German Athletics Championships 1915

17th German Athletics Championships
city	Berlin
Competitions	13
opening	September 19, 1915
Final day	September 19, 1915
timeline
← Wroclaw 1913	Leipzig 1916 →

The 17th German Athletics Championships were held in Berlin on September 19, 1915 . They were the first during the First World War . In contrast to the previous year, when the championships were canceled due to mobilization , they were held - but with a reduced program and probably also a reduced number of participants.

Winners list

discipline	Athlete (club)	power
100 m	Hans Müller ( Wacker Leipzig )	11.0 s
200 m	Hans Müller ( Wacker Leipzig )	24.2 s
400 m	Hans Skowronnek ( Berliner SC )	53.8 s
800 m	Erich Wolfgramm ( Charlottenburg gymnastics community )	2: 06.8 min
1500 m	Karl Ernst ( Berlin SC )	4: 29.8 min
7500 m	Richard Lauterbach ( Comet Leipzig )	25: 34.2 min
110 m hurdles	Otto Röhr ( SC Charlottenburg )	18.2 s
high jump	Hans Liesche ( Eimsbütteler TV )	1.75 m
Pole vault	Ludwig Gaim ( TSV 1860 Munich )	3.30 m
Long jump	Willi Dünker ( Düsseldorfer TV 1847 )	6.93 m
Shot put	August Wasserfuhr ( Marine Cuxhaven )	12.87 m
Discus throw	Paul Willführ ( Berlin SC )	39.42 m
Javelin throw	Richard Kahl ( VfB Leipzig )	45.29 m

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