GDR ski championships 1984
The competitions of the 36th GDR Ski Championships took place from February 1st to 5th, 1984 for the third time after 1959 and 1976 in Lauscha , Thuringia . Nine competitions, seven individual and two relay decisions, in cross-country skiing , Nordic combined and ski jumping were held. For quite a few of the 150 registered participants, the championships were a final test before the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , which began on February 8th. The endurance championships over 20 km for women and 50 km for men in Oberwiesenthal, Saxony, on March 18, 1984 rounded off the title fights.
Cross-country skiing
Men
15 km
Olympic starter Karsten Brandt won his second championship title. In light fog, after 10 km, he was already 26 seconds ahead of second-placed Frank Schröder. At the finish, Brandt was even 42 seconds ahead. With Uwe Wünsch, the third Olympic starter came on the bronze place. Uwe Bellmann skipped the competition on the advice of his trainer.
Date: Friday February 3, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karsten Brandt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 41: 22.3 |
| 2 | Frank Schröder | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 42: 04.1 |
| 3 | Uwe Wünsch | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 42: 52.6 |
| 4th | Hermann | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 43: 44.6 |
| 5 | Ch. Rollinger | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 43: 53.5 |
| 6th | Andreas Rollinger | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 44: 05.9 |
30 km
The eagerly awaited opening race ended after a turbulent course with a heartbeat finale. Last year's champion Uwe Bellmann was already 22 seconds behind, but was almost able to catch up. In the end, Karsten Brandt from Klingenthal won the title with a margin of two tenths.
Date: Wednesday February 1, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karsten Brandt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 25: 52.8 |
| 2 | Uwe Bellmann | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1: 25: 53.0 |
| 3 | Frank Schröder | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 27: 40.4 |
| 4th | Hermann | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1: 29: 03.0 |
| 5 | Andreas Rollinger | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1: 29: 28.9 |
| 6th | Glass | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 29: 34.6 |
50 km
The last championship decision was decided by a Klingenthaler in Oberwiesenthal. In the end, Frank Schröder had almost two minutes ahead of the runner-up.
Date: Sunday March 18, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Schröder | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:30:37 |
| 2 | Uwe Wünsch | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 2:32:34 |
| 3 | Hermann | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 2:36:42 |
| 4th | Andreas Rollinger | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 2:38:12 |
| 5 | Sinewy | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:40:50 |
| 6th | Fancier | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:41:12 |
3 × 10 km relay
In the relay, the Klingenthal team, made up of the Olympic stars Brandt and Schröder, prevailed confidently against their second substitute with a lead of almost 2 minutes.
Date: Saturday February 4, 1984
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | Karsten Brandt Schicker Frank Schröder |
1: 24: 40.6 |
| 2 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal II | 1: 26: 32.6 | |
| 3 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1: 26: 44.4 |
Women
5 km
Ute Noack from Oberwiesenthal won her second title on the shortest cross-country ski run. The strongest GDR runner of the season up to then was able to run out 19 seconds ahead of Petra Rohrmann, who again came second. While the Olympic starter Petra Voge started at the championships for the first time and came in fifth, her club mate and Olympic starter Carola Anding took a break. Of the runners not nominated for the Olympics, two in particular attracted attention: the 21-year-old Simone Butters, who secured bronze, and the junior champion Gaby Nestler from Oberwiesenthal, who would have won bronze among the senior women with her time.
Date: Friday February 3, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ute Noack | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 15: 34.8 |
| 2 | Petra Rohrmann | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 15: 53.9 |
| 3 | Simone Butters | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 16: 21.0 |
| 4th | Kerstin Moring | ASK forward Oberhof | 16: 21.6 |
| 5 | Petra Voge-Sölter | ASK forward Oberhof | 16: 28.5 |
| 6th | Gündel | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 16: 28.8 |
10 km
The women’s first competition was also eagerly awaited, as they wanted to draw initial conclusions for the line-up of the Olympic relay. In the end, Ute Noack from Oberwiesenthal won. Last year's champion Kerstin Moring did not even make it into the top six.
Date: Wednesday February 1, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ute Noack | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 32: 08.1 |
| 2 | Petra Rohrmann | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 32: 32.0 |
| 3 | Carola Anding | ASK forward Oberhof | 32: 51.9 |
| 4th | Simone Butters | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 33: 37.1 |
| 5 | Leonhardt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 34: 13.3 |
| 6th | cutter | ASK forward Oberhof | 34: 25.3 |
20 km
For the first time, the only 16-year-old Antje Misersky from Zella-Mehlis made a name for herself among senior citizens over the long haul. In the absence of the defending champion Ute Noack, she won her first GDR championship title by almost a minute. She beat well-known competitors such as the Olympic starters Carola Anding or Petra Voge.
Date: Sunday March 18, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antje Misersky | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:08:44 |
| 2 | Farmer | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:09:40 |
| 3 | Schmidt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:09:41 |
| 4th | Manuela Drescher | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:09:55 |
| 5 | Heike Reime | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:10:06 |
| 6th | Carola Anding | ASK forward Oberhof | 1:10:31 |
3x5 km relay
The previously untitled ASK Vorwärts Oberhof won the relay competition. With the Olympic starters Anding and Voge, the Oberhof relay crossed the finish line with over half a minute ahead of the Klingenthal relay.
Date: Saturday February 4, 1984
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASK forward Oberhof |
Petra Voge Kerstin Moring Carola Anding |
47: 03.4 |
| 2 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 47: 39.8 | |
| 3 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal / Juniors | 47: 49.8 |
Nordic combination
With jumps of 97 and 98 m, Oliver Warg from Klingenthal initially took the top spot, ahead of all Olympic starters. However, as expected, he could not hold this place and slipped to sixth place after the 15 km. Andreas Langer, who was third after the jumping, was given the best chance of victory by the coaches. However, since he couldn't get past Günter Schmieder due to a poor mileage, it was only enough for silver in the end, while Schmieder secured the title. The third Olympic starter, Uwe Dotzauer, moved up from sixth place after jumping to bronze after a strong run.
Date: Jumping Friday, February 3, 1984; 15 km cross-country skiing Saturday, February 4, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunter Schmieder | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 438.15 |
| 2 | Andreas Langer | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 433.60 |
| 3 | Uwe Dotzauer | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 419.00 |
| 4th | Opitz | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 418.55 |
| 5 | Hops | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 408.85 |
| 6th | Oliver Warg | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 407.60 |
Ski jumping
Normal hill
In front of about 5,000 spectators there was a not necessarily expected champion on the Lauschaer Marktiegelschanze . Last year's winner Manfred Deckert was not nominated for Sarajevo due to poor seasonal performance. In Lauscha, however, he duped all Olympic starters with a new hill record of 103 m. Four Hills Tournament winner Jens Weißflog was only fourth. A little over a week later, however, he was to become the Olympic champion on the normal hill.
Date: Thursday February 2, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred Deckert | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 261.3 |
| 2 | Matthias Buse | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 243.6 |
| 3 | Stefan Stannarius | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 241.0 |
| 4th | Jens Weißflog | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 239.2 |
| 5 | Holger Friday | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 220.7 |
| 6th | Frank Sauerbrey | ASK forward Oberhof | 219.4 |
| 6th | Ulf Findeisen | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 219.4 |
| 8th | Klaus Ostwald | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 218.9 |
| 9 | Pschera | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 208.3 |
| 10 | Blacksmith | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 207.6 |
Large hill
The last championship competition, which took place on the Oberhofer Rennsteigschanze, was already marked by the Olympic preparations. Jens Weißflog skipped the competition completely, for the rest of the race the start was shortened from the start so that no Olympic starter was injured at the last minute. The defending champion Ulf Findeisen, who was not nominated for the Olympics, took advantage of these circumstances and won with a respectable lead of over 10 points. All four participating Olympic starters lined up behind them.
Date: Saturday February 4, 1984
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulf Findeisen | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 187.4 |
| 2 | Holger Friday | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 175.9 |
| 3 | Matthias Buse | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 175.2 |
| 4th | Stefan Stannarius | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 162.0 |
| 5 | Klaus Ostwald | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 161.7 |
| 6th | Pschera | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 135.4 |
Medal table
More than two thirds of all medals were won by the two Saxon performance centers. Of these, the SC Dynamo Klingenthal was clearly ahead with a total of 6 championship titles. As the most successful athlete, Karsten Brandt contributed 3 championship titles alone.
| Medal table (after all 11 competitions) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | team | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 6th | 6th | 5 | 17th |
| 2 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8th |
| 3 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
| 4th | ASK Oberhof | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |