GDR weightlifting championships 1949
The 1st GDR weightlifting championships (officially: East Zone Championships ) took place a few days after the founding of the GDR on October 7, 1949, on October 16, 1949 in Greiz (medium, light and heavyweight) and on October 23, 1949 in the sports hall of the Berliner Glühlampenwerk (bantam, feather and lightweight). The all-round result in the Olympic three-way fight consisting of tearing, pushing and pushing was evaluated .
Medalist
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantam weight (up to 56 kg) | Heinz Kretschmar (BSG FEWA Chemnitz) | 230.0 kg | Heinz Kahl (Zittau) | 227.5 kg | Harald Trebsdorf (Thuringia) | 217.5 kg |
| Feather weight (up to 60 kg) | Bruno Heinemann (Saxony) | 235.0 kg | only one participant | only one participant | ||
| Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg) | August Matuschek (SC Lurich 02 Berlin) | 270.0 kg | Gerhard Schulze (Meissen) | 265.0 kg | Fritz Jakubzyk (Artern) | 260.0 kg |
| Middle weight (up to 75 kg) | Franz Schimmel (SC Lurich 02 Berlin) | 290.0 kg | Helmut Unrein (Weimar) | 287.5 kg | Wilhelm Ludwig (Berlin) | 277.5 kg |
| Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg) | Helmut Dünnebeil (Thuringia) | 305.0 kg | only one participant | only one participant | ||
| Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg) | Fritz Lorenz (Calbe) | 317.5 kg | only one participant | only one participant | ||
Web links
- Stephan Müller: GDR championships in weightlifting. In: sport-record.de , accessed on June 26, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saxony's first double success. In: New Germany . December 23, 1949, p. 6 , accessed on February 23, 2020 (free registration required).
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