German Nordic Ski Championships 1973

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German Nordic Ski Championships

Nordic combined pictogram.svg
Men's Ladies
winner
Cross-country skiing
(short distance) 		Walter DemelWalter Demel Walter Demel Michaela EndlerMichaela Endler Michaela Endler
Cross-country skiing
(long distance) 		Walter DemelWalter Demel Walter Demel Michaela EndlerMichaela Endler Michaela Endler
Cross-country skiing
(ski marathon) 		Klaus GehrkeKlaus Gehrke Klaus Gehrke -
Cross-country skiing
(association relay) 		BavariaBavaria Bavaria I
Hans Speicher
Hannes Bleier
Edgar Eckert
Walter Demel
 BavariaBavaria Bavaria I
Annnemie Amslinger
Kathrin Glasl
Michaela Endler
Cross-country skiing
(club relay) 		SC ZwieselSC Zwiesel SC Zwiesel
Emil Lettenmaier
Günter Wallner
Franz Bernreiter
Walter Demel
 -
Nordic combination Flag Swabia Bavaria.svg Franz Keller -
Ski jumping
(normal hill) 		Rudi TuschRudi Tusch Rudi Tusch -
Ski jumping
(large hill) 		Alfred GroscheAlfred Grosche Alfred Grosche -
Competitions
Venues 5 1
Individual competitions 6th 2
Team competitions 2 1
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The German Nordic Ski Championships 1973 took place from February 3rd to 11th in Braunlage and Reit im Winkl . Originally, all competitions were supposed to be held in the Harz Mountains , but severe weather conditions - which, among other things, turned the cross-country trails into water-filled "tram tracks" - made relocation necessary. This must be described as a unique organizational masterpiece. However, the 50 km ski marathon fell victim to the relocation, which was instead made up for on Sunday, March 4th as part of the Bavarian championships in Bayrischzell .

The championship jumping on the large hill took place on February 18th in Neustadt . Because of the bad weather conditions neither in Braunlage nor in Reit im Winkl could a competition be held on the normal hill, the competition was moved from the normal hill to Schonach on February 17th .

Cross-country skiing

Women

5 km

space Surname place Time (hrs)
01 Michaela Endler Aschau 0: 20: 16.41
02 Katrin Glasl Pasing 0: 20: 56.27
03 Haldis Zühlke Willingen 0: 21: 03.11
04th Barbara Faller Bubenbach 0: 21: 09.25
05 Sigrid Afflerbach Erndtebrück 0: 21: 26.43
06th Annemie Amslinger Altötting 0: 21: 30.37

Date: Saturday February 10, 1973

Michaela Endler won her fifth title in a row over 5 kilometers. The competition took place under extremely difficult and stressful conditions. Heavy snow fell an hour before the start. 24 athletes took part in cross-country skiing.

10 km

space Surname place Time (hrs)
01 Michaela Endler Aschau 0: 34: 39.87
02 Katrin Glasl Pasing 0: 35: 52.17
03 Annemie Amslinger Altötting 0: 37: 36.17
04th Steffi Wamsler Degenfeld 0: 38: 37.70
05 Renate Braun Baiersbronn 0: 39: 42.65

Date: Friday February 9, 1973

The serial winner Michaela Endler was again German champion over ten kilometers.

Association relay

space Names Association Time (hrs)
01 Annnemie Amslinger
Kathrin Glasl
Michaela Endler 		Bavaria I 1: 09: 22.62
02 Sigrid Afflerbach
Iris Schulz
Haldis Zühlke 		West Germany I 1: 11: 36.63
03 Swabia I 1: 13: 17.82
04th Bavaria II 1: 14: 25.75
05 Swabia II 1: 15: 23.16
06th Resin I 1: 19: 43.44

Date: Sunday February 11, 1973

The Bavarian relay team won the 3 × 5 kilometer relay race with a clear lead of more than two minutes. The representatives of the West German Ski Association also finished around two minutes before their competitors from Swabia.

Men

15 km

space Surname place Time (hrs)
01 Walter Demel Zwiesel 0: 54: 46.29
02 Hans Speicher Reit im Winkl 0: 55: 15.30
03 Georg Zipfel Kirchzarten 0: 56: 00.92
04th Hannes Bleier Bayrischzell 0: 56: 08.74
05 Edgar Eckert New building 0: 56: 11.10
06th Georg Martin Nesselwang 0: 56: 32.86
07th Hartmut Döpp Winterberg 0: 56: 36: 46

Date: Saturday February 10, 1973

The favorite Walter Demel lived up to his role and became German champion despite a smooth ski. Last year's third Gerhard Gehring gave up after six kilometers. 94 athletes took part in cross-country skiing.

30 km

space Surname place Time (hrs)
01 Walter Demel Zwiesel 1: 40: 18.72
02 Edgar Eckert New building 1: 40: 44.63
03 Hannes Bleier Bayrischzell 1: 42: 58.09
04th Gerhard Gehring Feet 1: 43: 53.99
05 Gerd Winkler Boredom 1: 44: 08.40
06th Georg Allgaier Mehrstetten 1: 46: 18.72

Date: Tuesday February 6, 1973

The German champion over the 30 km cross-country ski run Walter Demel complained at the finish about the championship race: "This route is impossible for a championship because it is far too easy and has no difficulties." Nevertheless, Demel was able to win his tenth championship title Distance. Due to the foggy weather conditions with temperatures below zero, the athletes had to struggle with waxing problems, as the snow conditions on the partly newly laid track varied.

50 km

space Surname place Time (hrs)
01 Klaus Gehrke Bad Wiessee 2: 51: 53.70
02 Bertel Bohn Bad Wiessee 2: 53: 21.61
03 Peter White Brend 2: 54: 52.51
04th Josef Niedermeier Reit im Winkl 2: 55: 12.97
05 Conny Winkler Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2: 58: 37.57
06th Heini Simon Krün 2: 58: 41.77

Date: Sunday March 4, 1973

The 50 km ski marathon had to be postponed and finally took place in Bayrischzell at the beginning of March . Due to the new scheduling, the German elite could not take part in the race because they stayed in Sweden for international competitions . Wet new snow posed major problems for some athletes, so that only 35 of the 72 cross-country skiers who started made it to the finish. German champion was Klaus Gehrke from SC Bad Wiessee in front of his club mate Bertel Bohn and the Black Forest rider Peter Weiß from SZ Brend .

Association relay

space Names Association Time (hrs)
01 Hans Speicher
Hannes Bleier
Edgar Eckert
Walter Demel 		Bavaria I 2: 44: 04.01
02 Emil Lettenmaier
Ludwig Reiser
Georg Martin
Gerhard Gehring 		Bavaria II 2: 46: 51.38
03


Hartmut Döpp 		West Germany I 2: 48: 27.56
04th Bavaria III 2: 49: 57.62
05
Urban Hettich

Georg Zipfel 		Black Forest I 2: 52: 32.37
06th Swabia I 2: 52: 44.55

Date: Sunday February 11, 1973

After Hans Speicher , Hannes Bleier and Edgar Eckert each had the fastest time on their route, Walter Demel , the final runner of the first Bavarian relay, secured the win of the 4 × 10-kilometer relay race. Georg Zipfel showed the best time in the last section of the route , which brought his relay from eighth to fifth place.

Club relay

space Names society Time (hrs)
01 Emil Lettenmaier
Günter Wallner
Franz Bernreiter
Walter Demel 		SC Zwiesel 2: 20: 02.98
02 SC fishing 2: 21: 34.94
03 SC Schonach 2: 24: 48.58
04th SZ Breitnau 2: 24: 58.68
05 WSC Weißenstadt 2: 25: 26.01
06th WSV Reit im Winkl 2: 25: 34.44
07th SK Nesselwang 2: 26: 00.04
08th SK Langewiese 2: 26: 44.90
09 SC Altenau 2: 28: 15.00
10 SC Villingen 2:30:26.08

Date: Saturday February 3, 1973

SC Zwiesel won the 4 × 10 kilometer relay race in the Harz Mountains . The final runner of the SC Zwiesels was the 37-year-old Federal Border Guard Master Walter Demel , who not only won his 33rd championship title, but also became German champion in the club relay for the first time. The Zwieseler Quartet laid the foundation for victory with the 18-year-old Emil Lettenmaier , because he handed over the baton 55 seconds ahead of the defending champions from SC Fischen . The race was held at temperatures a little below freezing point above Braunlage on a 10 km circuit near Oderbrück . There were 25 seasons at the start.

Nordic combination

singles

space Surname place Total points
01 Franz Keller Nesselwang
02 Hans Rudhart Isny 418.60
03 Urban Hettich Schonach 398.92
04th Rainer Klumpp Baiersbronn 398.15
05 Peter Hauser Reit im Winkl 381.44
06th Robert Rosenfelder Blasiwald 376.75

Date: Friday February 9th and Saturday February 10th 1973

The ski jumping of the championships in the Nordic combined had to be postponed because fog and strong gusts of wind made jumping on the Wurmbergschanze in Braunlage impossible. Since the weather forecast did not improve, the championships were continued for a short time in Reit im Winkl, 710 kilometers away . Already after the ski jumping on the Franz-Haslberger-Schanze , the title defense of the Nesselwanger Franz Keller seemed secured. Because with jumps on 79.5 and 80 meters, he won the combined jump ahead of Robert Rosenfelder and Hans Rudhart . The Bundeswehr Sergeant Keller only showed the fourth best mileage over 15 kilometers (59: 30.28 min), but in the end his fourth title in a row could not be stolen from him. The fastest runner was Hans Rudhart (57: 33.42 min) ahead of the Black Forests Rainer Klumpp (58: ​​43.09 min) and Urban Hettich (59: 17.19 min).

Ski jumping

Normal hill

space Surname society Width 1 Width 2 Points
01 Rudi Tusch SC Oberstdorf 72.0 m 69.5 m 223.2
02 Peter Dupp SZ Neuhaus 71.5 m 71.0 m 222.6
03 Sepp Schwinghammer SC Partenkirchen 70.0 m 70.0 m 214.8
04th Bernd Zapf SC Bischofsgrün 67.5 m 69.0 m 210.2
05 Ernst Wursthorn SZ Breitnau 66.0 m 68.5 m 207.5

Date: Saturday February 17, 1973

The competition for the German ski jumping championship on the normal hill, which had already been relocated from the Wurmbergschanze in Braunlage to the Franz-Haslberger-Schanze in Reit im Winkl, had to be canceled due to heavy snow drift. Finally, the jumping together with the title fight on the large hill on the weekend of the 17th / 18th. February in Schonach . After all, around 2000 spectators experienced a surprise victory in ideal weather conditions for Rudi Tusch, a high school student from SC Oberstdorf, who was only 18 years old . The defending champion Ernst Wursthorn had to be content with fifth place. The Nordic combined champion Franz Keller missed a place in the top ten.

Large hill

space Surname society Width 1 Width 2 Points
01 Alfred Grosche SK Winterberg 91.0 m 99.0 m 212.5
02 Sepp Schwinghammer SC Partenkirchen 85.0 m 94.0 m 201.0
03 Rudi Tusch SC Oberstdorf 89.0 m 94.0 m 200.0
04th Bernd Zapf SC Bischofsgrün 90.5 m 90.0 m 199.5
05 Albert Wursthorn SZ Breitnau 89.0 m 85.0 m 192.5
06th Peter Dupp SZ Neuhaus 89.0 m 86.0 m 190.0
07th Franz Keller SC Nesselwang 83.0 m 86.0 m 189.5

Date: Sunday February 18, 1973

The Nordic Ski Championships in 1973 ended with the competition on the Hochfirstschanze in Neustadt in the Black Forest. The 1969 champion Alfred Grosche set a new hill record on the converted large hill with 99 meters. The surprise master of the normal hill Rudi Tusch took third place. Co-favorite Ernst Wursthorn fell at 99 meters and was therefore out of the race for the medals.

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