German Athletics Championships 1971

71st German Athletics Championships

city	Stuttgart / 7 other locations
Stadion	Neckar Stadium
Competitions	32 + 23 at other venues
opening	July 9, 1971
Final day	July 11, 1971
timeline
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The 71st German Athletics Championships were held from July 9 to 11, 1971 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .

Hildegard Falck set a new world record over 800 meters and with her run of 1: 58.5 minutes was the first woman to stay under two minutes on this distance.

This year, Michael Sauer won the last of his nine consecutive triple jump championship titles since 1963.

There were also other German records:

100-meter run : Elfgard Schittenhelm and Ingrid Mickler-Becker - 11.2 s (record set)
200-meter run : Rita Wilden - 23.1 s (record set)
High jump : Renate Gärtner - 1.83 m

As in previous years, further championship titles were awarded in various other locations, named in the following list in chronological order.

Forest runs - Pfungstadt , April 25th with individual / team ratings for women and men on two route lengths each (medium / long distance)
Decathlon (men) - Bonn , 3rd / 4th July with individual and team evaluation
20 km walk (men) - Salzgitter , July 4th with individual and team ratings
Marathon (men) - Achern , July 10th with individual / team classification
50 km walk (men) - Achern - Önsbach , July 11th with individual and team ratings
Pentathlon (women) - Osnabrück-Gretesch , 17./18. July with individual and team evaluation
Pentathlon (men) and long relays , women: 3 × 800 m / men: 4 × 800 m and 4 × 1500 m - Hanover , 25./26. September

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 1971 / Results .

Medalists men

discipline	gold	power	silver	power	bronze	power
100 m	Karlheinz Klotz ( TV Neureut-Süd )	10.1 s	Gerhard Wucherer ( USC Mainz )	10.2 s	Eckart Brieger ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	10.3 s
200 m	Karlheinz Klotz ( TV Neureut-Süd )	20.5 s	Franz-Peter Hofmeister ( Youth 07 Bergheim )	20.5 s	Karl Honz ( VfB Stuttgart )	20.8 s
400 m	Hermann Köhler ( TV Wattenscheid 01 )	45.8 s	Martin Jellinghaus ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	46.1 s	Thomas Jordan ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	46.2 s
800 m	Franz-Josef Kemper ( LG Ratio Münster )	1: 47.5 min	Jens-Bodo Fried ( OSC Berlin )	1: 47.7 min	Paul-Heinz Wellmann ( TV 1885 Haiger )	1: 48.0 min
1500 m	Bodo Bottlenose Dolphin ( SCC Berlin )	3: 42.3 min	Thomas Wessinghage ( USC Mainz )	3: 42.8 min	Heinz Mörtl ( LAC source Fürth )	3: 43.2 min
5000 m	Harald Norpoth ( LG Ratio Münster )	13: 53.0 min	Werner Girke ( VfL Wolfsburg )	14: 03.2 min	Ulrich Brugger ( Stuttgart Kickers )	14:04.2 min
10,000 m	Jens Wollenberg ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	29: 59.6 min	Günter Mielke ( ASV Cologne )	30: 17.4 min	Joachim Ließ ( TV Wattenscheid 01 )	30: 21.2 min
marathon	Lutz Philipp ( ASC Darmstadt )	2: 24: 31.8 h	Manfred Steffny ( LG Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	2: 27: 27.4 h	Hans Hellbach ( ASC Darmstadt )	2: 31: 57.4 h
Marathon , team competition	ASC Darmstadt ( Lutz Philipp , Hans Hellbach , Walter Weba )	7:30:36 h	Karlsruher SC ( Clemens Schneider-Strittmatter , Reinhold Russ , Henning Krogmeier )	8:14:52 h	Prussia Krefeld ( Hermann Tonnemann , Jürgen Bergmann , Oswald Charnietzki )	8:20:20 h
110 m hurdles	Manfred Schumann ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	13.9 s	Günther Nickel ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	14.0 s	Werner Trzmiel ( ASC Darmstadt )	14.1 s
400 m hurdles	Dieter Büttner ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	49.6 s	Dieter Friedrich ( Hanover 96 )	50.6 s	Hubert Schwan ( LG PSV / WSV Wuppertal )	51.0 s
3000 m obstacle	Jürgen May ( District Court of Hanau )	8: 32.4 min	Willi Wagner ( TV Wattenscheid 01 )	8: 35.2 min	Hans-Dieter Schulten ( TV Wattenscheid 01 )	8: 35.8 min
4 × 100 m relay	USC Mainz ( Manfred Letzelter , Gert Metz , Gerhard Wucherer , Günther Rudolph )	39.7 s	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( Manfred Schumann , Martin Jellinghaus , Manfred Ommer , Günther Nickel )	39.8 s	LG Frankfurt (Schmitt, Gerold Hein , Heino Dörr , Heinz Rienecker )	40.2 s
4 × 400 m relay	LC Bonn ( Klaus Skrzipek , Helmut Wilden , Gerhard Fischer , Wolfgang Fischer)	3: 09.8 min	LG Kassel (Graf, Wagner, Karl-Heinz Barchfeld , Spaich)	3: 10.3 min	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Roeber, Bernd Herrmann , Ulrich Reich , Roland Roßmeißl )	3: 10.5 min
4 × 800 m relay	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( Franz-Josef Becker , Raimund Kastner , Wolfgang Strittmatter , Joachim Strauss )	7: 28.4 min	SCC Berlin ( Harald Neugebauer , Clasen, Nawrath, Bodo Tümmler )	7: 28.8 min	LG Ganter Freiburg (Klaus, Gernot Schoch , Allmer, Paul)	7: 29.8 min
4 × 1500 m relay	LAC source Fürth ( Ludwig-Mario Niedermeier , Anton Adam , Heinz Mörtl , Karl-Heinz Schirmeier )	15: 33.4 min	Hamburger SV ( Wolfram Schmitz , Frank Sonntag , Dieter Lange , Erk Maasch )	15: 40.4 min	VfL Wolfsburg ( Rolf Burscheid , Alfons Ida , Norbert Baier , Werner Girke )	15: 42.0 min
20 km walking	Wilfried Wesch ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	1: 33: 11.8 h	Bernhard Nermerich ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	1: 33: 36.4 h	Bernd Kannenberg ( LAC source Fürth )	1: 35: 11.0 h
20 km walking , team competition	Eintracht Frankfurt ( Wilfried Wesch , Bernhard Nermerich , Horst-Rüdiger Magnor )	4: 44: 21.2 h	LAC source Fürth ( Bernd Kannenberg , Herbert Meier , Alwin Reng )	4: 51: 55.0 h	LG Salzgitter ( Gerhard Weidner , Gerd Schuth , Karl-Heinz Pape )	4: 53: 01.0 h
50 km of walking	Bernhard Nermerich ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	4:05:39.6 h	Herbert Meier ( LAC source Fürth )	4: 15: 51.4 h	Bernd Kannenberg ( LAC source Fürth )	4: 20: 11.6 h
50 km walking , team competition	LAC source Fürth ( Herbert Meier , Bernd Kannenberg , Alwin Reng )	13: 04: 43.4 h	Eintracht Frankfurt ( Bernhard Nermerich , Horst-Rüdiger Magnor , Peter Schuster )	13: 22: 12.0 h	LG Salzgitter ( Gerhard Weidner , Gerd Schuth , Werner Hupfeld )	14: 01: 59.0 h
high jump	Gunther Spielvogel ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	2.17 m	Lothar Doster ( SV Salamander Kornwestheim )	2.17 m	Hermann Magerl ( TSV 1860 Munich )	2.17 m
Pole vault	Hans-Jürgen Ziegler ( KSV Hessen Kassel )	5.10 m	Bernd Heller ( USC Mainz )	5.00 m	Frank Kornatz ( LBV Phönix Lübeck )	5.00 m
Long jump	Hans Baumgartner ( TV Heppenheim )	8.02 m	Josef Schwarz ( TSV 1860 Munich )	7.95 m	Hans Pfister ( 1. FC Nuremberg )	7.77 m
Triple jump	Michael Sauer ( USC Mainz )	16.64 m	Joachim Kugler ( USC Mainz )	16.24 m	Richard Kick ( TSV 1860 Munich )	16.14 m
Shot put	Heinfried Birlenbach ( LG Siegen )	19.59 m	Hans-Dieter Möser ( ASC Darmstadt )	19.24 m	Ralf Reichenbach ( OSC Berlin )	18.96 m
Discus throw	Klaus-Peter Hennig ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	61.32 m	Dirk Wippermann ( Rot-Weiß Oberhausen )	60.68 m	Hein-Direck New ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	57.46 m
Hammer throw	Uwe Beyer ( USC Mainz )	72.58 m	Walter Schmidt ( ASC Darmstadt )	71.86 m	Lutz Caspers ( Rot-Weiß Oberhausen )	70.50 m
Javelin throw	Klaus Wolfermann ( SV Gendorf )	84.50 m	Hermann Schlechter ( USC Heidelberg )	80.04 m	Gerd Simonsen ( LG Offenburg )	78.50 m
Pentathlon , 1965 W. i. Klamm .: 1985 value.	Kurt Bendlin ( LC Bonn )	3852 P (4041 P)	Engelbert Pöß ( SV Salamander Kornwestheim )	3556 P (3670 P)	Axel Jelten ( SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken )	3451 P (3597 P)
Pentathlon , team competition	SV Salamander Kornwestheim ( Engelbert Pöß , Horst Kley , Wolfgang Seeger )	9875 P	Holstein Kiel (Vogt, Kock, Hausmann)	9483 P	LC Bonn ( Kurt Bendlin , Gerd Winkler , Ingo Willenborg )	9204 P
Decathlon , 1965 W. i. Klamm .: 1985 value.	Kurt Bendlin ( LC Bonn )	8244 P (8198 P)	Hans-Joachim Walde ( USC Mainz )	8122 P (5015 P)	Heinz-Ulrich Schulze ( green and white hallways )	8043 P (7901 P)
Decathlon , team competition	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( Bernd Knut , Stamm, Axel Schiprowski )	21,164 P	LG Braunschweig ( Henning Oelschlägel , Ulrich Ammerpohl , Reichel)	21,072 P	TSV Wedel (Thieße, Fett, Höft)	20,444 P
Forest run middle distance - 4.4 km	Harald Norpoth ( LG Ratio Münster )	12: 07.2 min	Werner Girke ( VfL Wolfsburg )	12: 17.2 min	Heinz Mörtl ( LAC source Fürth )	12: 19.2 min
Forest run middle distance, team competition	LAC source Fürth ( Heinz Mörtl , Karl-Heinz Betz , Karl-Heinz Schirmeier )	23 P (seats 3/9/11)	LG Ratio Münster ( Harald Norpoth , Norbert Kepp , Manfred Arntz )	28 P (seats 1/10/17)	Hamburger SV ( Erk Maasch , Frank Sonntag , Daduda)	33 P (places 6/7/20)
Forest run long distance - 12.3 km	Lutz Philipp ( ASC Darmstadt )	36: 19.6 min	Jens Wollenberg ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	36: 37.6 min	Hans-Dieter Schulten ( TV Wattenscheid 01 )	36: 45.0 min
Forest run long distance, team competition	ASC Darmstadt 1 ( Lutz Philipp , Ari Vuorenmaa , Claus-Peter Hälsig )	21 P (seats 1/9/11)	TV Wattenscheid 01 ( Hans-Dieter Schulten , Wolfgang Falke , Ernst Vogelsang )	38 P (seats 3/11/24)	ASC Darmstadt 2 ( Helmut Jesberg , Hans Hellbach , Till Lufft )	42 P (seats 13/14/15)

Medalists women

discipline	gold	power	silver	power	bronze	power
100 m	Elfgard Schittenhelm b. Weismann ( OSC Berlin )	11.2 s BRe	Ingrid Mickler-Becker ( USC Mainz )	11.2 s BRe	Heide Rosendahl ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	11.3 s
200 m	Rita Wilden born Jahn ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	23.1 s BRe	Annegret Kroniger ( LG USC Bochum )	23.2 s	Inge Helten ( SG DJK Boullo Andernach )	23.7 s
400 m	Inge Bödding born Eckhoff ( LG Northwest Hamburg )	52.9 s	Christel Frese ( ASV Cologne )	53.6 s	Anette Rückes ( Red-White Koblenz )	54.0 s
800 m	Hildegard Falck b. Janze ( VfL Wolfsburg )	1: 58.5 min WR	Gisela Ellenberger ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	2: 02.4 min	Sylvia Schenk ( ESV Jahn Treysa )	2: 03.9 min
1500 m	Ellen Tittel ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	4: 16.7 min	Christa Merten b. Basche ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	4: 17.3 min	Gerda Ranz born Klöpfer ( TV Erkheim )	4: 20.2 min
100 m hurdles	Margit Bach ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	13.3 s	Heide Rosendahl ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	13.3 s	Gudrun Gülck ( Hamburger SV )	13.6 s
4 × 100 m relay	TuS 04 Leverkusen ( Jutta Kahmeier , Ursula Schruff , Rita Wilden née Jahn , Heide Rosendahl )	44.5 s	LC Bonn ( Elvira Possekel , Annelie Wilden née Klum , Brigitte Killius , Jutta Heine )	45.3 s	SG DJK Boullo Andernach ( Ulla Witsch , Inge Helten , Marie-Luise Müller , Weyk)	45.6 s
3 × 800 m relay	VfL Wolfsburg ( Christa Czekay née Elsler , Marita Jeske née Kloth , Hildegard Falck née Janze )	6: 27.6 min	TuS 04 Leverkusen ( Christine Linz , Gisela Ellenberger , Ellen Tittel )	6: 28.8 min	LG Northwest Hamburg ( Birgit Barth , Helga Fricke , Inge Bödding née Eckhoff )	6: 41.6 min
high jump	Renate Gärtner ( SG Schlüchtern )	1.83 m BR	Ulrike Meyfarth ( LG Rhein-Ville )	1.80 m	Karen Mack ( TSV 1860 Munich )	1.74 m
Long jump	Heide Rosendahl ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	6.69 m	Ingrid Mickler-Becker ( USC Mainz )	6.62 m	Christa Herzog ( Hamburger SV )	6.60 m
Shot put	Marlene Fuchs born Klein ( TSC Euskirchen )	17.07 m	Brigitte Berendonk ( USC Heidelberg )	16.70 m	Sigrun Kofink b. Grabert ( LG Tübingen )	16.29 m
Discus throw	Brigitte Berendonk ( USC Heidelberg )	58.22 m	Liesel Westermann ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	56.34 m	Anne-Chatrine Rühlow b. Lafrenz ( Prussia Munster )	52.88 m
Javelin throw	Anneliese Gerhards born Jansen ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	55.42 m	Almut Brömmel ( TSV 1860 Munich )	53.34 m	Doris Müller ( LG Unterwesterwald )	53.18 m
Pentathlon , 1969 W. i. Klamm .: 1981 value.	Heide Rosendahl ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	5158 P (4495 P)	Karen Mack ( TSV 1860 Munich )	4869 P (4158 P)	Margot Eppinger ( TSV Neuhausen )	4809 P (4105 P)
Pentathlon , team competition	ASC Darmstadt ( Christel Voss , Helga Hardt , Ingrid Liese )	12,920 P	Hamburger SV ( Christa Herzog , Gudrun Gülck , Weyer)	12,349 P	LG Northwest Hamburg (Schwichtenberg, Mattes, Wurl)	12,112 P
Forest run middle distance - 1.5 km	Ellen Tittel ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	4: 09.0 min	Christa Merten b. Basche ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )	4: 14.6 min	Christel Frese ( ASV Cologne )	4: 24.8 min
Forest run middle distance, team competition	ASV Cologne ( Christel Frese , Gertrud Theißen , Rita Windbrake )	19 P (seats 3/5/11)	TuS 04 Leverkusen ( Ellen Tittel , Gisela Ellenberger , Christine Linz )	3/5/11 P (seats 1/4/14)	Hamburger SV (Haßler, Beermann, Germershausen)	38 P (seats 8/9/21)
Forest run long distance - 3.4 km	Ellen Tittel ( TuS 04 Leverkusen )	11: 16.4 min	Regine Schoch ( Eintracht Frankfurt )	11: 35.0 min	Hannelore Heyn ( TSV Tempelhof Mariendorf )	11: 39.8 min
Forest run long distance, team competition	Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal ( Manuela Preuß , Christa Kofferschläger )	23 P (places 4/9/10)	Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal 2 ( Sigrun Schumacher , Ingrid Adam , Doris Schewe )	47 P (seats 12/14/21)	Eintracht Frankfurt ( Regine Schoch , Weber, Zidek)	48 P (seats 2/22/24)

literature

Fritz Steinmetz : 75 years of the German Athletics Championships (1898–1972) . Berlin 1973, ISBN 3-87039-956-2 .
Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society.

Web links

German athletics champions (until 2003) on sport-komplett.de
Athletics champion of the Federal Republic of Germany (1960–1990) on gbrathletics.com
Time online , athletes in the furnace
Film clips u. a. from the German Athletics Championships on filmothek.bundesarchiv.de, range: 10:51 min to 13:24 min

Individual evidence and explanations

↑ Less than two minutes. In: Badische Zeitung.
^ Venues of the German Athletics Championships since 1946 (PDF; 251 kB).
↑ Results of the German Marathon Championships in Achern on July 10th on the website Marathonspiegel
↑ Disciplines of men's pentathlon: long jump, javelin throw, 200 m, discus throw, 1500 m
↑ Disciplines of women's pentathlon: Day 1 - 100 m hurdles, shot put, high jump / Day 2 - long jump, 200 m

[1] Less than two minutes. In: Badische Zeitung.

[2] Venues of the German Athletics Championships since 1946 (PDF; 251 kB).

[3] Results of the German Marathon Championships in Achern on July 10th on the website Marathonspiegel

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

[5] Disciplines of women's pentathlon: Day 1 - 100 m hurdles, shot put, high jump / Day 2 - long jump, 200 m