German Athletics Championships 1961

61st German Athletics Championships

city	Düsseldorf / 3 other locations
Stadion	Rheinstadion
Competitions	37 + 14 at other venues
opening	July 28, 1961
Final day	July 30, 1961
timeline
← Berlin 1960	Hamburg 1962 →

The 61st German Athletics Championships , including the marathon, were held in Düsseldorf from July 28th to 30th, 1961 . The venue was the Rheinstadion . The marathon and the 20 km walk mostly took place on the streets of Düsseldorf; the start and finish point for these competitions was the Rheinstadion.

There were two changes to the competition mode:

The women's pentathlon got a new order of disciplines by swapping the 80-meter hurdles and the 200-meter run .
In the men's forest run , two distances were held for the first time, which is still done today: a long distance over approx. 9,000 m to 10,000 m and a middle distance of approx. 3,000 m.

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

Forest runs - Berlin , April 23rd with individual / team ratings on two lengths for the men (medium / long distance) and a medium distance for women with individual / team ratings
50 km walk (men) - Friedrichsgabe near Norderstedt , September 3rd with individual and team evaluation
More battles (women: Pentathlon ) / (men: five and decathlon ) - Heilbronn , 23-24. September with individual and team ratings

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 1961 / Results .

Medalists men

discipline	gold	power	silver	power	bronze	power
100 m	Manfred Germar ( ASV Cologne )	10.5 s	Klaus Ulonska ( ASV Cologne )	10.6 s	Alfred Hebauf ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	10.7 s
200 m	Manfred Germar ( ASV Cologne )	21.3 s	Hans-Dieter Matthöfer ( SG Boelerheide )	21.5 s	Edmund Burg ( SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken )	21.8 s
400 m	Johannes Kaiser ( ASV Cologne )	46.7 s	Manfred Children ( OSV Hörde )	49.9 s	Gerhard Weinmann ( Police SV Berlin )	47.4 s
800 m	Paul Schmidt ( OSV Hörde )	1: 48.7 min	Hans Klinkenberg ( Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal )	1: 49.2 min	Jörg Balke ( Police SV Berlin )	1: 49.4 min
1500 m	Karl Eyerkaufer ( FSV Frankfurt )	3: 44.3 min	Klaus Lehmann ( Police SV Berlin )	3: 44.8 min	Harald Norpoth ( DJK SSG Telgte )	3: 45.0 min
5000 m	Roland Watschke ( VfL Wolfsburg )	14: 00.0 min	Horst Flosbach ( Solingen LC )	14: 03.4 min	Gerd Schmitz ( Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal )	14: 05.0 min
10,000 m	Roland Watschke ( VfL Wolfsburg )	29: 54.4 min	Gustav Disse ( SC Dahlhausen )	29: 55.8 min	Hans Hüneke ( Solingen LC )	30: 14.4 min
marathon	Jürgen Wedeking ( VfL Wolfsburg )	2: 28: 05.0 h	Heinrich Arians ( TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven )	2:30: 21.4 h	Lothar Reinshagen ( VfL Eintracht Hagen )	2: 31: 07.0 h
Marathon , team competition	TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven ( Heinrich Arians , Wilhelm Gänßler, Werner Lulies )	7: 54: 52.4 h	Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal ( Norbert Seidensticker , Werner Zylka , Bruno Nießer )	8:06:34 h	TUSEM Essen ( Karl-Heinz Speckmann , Hermann Tonnemann , Fritz Schöning )	8:14:53 h
110 m hurdles	Klaus Willimczik ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	14.4 s	Klaus Winter ( ASV Berlin )	14.6 s	Klaus Gerbig ( TG Rüsselsheim )	14.7 s
200 m hurdles	Klaus Gerbig ( TG Rüsselsheim )	23.9 s	Klaus Nüske ( ASV Berlin )	24.2 s	Joachim Hellmich ( OSC Berlin )	24.3 s
400 m hurdles	Helmut Janz ( VfL Gladbeck )	50.7 s	Manfred Wagner ( Post-SV Trier )	52.1 s	Ferdinand Haas ( Post-SV Munich )	52.1 s
3000 m obstacle	Wilhelm-Rüdiger Böhme ( Hamburger SV )	8: 47.2 min	Ludwig Müller ( FSV Frankfurt )	8: 50.2 min	Ewald Lork ( Borussia Düsseldorf )	8: 52.8 min
4 × 100 m relay	ASV Köln ( Klaus Ulonska , Johannes Kaiser , Uwe Breker , Manfred Germar )	40.8 s	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( Rudolf Sundermann , Hans-Joachim Oswald , Horst Pöhler , Willi Holdorf )	41.2 s	Hannover 96 ( Hinrick Helmke , Fredy Kalina , Walter Mahlendorf , Harry Pott )	41.5 s
4 × 400 m relay	OSV Hörde ( Albert Radusch , Udo Waldheim , Paul Schmidt , Manfred Kinder )	3: 12.5 min	SCC Berlin (Wiener, Pautzke, Gerhard Kopp , Hölzel)	3: 13.5 min	Hannover 96 (Ude, Harry Pott , Schmidt, Fritz Roth )	3: 14.0 min
3 × 1000 m relay	FSV Frankfurt ( Peter Christ , Klaus Ostach , Karl Eyerkaufer )	7: 25.4 min	Berliner SC ( Günter Dohrow , Jörg Lawrenz , Olaf Lawrenz )	7: 26.4 min	Hamburger SV ( Uwe Maaß , Peter Bock , Hans-Jürgen Profé )	7: 27.4 min
20 km walk	Wolfgang Döring ( Green-White Essen )	1: 35: 05.2 h	Erich Rodermund ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	1: 35: 52.6 h	Karl-Heinz Pape ( TSV Lebenstedt )	1: 37: 37.2 v
20 km walk , team competition	Eintracht Frankfurt ( Erich Rodermund , Karl-Heinz Egenolf , Rudolf Porteset )	12 P (places 2/6/9)	Green-white food ( Wolfgang Döring , Klaus Ingenhaag , H. Ingenhaag)	18 P (seats 1/11/12)	Berliner SC ( Hans-Jürgen Paul , Gert Jannsen , Kemper)	25 P (places 8/10/17)
50 km of walking	Heinz Mayr ( Eintracht Braunschweig )	4: 44: 20.6 h	Erich Rodermund ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	4: 45: 06.2 h	Jürgen Krämer ( Hypo-Club Munich )	4: 55: 00.6 h
50 km walking , team competition	Eintracht Braunschweig ( Heinz Mayr , Walter Stoltz , Lothar Wrase )	15: 14: 09.2 h	SV Friedrichsgabe ( Claus Biethan , Harry Binner , Gerd Nickel )	15: 27: 42.8	Hamburger SV ( Horst Gerdau , Heinz Tonn , Hans-Jürgen Bründel )	16: 23: 29.4
high jump	Theo Püll ( LG 1947 Viersen )	2.02 m	Peter Riebensahm ( ATS Bremerhaven )	1.99 m	Herbert Hopf ( TG Würzburg )	1.96 m
Pole vault	Klaus Lehnertz ( Solingen LC )	4.30 m	Dieter Möhring ( VfL Wolfsburg )	4.30 m	Helmut Schmidt ( TuS Opladen )	4.20 m
Long jump	Manfred Steinbach ( USC Mainz )	7.50 m	Ingo Schönewolf ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	7.38 m	Eberhard Vaubel ( TSV 1860 Munich )	7.32 m
Triple jump	Jörg Wischmeier ( Rheydter TV )	15.33 m	Ingo Schönewolf ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	15.14 m	Michael Sauer ( TSV 1860 Munich )	15.10 m
Shot put	Dietrich Urbach ( TSV 1860 Munich )	17.98 m	Hermann Lingnau ( FSV Frankfurt )	17.74 m	Karl-Heinz Wegmann ( Dortmund SC 95 )	16.52 m
Discus throw	Jens Reimers ( Rot-Weiß Oberhausen )	53.10 m	Dietrich Urbach ( TSV 1860 Munich )	51.52 m	Josef Klik ( TuS Fritzlar )	50.76 m
Hammer throw	Hans Fahsl ( Black and White Westende Hamborn )	60.26 m	Hans Wulff ( KSV Hessen Kassel )	58.05 m	Hans-Joachim Knappe ( DSD Düsseldorf )	57.81 m
Javelin throw	Rolf Herings ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	77.83 m	Hans Schenk ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	75.07 m	Hermann Rieder ( TSV 1860 Munich )	74.65 m
Pentathlon , 1952 W. i. Klamm .: 1985 value.	Hermann Salomon ( USC Mainz )	3381 P (3697 P)	Horst Stelzner ( Hamburger SV )	3037 P (3436 P)	Ernst Bux ( Lehe Gymnastics Club )	3034 P (3459 P)
Pentathlon , team competition	Hamburger SV ( Manfred Bock , Horst Stelzner , Horst Beyer )	9384 P	USC Mainz ( Hermann Salomon , Gustav Held , Klaus-Dieter Röper )	9082 P	Police SV Berlin ( Klaus Beuschel , Wolfgang Kardetzky , Hans-Joachim Kowalewsky )	8520 P
Decathlon , 1952 W. i. Klamm .: 1985 value.	Willi Holdorf ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	7238 P (7163 P)	Werner von Moltke ( Stuttgarter Kickers )	6977 P (7046 P)	Wolfgang Heise ( LC Nordhorn )	6908 P (6997 P)
Decathlon , team competition	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( Willi Holdorf , Hermann Alms , Ingo Schönewolf )	20,218 P	ASV Berlin ( Klaus Nüske , Manfred Wedde , Jörg Neumann )	17,676 P	LC Nordhorn ( Wolfgang Heise , Peter Merziger , Uwe Seifert )	16,357 P
Forest run middle distance - 3.8 km	Wilhelm-Rüdiger Böhme ( Hamburger SV )	11: 28.0 min	Peter Handel ( VfL Wolfsburg )	11: 31.8 min	Werner Girke ( VfL Wolfsburg )	11: 35.0 min
Forest run middle distance, team competition	Hamburger SV ( Wilhelm-Rüdiger Böhme , Hans-Joachim Blatt , Hans-Jürgen Profé )	18 P (places 1/4/15)	VfL Wolfsburg ( Peter Handel , Werner Girke , Brand)	23 P (places 2/3/23)	FSV Frankfurt ( Karl Eyerkaufer , Klaus Ostach , Peter Christ )	27 P (seats 5/11/14)
Forest run long distance - 9.0 km	Horst Flosbach ( Solingen LC )	26: 58.4 min	Gustav Disse ( SC Dahlhausen )	27: 11.6 min	Roland Watschke ( VfL Wolfsburg )	27: 45.0 min
Forest run long distance, team competition	VfL Wolfsburg ( Roland Watschke , Alfons Ida , Hermann Schnelle )	15 P (seats 3/6/11)	SCC Berlin ( Peter Kubicki , Gideon Papke , Hermann Brecht )	32 P (seats 4/16/23)	SC Dahlhausen ( Gustav Disse , Klaus Vieth , Friedhelm Aufermann )	33 P (places 2/21/22)

Medalists women

discipline	gold	power	silver	power	bronze	power
100 m	Maren Collin ( Wuppertaler SV )	11.9 s	Jutta Heine ( DHC Hanover )	12.0 s	Renate Bronnsack ( USC Heidelberg )	12.0 s
200 m	Jutta Heine ( DHC Hanover )	24.0 s	Maren Collin ( Wuppertaler SV )	24.3 s	Maria Jeibmann born Arenz ( Wuppertal SV )	24.6 s
400 m	Maria Jeibmann born Arenz ( Wuppertal SV )	56.2 s	Margarete Buscher ( LC Nordhorn )	57.0 s	Erna Maisack ( TV Jahn Plaidt )	57.4 s
800 m	Antje Gleichfeld born Braasch ( TuS Alstertal Hamburg )	2: 12.6 min	Edith Schiller ( Police SV Cologne )	2: 14.4 min	Rosemarie Nitsch ( Post-SG Mannheim )	2: 14.5 min
80 m hurdles	Erika Fisch ( Hanover 96 )	11.0 s	Ingrid Schlundt ( ASV Cologne )	11.1 s	Lore Döderlein ( TG Würzburg )	11.4 s
4 × 100 m relay	Wuppertaler SV ( Elisabeth Pottgießer , Doris Schweimanns , Maren Collin , Maria Jeibmann née Arenz )	47.1 s	Hannover 96 ( Renate Bicker , Renate Marsch , Erika Fisch , Helga Henning )	47.5 s	USC Heidelberg (Hartung, Martha Langbein , Renate Bronnsack , Groß)	47.9 s
high jump	Ilia Hans ( SpVgg.Bissingen )	1.67 m	Ingrid Becker ( LG Geseke )	1.67 m	Erika Strossenreuther ( TSV 1860 Munich )	1.61 m
Long jump	Helga Hoffmann ( ATSV Saarbrücken )	6.13 m	Ingrid Becker ( LG Geseke )	6.10 m	Gudrun Scheller ( Eintracht Braunschweig )	5.98 m
Shot put	Sigrun Grabert ( SV 03 Tübingen )	15.35 m	Marlene Klein ( LG Olympia Euskirchen )	14.51 m	Mathilde Forster ( Post-SV Munich )	14.22 m
Discus throw	Kriemhild Hausmann ( Prussia Krefeld )	51.85 m	Gudrun Kapolke ( Hamburger SV )	48.35 m	Anne-Chatrine Rühlow b. Lafrenz ( SC Greven 09 )	47.25 m
Javelin throw	Anneliese Gerhards born Jansen ( TV Lobberich )	51.35 m	Almut Brömmel ( TSV 1860 Munich )	50.94 m	Ilse Junghänel ( 1. FC Schwandorf )	47.68 m
Pentathlon , 1955 rating	Helga Hoffmann ( ATSV Saarbrücken )	4555 P	Hannelore Keydel ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	4462 P	Renate Junker ( Rheydter TV 1847 )	4378 P
Pentathlon , team competition	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( Hannelore Keydel , Christa Büchner , Weiler)	12,391 P	Hamburger SV ( Jutta Stöck , Leonore Koch née Tauer , Hilke Thymm )	12,355 P	TSV 1860 Munich ( Erika Strösenreuther , Inge Schell , Heidi Maasberg )	12,170 P
Forest run - 1.2 km	Edith Schiller ( Police SV Cologne )	4: 02.6 min	Rosemarie Nitsch ( Post-SG Mannheim )	4: 03.6 min	Marianne Schmalöwski ( Blue-Yellow Frankfurt )	4: 07.8 min
Forest run , team competition	TV Hasse-Winterbek Kiel ( Barbara Decker , D. Scheuer, M. Scheuer)	19 P (seats 7 /? /?)	SCC Berlin ( Renate Thuran , Wüstenhagen, Wolf)	33 P (seats 4/18/21)	OSC Waldniel ( Maria Inderfurth , Josefine Bongartz , box)	36 P (seats 8/13/28)

literature

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).

Web links

German athletics champions (until 2003) on sport-komplett.de
Athletics champion of the Federal Republic of Germany (1960–1990) on gbrathletics.com
Results of the German Marathon Championships in Düsseldorf on July 29th on the website Marathonspiegel
Results of the German Marathon Championships team ranking in Düsseldorf on July 29th on the website Marathonspiegel
Film clips u. a. from the German Athletics Championships on filmothek.bundesarchiv.de, range: 7:55 min to 9:10 min

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 scores listed here result from the rating table valid at the time of the event.

[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 scores listed here result from the rating table valid at the time of the event.