German Athletics Championships 1939
| 41st German Athletics Championships | |
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| city | Berlin / 3 other locations |
| Stadion | Olympic Stadium |
| Competitions | 26 + 12 at other venues |
| opening | July 8, 1939 |
| Final day | July 9, 1939 |
| timeline | |
| ← Wroclaw 1938 | Berlin 1940 → |
The 41st German Athletics Championships were held in Berlin on July 8th and 9th, 1939 . They also bore the title “Greater German Championships” - a reference to the National Socialist character of German sport, which had made a profound impact. Athletes from areas that had been annexed by the National Socialists since 1938 also took part .
In the competition program, the 4 × 1500 m relay was replaced by the 3 × 1000 m relay, which has not been held since 1932 .
Some competitions did not take place as part of this event:
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Darmstadt , 15./16. July:
- Relay races , men: 4 × 100 m / 4 × 400 m / 3 × 1000 m relay - women: 4 × 100 m
- More fights, men: five and decathlon - Women: Pentathlon
- Leipzig , July 30th: marathon (individual and team competition)
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Kassel , July 30th:
- 10,000 m track walking (individual evaluation)
- 50 km walk (individual / team competition)
Overall, the performance was at an internationally high level.
- A European record was equalized:
- 100 m : Karl Neckermann 10.3 s
- There were three German records:
- 800 m : Rudolf Harbig 1: 49.4 min
- 5000 m : Hermann Eberlein 14: 27.2 min
- 400 m hurdles : Friedrich-Wilhelm Hölling 51.6 s.
These were the last championships before the outbreak of World War II . Apart from the forest run , which had been canceled the year before, the competition program was without restrictions. However, the participation of athletes was limited because Jews were excluded due to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935.
The following overview summarizes the medalists of all competitions from 1939.
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 1939 on Leichtathletik-dgld.de
- German athletics best list women 1939 on Leichtathletik-dgld.de
- Sport in 1939 on the website chroniknet.de
References and comments
- ^ 'Der Leichtathlet' magazine, issue with the reports on the German Athletics Championships in 1939, title page of the relevant issue of the magazine
- ^ Film title 'Large German Championships 1939' , film from 1940 on filmportal.de
- ↑ Development of the German Records (PDF; 50 kB)
- ↑ The disciplines from the 1st day of the decathlon (so-called "German pentathlon") were rated: 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 m.
- ↑ 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.