German Athletics Championships 1928
| 30th German Athletics Championships | |
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| city | Düsseldorf (men) + Berlin (women) / 2 other places |
| Competitions | 34 + 4 in other places |
| opening | July 14, 1928 |
| Final day | July 16, 1928 |
| timeline | |
| ← Berlin (M) / Breslau (F) 1927 | Breslau (M) / Frankfurt am Main (F) 1929 → |
Just like in the three previous years, the German Athletics Championships - it was the 30th - were held in two competitions separated by sex. What was new this time was that both events took place at the same time, even if the women's championship lasted only two days, while the men's championship lasted three days. The men determined their champions from July 14th to 16th, 1928 in the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf , the women on July 14th and 15th in Berlin .
Two competitions have been outsourced:
- Forest run - Weimar , April 22nd
- 50 km walking (men) - Nuremberg , October 7th - only walking competition in the championship program
The year 1928 was a special one for German sport. For the first time after the First World War , German athletes were again admitted to participate in international competitions. Germany was excluded from the Olympic Games in 1920 and 1924 and the Winter Games in 1924 . For many athletes, these German championships were therefore very much characterized by qualifying for the games in Amsterdam . The level was correspondingly good and in Amsterdam the first ever German Olympic gold medal in athletics was won: Lina Radke geb. Batschauer became Olympic champion over 800 meters .
There were only a few changes in the competition program:
- The extra-long track of 25,000 meters was canceled after three years, and since then the 10,000 meters remain the longest track.
- For women, the three-way fight was replaced by the pentathlon . It consisted of the following disciplines: Day 1 - shot put, high jump, 200 m / day 2 - 80 m hurdles, long jump and was evaluated for many years according to an older German point table.
There were two new German records:
- Pole vault - Julius Müller 3.82 m
- Javelin throw with both arms - Erich Stoschek 103.85 m
The following overview summarizes the medalists of all competitions from 1928.
Medalists men
Medalists women
literature
- Fritz Steinmetz: 75 years of the German Athletics Championships. Berlin 1973.
Web links
- German athletics champions (until 2003) on sport-komplett.de
- German athletics best list men 1928 on Leichtathletik-dgld.de
- German athletics best list women 1928 on Leichtathletik-dgld.de
- Photo of German champion and world record holder 1928 shot put Ruth Lange on akg-images.de
- Photo of German champion and world record holder 1928 shot put Ruth Lange on akg-images.de
- Photo of the German champion javelin 1928 Ruth Lautemann on akg-images.de
References and comments
- ↑ Bernward Franke: In Düsseldorf, a DM home game is no longer possible . Article from July 29, 2013 in the portal nrz.de , accessed on August 16, 2015
- ↑ Daily entries for July 14, 1928 , website in the portal chroniknet.de , accessed on August 16, 2015
- ↑ a b c For two-armed pushing / throwing, the distance already achieved for the competition with the better arm was added to the distance of the push / throw with the weaker arm.
- ↑ The decathlon was rated according to an older point table, the disciplines were identical to today's.
- ↑ The pentathlon was scored according to an older German women's pentathlon table, disciplines: Day 1 - shot put, long jump / day 2 - 100 m, high jump, javelin throw.