GDR athletics championships 1989

40th GDR Athletics Championships
city	Neubrandenburg / 3 other places
Stadion	Jahnstadion
Competitions	41 + 8 at other venues
opening	July 21, 1989
Final day	July 23, 1989
timeline
← Rostock 1988	Dresden 1990 →

The 40th GDR Athletics Championships took place from July 21 to 23, 1989 in the Jahn Stadium in Neubrandenburg .

As in previous years, further championship titles were awarded in various other locations, named in the following list in chronological order.

• Cross-country runs - Wittenberg , March 19 with individual ratings for women and men on two route lengths each (medium / long distance)
• Road run (women: 10 km) / (men: 25 km) - Schwerin , April 23
• All around (women: heptathlon ) / (men: decathlon ) - Cottbus , 27./28. May

In the women's category, long-distance runner Kathrin Ullrich from SC Dynamo Berlin won a total of four gold medals, making her the most successful athlete in the championships. In the men's category, Hagen Melzer from SC Einheit Dresden was the most successful athlete with two gold and one silver medal. With 11 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze medals, SC Dynamo Berlin was the most successful team in the championships.

Medalist

The following overview summarizes the medal winners.

Men

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m	Steffen Bringmann ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Sven Matthes ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Michael Huke ( SC Turbine Erfurt )
200 m	Steffen Schwabe ( SC DHfK Leipzig )	Steffen Bringmann ( SC DHfK Leipzig )	Frank Emmelmann ( SC Magdeburg )
400 m	Matthias Schober ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	Torsten Odebrett ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	Andreas Huebner ( SC Dynamo Berlin )
800 m	Jens-Peter Herold ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	Reiner Sudau ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	John-Henry May ( TSC Berlin )
1500 m	Jens-Peter Herold ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	Mario Neumann ( ASK Forward Berlin )	Ivo Schutte ( SC Cottbus )
5000 m	Stephan Freilang ( SC Cottbus )	Uwe Pflügner ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	André Weßel ( SC Dynamo Berlin )
10,000 m	Hagen Melzer ( SC Unit Dresden )	Stephan Freilang ( SC Cottbus )	André Weßel ( SC Dynamo Berlin )
25 km road run	Frank Heine ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	Hagen Melzer ( SC Unit Dresden )	Sven Wille ( SC Chemie Halle )
marathon	Steffen Dittmann ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	Eike Loch ( SC Motor Jena )	Klaus Goldammer ( TSC Berlin )
110 m hurdles	Holger Pohland ( SC DHfK Leipzig )	Arne Rinckleb ( SC Karl-Marx-Stadt )	Thomas Halamoda ( TSC Berlin )
400 m hurdles	Hans-Joachim Ende ( SC Magdeburg )	Michael Gerlach ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	Olaf Günther ( SC DHfK Leipzig )
3000 m obstacle	Hagen Melzer ( SC Unit Dresden )	Thomas Peucker ( SC Neubrandenburg )	Torsten Herwig ( SC Dynamo Berlin )
4 × 100 m relay	SC Dynamo Berlin ( Sven Matthes , Steffen Bringmann , Svend Maly , Lars Olbrich )	TSC Berlin ( Frank Wichmann , Karsten Just , Volker Schulz , Sven Löchle )	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt ( Jens Carlowitz , Arne Rinckleb , Norbert Rau , Frähsdorf)
4 × 400 m relay	SC Dynamo Berlin ( Andreas Hübner , Karsten Leuteritz , Svend Maly , Jan Lenzke )	SC Turbine Erfurt II ( Michael Gerlach , Matthias Schober , Torsten Odebrett , Hauke ​​Fuhlbrügge )	TSC Berlin ( Karsten Just , Jens Unterdörfer , John-Henry May , Sven Folgmann )
20 km walk	Ronald Weigel ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	Heiko Landmann ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Olaf Möldner ( ASK Forward Berlin )
50 km of walking	Bernd Gummelt ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	Peter Scholle ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	Torsten Hafemeister ( SC Dynamo Berlin )
high jump	Gerd Wessig ( SC Traktor Schwerin )	Thomas Müller ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	Andreas Tober ( SC Unit Dresden )
Pole vault	Uwe Langhammer ( SC Motor Jena )	Enrico Mann ( SC Cottbus )	Marco Schröder ( ASK Forward Potsdam )
Long jump	Marco Delonge ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Ronny Beer ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Carsten Embach ( ASK Forward Potsdam )
Triple jump	Dirk Gamlin ( SC Traktor Schwerin )	Thomas Rex ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	Jörg Elbe ( SC Karl-Marx-Stadt )
Shot put	Ulf Timmermann ( TSC Berlin )	Sven-Oliver Buder ( SC Karl-Marx-Stadt )	Torsten Pelzer ( ASK Forward Potsdam )
Discus throw	Jürgen Schult ( SC Traktor Schwerin )	Lutz Friedrich ( SC Karl-Marx-Stadt )	Andreas Becker ( SC Empor Rostock )
Hammer throw	Ralf Haber ( SC Karl-Marx-Stadt )	Jörn Huebner ( SC Cottbus )	Thomas Hommel ( ASK Forward Potsdam )
Javelin throw	Volker Hadwich ( SC Magdeburg )	Uwe Trinks ( SC Motor Jena )	Gerald Weiß ( SC Traktor Schwerin )
Decathlon	René Günther ( SC Chemie Halle )	Thomas Halamoda ( TSC Berlin )	Thomas Neumann ( SC Unit Dresden )
Cross country middle distance - 4 km	Heiner Mebes ( SC Magdeburg )	Olaf Beyer ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	Thomas Margott ( SC Magdeburg )
Cross country long distance - 12 km	Steffen Dittmann ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	Carsten Heine ( ASK Forward Potsdam )	André Weßel ( SC Dynamo Berlin )

Women

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m	Katrin Krabbe ( SC Neubrandenburg )	Kerstin Behrendt ( SC DHfK Leipzig )	Silke Möller ( SC Empor Rostock )
200 m	Silke Möller ( SC Empor Rostock )	Katrin Krabbe ( SC Neubrandenburg )	Sabine Günther ( SC Motor Jena )
400 m	Grit Breuer ( SC Neubrandenburg )	Katrin Schreiter ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	Petra Krug ( SC Dynamo Berlin )
800 m	Sigrun Wodars ( SC Neubrandenburg )	Christine Wachtel ( SC Neubrandenburg )	Yvonne Mai ( SC Neubrandenburg )
1500 m	Ellen Kießling ( SC Unit Dresden )	Yvonne Mai ( SC Neubrandenburg )	Heike Oehme ( SC Cottbus )
3000 m	Kathrin Ullrich ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Birgit Jerschabek ( SC Traktor Schwerin )	Sabine Leist ( SC Traktor Schwerin )
10,000 m	Kathrin Ullrich ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Uta Pippig ( ASK Forward Berlin )	Birgit Jerschabek ( SC Traktor Schwerin )
10 km road run	Kathrin Ullrich ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Birgit Jerschabek ( SC Traktor Schwerin )	Ellen Kießling ( SC Unit Dresden )
marathon	Annette Fincke ( SC Magdeburg )	Silvia Renz ( SC Chemie Halle )	Kartin Schier ( SC Chemie Halle )
100 m hurdles	Cornelia Oschkenat ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Heike Theele ( SC Magdeburg )	Peggy Beer ( SC Dynamo Berlin )
400 m hurdles	Petra Krug ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Cornelia Ullrich ( SC Magdeburg )	Antje Axmann ( SC Turbine Erfurt )
4 × 100 m relay	SC Turbine Erfurt ( Antje Axmann , Susanne Losch , Katrin Schreiter , Kathrin Henke )	SC Motor Jena ( Sabine Günther , Karina Knuhr , Anja Hübschmann , Anja Rücker )	SC Unit Dresden ( Ilka Lademann , Heike Meißner , Gabriele Glock , Ute Mütze )
4 × 400 m relay	SC Neubrandenburg ( Manuela Derr , Anke Schmidt , Anke Behmer , Sigrun Wodars )	SC Turbine Erfurt ( Katrin Schreiter , Antje Axmann , Hildegard Körner , Susanne Losch )	SC Unit Dresden ( Ramona Neumann , Heike Meißner , Ute Mütze , Jana Krähenberg )
10 km walking	Beate Anders ( TSC Berlin )	Ines Estedt ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Nicole Benz ( SC Dynamo Berlin )
high jump	Heike Balck ( SC Traktor Schwerin )	Ute Seidler ( SC Chemie Halle )	Britta Vörös ( SC Motor Jena )
Long jump	Helga Radtke ( SC Empor Rostock )	Katja Trostel ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Anke Behmer ( SC Neubrandenburg )
Shot put	Heike Hartwig ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Heidi Krieger ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Gritt Hammer ( SC Motor Jena )
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda ( SC Chemie Halle )	Gabriele Reinsch ( SC Cottbus )	Irina Meszynski ( TSC Berlin )
Javelin throw	Petra Felke ( SC Motor Jena )	Sike Renk ( SC Chemie Halle )	Beate Koch ( SC Motor Jena )
Heptathlon	Birgit Gautzsch ( SC Karl-Marx-Stadt )	Peggy Beer ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Anke Schmidt ( SC Neubrandenburg )
Cross-country middle distance	Katrin Kowalsky ( TSC Berlin )	Jeanette Weiß ( SC Turbine Erfurt )	Karen Hartmann ( BSG Medicine Schwerin )
Cross country long distance	Kathrin Ullrich ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Birgit Barth ( SC Dynamo Berlin )	Birgit Riefschläger ( SG Blau-Weiß Petershagen )

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