GDR ski championships 1980
The competitions of the 32nd GDR Ski Championships took place from February 29 to March 2, 1980 in Klingenthal-Mühlleithen , Saxony . Nine competitions, seven individual and two relay decisions, in cross-country skiing , Nordic combined and ski jumping were held. A week and a half earlier, almost all of the new GDR champions had attended the XIII. Winter Olympics participated in Lake Placid . From there the Nordic skiers had brought three gold medals and one silver and one bronze medal. In addition, Veronika Hesse had become world champion over the 20 km distance during this time. The long-distance championships over 20 km for women and 50 km for men, which took place on March 16, 1980 in Oberwiesenthal , rounded off the championships.
Cross-country skiing
Men
15 km
On the shorter run, the only Olympic participant in cross-country skiing, local hero Alf-Gerd Deckert, won the championship title.
Date: Saturday March 1, 1980
| space | athlete | team | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alf-Gerd Deckert | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 46: 01.66 |
| 2 | Siegfried Kautz | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 46: 38.96 |
| 3 | Peter Anders | ASK forward Oberhof | 46: 52.04 |
| 4th | Steffen Kühne | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 47: 13.72 |
| 5 | Christoph Rollinger | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 47: 38.75 |
| 6th | Jürgen Bachmann | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 47: 45.80 |
30 km
In the first men's competition there was a triple success in Klingenthal. Karsten Brandt was able to celebrate his first senior championship title. He referred the Olympian Alf-Gerd Deckert to second place with over half a minute ahead.
Date: Friday February 29, 1980
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karsten Brandt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 36: 44.46 |
| 2 | Alf-Gerd Deckert | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 37: 16.27 |
| 3 | Jürgen Bachmann | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 38: 35.18 |
| 4th | Christoph Rollinger | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1: 39: 14.08 |
| 5 | Peter Anders | ASK forward Oberhof | 1: 39: 35.50 |
| 6th | Steffen Kühne | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 40: 06.88 |
50 km
The last men's championship title went to Zella-Mehlis. In the absence of Alf-Gerd Deckert, Siegfried Kautz was able to secure gold in front of his club mate Helmut Schlott in changing temperature conditions. For both of them it was the crowning glory of their competitive sports career, as they then retired from competitive sports.
Date: Sunday March 16, 1980
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siegfried Kautz | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 2:53:15 |
| 2 | Helmut Schlott | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 2:54:27 |
| 3 | Andreas Schubert | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 2:55:11 |
| 4th | Heiko Töpelt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:55:54 |
| 5 | Thomas Straube | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 2:56:39 |
| 6th | Heiko Schmidt | ASK forward Oberhof | 2:56:43 |
4 × 10 km relay
The team from Klingenthal won the season title in front of their home crowd with the two new individual champions Brandt and Deckert. They relegated the Oberhof relay to the silver rank with a lead of over a minute. Bronze went to Zella-Mehlis.
Date: Sunday March 2, 1980
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal |
Steffen Kühne Jürgen Bachmann Alf-Gerd Deckert Karsten Brandt |
2: 06: 22.73 |
| 2 | ASK forward Oberhof |
Detlef Kotlinsky Peter Anders Udo Recknagel Arnd Krause |
2: 07: 58.48 |
| 3 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis |
Frank Gruber Siegfried Kautz Ottmar Krauss Helmut Schlott |
2: 08: 11.17 |
Women
5 km
The women's competitions started with the short distance. With the exception of Barbara Petzold, who skipped a cold because of a cold, all members of Lake Placid's gold relay team took part. And these athletes made the medal award among themselves. As in the previous year, Veronika Hesse was again champion with a lead of over 20 seconds. When awarding the silver medal, tenths of a second had to decide in the end. In the end, Marlies Rostock came second ahead of Carola Anding.
Date: Friday February 29, 1980
| space | athlete | team | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veronika Hesse | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 17: 38.85 |
| 2 | Marlies Rostock | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 18: 01.37 |
| 3 | Carola Anding | ASK forward Oberhof | 18: 01.66 |
| 4th | Ute Nestler | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 18: 22.30 |
| 5 | Elvira Pechmann | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 18: 28.07 |
| 6th | Beate Witscher | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 18: 36.44 |
10 km
Even over 10 kilometers, the winner was Veronika Hesse. It didn't look like it halfway through the route. Hesse had lost valuable seconds in a fall after about a kilometer. Therefore, at halftime, Carola Anding was 14 seconds ahead. In the end, however, Veronika Hesse made up for the deficit and ran out 22 seconds. Marlies Rostock, another member of Lake Placid's gold relay, won bronze.
Date: Saturday March 1, 1980
| space | athlete | team | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veronika Hesse | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 34: 28.20 |
| 2 | Carola Anding | ASK forward Oberhof | 34: 50.11 |
| 3 | Marlies Rostock | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 35: 04.84 |
| 4th | Ute Nestler | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 36: 23.82 |
| 5 | Bärbel district | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 37: 10.37 |
| 6th | Karin Gündel | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 37: 13.96 |
20 km
In front of a home crowd, Barbara Petzold won the long distance title after an exciting battle. Until shortly before the end, the world champion , Veronika Hesse, was always in the lead over this route , always 10 to 15 seconds ahead. Two and a half kilometers from the finish, Barbara Petzold caught up with her national team colleague and finally crossed the finish line with a 13-second lead. Bronze medalist Carola Anding crossed the finish line two minutes behind Hesse.
Date: Sunday March 16, 1980
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara Petzold | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1:14:51 |
| 2 | Veronika Hesse | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:15:04 |
| 3 | Carola Anding | ASK forward Oberhof | 1:17:04 |
| 4th | Marlies Rostock | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:19:09 |
| 5 | Ute Nestler | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1:19:19 |
| 6th | Petra Rohrmann | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:19:42 |
4 × 5 km relay
In the relay decision, Barbara Petzold, who had been pausing until then, was able to secure a championship title. As the last runner, she finished 14 seconds ahead of her national team colleague Marlies Rostock. The relay from Oberhof won bronze with the only 16-year-old runner Kerstin Moring.
Date: Sunday March 2, 1980
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal |
Bärbel district Beate Witscher Ute Nestler Barbara Petzold |
1: 10: 45.78 |
| 2 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal I |
Mandy Metzner Elvira Pechmann Karin Gündel Marlies Rostock |
1: 10: 59.64 |
| 3 | ASK forward Oberhof |
Petra Sölter Romy Anacker Carola Anding Kerstin Moring |
1: 12: 13.27 |
Nordic combination
In the absence of the Olympic champion Ulrich Wehling, the bronze medalist from Lake Placid , Konrad Winkler, and the Olympic fifth Uwe Dotzauer were the favorites. After the jump, however, the picture was different. Wilfried Ott and Frank Röder from Oberwiesenthal were ahead of Uwe Dotzauer and Konrad Winkler. In cross-country skiing, however, Konrad Winkler ran the fastest time by far and thus secured the championship title. Uwe Dotzauer needed 1:09 minutes more for the 15 kilometers, which was the third fastest time and in the end was enough for silver. For Frank Röder, the fifth fastest time came out of bronze.
Date: Jumping Friday, February 29, 1980; 15 km cross-country skiing Saturday 1st March 1980
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konrad Winkler | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 433.40 |
| 2 | Uwe Dotzauer | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 427.39 |
| 3 | Frank Roeder | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 424.18 |
| 4th | Andreas Langer | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 421.34 |
| 5 | Wilfried Ott | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 399.46 |
| 6th | Rainer Koehler | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 396.07 |
Ski jumping
Normal hill
After the first round, three jumpers in the order Weber-Duschk-Glaß had taken off on the small hill. However, Oberhofer Martin Weber could not defend this lead. With the daily best distance of 76 meters, both Harald Duschk and Henry Glaß pushed past Weber. In the end, the Zella-Mehliser showerk was able to secure the championship title with a 0.3 point lead over Henry Glaß due to better posture marks.
Date: Friday February 29, 1980
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald showerk | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 261.9 |
| 2 | Henry Glass | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 261.6 |
| 3 | Martin Weber | ASK forward Oberhof | 257.7 |
| 4th | Klaus Ostwald | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 245.1 |
| 5 | Thomas Meisinger | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 237.6 |
| 6th | Holger Greiner-Petter | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 234.0 |
Large hill
The jumping competition on the large hill became the Klingenthal club championships. The first six places were all athletes from the Vogtland competitive sports center. Henry Glaß could now look forward to the championship title after silver on the small hill, although the decision was very close. Only 0.8 points separated the silver medalist Thomas Meisinger from the championship title. After an indisputable 89 meters, he was still outside the medal places in the first round. With the daily best distance of 102.5 meters he catapulted himself to silver.
Date: Sunday March 2, 1980
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Glass | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 236.1 |
| 2 | Thomas Meisinger | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 235.3 |
| 3 | Klaus Ostwald | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 229.0 |
| 4th | Andreas Hille | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 220.5 |
| 5 | Manfred Deckert | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 220.0 |
| 6th | Olaf Schmidt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 209.2 |
Medal table
With the exception of the ASK Oberhof, all three other performance centers were able to achieve championship titles. The most successful sports club was the host from Klingenthal ahead of SC Motor Zella-Mehlis.
| Medal table (after all 11 competitions) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | team | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 4th | 6th | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 4th | 3 | 1 | 8th |
| 3 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4th | ASK forward Oberhof | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ BZ of February 27, 1980 p. 6
- ↑ a b c BZ of March 17, 1980 p. 6
- ↑ a b c d e f ND of March 3, 1980 p. 7
- ↑ a b c ND of March 1, 1980 p. 8