German Athletics Championships 1911

14th German Athletics Championships
city	Dresden / 2 other locations (+ unofficial: marathon)
Competitions	15/2 at other venues (+ unofficial: marathon)
opening	August 20, 1911
Final day	August 20, 1911
timeline
← Frankfurt am Main 1910	Duisburg 1912 →

The 14th German Athletics Championships took place in Dresden on August 20, 1911 . Exceptions were the 100 km street walking - June 4th in Hamburg - and the newly added decathlon - October 15th in Münster .

In addition, a marathon took place again - in Frankfurt am Main on August 13th, this time over 40 km, which, however, was not officially part of the championship competitions until 1924, but was carried out independently as the "German Marathon".

New disciplines compared to the previous year were the javelin throw and the decathlon .

Richard Rau set a new German record over 200 m with 22.0 seconds.

Winners list

discipline	Athlete (club)	power
100 m	Richard Rau ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	11.1 s
200 m	Richard Rau ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	22.0 s ( German record )
400 m	Max Herrmann ( Berlin SC )	51.0 s
800 m	James Lightbody ( Berliner SC )	1: 59.6 min
1500 m	James Lightbody ( Berliner SC )	4: 16.2 min
7500 m	Otto Wagner ( SV 07 Leipzig )	25: 23.0 min
Marathon 40 km	Max Wils ( ASC Marathon Berlin )	2: 45: 17.1 h
110 m hurdles	Richard Rau ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	16.6 s
3000 m obstacle	Paul Seyffert ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	10: 14.0 min
3000 m train ride	Otto Buckow ( Berlin AK )	13: 42.3 min
100 km street walking	Kurt Nippe ( SC Marathon Berlin )	11: 22: 00,0 h
high jump	Hans Liesche ( Eimsbütteler TV )	1.82 m
Pole vault	Robert Pasemann ( TiB Berlin )	3.54 m
Long jump	Robert Pasemann ( TiB Berlin )	6.66 m
Shot put	Franz Buchholz ( SC Heros Berlin )	12.06 m
Discus throw	Emil Welz ( ATB Frankfurt )	39.01 m
Javelin throw	Paul Willführ ( Berlin SC )	50.72 m
Decathlon	Karl Halt ( MTV Munich )	496 P / Rating 1985: 5064 P

literature

• Fritz Steinmetz : 75 years of the German Athletics Championships (1898–1972) . Bartels and Wernitz, Berlin 1973, ISBN 3-87039-956-2

Web links

• German athletics champions (until 2003) on sport-komplett.de

References and comments

1. ↑ Development of the German records on Leichtathletik.de (PDF)
2. ↑ as "German Marathon" not yet in the official championship program
3. ↑ The decathlon was rated according to an older point table, the disciplines were identical to today's.