GDR swimming championships 1985

Venue of the GDR swimming championships in 1985

The GDR swimming championships were held for the 36th time in 1985 and took place from June 4th to 9th in the swimming pool of the German University of Physical Culture in Leipzig , where the champions were determined on 32 courses (16 men / 16 women) . The competition also served as a qualifying competition for the 1985 European Championships in Sofia . With twelve titles, SC Dynamo Berlin was the most successful team and with Jörg Woithe , who won four titles, the most successful athlete of this championship.

The sporting highlight of the championship was the world record of Silke horns over 200 meters breaststroke. Uwe Daßler set new GDR records over 800 and 1500 meters freestyle and Ralf Buttgereit over 200 meters chest. In addition, the men's relay from SC Dynamo Berlin set a new GDR record for club relay over 4 × 100 meters.

Men's

competition	gold		silver		bronze
050 m freestyle	Jörg Woithe SC Dynamo Berlin	23.10 s	Olaf Ahlers SC Empor Rostock	24.10 s	René Wanzlik SC Magdeburg	24.63 s
100 m freestyle	Jörg Woithe SC Dynamo Berlin	50.39 s	Dirk Richter SC Unit Dresden	51.31 s	Steffen Zesner SC Dynamo Berlin	51.41 s
200 m freestyle	Sven Lodziewski SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 50.82 min	Uwe Daßler ASK Forward Potsdam	1: 52.20 min	Thomas Flemming SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	1: 52.34 min
400 m freestyle	Uwe Daßler ASK Forward Potsdam	3: 53.03 min	Steffen Ließ SC Chemie Halle	3: 57.94 min	Thomas Flemming SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	3: 58.45 min
1500 m freestyle0	Uwe Daßler ASK Forward Potsdam	15:09.16 min	Michael Klass SC Dynamo Berlin	15: 49.09 min	Circulation SC Dynamo Berlin	15: 52.72 min
100 m chest	Ingo Grzywotz SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 05.35 min	Ralf Buttgereit SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 05.83 min	Tim Claus SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 06.74 min
200 m chest	Ralf Buttgereit SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 19.59 min	Ingo Grzywotz SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 19.65 min	Tim Claus SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 24.28 min
100 m butterfly	Thomas Dreßler SC DHfK Leipzig	56.07 s	Karsten Drobny SC Chemie Halle	56.24 s	Steffen Zesner SC Dynamo Berlin	56.25 s
200 m butterfly	Thomas Körber SC Chemie Halle	2: 02.35 min	Karsten Drobny SC Chemie Halle	2: 02.66 min	Tino Ott SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 04.45 min
100 m back	Frank Baltrusch SC Magdeburg	56.88 s	Frank Embacher TSC Berlin	58.10 s	Frank Schneider TSC Berlin	58.59 s
200 m back	Frank Baltrusch SC Magdeburg	2: 01.15 min	Frank Embacher TSC Berlin	2: 03.72 min	Carsten Schulz ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 05.51 min
200 m layers	Rainer Sternal SC Magdeburg	2: 06.55 min	Mirko Erdmann ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 09.52 min	Christian Geßner SC Turbine Erfurt	2: 09.85 min
400 m layers	Dirk Richter SC Unit Dresden	4: 29.93 min	Rainer Sternal SC Magdeburg	4: 30.87 min	Mirko Erdmann ASK Forward Potsdam	4: 34.84 min
4 × 100 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Jörg Woithe Michael Klass Müller Steffen Zesner	3: 28.39 min	SC Magdeburg René Wanzlik Rainer Sternal Sven Halling Frank Baltrusch	3: 29.45 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Carsten Schulz Thomas Zetzmann Mirko Erdmann Uwe Daßler	3: 34.21 min
4 × 200 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Sven Lodziewski Dirk Bludau Michael Klass Steffen Zesner	7: 36.28 min	SC Chemie Halle Steffen Ließ Uwe Böer Thomas Körber Karsten Drobny	7: 40.70 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Uwe Daßler Lars Koppenhagen Jörg Hoffmann Mirko Erdmann	7: 44.98 min
4 × 100 m layers	SC Dynamo Berlin I Steffen Gröhst Ingo Grzywotz Steffen Zesner Jörg Woithe	3: 51.98 min	SC DHfK Leipzig Nils Hecker Tim Claus Thomas Dreßler Tino Ott	3: 56.59 min	SC Dynamo Berlin II Michael Marcinkowski Ralf Buttgereit Jan Hensler Müller	3: 57.75 min

1. ↑ Uwe Daßler set a new GDR record in the 800 m intermediate time in 8: 00.48.

Ladies

competition	gold		silver		bronze
050 m freestyle	Manuela Stellmach SC Dynamo Berlin	26.78 s	Kerstin Kielgaß SC Dynamo Berlin	26.79 s	Heike Friedrich SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26.80 s
100 m freestyle	Heike Friedrich SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	56.34 s	Manuela Stellmach SC Dynamo Berlin	56.75 s	Kerstin Kielgaß SC Dynamo Berlin	56.78 s
200 m freestyle	Heike Friedrich SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2:00:06 min	Manuela Stellmach SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 00.41 min	Astrid Strauss TSC Berlin	2: 00.95 min
400 m freestyle	Astrid Strauss TSC Berlin	4: 08.93 min	Anke Möhring SC Magdeburg	4: 12.08 min	Katja Hartmann ASK Forward Potsdam	4: 12.61 min
800 m freestyle	Astrid Strauss TSC Berlin	8: 33.30 min	Anke Möhring SC Magdeburg	8: 36.75 min	Katja Hartmann ASK Forward Potsdam	8: 37.61 min
100 m chest	Sylvia Gerasch SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 08.50 min	Silke Hörner SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 09.42 min	Susanne Börnike ASK Forward Potsdam	1: 10.88 min
200 m chest	Silke Hörner SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 28.33 min	Sylvia Gerasch SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 28.52 min	Susanne Börnike ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 31.26 min
100 m butterfly	Kornelia Greßler SC Turbine Erfurt	1: 00.20 min	Birte Weigang SC Turbine Erfurt	1: 00.76 min	Jacqueline Alex SC Turbine Erfurt	1: 01.95 min
200 m butterfly	Jacqueline Alex SC Turbine Erfurt	2: 11.39 min	Kornelia Greßler SC Turbine Erfurt	2: 12.25 min	Jacqueline Zenner SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 14.54 min
100 m back	Kathrin Zimmermann SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	1: 02.44 min	Birte Weigang SC Turbine Erfurt	1: 02.49 min	Cornelia Sirch SC Turbine Erfurt	1: 02.58 min
200 m back	Cornelia Sirch SC Turbine Erfurt	2: 11.27 min	Kathrin Zimmermann SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 12.98 min	Birte Weigang SC Turbine Erfurt	2: 14.38 min
200 m layers	Susanne Börnike ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 15.61 min	Ute Geweniger SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 17.42 min	Kathleen Nord SC Magdeburg	2: 17.55 min
400 m layers	Kathleen Nord SC Magdeburg	4: 47.49 min	Cornelia Sirch SC Turbine Erfurt	4: 48.99 min	Susanne Börnike ASK Forward Potsdam	4: 50.04 min
4 × 100 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Kerstin Kielgaß Sylvia Gerasch Beatrice Georgi Manuela Stellmach	3: 49.31 min	SC Turbine Erfurt Cornelia Sirch Kornelia Greßler Jacqueline Alex Birte Weigang	3: 53.40 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Susanne Börnike Pohl Anke Sunodt Katja Hartmann	3: 55.97 min
4 × 200 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Simone Ballaschk Ute Zerfass Kerstin Kielgaß Manuela Stellmach	8: 18.21 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Heide Grein Katja Schaarschmidt Anke Sunodt Katja Hartmann	8: 19.66 min	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt Jacqueline Zenner Kathrin Zimmermann Heike Friedrich Kathrin Eisermann	8: 20.24 min
4 × 100 m layers	SC Turbine Erfurt Birte Weigang Carolin Resinek Kornelia Greßler Cornelia Sirch	4: 11.87 min	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt Kathrin Zimmermann Ute Geweniger Jacqueline Zenner Heike Friedrich	4: 13.89 min	SC DHfK Leipzig Kristin Otto Silke Hörner Sabrina Schulze Peggy Jähnichen	4: 15.10 min

Medal table

Silke Hörner set a new world record over 200 m breasts.

space	society		gold	silver	bronze	Total
01		SC Dynamo Berlin	120	7th	5	24
02		SC Turbine Erfurt	4th	5	4th	13
03		SC Magdeburg	4th	4th	2	10
04th		ASK forward Potsdam	3	3	100	16
05		SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	3	3	5	11
06th		SC DHfK Leipzig	2	2	4th	08th
07th		TSC Berlin	2	2	2	06th
08th		SC Chemistry Hall	1	4th	-	05
09		SC unit Dresden	1	1	-	02
10		SC Empor Rostock	-	1	-	01
	Total		32	32	32	96

See also

• List of swimming world records over 200 meters chest

literature

• Manfred Seifert: Sport85. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1985, ISBN 3-328-00129-8 , ISSN  0232-203X , p. 284-285 .
• New Germany . No. 128-135 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1985, ISSN  0323-3375 .

Web links

Commons : 36th GDR Swimming Championships  - collection of images, 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)