GDR Ski Championships 1985
The competitions of the 37th GDR Ski Championships took place from January 31 to February 3, 1985 in Oberwiesenthal , Saxony . Nine competitions, seven individual and two relay decisions, in cross-country skiing , Nordic combined and ski jumping were held. Due to the cancellation of the combined jump, the event concentrated on three days instead of four. Just a few days earlier, the Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld , Austria , had ended. There the GDR team was able to fight for one gold and two bronze medals. The endurance championships over 20 km for women and 50 km for men in Carlsfeld, Saxony, on March 17, 1985 rounded off the title fights.
Cross-country skiing
Men
15 km
After finishing fourth over 30 km, which was disappointing for him, Karsten Brandt secured the championship title over 15 km for the third time in a row. The Oberhof Junior World Champion won his first senior medal with silver.
Date: Saturday February 2, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karsten Brandt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 44: 48.6 |
| 2 | Holger Bauroth | ASK forward Oberhof | 45: 24.0 |
| 3 | Uwe Bellmann | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 45: 28.2 |
| 4th | Fancier | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 45: 46.1 |
| 5 | Glass | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 46: 38.6 |
| 6th | Uwe Leipold | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 45: 54.9 |
30 km
In heavy fog and a very small field of just eight runners, there was an unexpected outsider victory. The 22-year-old Andreas Rollinger from Oberwiesenthal won his first GDR championship title among seniors. He relegated his club mate Uwe Bellmann, who had completed the 50 km in Seefeld four days earlier, to silver with a lead of over 50 seconds. Last year's champion Karsten Brandt was fourth.
Date: Thursday January 31, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Rollinger | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1: 22: 00.3 |
| 2 | Uwe Bellmann | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1: 22: 52.1 |
| 3 | Uwe Leipold | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1: 23: 48.8 |
| 4th | Karsten Brandt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 24: 13.2 |
| 5 | Fancier | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 24: 50.7 |
| 6th | Sinewy | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1: 26: 35.8 |
50 km
The long distance title was secured by Andreas Rollinger from Oberwiesenthal, just like over 30 km. At temperatures around zero degrees he had a lead of more than 4 minutes over second-placed Uwe Leipold from Zella-Mehlis.
Date: Sunday March 17, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Rollinger | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 2:26:37 |
| 2 | Uwe Leipold | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 2:30:55 |
| 3 | Karsten Brandt | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:30:56 |
| 4th | Glass | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:31:42 |
| 5 | Schröder | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:31:43 |
| 6th | Fancier | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 2:34:42 |
3 × 10 km relay
The relay decision ended with a double victory in Oberwiesenthal. The junior relay of the SC Traktor crossed the finish line just 25 seconds behind the seniors. The relay from Klingenthal had to admit defeat in the finish sprint.
Date: Sunday February 3, 1985
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | H. Rollinger Andreas Rollinger Uwe Bellmann |
1: 31: 14.9 |
| 2 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal / Juniors |
Jens Lautner Steinert Helbig |
1: 31: 39.6 |
| 3 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | Flechsig Lischke Schröder |
1: 31: 52.4 |
Women
5 km
The 17-year-old Zella-Mehliser Antje Misersky celebrated her first senior title. The member of the bronze relay from Seefeld ran out 40 seconds ahead of only 5 km. Simone Opitz with third place rounded off the excellent for the SC Motor.
Date: Saturday February 2, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antje Misersky | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 16: 10.1 |
| 2 | Gaby Nestler | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 16: 50.9 |
| 3 | Simone Opitz | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 17: 06.6 |
| 4th | Ute Noack | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 17: 11.2 |
| 5 | Carola Anding | ASK forward Oberhof | 17: 26.8 |
| 6th | Manuela Drescher | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 17: 28.3 |
10 km
Last year's champion Ute Noack was able to defend her title. The Oberwiesenthalerin was the only one who ran for the title as a member of the Seefeld bronze relay. A total of only 10 runners started.
Date: Thursday January 31, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ute Noack | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 30: 15.36 |
| 2 | Simone Opitz | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 30: 44.19 |
| 3 | Annette Malter | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 30: 59.83 |
| 4th | Susann Kuhfittig | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 31: 16.32 |
| 5 | Carola Anding | ASK forward Oberhof | 31: 21.28 |
| 6th | Want | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 32: 02.26 |
20 km
Somewhat surprisingly, Klingenthaler Heike Reime was able to stand up to the strong runners from Zella-Mehlis, who finished second to fifth, over the long distance. For the first time, the 17-year-old Simone Greiner-Petter attracted attention with fourth place.
Date: Sunday March 17, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heike Reime | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 1:03:45 |
| 2 | Susann Kuhfittig | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:04:09 |
| 3 | Annette Malter | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:04:11 |
| 4th | Simone Greiner-Petter | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:04:39 |
| 5 | Manuela Drescher | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 1:05:20 |
| 6th | Sylke Meyer | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 1:06:20 |
3x5 km relay
The SC Motor Zella-Mehlis was able to celebrate gold and bronze in the relay decision. The first season with 2 World Cup participants won the race by almost a minute and a half.
Date: Sunday February 3, 1985
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis |
Manuela Drescher Simone Opitz Antje Misersky |
53: 05.5 |
| 2 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | Göhler Gaby Nestler Ute Noack |
54: 33.3 |
| 3 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis II | Will Annette Malter Susann cow fit |
54: 41.4 |
Nordic combination
The ski jumping on the Oberwiesenthaler Schanze was initially moved from Friday to Saturday due to rain and strong winds. After completing the jump run, Heiko Hunger, fourth in the World Championships, by far the best jumper in the field, was well ahead with three jumps over 90 m. He also set a new hill record with 97.5 m. Before the 15 km run , which was held for the first time using the Gundersen method , this meant a lead of no less than 6:21 minutes over his club-mate Uwe Dotzauer. So Hunger was able to afford the worst running time among the 8 athletes without losing its top position. The runner-up Dotzauer managed to catch up almost five and a half minutes, so that in the end he crossed the finish line just 53 seconds behind Hunger.
Date: Ski jumping Saturday, February 2, 1985; 15 km Saturday, February 2, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heiko Hunger | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 398.68 |
| 2 | Uwe Dotzauer | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 390.80 |
| 3 | Beetz | ASK forward Oberhof | 378.81 |
| 4th | Hops | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 353.175 |
| 5 | Warg | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 345.925 |
| 6th | Memm | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 335.635 |
Ski jumping
Normal hill
In the final decision of the title fights, SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal celebrated a double success in front of a home crowd. Klaus Ostwald from Klingenthal led the way after the first round. The drama of the second round was unbeatable. In the end, first and third place were separated by just 0.6 points. Ulf Findeisen was the champion with a 0.1 point lead over his club mate Jens Weißflog. Defending champion Manfred Deckert only came fourth.
Date: Sunday February 3, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulf Findeisen | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 198.2 |
| 2 | Jens Weißflog | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 198.1 |
| 3 | Klaus Ostwald | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 197.6 |
| 4th | Manfred Deckert | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 189.9 |
| 5 | Stefan Stannarius | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 184.6 |
| 6th | Frank Sauerbrey | ASK forward Oberhof | 184.5 |
Large hill
The newly crowned world champion Jens Weißflog was able to achieve the championship title with a superior performance at the jumping event on the Großer Aschbergschanze in Klingenthal. While he was the only one to have flown over a hundred meters in the first run, in the second run he achieved a new hill record with 107.5 m. In the end, this was expressed in a lead of almost 30 points over second-placed Klaus Ostwald.
Date: Saturday February 2, 1985
| space | athlete | team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jens Weißflog | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 236.3 |
| 2 | Klaus Ostwald | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 207.1 |
| 3 | Ulf Findeisen | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 198.2 |
| 4th | Stefan Stannarius | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 184.5 |
| 5 | Manfred Deckert | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 177.6 |
| 6th | Frank Sauerbrey | ASK forward Oberhof | 177.3 |
Medal table
The outstanding team was at the end of the SC Oberwiesenthal with six of eleven championship titles. In the end, SC Zella-Mehlis was missing a gold medal to take second place in the team ranking. The performance of the ASK Vorwärts Oberhof with only one medal was disappointing.
| Medal table (after all 11 competitions) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | team | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | SC tractor Oberwiesenthal | 6th | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | SC Dynamo Klingenthal | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8th |
| 3 | SC Motor Zella-Mehlis | 2 | 3 | 6th | 11 |
| 4th | ASK Oberhof | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |