GDR Swimming Championships 1972
The GDR swimming championships were held for the 23rd time in 1972 and took place from July 8th to 12th in the Leipzig swimming stadium , where the champions were determined on 29 courses (15 men / 14 women). With six titles each, SC DHfK Leipzig and SC Turbine Erfurt were the most successful teams and Roland Matthes with four titles the most successful athletes of this championship.
The sporting highlights of the championship were Roland Matthes' world record over 200 meters back and the two European records of Gudrun Wegner over 800 meters freestyle and Rosemarie Kother over 200 meters butterfly.
Men's
Ladies
- ↑ Axel Freudenberg set a new GDR record in the 800 m intermediate time in 8: 49.4.
Medal table
space | society | gold | silver | bronze | Total | |
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1 | ![]() |
SC DHfK Leipzig | 6th | 5 | 6th | 17th |
2 | ![]() |
SC Turbine Erfurt | 6th | 2 | 1 | 9 |
3 | ![]() |
SC Dynamo Berlin | 5 | 5 | 4th | 14th |
4th | ![]() |
ASK forward Rostock | 5 | 1 | 6th | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
SC unit Dresden | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
6th | ![]() |
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7th |
7th | ![]() |
SC Empor Rostock | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7th |
8th | ![]() |
SC Chemistry Hall | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
TSC Berlin | - | 4th | 2 | 6th |
10 | SC Magdeburg | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |
See also
- List of swimming world records over 200 meters back
- List of European swimming records over 800 meters freestyle
- List of European swimming records over 200 meters butterfly
literature
- Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1973 . Sportverlag Berlin, 1972, ISSN 0232-2137 , p. 193 .
- New Germany . No. 187-192 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1972, ISSN 0323-3375 .
Web links
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