GDR Ski Championships 1976
The 28th GDR ski championships took place from February 18 to 22, 1976 in Lauscha , Thuringia . Around 180 athletes took part in nine decisions in the Nordic ski disciplines cross-country skiing , ski jumping and Nordic combined , two of which were team competitions. On the previous Sunday, championship participants had fought for Olympic medals at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck . Overall, the Nordic skiers from the GDR won gold, silver and bronze twice. All of these medal winners were also at the start in Lauscha. Shortly before the turn of the year, the champions on the long distances had been determined. Due to a lack of snow, the originally planned races over 50 km for men and 20 km for women from Goldlauter-Heidersbach to the ski area around the Großer Beerberg near Oberhof have been moved.
Cross-country skiing
Men
15 km
After his clear defeat over the 30 kilometers, the Klingenthaler Gerd Heßler was able to turn the tables this time and relegated his club mate Gert-Dietmar Klause to the silver rank by a clear margin. Gerhard Grimmer won bronze again in his last individual race at the GDR championships.
Date: Saturday February 21, 1976
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerd Hessler | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 46:11 |
| 2 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 47:00 |
| 3 | Gerhard Grimmer | ASK forward Oberhof | 47:09 |
| 4th | Jürgen Wolf | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 47:16 |
| 5 | Schmidt | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 47:35 |
| 6th | Hartmut Freyer | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 47:51 |
30 km
Only five days after winning the silver medal over the 50 kilometers in Innsbruck, Gert-Dietmar Klause from Klingenthal was also able to win the first run of the GDR championships. With a 40-second lead, he referred his club-mate Gerd Hessler to silver. Hartmut Freyer from Oberwiesenthal won bronze.
Date: Thursday February 19, 1976
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:40:19 |
| 2 | Gerd Hessler | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:40:59 |
| 3 | Hartmut Freyer | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1:42:17 |
| 4th | Volker Kunzmann | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:45:26 |
| 5 | Frank Glöß | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:45:54 |
| 6th | Rainer Paul | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:45:57 |
50 km
The demanding route, which was relocated to the area around the Großer Beerberg due to lack of snow, caused long time gaps with its profile. In the end, Gert-Dietmar Klause from Klingenthal won the race by over a minute ahead of Gerd Heßler. The recently recovered Gerhard Grimmer from Oberhof took bronze in the first championship decision of his last competition season.
Date: Thursday December 28, 1975
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:39:59 |
| 2 | Gerd Hessler | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:41:06 |
| 3 | Gerhard Grimmer | ASK forward Oberhof | 2:43:33 |
| 4th | Hartmut Freyer | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 2:45:50 |
| 5 | Dieter Meinel | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:46:16 |
| 6th | Axel Lesser | ASK forward Oberhof | 2:46:52 |
| 7th | Axel Nordhaus | ASK forward Oberhof | 2:48:37 |
| 8th | Frank Spengler | ASK forward Oberhof | 2:49:10 |
| 9 | Arnd Krause | ASK forward Oberhof | 2:49:39 |
| 10 | Friedhelm Schmidt | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 2:50:08 |
4 × 10 km relay
Against the Klingenthal relay team, which was peppered with three Olympic starters, the Oberhof relay team was able to keep the race open for a while, but in the end had to admit defeat, 38 seconds behind. The bronze relay from Zella-Mehlis, however, was already more than three and a half minutes behind.
Date: Sunday February 22, 1976
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal |
Frank Glöß Jürgen Wolf Gerd Heßler Gert-Dietmar Klause |
2:00:06 |
| 2 | ASK forward Oberhof |
Arnd Krause Gerhard Grimmer Axel Nordhaus Frank Spengler |
2:00:44 |
| 3 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis |
Siegfried Kautz Friedhelm Schmidt Frank Grüber Schlott |
2:03:46 |
Women
5 km
There were exactly the same medal winners on the sprint course as on the 10 km course. But this time the duel at the front was much more exciting. This was helped by the fact that Veronika Schmidt got on the trail immediately after Barbara Petzold at the usual 30-second interval. Petzold never succeeded in increasing this gap, on the contrary. At the finish, Veronika Schmidt ran out three seconds ahead and could look forward to her second championship title.
Date: Saturday February 21, 1976
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veronika Schmidt | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 17:12 | |
| 2 | Barbara Petzold | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 17:15 | |
| 3 | Sigrun Krause | ASK Oberhof | 18:10 | |
| 4th | Christel Meinel | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 18:20 | |
| 5 | Monika Debertshäuser | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 18:31 | |
| 6th | Monika Hirscht | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 18:39 |
10 km
Veronika Schmidt from SC Motor Zella-Mehlis celebrated her first individual title at GDR championships. The last runner of the bronze relay from Innsbruck relegated her national team colleague Barbara Petzold with a 35-second lead to the silver rank. Sigrun Krause from Oberhof won bronze.
Date: Thursday February 19, 1976
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veronika Schmidt | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 35: 16.39 |
| 2 | Barbara Petzold | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 35: 51.78 |
| 3 | Sigrun Krause | ASK Oberhof | 36: 38.54 |
| 4th | Monika Debertshäuser | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 36: 42.64 |
| 5 | Christel Meinel | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 38: 12.43 |
| 6th | Monika Hirscht | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 38: 28.43 |
20 km
In the field of 25 starters, Sigrun Krause from Oberhof decided the race with a lead of over half a minute. After 1973 it was Krause's first gold medal at GDR championships. Title contender Barbara Petzold won silver, Veronika Schmidt from Zella-Mehlis bronze.
Date: Sunday December 28, 1975
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sigrun Krause | ASK forward Oberhof | 1:13:46 |
| 2 | Barbara Petzold | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1:14:20 |
| 3 | Veronika Schmidt | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:15:53 |
| 4th | Monika Debertshäuser | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:18:54 |
| 5 | Marion Büchner | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:19:20 |
| 6th | Elvira Pechmann | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:19:31 |
| 7th | Christel Meinel | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:20:38 |
| 8th | Spoonbill | ASK forward Oberhof | 1:21:29 |
4 × 5 km relay
The other seasons had no chance against the relay from Zella-Mehlis, which started with two Olympians. The Oberwiesenthaler relay around Barbara Petzold started in the race with the two hopeful, only fifteen-year-old talents Birgit Schreiber and Ute Nestler.
Date: Sunday February 22, 1976
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis |
Monika Debertshäuser Anett Siegel Marion Büchner Veronika Schmidt |
1:13:44 |
| 2 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal |
Birgit Schreiber Ute Nestler Judge Barbara Petzold |
1:15:06 |
| 3 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal |
Monika Hirscht S. Schreiber Sigrid Opitz Christel Meinel |
1:15:55 |
Nordic combination
After jumping on the Marktiegelschanze a bigger surprise appeared. Not the Olympic champion from Innsbruck, Ulrich Wehling, but the Olympic third Konrad Winkler was ahead after three jumping runs. Wehling was only fourth, 56 seconds behind Winkler. Nevertheless, the new GDR master was called Ulrich Wehling again. However, Winkler's fall at kilometer 9 also played an active part in this. Until then, he had only given Wehling 25 seconds. Winkler couldn't avoid a runner who had fallen in front of him and so lost the rest of the lead.
Date: Jumping Friday, February 20, 1976; 15 km Saturday, February 21, 1976
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulrich Wehling | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 438.80 |
| 2 | Konrad Winkler | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 431.41 |
| 3 | Günther Deckert | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 408.09 |
| 4th | Bernd Zimmermann | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 399.91 |
| 5 | Andreas Michlik | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 389.80 |
| 6th | Klaus Edelmann | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 385.81 |
Ski jumping
Normal hill
30,000 spectators experienced an exciting competition on the Marktiegelschanze. After the first round, Bernd Eckstein from SC Motor Zella-Mehlis from the neighborhood was a bit surprisingly ahead. He was ahead of the Olympic third from Innsbruck, Henry Glaß, and the current Four Hills Tournament winner and Olympic wide Jochen Danneberg. Olympic champion Hans-Georg Aschenbach was only in 8th place. In the second round, however, Eckstein could not repeat his performance. Jochen Danneberg climbed to 93 meters, which meant a new hill record and the championship title. Silver remained for Eckstein. Henry Glaß fell back to the ungrateful fourth place, while Falko Weißpflog was able to secure bronze with two solid jumps. Hans-Georg Aschenbach moved up to sixth place.
Date: Sunday February 22, 1976
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jochen Danneberg | ASK forward Oberhof | 257.3 |
| 2 | Bernd Eckstein | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 251.6 |
| 3 | Falko Weißpflog | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 248.2 |
| 4th | Henry Glass | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 244.9 |
| 5 | Dietmar Aschenbach | ASK forward Oberhof | 241.9 |
| 6th | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | ASK forward Oberhof | 230.3 |
| 7th | Ulrich Wehling | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 229.7 |
Team jumping from the normal hill
The team competition was won by ASk Vorwärts Oberhof by a large margin. Against the team that started with Olympic champion Hans-Georg Aschenbach and Four Hills Tournament winner Jochen Danneberg, the competition could not survive. In the absence of a large hill in Lauscha, this second jumping competition was included in the program.
Date: Saturday February 21, 1976
| space | team | athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASK forward Oberhof |
Martin Weber Dietmar Aschenbach Hans-Georg Aschenbach Jochen Danneberg |
729.8 |
| 2 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 686.5 | |
| 3 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 660.3 |
Large hill
Already at the end of January, between the Four Hills Tournament and the Olympic Games, the championship jump was completed on the large hill in Oberhof Kanzlersgrund. Since Lauscha did not have a large hill, the sports officials decided on this solution. At the same time, this jumping was the last opportunity to win the two Olympic starting places next to H.-G. Occupy Aschenbach, Danneberg and Eckstein. A dramatic jump developed, which was characterized by falls, a new hill record and a surprising outcome. 37 jumpers started in front of 10,000 spectators. The initially fast track suddenly became dull due to the onset of snowfall, resulting in interruptions and three shortenings of the inrun length. After the first round, Jochen Danneberg led, who with 119 m improved the previous seven-year-old hill record by three meters. Behind were Hans-Georg Aschenbach and Bernd Eckstein. Henry Glaß and Dietmar Aschenbach could not stand their jumps of 117 m each. In the second round, Danneberg fell at 118 m, but it was enough for silver. As a result, the average width of 95.5 m in the second run after 114 m in the first run was enough for Hans-Georg Aschenbach to become champion. Bernd Eckstein couldn't improve, he was left with bronze. Following the jumping, Henry Glaß and Hans-Georg Aschenbach were nominated for the Olympic Games.
Date: Sunday January 25, 1976
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | ASK forward Oberhof | 244.5 |
| 2 | Jochen Danneberg | ASK forward Oberhof | 240.0 |
| 3 | Bernd Eckstein | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 234.0 |
| 4th | Dietrich fight | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 224.5 |
| 5 | Henry Glass | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 221.0 |
| 6th | Rainer Schmidt | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 216.0 |
| 7th | Dietmar Aschenbach | ASK forward Oberhof | 212.0 |
| 8th | Heinz Wosipiwo | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 200.5 |
| 9 | Falko Weißpflog | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 199.0 |
| 10 | Harald showerk | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 198.0 |
Medal table
In the 12 decisions, all clubs won almost the same number of medals. The best athlete was Veronika Schmidt from Zella-Mehlis, who won 3 championship titles.
| Medal table (after all 12 competitions) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | team | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 4th | 4th | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | ASK Oberhof | 4th | 2 | 4th | 10 |
| 3 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 3 | 1 | 4th | 8th |
| 4th | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8th |
Individual evidence
- ^ BZ of February 18, 1976 p. 7.
- ↑ ND of December 24, 1975 p. 5.
- ↑ a b c d e f g ND of February 23, 1976. p. 7.
- ↑ a b ND of February 20, 1976 p. 5.
- ↑ a b ND of December 29, 1975 p. 7.
- ^ ND of February 21, 1976 p. 5.
- ↑ BZ of January 26, 1976 p. 4.
literature
- Manfred Seifert, Roland Singer, Hans-Jürgen Zeume: Great love for skiing . Sportverlag, Berlin 1979, p. 211.