German Athletics Championships 1912

15th German Athletics Championships
city	Duisburg / 2 other locations (+ unofficial: marathon)
Competitions	15/2 at other venues (+ unofficial: marathon)
opening	August 18, 1912
Final day	August 18, 1912
timeline
← Dresden 1911	Breslau 1913 →

The 15th German Athletics Championships took place on August 18, 1912 in Duisburg . Exceptions were the decathlon - held on September 15th in Munich - and the 100 km street walking - held on September 1st in Munich. This competition was last held at the German Championships. In its place came in walking distance of 50 from 1920 km into the competition program. There were no new disciplines compared to the previous year.

In addition, a marathon took place again - in Berlin on November 3rd, this time over 42 km, which, however, was not officially part of the championship competitions until 1924, but was carried out independently as a "German Marathon".

Richard Rau won both sprint courses for the third time in a row.

Winners list

discipline	Athlete (club)	power
100 m	Richard Rau ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	11.2 s
200 m	Richard Rau ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	23.2 s
400 m	Hanns Braun ( Munich SC )	51.6 s
800 m	Erich Lehmann ( Charlottenburger TG )	2: 00.9 min
1500 m	Erwin von Sigel ( SC Preußen Berlin )	4: 08.8 min
7500 m	Gregor Vietz ( German LC Berlin )	25: 04.4 min
Marathon 42 km	Johannes Christensen ( Denmark )	2: 48: 55.5 h
110 m hurdles	Walter Martin ( Leipzig BC )	15.8 s
3000 m obstacle	Paul Seyffert ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	10: 15.7 min
3000 m train ride	Paul Gunia ( Teutonia 99 Berlin )	13: 11.6 min
100 km street walking	Carl Brockmann ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	10:24:02.4 h
high jump	Hans Liesche ( Eimsbütteler TV )	1.87 m
Pole vault	Otto Fleiter ( ASC Münster )	3.50 m
Long jump	Robert Pasemann ( Berlin SC )	6.42 m
Shot put	Franz Buchholz ( SC Charlottenburg Berlin )	11.72 m
Discus throw	Georg Kerker ( FC Segeberg )	40.78 m
Javelin throw	Erich Zimmermann ( Eintracht Braunschweig )	50.97 m
Decathlon	Karl Halt ( MTV Munich )	509 P / Rating 1985: 4983 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

Footnotes / individual references

1. ↑ as "German Marathon" not yet in the official championship program
2. ↑ The best German was Otto Wagner , who placed second in 2: 51: 37.2
3. ↑ The decathlon was rated according to an older point table, the disciplines were identical to today's.