GDR swimming championships in 1989

Venue of the GDR swimming championships in 1989

The GDR swimming championships were held for the 40th time in 1989 and took place from June 13th to 18th in Magdeburg's Elbe Swimming Hall, where the champions were determined on 32 courses (16 men / 16 women). The competition also served as a qualifying competition for the 1989 European Championships in Bonn . With eleven titles, SC Dynamo Berlin was the most successful team in this championship.

The sporting highlights of the championship were the GDR records of Ralph Färber over 100 meters chest, Thomas Müller over 200 meters chest and Patrick Kühl over 400 meters medley. Furthermore, the women from SC Dynamo Berlin set a GDR record for club relay over the 4 × 100 meter freestyle.

Men's

competition	gold		silver		bronze
050 m freestyle	Nils Rudolph SC Empor Rostock	22.75 s	Dirk Richter SC Unit Dresden	23.16 s	Olaf Ahlers SC Empor Rostock	23.22 s
100 m freestyle	Nils Rudolph SC Empor Rostock	50.61 s	Steffen Zesner SC Dynamo Berlin	50.84 s	Dirk Bludau SC Dynamo Berlin	51.19 s
200 m freestyle	Uwe Daßler ASK Forward Potsdam	1: 50.17 min	Steffen Zesner SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 50.35 min	André Matzk SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 50.63 min
400 m freestyle	Uwe Daßler and Jörg Hoffmann both ASK Vorwärts Potsdam	3: 51.93 min			Steffen Zesner SC Dynamo Berlin	3: 54.57 min
1500 m freestyle0	Jörg Hoffmann ASK Forward Potsdam	15: 14.96 min	Uwe Daßler ASK Forward Potsdam	15: 17.67 min	Torsten Wilhelm SC unit Dresden	15: 34.49 min
100 m chest	Ralph Färber SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 02.76 min	Raik Hannemann SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 03.50 min	Christian Poswiat SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 03.60 min
200 m chest	Thomas Müller ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 18.59 min	Eger ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 24.15 min	Steinert SC unit Dresden	2: 25.37 min
100 m butterfly	Uwe Schnabel SC DHfK Leipzig	55.54 s	Nils Rudolph SC Empor Rostock	55.55 s	Raik Hannemann SC Dynamo Berlin	55.74 s
200 m butterfly	Raik Hannemann SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 01.75 min	Göpfert SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 05.78 min	Reinecke SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 06.45 min
100 m back	Tino Weber SC Chemie Halle	56.62 s	Steffen Gröhst SC Dynamo Berlin	56.92 s	Torsten Kaiser SC unit Dresden	56.98 s
200 m back	Tino Weber SC Chemie Halle	2: 01.39 min	Michael Marcinkowski SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 02.49 min	Torsten Kaiser SC unit Dresden	2: 03.31 min
200 m layers	Raik Hannemann SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 02.75 min	Patrick Kühl ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 03.14 min	Christian Geßner SC Turbine Erfurt	2: 03.23 min
400 m layers	Patrick Kühl ASK Forward Potsdam	4: 16.63 min	Christian Geßner SC Turbine Erfurt	4: 23.38 min	Jirka Letzin SC Empor Rostock	4: 27.30 min
4 × 100 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Dirk Bludau Steffen Zesner Ingolf Rasch André Matzk	3: 23.81 min	SC Empor Rostock Olaf Ahlers Nils Rudolph Matthias Wolff Peter Wiedemann	3: 26.74 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Andreas Szigat Patrick Kühl Heidrich Uwe Daßler	3: 28.38 min
4 × 200 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Steffen Zesner André Matzk Dirk Bludau Lars Hinneburg	7: 24.70 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Andreas Szigat Jörg Hoffmann Sebastian Wiese Uwe Daßler	7: 25.79 min	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt Poller Gruner Carsten Kühlmorgen Göpfert	7: 42.85 min
4 × 100 m layers	SC Dynamo Berlin Steffen Gröhst Raik Hannemann Ingolf Rasch Steffen Zesner	3: 47.34 min	SC DHfK Leipzig Jankowski Ralph Färber Uwe Schnabel Michael Körner	3: 49.33 min	SC Empor Rostock Jirka Letzin Schmidt Nils Rudolph Olaf Ahlers	3: 52.54 min

Ladies

competition	gold		silver		bronze
050 m freestyle	Daniela Hunger SC Dynamo Berlin	25.51 s	Katrin Meißner SC Dynamo Berlin	26.00 s	Heike Friedrich SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26.51 s
100 m freestyle	Katrin Meißner SC Dynamo Berlin	55.72 s	Manuela Stellmach SC Dynamo Berlin	56.10 s	Heike Friedrich SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	56.44 s
200 m freestyle	Manuela Stellmach SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 58.66 min	Heike Friedrich SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2:00, 12 min	Anke Möhring SC Magdeburg	2: 00.28 min
400 m freestyle	Anke Möhring SC Magdeburg	4: 08.63 min	Heike Friedrich SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	4: 10.26 min	Astrid Strauss TSC Berlin	4: 10.41 min
800 m freestyle	Anke Möhring SC Magdeburg	8: 29.13 min	Astrid Strauss TSC Berlin	8: 30.93 min	Grit Müller ASK Forward Potsdam	8: 31.76 min
100 m chest	Silke Hörner SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 08.33 min	Susanne Börnike ASK Forward Potsdam	1: 09.47 min	Daniela Brendel SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 10.49 min
200 m chest	Susanne Börnike ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 28.42 min	Silke Hörner SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 28.74 min	Daniela Brendel SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 31.90 min
100 m butterfly	Kathleen Nord SC Magdeburg	1: 00.95 min	Jacqueline Jacob SC Magdeburg	1: 01.66 min	Katrin Meißner SC Dynamo Berlin	1: 02.28 min
200 m butterfly	Kathleen Nord SC Magdeburg	2: 11.31 min	Jacqueline Jacob SC Magdeburg	2: 13.81 min	Heide Grein ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 14.52 min
100 m back	Kristin Otto SC DHfK Leipzig	1: 01.77 min	Anja Eichhorst SC Empor Rostock	1: 02.47 min	Marion Sperka SC Empor Rostock	1: 03.10 min
200 m back	Kristin Otto SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 12.74 min	Dagmar Hase SC chemistry hall	2: 13.49 min	Anja Eichhorst SC Empor Rostock	2: 13.62 min
200 m layers	Daniela Hunger SC Dynamo Berlin	2: 13.69 min	Susanne Börnike ASK Forward Potsdam	2: 15.88 min	Sabine Herbst SC DHfK Leipzig	2: 17.21 min
400 m layers	Grit Müller ASK Forward Potsdam	4: 42.42 min	Daniela Hunger SC Dynamo Berlin	4: 47.15 min	Diana Block ASK Forward Potsdam	4: 50.05 min
4 × 100 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Daniela Hunger Manuela Stellmach Katrin Meißner Simone Hellmer	3: 43.24 min	SC Turbine Erfurt Kornelia Greßler Susanne Müller Kluge Nötzel	3: 54.01 min	SC DHfK Leipzig Sabina Schulze Black Feustel Sina Schwintek	3: 54.57 min
4 × 200 m freestyle	SC Dynamo Berlin Janin Rotermund Simone Hellmer Katrin Meißner Manuela Stellmach	8: 15.64 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Jana Henke Sader Katrin Gronau Grit Müller	8: 18.43 min	SC Empor Rostock Peggy rifle Marion Sperka Buck Anja Eichhorst	3: 23.37 min
4 × 100 m layers	SC DHfK Leipzig Kristin Otto Silke Hörner Peggy Conrad Sabina Schulze	4: 09.54 min	SC Dynamo Berlin Sandra Henke Daniela Brendel Katrin Meißner Manuela Stellmach	4: 11.18 min	ASK Forward Potsdam Corinna Meier Katrin Gronau Susanne Börnike Urbaniak	4: 21.44 min

Medal table

space	society		gold	silver	bronze	Total
01		SC Dynamo Berlin	110	9	8th	28
02		ASK forward Potsdam	8th	7th	5	20th
03		SC DHfK Leipzig	6th	2	3	11
04th		SC Magdeburg	4th	2	1	07th
05		SC Empor Rostock	2	3	6th	11
06th		SC Chemistry Hall	2	1	-	03
07th		SC Karl-Marx-Stadt	-	3	3	06th
08th		SC Turbine Erfurt	-	2	1	03
09		SC unit Dresden	-	1	4th	05
10		TSC Berlin	-	1	1	02
	Total		33	31	32	96

literature

• New Germany . No. 136-142 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1989, ISSN  0323-3375 .

Web links

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