GDR wrestling championships 1979

The GDR wrestling championships were held for the 31st time in 1979 and took place in Greco-Roman style in Artern and freestyle in Halle-Neustadt .

Results

Date: February 17-18, 1979

Participants: 116 active participants in ten weight classes

class	space	Surname	society
Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)
	1.	Dietmar Hinz	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	2.	Uwe Baumann	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
	3.	Frank Mielke	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
	1.	Bernd Drechsel	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
	2.	Bernd Kruse	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
	3.	Hans-Joachim Klopf	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis

Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
	1.	Klaus Petzold	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
	2.	Frank Drechsel	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
	3.	Hartmut Kohlhaus	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
	1.	Günter Reichelt	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
	2.	Bernd Mandelkow	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
	3.	Steffen Petzold	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)
	1.	Peter Thätner	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
	2.	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
	3.	Frieder Meyer	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.

Welter weight (up to 74 kg)
	1.	Klaus Triebel	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
	2.	Jörg Wunderlich	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	3.	Ronald Schulz	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde

Middle weight (up to 82 kg)
	1.	Frank Fritsche	SC Leipzig
	2.	Jörn Levermann	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	3.	Ulrich Franke	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde

Light heavyweight (up to 90 kg)
	1.	Herbert Goetze	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
	2.	Thomas Horschel	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
	3.	Hubert Goltz	SC Leipzig

Heavy weight (up to 100 kg)
	1.	Hans-Jürgen Ziegler	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	2.	Jonny Hollander	BSG Motor Tambach-Dietharz
	3.	Uwe Richter	BSG Chemie Weißwasser

Super heavyweight (over 100 kg)
	1.	Klaus-Dieter Zindl	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
	2.	Siegfried Lang	BSG Motor WW Warnemünde
	3.	Frank Küster	BSG ZWK Nebra

Date: March 10-11, 1979

Participants: 113 active participants in ten weight classes

class	space	Surname	society
Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)
	1.	Carsten Hönschke	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	2.	Rocky Breitenbach	SC Chemistry Hall
	3.	Roland Dudziak	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
	1.	Heinz Thiel	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.
	2.	Udo Gonschorek	SC Chemistry Hall
	3.	Ralf Maass	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde

Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
	1.	Bernd Bobrich	SC Chemistry Hall
	2.	Hartmut Reich	SC Motor Jena
	3.	Dieter Spröte	SC Chemistry Hall

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
	1.	Helmut Strumpf	SC Motor Jena
	2.	Erhard Pocher	SC Motor Jena
	3.	Bernd Neid	SC Chemistry Hall

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)
	1.	Eberhard Probst	SC Chemistry Hall
	2.	Siegfried Lippke	SC Motor Jena
	3.	Reiner Olschak	SC Leipzig

Welter weight (up to 74 kg)
	1.	Michael Kleinschmidt	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	2.	Jürgen Gebhardt	SC Leipzig
	3.	Reinhold stone graves	ASK forward Frankfurt / O.

Middle weight (up to 82 kg)
	1.	Peter Syring	SC Chemistry Hall
	2.	Armin Weier	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	3.	Thomas Michalke	SC Leipzig

Light heavyweight (up to 90 kg)
	1.	Uwe Neupert	SC Motor Jena
	2.	Hans-Jürgen Nagel	SC Motor Jena
	3.	Helmut Weickert	SC Motor Jena

Heavy weight (up to 100 kg)
	1.	Harald Buettner	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	2.	Andreas Schröder	SC Motor Jena
	3.	Dieter Baumann	BSG Wismut Aue

Super heavyweight (over 100 kg)
	1.	Roland Gehrke	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	2.	Thomas Wenzel	SG Dynamo Luckenwalde
	3.	Matthias Hiepe	SC Motor Jena

	Total		20th	20th	20th	60
space	society		gold	silver	bronze	Total
1		SG Dynamo Luckenwalde	6th	4th	4th	14th0
2		SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	4th	3	3	100
2		ASK forward Frankfurt / O.	4th	3	3	100
4th		SC Chemistry Hall	3	2	2	7th
5		SC Motor Jena	2	5	2	9
6th		SC Leipzig	1	1	3	5
7th		BSG Motor Tambach-Dietharz	-	1	-	1
7th		BSG Motor WW Warnemünde	-	1	-	1
9		BSG Chemie Weißwasser	-	-	1	1
		BSG ZWK Nebra	-	-	1	1
		BSG Wismut Aue	-	-	1	1

Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1980 . Sportverlag Berlin, 1979, ISSN 0232-2137 , p. 205 .
New Germany . 40-43 and 60-61. Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1979, ISSN 0323-3375 .