GDR ski championships 1962

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The 14th GDR ski championships took place from February 3rd to 5th, 1962 in Schmiedefeld , Thuringia . In eight decisions of the Nordic ski disciplines cross-country skiing , ski jumping and Nordic combined , two of which were team competitions, 220 athletes took part. The championship decision in men's 50 km cross-country skiing was held on March 11, 1962 in Carlsfeld , Saxony . While for the Nordic World Ski Championships which will take place shortly afterwards in Zakopane, Poland the cross-country skiers were already determined, the championships in ski jumping and Nordic combined were the last qualifying competitions for the World Cup.

Cross-country skiing

Men

15 km

The first men's competition started with temperatures around zero degrees and sunshine. In the end there was a triple success in Klingenthal, with Enno Röder winning the title with a lead of 13 seconds. Vice-champion Helmut Weidlich had to cope with a fall that cost him valuable seconds. Former master Kuno Werner came in 5th.

Date: Saturday February 3, 1962

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Enno Roeder SC Dynamo Klingenthal 46:02
2 Helmut Weidlich SC Dynamo Klingenthal 46:15
3 Heinz Seidel SC Dynamo Klingenthal 46:27
4th Klaus Kretzschmann ASK forward Oberhof 46:36
5 Kuno Werner ASK forward Oberhof 46:55
6th Werner Stubenrauch SC Dynamo Klingenthal 47:09
7th Jürgen Beer ASK forward Oberhof 47:43
8th Adolf Jankowski ASK forward Oberhof 47:44
9 Werner Haase ASK forward Oberhof 48:02
10 Gerd Haustein ASK forward Oberhof 48:14

30 km

The 32-year-old Heinz Seidel from Klingenthal celebrated his first individual title. In pouring rain, the conditions for the 40 starters were extremely complicated, and quite a few gave up. Seidel started half a minute behind Kuno Werner and was able to work his way up to him as the race progressed. In the end, he won the race by 50 seconds.

Date: Monday February 5, 1962

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Heinz Seidel SC Dynamo Klingenthal 1:39:52
2 Kuno Werner ASK forward Oberhof 1:40:42
3 Enno Roeder SC Dynamo Klingenthal 1:41:29
4th Helmut Weidlich SC Dynamo Klingenthal 1:41:49
5 Klaus Kretzschmann ASK forward Oberhof 1:43:00

50 km

The last championship title was surprisingly won by the biathlete Dieter Ritter in Carlsfeld. He actually outclassed the competition because his lead over the runner-up was over four minutes. Defending champion Kuno Werner had obviously waxed thoroughly under difficult conditions, in the sun it was up to 20 ° C warm. He crossed the finish line in eleventh place, over fifteen minutes behind.

Date: Sunday March 11, 1962

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Dieter Ritter SG Dynamo Zinnwald 3:33:18
2 Werner Haase ASK forward Oberhof 3:37:38
3 Klaus Kretzschmann ASK forward Oberhof 3:38:14
4th Yours ASK forward Oberhof 3:41:49
5 Enno Roeder SC Dynamo Klingenthal 3:42:53
5 Helmut Weidlich SC Dynamo Klingenthal 3:43:39

4 × 10 km relay

What was already evident about the individual routes continued in the relay. A 36-year-old Kuno Werner alone was not enough to endanger the Klingenthal squadron with the aces Weidlich, Röder and Seidel. With just over a minute, the gap could be kept within limits at the end.

Date: Tuesday February 6, 1962

space team athlete Time (h)
1 SC Dynamo Klingenthal I Werner Stubenrauch
Helmut Weidlich
Heinz Seidel
Enno Röder 		2:11:24
2 ASK forward Oberhof I Werner Haase
Jürgen Beer
Kuno Werner
Klaus Kretzschmann 		2:12:29
3 ASK forward Oberhof II Adolf Jankowski
Fraustein
Krämer
Bechmann		 2:15:15

Women

5 km

Over the short distance Christa Herklotz was able to turn the tables and won the race in front of Sonnhilde Kallus in unpleasant continuous rain.

Date: Monday February 5, 1962

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Christa Herklotz SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 20:50
2 Sonnhilde Callus SC Dynamo Klingenthal 21:21
3 Gudrun Zschögner SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 21:30
4th Christine Nestler SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 21:49
5 Bärbel Bader SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 21:52

10 km

Sonnhilde Kallus was able to win the first women's competition quite confidently. The battle for the bronze medal, however, was exciting. In the end, Karen Jahns and Christine Nestler were only separated by a full second. Last year's champion Renate Dannhauer was absent due to a bereavement.

Date: Saturday February 3, 1962

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Sonnhilde Callus SC Dynamo Klingenthal 34:36
2 Christa Herklotz SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 35:15
3 Karen Jahns SC Dynamo Klingenthal 35:28
4th Christine Nestler SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 35:39
5 Elfriede Spiegelhauer SC Dynamo Klingenthal 36:45
6th Luise Preiss SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 37:01
7th Renate Koehler SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 37:12
8th Gudrun Zschögner SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 37:17
9 Bärbel Bader SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 37:18
10 Gabriele Nobis SC Dynamo Klingenthal 37:29

3x5 km relay

In the women's relay competition, before the championships, it looked like a duel between previous year's champion Zella-Mehlis and the frequent relay winners from Klingenthal. But thanks in particular to Christa Herklotz, the Oberwiesenthal relay has now moved into the circle of the title favorites. And after the second change, the Oberwiesenthalers also led, Christa Herklotz followed the trail ten seconds ahead of Sonnhilde Kallus. Renate Dannhauer's distance from defending champion Zella-Mehlis was already too big to be able to intervene in the title fight.

Date: Tuesday February 6, 1962

space team athlete Time (h)
1 SC Dynamo Klingenthal I Gabriele Nobis
Karen Jahns
Sonnhilde Kallus 		56:51
2 SC tractor Oberwiesenthal Renate Koehler
Christine Nestler
Christa Herklotz 		57:11
3 SC Motor Zella-Mehlis I Gudrun Zschögner
Bärbel Bader
Renate Dannhauer 		57:45
4th SC Dynamo Klingenthal II Harzer
Roßmeisel
Elfriede Spiegelhauer 		58:53
5 SC Motor Zella-Mehlis II Luise Preiß
Hess
Vierheilig		 59:02

Nordic combination

The combination competition started this time upside down, namely initially with the run. It is only known that Kurt Albrecht was the director of the bread maker. In addition, last year's champion Günter Flauger was in hospital with a broken collarbone. The jumping competition that took place on the Oberhofer Thüringenschanze had to be canceled on Monday, February 5th. After two rounds and several falls as a result of unpredictable gusts of wind, the organizers pulled the rip cord and postponed the jumping to Tuesday morning. In jumping, Rainer Dietel was able to push himself into first place with the best jumps and thus won his first championship title. In the final ranking there were only combiners from SC Dynamo Klingenthal in the first eight places.

Date: cross-country skiing 15 km, Sunday, February 4, 1962; Ski jumping Tuesday, February 6, 1962

space athlete team Points
1 Rainer Dietel SC Dynamo Klingenthal 477.35
2 Günter Meinel SC Dynamo Klingenthal 471.88
3 Jürgen Meinel SC Dynamo Klingenthal 461.02
4th Rolf Schönherr SC Dynamo Klingenthal 452.35
5 Siegfried Boehme SC Dynamo Klingenthal 449.20
6th Klaus Goldhahn SC Dynamo Klingenthal 447.10

Ski jumping

On the then largest natural hill in the GDR, the Walter-Ulbricht Schanze in Vessertal, the last World Championship event took place in front of 15,000 spectators. After 3 rounds there was a Zella-Mehliser double success. Dietmar Klemm, who had not been part of the national team until then, narrowly qualified for the World Cup with his 6th place.

Date: Sunday February 4, 1962

space athlete team Points
1 Helmut Recknagel SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 234.5
2 Veit Kühr SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 223.5
3 Kurt Schramm ASK forward Brotterode 221.0
4th Dieter Bokeloh ASK forward Brotterode 219.7
5 Peter Lesser SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 208.9
6th Dietmar Klemm SC Dynamo Klingenthal 208.2
7th Lothar Heyer SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 207.6
8th Hugo Fuchs SC Dynamo Klingenthal 205.1
9 Johannes Riedel SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 204.6
10 Manfred Münch ASK forward Brotterode 202.5

Medal table

The Klingenthal athletes put their stamp on the championships, winning six of the eight titles awarded in Schmiedefeld. The performance of the Oberhof athletes, who won the second most medals but did not take home a title, was disappointing.

Medal table (after all 9 competitions)
space team gold silver bronze total
1 SC Dynamo Klingenthal 6th 3 4th 13
2 SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 1 2 0 3
3 SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 1 1 2 4th
4th SG Dynamo Zinnwald 1 0 0 1
5 ASK forward Oberhof 0 3 2 5
6th ASK forward Brotterode 0 0 1 1

World Cup line-up

Following the championships, the team for the Nordic World Ski Championships was announced. The combiners were nominated a little later due to the delay in their championship.

Special jumping

Nordic combination

Cross-country skiing

Men

Women

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b BZ of February 4, 1962 p. 4
  2. ↑ a b c d BZ of February 6, 1962 p. 7
  3. ↑ ND of March 12, 1962 p. 4
  4. ↑ a b c ND of February 7, 1962 p. 6
  5. ^ BZ of February 5, 1962 p. 4
  6. ^ BZ of February 8, 1962 p. 7

literature

  • Manfred Seifert, Roland Singer, Hans-Jürgen Zeume: Great love for skiing . Sportverlag, Berlin 1979, p. 204