GDR Swimming Championships 1978

from left: Andrea Pollack and Barbara Krause each set two world records.

The GDR swimming championships were held for the 29th time in 1978 and took place from July 1st to 5th in Berlin . The venue was the Karl-Friedrich-Friesen-Stadion in Volkspark Friedrichshain , where the champions were determined on 29 courses (15 men / 14 women). With nine titles, the SC DHfK Leipzig was the most successful team and with Roger Pyttel , who won five titles, the most successful athlete in this championship.

Sports highlights of the championship were the four world records of Barbara Krause over 100 and 200 meters freestyle and Andrea Pollack over 100 and 200 meters butterfly.

Men's

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Roger Pyttel SC DHfK Leipzig	52.43 s	Detlev Grabs SC Dynamo Berlin	52.80 s	Günter Schröder SC Chemie Halle	53.46 s
200 m freestyle	Rainer Strohbach TSC Berlin	1: 55.03 min	Günter Schröder SC Chemie Halle	1: 55.47 min	Lutz Löscher SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 56.99 min
400 m freestyle	Rainer Strohbach TSC Berlin	3: 58.46 min	Detlev Grabs SC Dynamo Berlin	4: 00.24 min	Frank Pfütze SC Dynamo Berlin	4: 04.75 min
1500 m freestyle0	Rainer Strohbach TSC Berlin	15: 56.54 min	Frank Pfütze SC Dynamo Berlin	16: 17.03 min	Frank Eife SC Dynamo Berlin	16: 26.35 min
100 m chest	Falk Becker SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 06.20 min	Gregor Arnicke ASK Forward Potsdam	1: 06.81 min	Gunnar Quaas SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 07.63 min
200 m chest	Falk Becker SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 23.27 min	Gregor Arnicke ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 24.39 min	Gunnar Quaas SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 26.02 min
100 m butterfly	Roger Pyttel SC DHfK Leipzig	55.21 s	Thomas Ackenhausen SC Magdeburg	57.72 s	Antonin Speer SC Dynamo Berlin	58.40 s
200 m butterfly	Roger Pyttel SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 01.46 min	Antonin Speer SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 07.82 min	Andreas Schmidt SC unit Dresden	2: 08.32 min
100 m back	Lutz Wanja ASK Forward Potsdam	58.64 s	Thomas Ackenhausen SC Magdeburg	59.85 s	Torsten Wolf SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 00.42 min
200 m back	Thomas Ackenhausen SC Magdeburg	2: 08.41 min	Jörg Stingl SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 10.04 min	Lutz Wanja ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 10.71 min
200 m layers	Jörg Walter SC Turbine Erfurt	2: 09.2_ min	Steffen Böhmert SC Unit Dresden	2: 11.40 min	Andreas Reichel SC unit Dresden	2: 12.0_ min
400 m layers	Jörg Walter SC Turbine Erfurt	4: 38.36 min	Andreas Reichel SC unit Dresden	4: 41.39 min	Jörg Israel ASK Forward Potsdam	4: 41.93 min
4 × 100 m freestyle	SC DHfK Leipzig Roger Pyttel Falk Becker Frank Kuehne Lutz Löscher	3: 34.62 min	SC Dynamo Berlin II Frenzel Jörg Woithe Knut Bludau Olaf Ziesche	3: 36.75 min	TSC Berlin Wolfgang Wachenschwanz Rainer Strohbach Genschow Frank Schwandt	3: 37.68 min
4 × 200 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Frank Eife Frank Pfütze Knut Bludau Detlev Grabs	7: 49.82 min	SC DHfK Leipzig Roger Pyttel Lutz Löscher Karsten Matthes Frank Kuehne	7: 51.52 min	TSC Berlin Rainer Strohbach Genschow Frank Schwandt Wolfgang Wachenschwanz	7: 58.23 min
4 × 100 m layers	SC DHfK Leipzig II Torsten Wolf Falk Becker Roger Pyttel Lutz Löscher	3: 54.96 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Lutz Wanja Gregor Arnicke Kott Jürgen Kroboth	3: 59.13 min	SC DHfK Leipzig I Dietmar Göhring Gunnar Quaas Kompisch Michael Schrader	4: 00.43 min

Ladies

competition	gold		silver		bronze
100 m freestyle	Barbara Krause SC Dynamo Berlin	55.41 sec	Heike Witt SC Dynamo Berlin	57.32 s	Caren Metschuck SC Empor Rostock	57.33 s
200 m freestyle	Barbara Krause SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 59.04 min	Petra Thümer SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 01.69 min	Caren Metschuck SC Empor Rostock	2: 03.41 min
400 m freestyle	Petra Thümer SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	4: 10.83 min	Barbara Krause SC Dynamo Berlin	4: 16.89 min	Kerstin Schut SC Dynamo Berlin	4: 20.14 min
800 m freestyle	Petra Thümer SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	8: 40.15 min	Marina Altmann SC Dynamo Berlin	8: 48.93 min	Kerstin Schut SC Dynamo Berlin	8: 52.90 min
100 m chest	Ramona Reinke SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 12.89 min	Silvia Rinka ASK Forward Potsdam	1: 13.85 min	Marlon Rosche SC Chemistry Hall	1: 14.00 min
200 m chest	Ramona Reinke SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 37.33 min	Marlon Rosche SC Chemistry Hall	2: 37.89 min	Silvia Rinka ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 40.18 min
100 m butterfly	Andrea Pollack SC Dynamo Berlin	59.46 min	Christiane Knacke SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 01.63 min	Anett Fiebig SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	1: 02.29 min
200 m butterfly	Andrea Pollack SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 09.87 min	Jane Lang SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 14.53 min	Anett Fiebig SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 15.02 min
100 m back	Birgit driver SC unit Dresden	1: 03.23 min	Antje Stille SC Magdeburg	1: 03.64 min	Cornelia Polit SC Chemie Halle	1: 03.82 min
200 m back	Birgit driver SC unit Dresden	2: 13.74 min	Antje Stille SC Magdeburg	2: 13.81 min	Cornelia Polit SC Chemie Halle	2: 15.81 min
200 m layers	Ulrike Tauber SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 17.01 min	Petra Schneider SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 17.21 min	Sabine Kahle SC Turbine Erfurt	2: 18.96 min
400 m layers	Ulrike Tauber SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	4: 46.37 min	Petra Schneider SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	4: 49.51 min	Antje Klaan SC Chemie Halle	4: 53.68 min
4 × 100 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Bartz Heike Witt Kerstin Schut Barbara Krause	3: 49.79 min	SC unit Dresden Birgit driver Daniela Beier Kathrin Sittner Birgit Walde	3: 51.82 min	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt Petra Schneider Birgit Wächtler Ulrike Tauber Petra Thümer	3: 52.80 min
4 × 100 m layers	SC Dynamo Berlin Birgit Matz Carola Nitschke Andrea Pollack Barbara Krause	4: 16.71 min	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt II Ulrike Tauber Petra Schneider Anett Fiebig Petra Thümer	4: 18.73 min	SC Unit Dresden II Birgit driver Bettina Löbel Kathrin Sittner Birgit Walde	4: 19.13 min

Medal table

The first three winners in the women's 200 m freestyle (from left Thümer, Krause and Metschuck)

space	society		gold	silver	bronze	Total
1		SC DHfK Leipzig	9	1	5	15th
2		SC Dynamo Berlin	7th	100	5	22nd
3		SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	4th	5	3	12
4th		TSC Berlin	3	-	2	05
5		SC unit Dresden	2	3	3	08th
6th		SC Turbine Erfurt	2	-	1	03
7th		ASK forward Potsdam	1	4th	3	08th
8th		SC Magdeburg	1	4th	-	05
9		SC Chemistry Hall	-	2	5	07th
10		SC Empor Rostock	-	-	2	02
	Total		29	29	29	87

See also

• List of swimming world records over 100 meters freestyle
• List of swimming world records over 200 meters freestyle
• List of swimming world records over 100 meters butterfly
• List of swimming world records over 200 meters butterfly

literature

• Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1979 . Sportverlag Berlin, 1978, ISSN  0232-2137 , p. 219-220 .
• New Germany . No. 154-157 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1978, ISSN  0323-3375 .

Web links

Commons : 29th GDR championships in sport swimming  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Result lists men (freestyle)
• Results lists men (chest, butterfly, back and position)
• Result lists women (freestyle)
• Result lists women (chest, butterfly, back and position)