Schäperkötter ASK Forward Potsdam	8265 points	Steffen Grummt SC Motor Jena	8231 points

Women

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
0100 m	Marlies Göhr SC Motor Jena	10.90 s	Marita Koch SC Empor Rostock	10.99 s	Silke Gladisch SC Empor Rostock	11.14 s
0200 m	Marita Koch SC Empor Rostock	21.82 s	Bärbel Wöckel SC Motor Jena	22.42 s	Silke Gladisch SC Empor Rostock	22.72 s
0400 m	Sabine Busch SC Turbine Erfurt	50.26 s	Kerstin Walther SC DHfK Leipzig	51.35 s	Dagmar Rübsam SC Turbine Erfurt	51.51 s
0800 m	Christine Wachtel SC Neubrandenburg	1: 59.89 min	Antje Schröder SC Chemie Halle	2: 00.73 min	Dürten Behrendt SC Neubrandenburg	2: 01.37 min
1500 m	Christiane Wartenberg SC Chemie Halle	4: 04.41 min	Astrid Pfeiffer SC Dynamo Berlin	4: 05.74 min	Ulrike Bruns ASK Forward Potsdam	4: 07.28 min
003000 m	Gabriele Meinel BSG Locomotive Cottbus	9: 06.87 min	Jeanette Hain SC Dynamo Berlin	9: 07.77 min	Katrin Dörre SC DHfK Leipzig	9: 12.98 min
marathon	Gabriele Meinel SC Cottbus	2: 41: 29.9 h	Gabriele Schmidt ASK Forward Potsdam	3: 09: 41.9 h	Beate Lutz HSG DHfK Leipzig	3: 12: 47.5 h
100 m hurdles	Bettine Jahn SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	12.58 s	Kerstin Knabe SC DHfK Leipzig	12.75 s	Cornelia Riefstahl SC Dynamo Berlin	12.81 s
400 m hurdles	Ellen Fiedler SC Dynamo Berlin	54.52 s	Petra Pfaff SC Cottbus	55.52 s	Petra Krug SC unit Dresden	56.09 s
4 × 100 m	SC Motor Jena I Ines Schmidt Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	43.22 s	SC DHfK Leipzig Juniors Kerstin Behrendt Simone Schumann Kerstin Jahn Kristin Patzwahl	45.88 s	SC Motor Jena II Birgit Jäger Ina Püschel J. Beck Stefanie Jacob	46.54 s
4 × 400 m	SC Neubrandenburg Christine Wachtel Katrin Schulz Dürten Behrendt Ramona Frehse	3: 32.99 min	SC Magdeburg Werz Petra Masurat Sylvia Kirchner Undine Bremer	3: 36.93 min	-	-
high jump	Susanne Helm SC Dynamo Berlin	1.91 m	Heike Grabe SC Magdeburg	1.88 m	Gabriele Niebling SC Turbine Erfurt	1.85 m
Long jump	Heike Daute SC Motor Jena	7.01 m	Christine Schima SC Chemie Halle	6.74 m	Helga Radtke SC Empor Rostock	6.63 m
Shot put	Ilona Slupianek SC Dynamo Berlin	21.54 m	Liane Schmuhl TSC Berlin	20.44 m	Helma Knorscheidt SC Chemie Halle	19.91 m
Discus throw	Gisela Beyer ASK Forward Potsdam	69.02 m	Martina Opitz SC DHfK Leipzig	69.00 m	Petra Sziegaud SC Dynamo Berlin	63.20 m
Javelin throw	Antje Kempe SC Motor Jena	68.42 m	Petra Felke SC Motor Jena	67.50 m	Ute Hommola SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	64.92 m
00Heptathlon	Anke father SC Neubrandenburg	6515 points	Sabine Paetz SC DHfK Leipzig	6381 points	Sibylle Thiele SC Dynamo Berlin	6301 points

1. ↑ ^{a b} The champions in the 10,000-meter run for men and in the 3,000-meter run for women were determined on May 28 at the Ernst Abbe sports field in Jena .
2. ↑ ^{a b} The champions in the marathon were not determined until September 3rd in Eisenhüttenstadt .
3. ↑ The championship in 50 km walking was held on May 1st in Naumburg (Saale) .
4. ↑ ^{a b} The champion in the all around were on 21 and 22 May in Jahnstadion of Neubrandenburg determined

Medal table

Marita Koch defended her title over 200 meters in an excellent 21.82 seconds.

space	society		gold	silver	bronze	total
01		SC Neubrandenburg	5	1	01	07th
02		ASK forward Potsdam	4th	6th	02	12
03		SC Dynamo Berlin	4th	5	12	21st
04th		SC Motor Jena	4th	2	04th	10
05		TSC Berlin	4th	2	02	08th
06th		SC Empor Rostock	3	2	04th	09
07th		SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	3	1	02	06th
08th		SC DHfK Leipzig	2	7th	02	11
09		SC Chemistry Hall	2	3	04th	09
10		SC Turbine Erfurt	2	2	03	07th
11		SC Tractor Schwerin	2	2	02	06th
12		SC unit Dresden	2	2	01	05
13		SC Magdeburg	1	4th	01	06th
14th		SC Cottbus	1	2	-	03
15th		BSG Motor Teltow	1	-	-	01
		BSG locomotive Cottbus	1	-	-	01
17th		HSG DHfK Leipzig	-	-	1	01
	Total		41	41	41	123

Margin notes

Traditionally, successful athletes from previous years were ceremoniously bid farewell to the national team as part of the championships. Among the 28 women and men who ended their careers were Angela Voigt , Barbara Broschat and Rolf Beilschmidt .

literature

• Manfred Seifert: Sport83. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1983, ISSN  0232-203X , p. 253-254 .
• New Germany . 102, 120, 125, 141-143 and 210. Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1983, ISSN  0323-3375 .

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