GDR championships in biathlon 1979
The GDR biathlon championships were held for the 21st time in 1979 and took place from March 16 to 18 in the Zinnwald Hofmannsloch biathlon stadium. As in the previous year, Klaus Siebert won the individual. Jürgen Grundler won his first and only title in a single race in the sprint. For the sixth time in a row and for the twelfth time in total, the SG Dynamo Zinnwald became relay champions.
Single (20 km)
space | athlete | society | Shooting error | time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Klaus Siebert | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | - | 1: 19: 57.3 |
2 | Frank Ullrich | ASK forward Oberhof | 2 | 1: 23: 07.6 |
3 | Andreas Göthel | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 4th | 1: 24: 09.2 |
4th | Gerd Kadner | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 2 | 1: 24: 37.0 |
5 | Veit Schirmer | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 2 | 1: 25: 52.5 |
6th | Hendrik Schottstädt | ASK forward Oberhof | - | 1: 27: 10.7 |
Sprint (10 km)
space | athlete | society | Shooting error | time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jürgen Grundler | ASK forward Oberhof | - | 34: 12.1 |
2 | Frank Ullrich | ASK forward Oberhof | 1 | 35: 00.6 |
3 | Mathias Jung | ASK forward Oberhof | 2 | 35: 32.8 |
4th | Andreas Göthel | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | 2 | 36: 50.2 |
5 | Hendrik Schottstädt | ASK forward Oberhof | 2 | 36: 55.6 |
6th | Gerd Schulz | ASK forward Oberhof | 3 | 37: 02.5 |
Relay (3 × 7.5 km)
space | society | athlete | Shooting error | time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SG Dynamo Zinnwald I |
Klaus Siebert Thomas Klinger Eberhard Rösch |
1 | 1:19:13 |
2 | ASK forward Oberhof I |
Mathias Jung Jürgen Grundler Frank Ullrich |
3 | 1:20:10 |
3 | SG Dynamo Zinnwald III |
Walter Oetzel Gerd Kadner Veit Schirmer |
1 | 1:20:17 |
4th | SG Dynamo Zinnwald II |
Andreas Göthel Manfred Beer Gerold Eichhorn |
1 | 1:21:26 |
5 | ASK forward Oberhof II |
Gerd Schulz Andreas Hess Hendrik Schottstädt |
2 | 1:22:27 |
6th | ASK forward Oberhof III |
Gerd Haucke Thomas Scherf Manfred Geyer |
2 | 1:26:38 |