The 46th German Athletics Championships were the first athletics championships after the Second World War . The greater part of the competitions took place on August 24th and 25th, 1946 in Frankfurt's Waldstadion . With a few exceptions, all competitions were held in Frankfurt as part of the event . It was astonishing that, given the circumstances around, an athletics event could be held so shortly after the end of the war. But obviously culture , art , music and also sport were so important to people that things like this were being realized everywhere. That was the case in Germany and in all the other countries that were massively affected by the war .
Compared to the competition program of the pre-war period, there were still some restrictions due to the conditions so shortly after the end of the Second World War. The men lacked the following disciplines:
The marathon was run over a distance of 20 km, so it was shorter than today's half marathon . The longest walking distance was carried out over 25 km. The 200 meters were missing from the already very limited women's offer . With the 100 meters , the 80 meter hurdles and the 4 x 100 meter relay, there were only three running routes.
As in previous years, some other championship titles were not awarded at the main venue. This year these competitions took place in Braunschweig on September 29th:
Marathon over 20 km - individual and team classification
Pentathlon (men and women) - each individual valuation
The following overviews summarize the medal winners. A more detailed overview with the first six in each of the individual disciplines can be found under the link German Athletics Championships 1946 / Results .
Fritz Steinmetz: 75 years of the German Athletics Championships: (1898–1972) . 1st edition. Bartels and Wernitz, Berlin / Munich / Frankfurt (M.) 1973, ISBN 3-87039-956-2 (A contribution to the history of athletics).
↑ There are two versions of the placements for third place. In sport-komplett.de is Helmut Virneburg ( Bonner FV ) out in third - sport-komplett.de website. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015 ; accessed on April 8, 2019 . . Steinmetz is Hans Rümping named - Fritz Steinmetz, 75 years German Athletics Championships (1898-1972), p 18. Steinmetz lists as an association for in the said source Hans Rümping to VfB Stuttgart on, but this is specified for Steinmetz himself on p. 62 contradicts. There Hans Rümping is listed as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay of the Stuttgarter Kickers , which corresponds to the information on sport-komplett.de.
↑ 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.
