GDR Ski Championships 1989

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The 41st GDR Ski Championships took place from January 31 to February 5, 1989 in Oberwiesenthal , Saxony .

Originally, the championships should be held in Brotterode , Thuringia . Because of the lack of snow, the organizers decided at short notice to move the competitions to Oberwiesenthal.

decisions

In eleven decisions, seven individual and four team competitions, the Nordic ski disciplines cross-country skiing , ski jumping and Nordic combined , around 160 participants entered. With the introduction of free style and the international trend towards more attractive competitions, there were some new programs. In cross-country skiing, the women did not do the 5 km route, but instead ran the 10 km twice, once in classic style and once in free style . The same happened to the men for the 15 km distance, but the 30 km were dropped. A team sprint was held for the first time in the combined athletes.

The championships were the yardstick for nominations for the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti . The long distance championships over 30 km for women and 50 km for men were held on March 5, 1989 in Carlsfeld , Saxony . However, there were no World Cup starters there.

Cross-country skiing

Men

15 km of classic style

In the first men's running competition, the favorite Holger Bauroth clearly prevailed. His worst opponent, Uwe Bellmann from Oberwiesenthal, only came in fifth. He blamed a lack of training due to a cold.

Date: Wednesday February 1, 1989

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Holger Bauroth ASK forward Oberhof 40: 18.08
2 Bertram Seidel SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 40: 32.1
3 Jens Lautner SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 40: 33.0
4th Torald Rein ASK forward Oberhof 41: 06.03
5 Uwe Bellmann SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 41: 17.08
6th fiddler SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 41: 22.03

15 km free style

On the fourth day of the competition, the men completed the 15 kilometers in free style. The race lived from the duel between the two best runners, Holger Bauroth and the recovered Uwe Bellmann. In the end, the Thuringian was ahead by two seconds. Three other team-mates from ASK Vorwärts Oberhof made it into the top six.

Date: Friday February 3, 1989

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Holger Bauroth ASK forward Oberhof 35: 58.06
2 Uwe Bellmann SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 36: 00.06
3 Jens Lautner SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 37: 08.06
4th Grunwald ASK Oberhof 37: 17.09
5 Torald Rein ASK Oberhof 37: 24.01
6th Marcel Rein ASK Oberhof 37: 26.00

4 × 10 km relay

In the relay decision, the men around Holger Bauroth from ASK Oberhof clearly prevailed in the end. However, Bauroth, who ran in third place, only had to make up for more than two minutes on the previously leading competition in order to bring his relay forward. With three titles he was also the most successful athlete of the championships together with Jens Weißflog. Free style also found its way into the relay, with only the first two runners still running classically.

Date: Sunday February 5, 1989

space team athlete Time (h)
1 ASK forward Oberhof Torald Rein
Marcel Rein
Holger Bauroth
König 		1: 42: 57.03
2 SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 1: 43: 50.00
3 SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 1: 46: 19.07

Women

10 km classic style

There was a surprise winner in the women's first race decision. The experts hadn't really counted on Claudia Bonsack, the daughter of the Olympic racing sled champion Klaus Bonsack . In the end she won the race by over half a minute and was able to celebrate her first GDR championship title.

Date: Wednesday February 1, 1989

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Claudia Bonsack ASK forward Oberhof 32: 05.01
2 Silke Meyer SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 32: 43.00
3 Goehler SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 32: 43.07
4th Susanne Kuhfittig SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 32: 45.04
5 Wirth SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 32: 51.02
6th Gabriele Hess ASK forward Oberhof 32: 52.02

10 km free style

After Claudia Bonsack's surprise victory over the classic distance, this time Oberwiesenthal's Silke Meyer was able to turn the tables and become champion in free style. However, this time the gap of nine seconds was much smaller than over the classic distance.

Date: Friday February 3, 1989

space athlete team Time (h)
1 Silke Meyer SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 27: 42.5
2 Claudia Bonsack ASK forward Oberhof 27: 51.1
3 Gabriele Hess ASK forward Oberhof 28: 02.5
4th Sylke Braun SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 28: 14.0
5 Kerstin Moring ASK forward Oberhof 28: 39.8
6th Heike Wezel SC Dynamo Klingenthal 28: 52.6

4 × 5 km relay

In the relay, the Oberhof team prevailed with a clear lead. The SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal had to do without the sick Sylke Meyer, who had become a champion over the 10 kilometers in free style. As with the men, the first two runners ran classically, while the last two runners completed their laps in free style.

Date: Sunday February 5, 1989

space team athlete Time (h)
1 ASK forward Oberhof Kerstin Moring
Renner
Claudia Bonsack
Gabriele Hess 		59: 30.00
2 SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 59: 51.04
3 SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 1: 01: 39.03

Nordic combination

singles

The individual decision of the combiners had a very changeable course. After the jumping the Oberhof junior Tino Feix led somewhat surprisingly. With a weak infection, it was only enough for seventh place after the 15 kilometers. For the championship title, a gripping duel ensued between defending champion Bernd Blechschmidt from Oberwiesenthal and Thomas Abratis from Klingenthal. At the start, Blechschmidt was 14 seconds behind Abratis. However, he soon caught up with this and ran in the slipstream for a long time. In the final sprint, Blechschmidt was then just ahead. The Olympic gold medalist from Calgary , Uwe Prenzel , had nothing to do with the decision.

Date: Ski jumping Saturday, February 4, 1989; 15 km Sunday 5th February 1989

space athlete team time
1 Bernd Blechschmidt SC tractor Oberwiesenthal
2 Thomas Abratis SC Dynamo Klingenthal + 1 sec
3 Jörg Beetz SC Motor Zella-Mehlis + 59 sec
4th Ralph Leonhardt SC Dynamo Klingenthal + 1:31
5 Sven Leonhardt SC tractor Oberwiesenthal + 3:13
5 Horse SC Motor Zella-Mehlis + 3:19

Team sprint

At this championship premiere, two athletes each formed a team. What was new was that both athletes completed five laps of 1.5 kilometers each and always took turns. The start was in cross-country skiing using the Gundersen method . The team from SC Dynamo Klingenthal won this competition premiere in a sovereign manner. The Vogtlanders increased the 38 seconds lead after the jumping to 1:31 minutes lead at the end.

Date: Ski jumping Tuesday, January 31, 1989; 15 km Wednesday 1st February 1989

space team athlete Backlog (min)
1 SC Dynamo Klingenthal Ralph Leonhardt
Thomas Abratis
2 ASK forward Oberhof Toralf Jakob
Tino Feix		 1:31
3 SC tractor Oberwiesenthal II Tkotsch
Sven Leonhardt 		1:55
4th SC Dynamo Klingenthal I / Juniors Jamrozinski
Falk Schwaar 		3:03
5 ASK forward Oberhof I / Juniors Weber
Heisig		 3:29
6th SC Motor Zella-Mehlis Jörg Beetz
Hopf		 3:44

Ski jumping

Single normal hill

The first championship decision was decided by the Olympic champion Jens Weißflog in front of a home crowd with a lead of over 14 points. The SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal was also able to bring two athletes into the top six. The only 17-year-old Ralph Gebstedt achieved a respectable fourth place, who clearly won the junior ranking.

Date: Tuesday January 31, 1989

space athlete team Points
1 Jens Weißflog SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 242.6
2 Heiko Hunger SC Dynamo Klingenthal 228.2
3 Ulf Findeisen SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 223.0
4th Ralph Gebstedt ASK forward Oberhof 214.9
5 Ingo Züchner SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 206.3
6th André Kiesewetter SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 203.7

Normal hill team

In the only decision on the third day of the competition, the favored team of SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal, led by Olympic champion Jens Weißflog, won the team competition on the normal hill with a clear lead.

Date: Thursday February 2, 1989

space team athlete Points
1 SC tractor Oberwiesenthal Ingo Züchner
Jens Weißflog
Guntram Kraus
Ulf Findeisen 		635.9
2 SC Dynamo Klingenthal Mike Arnold
René Kummerlöw
Heiko Hunger
Remo Lederer 		604.0
3 ASK forward Oberhof Branaski
Marco Gohlke
Ingo Lesser
Ralph Gebstedt 		577.3.0
4th SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 563.6
5 SC tractor Oberwiesenthal II 525.9

Large hill

Jens Weißflog from Oberwiesenthal was also able to win the championship title in the third jumping competition. With jumps of 92.5 and 101 meters, he outclassed the competition who, with the exception of Heiko Hunger, couldn't get beyond jumps of around 90 meters. Only the Klingenthaler was able to come close to meeting expectations with 96 meters in the second round.

Date: Sunday February 5, 1989

space athlete team Points
1 Jens Weißflog SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 220.5
2 Heiko Hunger SC Dynamo Klingenthal 204.5
3 Ulf Findeisen SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 201.0
3 Ingo Züchner SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 201.0
5 Ingo Lesser ASK forward Oberhof 183.5
6th Remo Lederer SC Dynamo Klingenthal 174.5

Medal table

In the competition between the four winter sports centers, the Saxon SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal got the upper hand. The ASK Oberhof won just as many championship titles, but lacked a few silver and bronze medals to outperform the Saxons. With Jens Weißflog and Holger Bauroth, both clubs provided three-time GDR champions.

Medal table (after all 11 competitions)
space team gold silver bronze total
1 SC tractor Oberwiesenthal 5 5 6th 16
2 ASK Oberhof 5 2 2 9
3 SC Dynamo Klingenthal 1 4th 0 5
4th SC Motor Zella-Mehlis 0 0 3 3

World Cup line-up

A week after the championships, the team for the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti was announced. The GDR team won a complete set of medals, one gold, one silver and one bronze.

Special jumping

Nordic combination

Cross-country skiing

Men

Women

Individual evidence

  1. ^ ND of January 31, 1989 p. 7
  2. ^ ND of March 6, 1989 p. 7
  3. ↑ a b c ND of February 2, 1989 p. 7
  4. ↑ a b ND from 4./5. February 1989. p. 15
  5. ↑ a b c d ND of February 6, 1989 p. 7
  6. ^ ND of February 1, 1989 p. 6
  7. ^ ND of February 3, 1989 p. 8
  8. ^ ND of February 13, 1989 p. 7