German Nordic Ski Championships 1997

German Nordic Ski Championships
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Cross-country skiing	Jochen Behle (15 km) Peter Schlickenrieder (30 km) Bavaria (relay)	Anke Schulze (10 km) Anke Schulze (15 km) Thuringia (relay)
Nordic combination	Jens Deimel (Individual) Thuringia (Team)	- -
Ski jumping	Dieter Thoma (NS) Dieter Thoma (GS) Thuringia (Team)	- - -
Competitions
Venues	2	1
Individual competitions	5	2
Team competitions	3	1
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The German Nordic Ski Championships 1997 were held in the Baden-Württemberg cities of Titisee-Neustadt and Baiersbronn . While the cross-country skiing competitions were held from January 23rd to 26th, the ski jumping and Nordic combined competitions were held from February 14th to 16th. The venues were the cross-country ski runs in the Kniebis area, the Große Ruhesteinschanze ( K 90 ) and the Hochfirstschanze (K 113). Following the championships, the German Ski Association announced the 21-person squad for the World Championships in Trondheim .

Program and schedule

date	event	place	gender
Thursday, January 23	30 km of cross-country skiing	Baiersbronn	Men
	15 km of cross-country skiing	Baiersbronn	Women
Sat, January 25th	15 km of cross-country skiing	Baiersbronn	Men
	10 km of cross-country skiing	Baiersbronn	Women
Sun, January 26th	4 × 10 km relay race	Baiersbronn	Men
	4 × 5 km relay race	Baiersbronn	Women
Fri., February 14th	Team jumping	Large Ruhesteinschanze	Men
	Single (NS / 15 km)	Baiersbronn	Men
Saturday, February 15th	Normal hill	Large Ruhesteinschanze	Men
Sun, February 16	Large hill	Hochfirstschanze	Men
	Team sprint	Baiersbronn	Men

Medal table

space	state				total
1.	Thuringia	3	4th	1	8th
2.	Bavaria	3	3	3	9
3.	Baden-Württemberg	2	1	2	5
4th	Hesse	2	0	0	2
5.	North Rhine-Westphalia	1	0	2	3
6th	Saxony	0	3	3	6th

Cross-country skiing

Women

10 km classic

space	sportswoman	society	Time (min)
01	Anke Schulze	SC Willingen	37: 53.0
02	Manuela Henkel	WSV Oberhof 05	38: 10.6
03	Britta Wienand	SC Siedlinghausen	38: 51.0
04th	Kati Wilhelm	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	39: 05.9
05	Viola Bauer	WSC Oberwiesenthal	39: 23.2

Date: Saturday January 25, 1997

With 17.6 seconds ahead of Manuela Henkel , Anke Schulze was German champion over 10 km in the classic style.

15 km freestyle

space	sportswoman	society	Time (min)
01	Anke Schulze	SC Willingen	45: 00.1
02	Constanze Blum	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	45: 48.3
03	Lena Erhard	WSV-DJK Rastbüchl	46: 22.9

Date: Thursday January 23, 1997

Anke Schulze ran the 15 kilometers in 45: 00.1 minutes and was thus sovereign with 48.2 seconds ahead of Constanze Blum for the third time German champion. In addition to defending champion Manuela Henkel , some athletes did not compete, so that the field of participants only consisted of 19 cross-country skiers.

4 × 5 km relay

space	Association	Sportswomen	Time (hrs)
01	Thuringia	Manuela Henkel Kati Wilhelm Corinna May Constanze Blum	1: 10: 10.9
02	Bavaria	Sigrid Wille Martina Titscher Evi Sachsenbacher Lena Erhard	1: 11: 39.7
03	West Germany	Steffi Völkel Britta Wienand Christina Schneider Cornelia Roth	1: 11: 43.7

Date: Sunday January 26, 1997

The quartet of Manuela Henkel , Kati Wilhelm , May and Constanze Blum confidently secured the relay victory in front of the representatives of Bavaria. The athletes of the West German Ski Association placed themselves on the podium before the two relays from Saxony.

Men

15 km classic

space	athlete	society	Time (min)
01	Jochen Behle	SC Monte Kaolino Hirschau	49: 23.4
02	Andreas Schluetter	WSV Oberweißbrunn	49: 33.7
03	Torald Rein	SC Monte Kaolino Hirschau	49: 43.2

Date: Saturday January 25, 1997

After Jochen Behle had renounced the 30 km cross-country skiing, the 36-year-old Sauerland, who started for the SCMK Hirschau , won his 28th individual title in a German championship after 37: 53.0 minutes on the Kniebis near Baiersbronn. On the 3.75 km lap, which was run four times, Behle coped best with the wet and sometimes very soft track and relegated Andreas Schlütter to second place.

30 km freestyle

space	athlete	society	Time (hrs)
01	Peter Schlickenrieder	SC Schliersee	1: 26: 20.1
02	Janko Neuber	WSC Oberwiesenthal	1: 27: 29.5
03	Andreas Schluetter	WSV Oberweißbrunn	1: 27: 32.8

Date: Thursday January 23, 1997

The skating race over 30 kilometers was won by Peter Schlickenrieder with a weak field of 23 athletes with a lead of over a minute. While Jochen Behle did not start, the flu-sick Johann Mühlegg gave up in front of around 1000 spectators after 15 km exhausted.

4 × 10 km relay

space	Association	Sportswomen	Time (hrs)
01	Bavaria I	Andreas Schlütter Jochen Behle René Sommerfeldt Peter Schlickenrieder	2:18:36
02	Bavaria II	Torald Rein Marc Jeschke Tobias Angerer Wolf Wallendorf	2: 20: 09.7
03	Saxony	Janko Neuber Jörn Frohs Kyrill Kretschmar Frank Nitsch	2: 22: 39.3

Date: Sunday January 26, 1997

The Bavarian Ski Association celebrated a double victory in the association relay. Jochen Behle won his 42nd German championship title, but the new record champion demanded the abolition of relay races after the competition.

Nordic combination

Single (K 90/15 km)

space	athlete	society	Jump point	Running time (min)	Backlog (min)
01	Jens Deimel	SK Winterberg	223.5	43: 39.0
02	Ralf Adloff	SV Klingenthal	205.5	42: 33.3	+ 0: 42.3
03	Matthias Loess	SV Klingenthal	219.5	44: 06.7	+ 0: 51.7
04th	Sven Koch	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis			+ 2: 07.1
05	Thomas Abratis	SV Klingenthal			+ 2: 55.9

Date: Friday February 14, 1997

Jens Deimel from Winterberg won the fight for the combined title with a field of 35 participants. After Deimel was graded 223.5 points with jumps of 84 and 82 meters, he also completed the 3.5 km loop, which had to be mastered four times, excellently. With the second best running time, Ralf Adloff took second place in front of his teammate Matthias Looß . Sven Koch , Thomas Abratis and Enrico Heisig followed a long way behind the medal ranks . Likewise fell Heinz Schnurr , who had been lying on the jumping par with Deimel back to eleventh place.

Team sprint

space	Association	athlete	Jump point	Running time (min)	Backlog (min)
01	Thuringia I	Sven Koch Enrico Heisig	223.8	42: 19.0
02	Saxony I	Ralf Adloff Thomas Abratis	221.0	42: 09.1	+ 0: 02.0
03	Thuringia II	Falk Weber Riccardo Stronger	214.5	43: 08.0	+1: 29.0

Date: Sunday February 16, 1997

The team sprint was won by the Thuringian duo Sven Koch and Enrico Heisig with a two second lead over the Saxons Ralf Adloff and Thomas Abratis , with Heisig only crossing Abratis shortly before the finish.

Ski jumping

Normal hill

space	athlete	society	Width 1 (m)	Width 2 (m)	Points
01	Dieter Thoma	SC Hinterzarten	090.0	086.0	239.5
02	Gerd Siegmund	WSV Oberhof 05	083.5	085.0	231.0
03	Hansjörg Jäkle	SC Schonach	084.0	085.5	230.5
04th	Martin Schmitt	SC Furtwangen	082.0	076.0	205.5
05	Frank Reichel	Oberwiesenthaler SV	081.5	075.5	205.0
06th	Dirk Else	Oberwiesenthaler SV	080.0	076.5	203.0
07th	Alexander Lord	SV Rohrhardsberg	080.5	075.0	201.0
08th	Michael Wagner	SK Berchtesgaden	080.0	074.5	199.0
09	Christof Duffner	SC Schönwald	076.0	079.5	198.0
10	Michael Schreiber	Oberwiesenthaler SV	079.5	075.0	197.5

Date: Saturday February 15, 1997

In the individual competition on the normal hill, only the future master Dieter Thoma was able to convince, who jumped ahead of the competition with widths of 90 and 86 meters. And on Saturday the wind first disrupted, then snow showers brought the event to the brink of collapse.

Large hill

space	athlete	society	Width 1 (m)	Width 2 (m)	Points
01	Dieter Thoma	SC Hinterzarten	115.0	118.0	242.1
02	Ronny Hornschuh	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	106.0	109.0	208.2
03	Martin Schmitt	SC Furtwangen	103.0	110.0	207.1
04th	Dionis Vodnev 1	SV Meßstetten	110.0	112.0	203.8
05	Hansjörg Jäkle	SC Schonach	101.0	108.0	202.4
06th	Sven Hannawald	SC Hinterzarten	099.0	110.0	201.9
07th	Christof Duffner	SC Schönwald	101.0	107.0	197.6
08th	Alexander Lord	SV Rohrhardsberg	100.0	107.0	196.8
09	Kai Bracht	WSV Oberhof 05	096.0	101.0	177.3
10	Mathias Witter	WSV Isny	101.0	096.0	176.8

¹ Vodnev started as a stateless person.

Date: Sunday February 16, 1997

At the end of the championships, Dieter Thoma again demonstrated the lack of breadth in German ski jumping and was German champions on the large hill with a large margin. Thoma was the only athlete who could jump both times over the construction point of 113 meters. The field was divided into an A and a B final, so that 19 jumpers competed for the title, while the remaining athletes were able to place themselves from 20th place.

team

space	Association	athlete	Total points
01	Thuringia	Gerd Siegmund Kai Bracht Ralph Gebstedt Ronny Hornschuh	896.0
02	Baden-Württemberg	Dieter Thoma Christof Duffner Hansjörg Jäkle Martin Schmitt	864.5
03	Saxony I	Rico Meinel Frank Reichel Olaf Hegenbarth Michael Schreiber	807.0

Date: Friday February 14, 1997

The representatives from Thuringia secured the team victory on the normal hill in pouring rain.

World Cup line-up

The DSV line-up for the World Championships in Trondheim consisted of 21 athletes.

discipline	gender
	Men	Women
Cross Country Skiing (11)	Johann Mühlegg Uwe Bellmann Jochen Behle Peter Schlickenrieder René Sommerfeldt Andreas Schlütter	Anke Schulze Constanze Blum Manuela Henkel Kati Wilhelm Ramona Roth
Nordic Combined (5)	Matthias Looß Jens Deimel Ronny Ackermann Jens Gaiser Georg Hettich	-
Ski jumping (5)	Dieter Thoma Christof Duffner Hansjörg Jäkle Frank Reichel Martin Schmitt	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Championships divided again , Passauer Neue Presse , document number 0197220068, edition of Wednesday, January 22, 1997.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Will Dieter Thoma be able to celebrate as much in Trondheim as he did at the beginning of the year at the Four Hills Tournament when he won in Bischofshofen? , Frankfurter Neue Presse , D-No. F060C5F5AA669BFD2150FE8A77C15336, issue of Tuesday February 18, 1997, page 2.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} SKI NORDISCH , Neues Deutschland , from January 27, 1997, accessed on May 6, 2019.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Jochen Behle gets 28th single title. , Der Tagesspiegel , D-No. 019726142, issue number 15875 from Sunday, January 26, 1997, p. 18.
5. ↑ ^{a b} ZAHLENSPIEGEL , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , D-Nr. F19075790D89CC02C0F49D6E27D00AEF, Friday January 24th 1997 issue.
6. ↑ Lena Erhard keeps up brilliantly , PNP , D-No. 0197240065, Friday January 24th 1997 issue.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Anke Schulze German champion over 15 km , Sächsische Zeitung , D-No. 019724000007847, Friday January 24th 1997 issue, p. 16.
8. ↑ Cross-Country Skiing - German Championships (women)
9. ↑ Cross-Country Skiing - German Championships (Men)
10. ↑ One million marks, wasted on the trail , Süddeutsche Zeitung , D-No. A4501537, edition dated January 27, 1997, p. 18.
11. ↑ ^{a b c} Jens Deimel , Sächsische Zeitung , D-No. 029715000004487, Saturday February 15, 1997 edition, p. 90.
12. ↑ ^{a b c d} Numbers basketball ... , Saarbrücker Zeitung , D-No. 0297170157, issue of Monday February 17, 1997.
13. ↑ SKISPORT , ND , February 15, 1997, accessed on May 6, 2019.
14. ↑ Doppelmeister , Sächsische Zeitung , D no. 029717000004963, edition of Monday February 17, 1997, p. 15.
15. ^ Ski nordisch , Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , edition of Sunday, February 16, 1997, No. 7, p. 20
16. ↑ ^{a b} German ski jumpers weak, only Thoma strong , Süddeutsche Zeitung , D no. A4592607, edition dated February 17, 1997, p. 15.
17. ^ Ski nordisch , FAZ , edition of Monday, February 17, 1997, No. 40, p. 29
18. ↑ Rastbüchler with highs and lows , PNP , D-No. 0297190497, edition dated Wednesday February 19, 1997.