German Nordic Ski Championships 1998

German Nordic Ski Championships
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Cross-country skiing - classic	Andreas Schluetter	Constanze Blum
Cross-country skiing - pursuit	René Sommerfeldt	Constanze Blum
Cross-country skiing - mass start	Peter Schlickenrieder	Viola Bauer
Cross-country skiing - freestyle	Johann Mühlegg	Constanze Blum
Cross-country skiing - Association relay	Bavaria Wolf Wallendorf Uwe Bellmann Tobias Angerer Peter Schlickenrieder	Saxony Isabel Klaus Antje Windis Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel
Cross-country skiing - club relay	WSV Oberweißbrunn Wolf Wallendorf René Sommerfeldt Andreas Schlütter	Oberwiesenthaler SV Sandy Jüchert Claudia Künzel Viola Bauer
Nordic combined - single	Jens Deimel	-
Nordic combined - sprint	Sven Koch	-
Ski jumping - normal hill	Hansjörg Jäkle	-
Ski jumping - large hill	Sven Hannawald	-
Ski jumping team	Baden-Württemberg Dieter Thoma Sven Hannawald Martin Schmitt Hansjörg Jäkle	-
Competitions
Venues	2	2
Individual competitions	8th	4th
Team competitions	3	2
← 1997 1999 SL / 1999 NK / 1999 SP →

Logo of the German Ski Association

The German Nordic Ski Championships 1998 were held from January 28th to February 1st, 1998 in Ruhpolding , Bavaria . The venue was the Chiemgau Arena , which offers several cross-country trails and ski jumps . The ski jumping runs were held from the normal hill on the Toni-Plenk-Schanze, while those from the large hill were held on the Großer Zirmbergschanze .

In addition to some competitions in Ruhpolding, the German cross-country skiing championships were also held in Zwiesel on March 21st and 22nd . There the champions of the club relay, the winner of the ski marathon and the winner of the long distance distance were determined.

The national coaches were Eberhard Klessen in cross-country skiing , Hermann Weinbuch in Nordic combined and Reinhard Heß in ski jumping .

Medal table

space	state				total
1.	Bavaria	6th	6th	5	17th
2.	Thuringia	4th	7th	3	14th
3.	Baden-Württemberg	3	3	2	08th
4th	Saxony	3	0	2	05
5.	North Rhine-Westphalia	1	1	2	04th
6th	Hesse	0	0	3	03

Cross-country skiing

Women

5 km classic

space	sportswoman	society	Time (hrs)
01	Constanze Blum	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	0: 14: 05.4
02	Kati Wilhelm	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	0: 14: 12.3
03	Evi Sachsenbacher	WSV Reit im Winkl	0: 14: 21.6
04th	Britta Wienand	SC Siedlinghausen	0: 14: 22.4
05	Anke Schulze	SC Willingen	0: 14: 23.4

Date: Wednesday January 28, 1998

Constanze Blum won her first championship title in a close race over 5 km in the classic technique .

10 km freestyle pursuit

space	sportswoman	society	Time (hrs)
01	Constanze Blum	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	0:40: 57.2
02	Kati Wilhelm	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	0: 40: 59.5
03	Anke Schulze	SC Willingen	0: 41: 14.1

Date: Thursday, January 29, 2019

The pursuit over 5 km classic and 10 km freestyle was won by Constanze Blum , who had already won the 5 km cross-country skiing and was the first to go on the trail . While Kati Wilhelm was also able to maintain her second place, last year's double champion Anke Schulze improved from fifth to third place.

15 km classic mass start

space	sportswoman	society	Time (hrs)
01	Viola Bauer	SV Oberwiesenthal	0: 44: 56.5
02	Corinna May	WSV Oberhof 05	0: 44: 57.6
03	Britta Wienand	SC Siedlinghausen	0: 45: 29.8
04th	Ramona Roth	TuS Erndtebrück	0: 45: 39.5
05	Steffi Völkel	TuS Erndtebrück	0: 46: 31.5

Date: Sunday February 1, 1998

Viola Bauer prevailed in the 15 km cross-country mass start in the classic technique .

30 km freestyle

space	sportswoman	society	Time (hrs)
01	Constanze Blum	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	1: 30: 47.3
02	Kati Wilhelm	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	1: 30: 52.6
03	Viola Bauer	SV Oberwiesenthal	1: 31: 55.5
04th	Andrea Henkel	WSV Oberhof 05	1: 32: 57.1
05	Sigrid Lang	TV Hauzenberg	1: 34: 35.8

Date: Sunday March 22, 1998

Constanze Blum and Kati Wilhelm from SC Motor Zella-Mehlis also proved their dominance in the last individual competition over 30 kilometers in the skating technique and came in first and second. Viola Bauer from Saxony followed in third place, more than a minute behind . Isabel Klaus ( SSV Geyer ) won the juniors ahead of Claudia Künzel ( SV Oberwiesenthal ) and Jana Richter ( VSC Klingenthal ).

3 × 5 km club relay

space	society	Sportswomen	Time (hrs)
01	Oberwiesenthaler SV	Sandy Jüchert Claudia Künzel Viola Bauer	0: 43: 45.1
02	WSV Oberhof 05	Franziska Sturm Andrea Henkel Alexandra Crusius	0: 46: 06.3
03	SC Willingen	Verena Schneider Petra Behle Anke Schulze	2: 22: 39.3

Date: Saturday March 21, 1998

The women’s 3 × 5 km club relay was won by the representatives of Oberwiesenthaler SV by a large margin.

4 × 5 km association relay

space	Association	Sportswomen	Time (hrs)
01	Saxony ( SVSAC ) I.	Isabel Klaus Antje Windis Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel	0: 56: 22.5
02	Bavaria ( BSV )	Katrin Zeller Evi Sachsenbacher Martina Titscher Lena Erhard	0: 57: 17.6
03	North Rhine-Westphalia ( WSV )	Steffi Völkel Ramona Roth Christina Schneider Britta Wienand	0: 57: 56.8
04th	Baden-Wuerttemberg ( SBW )		0: 59: 36.9
05	Thuringia ( TSV )		1: 00: 14.3
	Saxony ( SVSAC ) II		1: 00: 14.3

Date: Saturday January 31, 1998

The Saxon cross-country skiers won the team of Isabel Klaus , Antje Windis , Viola Bauer and Claudia Künzel relay gold over 4 × 5 km from Bavaria. The fastest of all relay runners was Bauer, which gave the Saxon quartet a decisive lead. It was run in both free and classic style.

Men

10 km classic

space	athlete	society	Time (hrs)
01	Andreas Schluetter	WSV Oberweißbrunn	0: 24: 55.8
02	René Sommerfeldt	WSV Oberweißbrunn	0: 25: 04.4
03	Uwe Bellmann	SCMK Hirschau	0: 25: 34.7
04th	Peter Schlickenrieder	SC Schliersee	0: 25: 36.2
05	Tobias Angerer	SC Vachendorf	0: 25: 39.3

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2019

15 km freestyle pursuit

space	athlete	society	Time (hrs)
01	René Sommerfeldt	WSV Oberweißbrunn	1: 01: 08.5
02	Andreas Schluetter	WSV Oberweißbrunn	1: 01: 53.7
03	Peter Schlickenrieder	SC Schliersee	1: 02: 21.1

Date: Thursday, January 29, 2019

After Andreas Schlütter was sent out on the trail as the leader, his teammate René Sommerfeldt was able to catch up with him and finally win the pursuit race, which was held for the first time, with a 45.2 second lead.

30 km classic mass start

space	athlete	society	Time (hrs)
01	Peter Schlickenrieder	SC Schliersee	1: 19: 15.3
02	Torsten Schreier	WSV Oberhof 05	1: 19: 19.9
03	Janko Neuber	Oberwiesenthaler SV	1: 19: 30.2
04th	Michael Hoffmann	Oberwiesenthaler SV	1: 19: 31.0
05	Sebastian Kleiner	SWV Goldlauter	1: 19: 31.0

Date: Sunday February 1, 1998

As in the previous year, Peter Schlickenrieder won the competition over 30 kilometers. While this was carried out in 1997 in the skating technique, this time the 30 km cross-country skiing took place as a mass start in the classic technique. Both the fight for first place and the bronze medal turned out to be exciting. Ultimately, Torsten Schreier Schlickenrieder had to admit defeat, whereas Janko Neuber was able to prevail in third against Michael Hoffmann and Sebastian Kleiner .

50 km freestyle

space	athlete	society	Time (hrs)
01	Johann Mühlegg	SC Garmisch	2: 14: 04.4
02	Andreas Schluetter	WSV Oberweißbrunn	2: 14: 18.8
03	René Sommerfeldt	WSV Oberweißbrunn	2: 17: 36.0
04th	Tobias Schwörer	SV Kappel	2: 17: 38.7
05	Janko Neuber	Oberwiesenthaler SV	2: 20: 58.3
06th	Sebastian Kleiner	SWV Goldlauter	2: 21: 02.9
07th	Jörn Frohs	SSV Sayda	2: 22: 01.2
08th	Tobias Angerer	SC Vachendorf	2: 25: 50.5
09	Wolf Wallendorf	WSV Oberweißbrunn	2: 26: 04.5
10	Jesko Fischer	Disk Alsbach	2: 26: 16.1

Date: Sunday March 22, 1998

The 50 km ski marathon in free technique on the Bretterschachten near Bodenmais ended with a favorite . With a running time of 2: 14: 04.4 hours, Johann Mühlegg prevailed with more than fourteen seconds against the German champion over 10 km classic Andreas Schlütter .

3 × 10 km club relay

space	society	Sportswomen	Time (hrs)
01	WSV Oberweißbrunn	Wolf Wallendorf René Sommerfeldt Andreas Schlütter	2:18:36
02	SCMK Hirschau	Jochen Behle Torald Rein Uwe Bellmann	2: 20: 09.7
03	SC Willingen	Benjamin Sonntag Marek Rein Florian Göbel	2: 22: 39.3
04th	Oberwiesenthaler SV		2: 26: 04.5
05	WSV Oberhof 05		2: 26: 16.1

Date: Saturday March 21, 1998

The men's relay of the clubs over 3 × 10 km was not only a special one because of the victory of WSV Oberweißbrunn over the favorite relay of SC Monte Kaolino Hirschau , but also because of the 42-time German champion Jochen Behle , who was the last race of his 20-year-olds Career denied. As part of the Hirschau club relay, 37-year-old Willinger said goodbye to the cross-country ski trails by winning the silver medal.

4 × 10 km association relay

space	Association	Sportswomen	Time (hrs)
01	Bavaria ( BSV ) I.	Wolf Wallendorf Uwe Bellmann Tobias Angerer Peter Schlickenrieder	1: 38: 21.5
02	Thuringia ( TSV )	Jens Filbrich Torsten Schreier Axel Teichmann Sebastian Kleiner	1: 38: 43.9
03	Baden-Wuerttemberg ( SBW )	Edgar Faller Tobias Schwörer Christian Seib Rainer Faißt	1: 40: 57.9
04th	Bavaria ( BSV ) II		1: 41: 05.0
05	Saxony ( SVSAC )		1: 41: 45.9

Date: Saturday January 31, 1998

The men's national relay over 4 × 10 km went to Bavaria again, whose winning streak has been going on since 1983. The final runner of the Bavarian quartet was Peter Schlickenrieder , who wants to end his career after the season and was part of the season for the tenth and last time.

Nordic combination

Single (K 90/15 km)

space	athlete	society	Jump point	Running time (min)	Backlog (min)
01	Jens Deimel	SK Winterberg	233.0	39: 59.0
02	Sepp Buchner	WSV Reit im Winkl	219.0	39: 07.6	+ 0: 32.6
03	Thorsten Schmitt	SC Furtwangen	219.5	39: 12.7	+ 0: 34.7
04th	Christoph Grillhösl	WSV DJK Rastbüchl	220.5	39: 25.7	+ 0: 41.7
05	Riccardo Stronger	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	222.5	39: 53.0	+ 0: 57.0

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2019

Jens Deimel successfully defended his combined title in the Gundersen method from the normal hill and over 15 kilometers.

Sprint (K 90 / 7.8 km)

space	athlete	society	Jump point	Running time (min)	Backlog (min)
01	Sven Koch	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	120.5	20: 40.0	20: 57.0
02	Jens Deimel	SK Winterberg	123.0	20: 52.8	+ 0: 03.8
03	Riccardo Stronger	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	121.5	21: 00.6	+ 0: 16.6
04th	Christoph Grillhösl	WSV DJK Rastbüchl	124.5	21: 20.9	+ 0: 25.9
05	Ralf Adloff	SV Klingenthal			+ 0: 59.4

Date: Thursday, January 29, 2019

While Sven Koch won his first championship title, 19-year-old Christoph Grillhösl won the title of German junior champion. When the combined individual sprint was held for the first time, Koch broke away from individual master Jens Deimel under floodlights on the last climb on the 7.8 km long course and won by 3.8 seconds. Before that, Deimel had set his hill record with 93.5 m, but was then surpassed by Grillhösl and the Klingenthal Olympic starter Matthias Looß (94 m each).

Ski jumping

Ski jumps of the Chiemgau Arena

Normal hill (K 90)

space	athlete	society	Width 1	Width 2	Points
01	Hansjörg Jäkle	SC Schonach	091.0 m	094.0 m	243.0
02	Dieter Thoma	SC Hinterzarten	092.0 m	093.0 m	235.5
03	Michael Wagner	SK Berchtesgaden	089.5 m	089.0 m	230.5
04th	Martin Schmitt	SC Furtwangen	087.0 m	085.5 m	216.5
05	Frank Reichel	Oberwiesenthaler SV	084.5 m	083.5 m	205.5
06th	Klaus Allgayer	SC Oberstdorf	074.5 m	084.5 m	183.5
07th	Ronny Hornschuh	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	085.0 m	074.0 m	183.0
08th	Frank Loeffler	SC Oberstdorf	079.0 m	080.0 m	182.5
09	Gerd Siegmund	WSV Oberhof	075.0 m	082.0 m	179.0
10	Alexander Lord	SV Rohrhardsberg	069.0 m	090.5 m	178.5

Date: Saturday January 31, 1998

German champion on the normal hill was Hansjörg Jäkle from the Black Forest , who celebrated his first individual championship title. Sven Hannawald built himself a leading position , who only took thirteenth place after a fall at 86 meters in the second round.

Large hill (K 107)

space	athlete	society	Width 1	Width 2	Points
01	Sven Hannawald	SC Hinterzarten	108.0 m	112.5 m	244.7
02	Dieter Thoma	SC Hinterzarten	105.5 m	115.0 m	238.2
03	Gerd Siegmund	WSV Oberhof	097.5 m	106.0 m	211.1
04th	Alexander Lord	SV Rohrhardsberg	096.0 m	104.0 m	202.3
05	Martin Schmitt	SC Furtwangen	094.0 m	103.0 m	198.4
06th	Hansjörg Jäkle	SC Schonach	099.0 m	097.0 m	192.6
07th	Christof Duffner	SC Schönwald	089.5 m	104.0 m	188.5
08th	Roland Audenrieth	SC Partenkirchen	097.5 m	094.0 m	185.5
09	Ronny Hornschuh	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis	100.0 m	091.0 m	186.6
10	Frank Loeffler	SC Oberstdorf	088.0 m	095.5 m	168.6

Date: Sunday February 1, 1998

There was also a debutant German champion from the large hill. After jumping 108 and 112 meters , Sven Hannawald won confidently ahead of defending champion Dieter Thoma , before a large gap on third-placed Gerd Siegmund revealed the problems of German ski jumping at the top. The bronze medalist from the normal hill Michael Wagner only finished 16th after a catastrophic run and jumps on 72 and 106 meters.

Team (K 90)

space	Association	athlete	Total points
01	Baden-Württemberg ( SBW ) I	Dieter Thoma Sven Hannawald Martin Schmitt Hansjörg Jäkle	936.0
02	Baden-Württemberg ( SBW ) II	Mathias Witter Benjamin Hauber Christof Duffner Alexander Herr	818.0
03	Thuringia ( TSV ) I	Ralph Gebstedt Ronny Hornschuh Kai Bracht Gerd Siegmund	787.5

Date: Friday January 30, 1998

The team competition was dominated by the Baden-Württemberg ski associations . The first team consisting of Dieter Thoma , Sven Hannawald , Martin Schmitt and Hansjörg Jäkle won confidently with a lead of more than a hundred points. The defending champions from Thuringia competed in the same line-up as in the previous year, but ended up in third place, far behind the two teams from Baden-Württemberg.

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b c} Biathlon European Championship , Frankfurter Neue Presse , D-No. 34EC91E9318895E4941F326A9EEB2F45, issue of Thursday January 29, 1998, page 3.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Cross-country skiing / Blum wins second title in Ruhpolding - Sommerfeldt turns the tables , MZ , D no. A01B72E62BACF87B504A6BFB6A5A610F, Friday January 30, 1998 edition.
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8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Mühlegg and Blum the fastest on the cross-country ski trail , Passauer Neue Presse , D-No. 0398230063, issue of Monday March 23, 1998.
9. ↑ RESULTS ‡ RESULTS ‡ RESULTS ‡ RESULTS , FNP , D no. 697B42CA1C989D850CD3E067AF82900E, issue of Thursday March 23, 1998, page 5.
10. ↑ Joseph Heisl: Christoph Grillhösl wins junior title , PNP , D-No. 0298060497, Friday February 6, 1998 issue.
11. ↑ Grillhösl wins junior title , PNP , D no. 0198310043, Saturday January 31, 1998 issue.
12. ↑ Sprint winner Koch before the Nagano starters. , Tagesspiegel , D no. 019830164, issue no.16235 of Friday January 30, 1998, page 21.
13. ↑ SKI NORDISCH , on neue-deutschland.de, from January 31, 1998, accessed on May 12, 2019.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Tennis final results of the Australian Open ($ 6.6 million) in ... , Trierischer Volksfreund , D-Nr. 0298020172, edition dated Monday February 2, 1998.
15. ↑ ^{a b} ZAHLENSPIEGEL , MZ , D-Nr. 36D684A3D2CDB0F341C0E6CB6640D44E, edition dated Monday February 2, 1998.
16. ↑ NUMBERS , MZ , D-No. DC16468442CCD2E7B82A21477D692B00, released on Saturday January 31, 1998.
17. ↑ Ski jumping - German championships on sport-komplett.de .