GDR championships in biathlon 1974
The GDR biathlon championships were held for the 16th time in 1974 and took place from March 7th to 10th in the Zinnwald Hofmannsloch biathlon stadium. It was the first title fights after a year off. Frank Pötter won his first and only individual title. Even Karl-Heinz Menz won his only title to the sprint. It was the first title awarded in the new sprint competition. After the ASK Vorwärts Oberhof had interrupted the SG Dynamo Zinnwald series at the last championship , the club took the title back. As in the case of the Oberhofer, however, the second season of the Zinnwälder won before the second season of the Oberhofer. Günter Bartnik won the bronze medal in all three competitions.
Single (20 km)
space | athlete | society | Shooting error | time |
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1 | Frank Poetter | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 5 | 1:33:38 |
2 | Manfred Geyer | ASK forward Oberhof | 7th | 1:35:22 |
3 | Günter Bartnik | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 8th | 1:36:30 |
4th | Manfred Beer | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 8th | 1:37:55 |
5 | Reinhard Riese | ASK forward Oberhof | 7th | 1:38:21 |
6th | Herbert Wiegand | ASK forward Oberhof | 8th | 1:40:01 |
Sprint (10 km)
space | athlete | society | Shooting error | time |
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1 | Karl-Heinz Menz | ASK forward Oberhof | 3 | 41:04 |
2 | Karl-Heinz Wolf | ASK forward Oberhof | 5 | 41:18 |
3 | Günter Bartnik | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 4th | 41:25 |
4th | Frank Poetter | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 4th | 41:41 |
5 | Manfred Geyer | ASK forward Oberhof | 5 | 41:49 |
6th | Reinhard Riese | ASK forward Oberhof | 2 | 42:13 |
Relay (3 × 7.5 km)
space | society | athlete | Shooting error | time |
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1 | SG Dynamo Zinnwald II |
Rüdiger Mühlig Steffen Thierfelder Veit Schirmer |
6th | 1:27:38 |
2 | ASK forward Oberhof II |
Herbert Wiegand Andreas Tresselt Reinhard Riese |
2 | 1:28:07 |
3 | SG Dynamo Zinnwald I |
Manfred Beer Frank Pötter Günter Bartnik |
7th | 1:29:36 |