German team championship (athletics)

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The DMM (abbreviation for German Team Championship ), Team DM since 2014 , are a team competition in athletics . Various running, jumping and pushing disciplines are carried out, which are added up according to a point system. The team result is determined by adding up the individual scores of the participants and relays to be evaluated.

Until 2013, the number of participants in a team was generally unlimited. In the individual disciplines only three participants or two relay teams could compete. The two best participants per discipline and one relay were counted. In order to be able to participate in the final match at the federal level (Bundesliga), the teams had to qualify in regional and state competitions.

In 2014, the competition mode was adapted to the European team championship . Since then there have only been mixed teams of women and men. 15 men's and 15 women's competitions will be held. The scoring is based on the so-called cup scoring (15–13–11–9–8 etc.). Two participants per team compete in each discipline, the better one is counted. Half of the qualification for the final fight is based on the ranking of the previous year, half on an annual ranking list, which is formed from the results of the previous year. Each athlete may compete in a maximum of three disciplines and one relay.

Analogous to the DMM, there are also team championships for senior citizens ( DAMM ), for male and female youth A + B ( DJMM ) and for schoolchildren ( DSMM ) with partly different regulations.

Individual evidence

  1. DMM significantly changed from 2014 Leichtathletik.de, October 15, 2013, accessed on April 25, 2016.