German Athletics Championships 1953

53rd German Athletics Championships

city	Augsburg / 3 other places
Stadion	Rose Stadium
Competitions	34 + 9 at other venues
opening	July 25, 1953
Final day	July 26, 1953
timeline
← Berlin 1952	Hamburg 1954 →

The 53rd German Athletics Championships , including the marathon, were held in Augsburg on July 25 and 26, 1953 . The venue was the Rosenaustadion . The marathon took place on the streets of Augsburg. The start and finish point for this discipline was also the Rosenaustadion.

There was a unique specialty this year at the street-walking competitions held in Nuremberg and the all- round competitions in Balingen . Athletes from the GDR also took part and in the 50 km walk , Rudolf Korb from BSG Motor Dresden-Ost was German champion.

As in previous years, several more championship titles were awarded at various other locations:

Forest run (men) - Solingen , April 19th on a route with individual and team evaluation
All around (women: pentathlon ) / (men: pentathlon and decathlon ) - Balingen , 22./23. August with individual ratings
25 km walk / 50 km walk (both men) - Nuremberg , 23 August with individual and team evaluation

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 1953 / Results .

Medalists men

discipline	gold	power	silver	power	bronze	power
100 m	Heinz Fütterer ( Karlsruher SC )	10.6 s	Peter Kraus ( VfB Stuttgart )	10.6 s	Heinz Kosina ( 1. FC Schwandorf )	10.8 s
200 m	Heinz Fütterer ( Karlsruher SC )	21.3 s	Karl-Friedrich Haas ( 1. FC Nuremberg )	21.5 s	Peter Kraus ( VfB Stuttgart )	21.5 s
400 m	Karl-Friedrich Haas ( 1. FC Nuremberg )	47.2 s	Hans Geister ( CSV Marathon 1910 Krefeld )	47.3 s	Albert Radusch ( DSD Düsseldorf )	49.2 s
800 m	Günter Dohrow ( SCC Berlin )	1: 51.2 min	Urban Cleve ( Prussia Krefeld )	1: 53.0 min	Hans-Walter Friedrich ( SuS Menden 09 )	1: 53.6 min
1500 m	Werner Lueg ( Sportfreunde Gevelsberg )	3: 48.0 min	Rolf Lamers ( SuS 09 Dinslaken )	3: 48.6 min	Olaf Lawrenz ( Berlin SC )	3: 51.8 min
5000 m	Heinz Laufer ( TG Schwenningen )	15: 02.8 min	Günter Heßelmann ( VfB Lohberg )	15: 03.6 min	Ekkehard Kamps ( Stuttgarter Kickers )	15: 20.0 min
10,000 m	Herbert Schade ( Solingen LC )	30: 58.4 min	Hermann Eberlein ( TSV 1860 Munich )	32: 13.2 min	Hermann Brecht ( OSC Berlin )	32: 31.0 min
marathon	Hans Vollbach ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	2: 54: 07.0 h	Willy Wange ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	2: 57: 00.2 h	Heinz Kuderski ( TuS Jahn Werdohl )	3: 01: 16.2 h
Marathon , team competition	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( Hans Vollbach , Willy Wange , Günther Rodowski )	9:04:25 h	BTSV 1850 Berlin ( Herbert Rother , Ernst Mensing , Gerhard Dorfeldt )	9:26:23 h	TSV 1860 Munich ( Willi Wolfrum , Max Wiedemann , Georg Mühlbauer )	10:44:38 h
110 m hurdles	Wolfgang Troßbach ( Berlin SC )	15.2 s	Bert Steines ( Red-White Koblenz )	15.3 s	Hans Zepernick ( Blue-White Osnabrück )	15.5 s
200 m hurdles	Bert Steines ( Red-White Koblenz )	23.9 s	Werner Möller ( Rendsburger TSV )	25.0 s	Willi Krüll ( 1. FC Cologne )	25.1 s
400 m hurdles	Heinz Ulzheimer ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	52.9 s	Helmut Kwoczek ( DTSG 1874 Hanover )	53.8 s	Willi Krüll ( 1. FC Cologne )	54.3 s
3000 m obstacle	Helmut Thumm ( VfB Stuttgart )	9: 11.6 min	Karl-Heinz Schmalz ( Red and White Koblenz )	9: 29.0 min	Günter Heßelmann ( VfB Lohberg )	9: 34.0 min
4 × 100 m relay	Eintracht Frankfurt ( Günter Theilmann , Karl Blümmel , Eckefried Becker , H. Wegener)	42.0 s	Karlsruher SC ( Franz Bastian , Lothar Knörzer , Heinz Fütterer , Günter Kussmaul )	42.3 s	TSV 1860 Munich ( Hans Trimpl , Heinrich Umlauft , Walter Schreiber , Werner Wigner )	42.7 s
4 × 400 m relay	CSV Marathon 1910 Krefeld ( Georg Niepoth , Georg Sallen , Wolfgang Miedecke , Hans Geister )	3: 16.8 min	SCC Berlin (Schmode, Seifert, Günter Dohrow , Seifert)	3: 18.2 min	Rot-Weiß Koblenz ( Siegfried Rheindorf , Alfred Hochscheid , Hubert Huppertz , Peter Mirkes )	3: 19.2 min
3 × 1000 m relay	Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal ( Joachim Rockschiess , Hans Emde , Friedrich Stracke )	7: 32.4 min	CSV Marathon 1910 Krefeld (Baur, Voss, Schlegel)	7: 33.0 min	TK Hannover (Bock, Dieter Lüderwald , Werner Bumann )	7: 33.4 min
10,000 m of walking	Rudolf Lüttge ( Eintracht Braunschweig )	50: 50.8 min	Claus Biethan ( Hamburger SV )	51: 30.6 min	Siegfried Kemper ( SCC Berlin )	52: 27.6 min
25 km of street walking	Rudolf Lüttge ( Eintracht Braunschweig )	2:13:18 h	Max Weber ( BSG Empor Laucha )	2:15:08 h	Botho Treptow ( Eintracht Braunschweig )	2:20:34 h
25 km street walking , team competition	Eintracht Braunschweig ( Rudolf Lüttge , Botho Treptow , Viktor Siuda )	6:56:43 h	Hamburger SV ( Friedrich Prehn , Schubert, Otto Biethan )	7:56:09 h	SC Bajuwaren Munich ( Konrad Reichel , Franz Reichel , Ertl)	8:31:14 h
50 km of street walking	Rudolf Korb ( BSG Motor Dresden-Ost )	5:07:10 h	Erich Kunz ( SG Dynamo Leipzig )	5:12:54 h	Walter Stoltz ( Eintracht Braunschweig )	5:15:06 h
50 km of street walking , team competition	Eintracht Braunschweig ( Walter Stoltz , Gustav Peinemann , Theo Arendes )	15: 56: 11.0 h	SG Dynamo Leipzig ( Erich Kunz , Martin Ebert , Helmut Hilbert )	15:57:30 h	Hamburger SV ( Emil Griem , Coldeway, Feucht)	16:17:42 h
high jump	Werner Bähr ( Olympia Neumünster )	1.90 m	Wolfgang Massion ( TSV Hertha Walheim ) / Hans-Jürgen Jenss ( ASV Cologne )	1.90 m
Pole vault	Julius Schneider ( SC Pforzheim )	4.00 m	Hanfried Oertel ( Red and White Koblenz )	3.90 m	Hanfried Oertel ( Red and White Koblenz )	3.90 m
Long jump	Herbert Göbel ( SV Korbach 09 )	7.22 m	Erhard Mallek ( DTSG 1874 Hanover )	7.21 m	Fritz Gleim ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	7.17 m
Triple jump	Heinz Oberbeck ( ASV Cologne )	14.68 m	Kurt Trozowski ( TuS Jahn Werdohl )	14.60 m	Rudolf Waneck ( TSV 1860 Munich )	14.20 m
Shot put	Josef Hipp ( TSG Balingen )	14.56 m	Werner Eckert ( TV Wehr )	14.54 m	Josef Müller ( ASV Cologne )	14.11 m
Discus throw	Heinz Rosendahl ( Black and White Radevormwald )	47.53 m	Karl Oweger ( TSV 1860 Munich )	47.34 m	Walter Janssen ( TSG Westerstede )	44.34 m
Hammer throw	Karl Wolf ( Karlsruher TV 1846 )	53.90 m	Karl Hagenburger ( SV Phönix Ludwigshafen )	51.76 m	Hugo Ziermann ( Grünweiß Frankfurt )	51.51 m
Javelin throw	Herbert Koschel ( Red-White Koblenz )	69.05 m	Emil Sick ( Stuttgart Kickers )	64.60 m	Gerhard Keller ( TSV Süßen )	64.43 m
Pentathlon , 1952 W. i. Klamm .: 1985 value.	Horst Bodenstein ( TK Hannover )	2911 P (3335 P)	Rudolf Etzold ( BSG Northeast Berlin Unit )	2823 P (3294 P)	Gerhard Keller ( TSV Süßen )	2795 P (3281 P)
Decathlon , 1952 W. i. Klamm .: 1985 value.	Friedel Schirmer ( TK Hanover )	6056 P (6526 P)	Wigo Biffart ( TSG Neustadt )	5462 P (6078 P)	Hans Kramer ( BSG Northeast Berlin Unit )	5444 P (6159 P)
Forest run - 7815 m	Helmut Gude ( VfB Stuttgart )	23: 22.6 min	Siegfried Steller ( SCC Berlin )	23: 25.8 min	Herbert Schade ( Solingen LC )	23: 37.4 min
Forest run , team competition	TSV Munich 1860 ( Hermann Eberlein , Walter Müller, Emil Bacigal )	9 P (places 4/5/6)	Hamburger SV ( Ludwig Rögener , Gerhard Paschen , Klaus Ketelsen )	37 P (Plä. 11/20/23)	SCC Berlin ( Siegfried Steller , Dieter Kohls , Orlowski)	42 P (places 2/17 /?)

Medalists women

discipline	gold	power	silver	power	bronze	power
100 m	Maria Sander born Domagala ( SuS 09 Dinslaken )	12.1 s	Ingrid Kühn ( SCC Berlin )	12.4 s	Irmgard Egert ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	12.4 s
200 m	Helga Erny b. Klein ( SG Mannheim )	25.4 s	Maria Arenz ( DSD Düsseldorf )	25.7 s	Irmgard Egert ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	25.7 s
80 m hurdles	Maria Sander born Domagala ( SuS 09 Dinslaken )	11.3 s	Anneliese Seonbuchner ( 1. FC Nuremberg )	11.3 s	Regina Lorberg ( TK Hannover )	11.8 s
4 × 100 m relay	Eintracht Frankfurt ( Renate Schwarzkopf , Irmgard Egert , Ullmann, Thoma)	49.1 s	Werder Bremen ( Inge Schierloh , Marga Petersen , Jutta Klinge , Lotte Oppolzer )	49.1 s	1. FC Nürnberg ( Isolde Schöner , Anneliese Seonbuchner , Helma Horlacher , Lotte Wackersreuther )	49.2 s
high jump	Hildegard Gerschler ( USC Freiburg )	1.57 m	Ursula Schmückle ( TSG Ulm 1846 )	1.54 m	Margarete von Buchholtz ( Stuttgarter Kickers )	1.54 m
Long jump	Anneliese Seonbuchner ( 1. FC Nuremberg )	5.89 m	Erika Fisch ( MTV Osterode )	5.86 m	Maria Sander born Domagala ( SuS 09 Dinslaken )	5.81 m
Shot put	Marianne Werner b. Schulze-Entrup ( SC Greven 09 )	14.14 m	Marlene Biedermann ( Free Gymnastics Association 03 Emden )	13.13 m	Edelgard Anhoff ( SCC Berlin )	13.09 m
Discus throw	Marianne Werner b. Schulze-Entrup ( SC Greven 09 )	44.64 m	Jolanda Mayr ( TSV Pfronten )	42.75 m	Karen Sonneck born Uthke ( TK Hanover )	41.88 m
Javelin throw	Marlies Müller ( Red-White Koblenz )	46.78 m	Jutta Krüger ( SSC Southwest Berlin )	45.95 m	Gisela Maier ( TSG Reutlingen )	43.81 m
Pentathlon , official value. i. Klamm .: 1955 value.	Maria Sander born Domagala ( SuS 09 Dinslaken )	3722 P (4363 P)	Regina Lorberg ( TK Hannover )	3516 P (4223 P)	Marianne Hagedorn ( Düsseldorfer SC 99 )	3509 P (4219 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
Film clips u. a. from the German Athletics Championships 1953 on filmothek.bundesarchiv.de, range: 7:04 min to 9:44 min
Results of the German Marathon Championships in Augsburg on July 25th on the website Marathonspiegel
Results of the German Marathon Championships team ranking in Augsburg on July 25th on the website Marathonspiegel

Individual references and notes

↑ Venues of the German Athletics Championships since 1946 (PDF; 47 kB)
↑ Disciplines of men's pentathlon: long jump, javelin throw, 200 m, discus throw, 1500 m
↑ The pentathlon was rated from 1952 to 1954 according to the international table valid for women in those years, disciplines: Day 1 - shot put, high jump, 200 m / day 2 - 80 m hurdles, long jump.

[1] Venues of the German Athletics Championships since 1946 (PDF; 47 kB)

[2] Disciplines of men's pentathlon: long jump, javelin throw, 200 m, discus throw, 1500 m

[3] The pentathlon was rated from 1952 to 1954 according to the international table valid for women in those years, disciplines: Day 1 - shot put, high jump, 200 m / day 2 - 80 m hurdles, long jump.