German Olympic qualification 1960 / Summer Games / Athletics
This article describes the results of the elimination competitions in athletics for the formation of the all-German team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome .
The athletics eliminations were carried out on the model of the US trials. They took place over two weekends in July and August. On July 16, the 50 km competition was held on the road from Dresden via Meißen to Zehren and back. The next day there was a marathon from Dresden to Meißen and back. On the same weekend, the competitions in the 10,000-meter run and in the decathlon took place in the Willy Sachs Stadium in Schweinfurt . The remaining competitions were on 7 August in the Lower Saxony Stadium in Hanover on August 8 in George Dimitroff Stadium in Erfurt held. The two delegations traveled in "separate motor coaches" from Hanover to Erfurt.
Results
Men
100 meters
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armin Hary | 10.4 | w | gold |
| 2 | Walter Mahlendorf | 10.5 | w | leader |
| 3 | Manfred Germar | 10.5 | w | leader |
200 metres
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armin Hary | 20.6 | w | not started |
| 2 | Marcel Wendelin | 20.8 | w | Intermediate run |
| 3 | Manfred Germar | 20.9 | w | leader |
400 meters
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Kaufmann | 46.7 | w | silver |
| 2 | Manfred children | 46.9 | w | 5th place |
| 3 | Hans-Joachim Reske | 47.0 | w | Intermediate run |
4 × 100 meters
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Time (s) | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany ( Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf , Manfred Germar ) |
40.5 | Replacement runners were Martin Lauer and Manfred Steinbach . Lauer ran for Germar in Rome. The season won gold. |
| 2 | East Germany ( Peter Wallach , Karl-Heinz Flamm , Helmuth Opitz , Klaus Grogorenz ) |
41.4 |
4 × 400 meters
The first four runners of the 400-meter elimination from Erfurt, all of whom came from the west, were nominated for the relay. The fourth was Johannes Kaiser (47.3 s). The two substitute runners were the East Germans Gottfried Kliembt and Karl Sturm . The relay won silver in Rome.
800 meters
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Schmidt | 1: 46.6 | w | 4th Place |
| 2 | Manfred Matuschewski | 1: 46.9 | O | 6th place |
| 3 | Jörg Balke | 1: 47.1 | w | Semifinals |
1500 meters
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siegfried Valentin | 3: 44.0 | O | leader |
| 2 | Arthur Hannemann | 3: 45.5 | O | leader |
| 3 | Adolf Schwarte | 3: 45.9 | w | leader |
5000 meters
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Grodotzki | 14: 05.6 | O | silver |
| 2 | Horst Flosbach | 14: 11.6 | w | 8th place |
| 3 | Friedrich Janke | 14: 26.0 | O | 4th Place |
10,000 meters
Location: Schweinfurt
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Grodotzki | 28: 57.8 DR | O | silver |
| 2 | Gerhard Hönicke | 29: 08.6 | O | 12th place |
| 3 | Xaver Höger | 29: 39.8 | w | 17th place |
Marathon run
Location: Dresden
| * | Surname | Time (h) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Bartholome | 2: 24: 33.0 | O | 28th place |
| 2 | Günter Havenstein | 2: 26: 50.2 | O | 57th place |
| 3 | Lothar Beckert | 2: 28: 40.8 | O | 56th place |
110 meter hurdles
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Lauer | 13.6 | w | 4th Place |
| 2 | Karl-Ernst Schottes | 14.4 | w | Intermediate run |
| 3 | Herbert Wiedera | 14.6 | O | In Rome, instead of Wiedera, the West German Klaus Gerbig ran , who reached the intermediate run. |
400 meter hurdles
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helmut Janz | 52.3 | w | 4th Place |
| 2 | Willi Matthias | 52.7 | w | Intermediate run |
| 3 | Wolfgang Fischer | 52.8 | w | leader |
3000 meters obstacle
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Buhl | 8: 46.4 | O | leader |
| 2 | Ludwig Muller | 8: 47.0 | w | 6th place |
| 3 | Hans Hüneke | 8: 49.0 | w | abandoned in the final |
20 km walking
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Time (h) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannes Koch | 1: 31: 39.2 | O | 16th place |
| 2 | Dieter Lindner | 1: 33: 40.0 | O | 4th Place |
| 3 | Siegfried Lefanczik | 1: 33: 42.2 | O | disqualified or abandoned |
50 km of walking
Location: Dresden
| * | Surname | Time (h) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Sakowski | 4: 25: 18.0 | O | disqualified |
| 2 | Horst Astroth | 4: 26: 02.6 | O | 16th place |
| 3 | Max Weber | 4: 26: 31.0 | O | 13th place |
high jump
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Height (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo Püll | 2.06 | w | 7th place |
| 2 | Werner Arrow | 2.00 | O | qualification |
| 3 | Peter Riebensahm | 1.95 | w | qualification |
Pole vault
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Height (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred Preussger | 4.50 | O | qualification |
| 2 | Peter Laufer | 4.40 | O | qualification |
| 3 | Günter Malcher | 4.40 | O | 5th place |
Long jump
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred Steinbach | 7.85 | w | 4th Place |
| 2 | Manfred Molzberger | 7.54 | w | 9th place |
| 3 | Fritz Köppen | 7.50 | O | qualification |
Triple jump
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl Thierfelder | 15.77 | O | qualification |
| 2 | Manfred Hinze | 15.56 | O | 7th place |
| 3 | Jörg Wischmeier | 15.53 | w | qualification |
Shot put
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Lingnau | 17.32 | w | 12th place |
| 2 | Dieter Urbach | 17.22 | w | 7th place |
| 3 | Fritz Kühl | 16.97 | O | qualification |
Discus throw
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lothar Milde | 52.63 | O | 12th place |
| 2 | Fritz Kühl | 52.40 | O | qualification |
| 3 | Manfred Grieser | 51.64 | O | 16th place |
Hammer throw
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaus Peter | 60.64 | O | qualification |
| 2 | Manfred Losch | 59.96 | O | qualification |
| 3 | Klaus Teubert | 59.25 | O | In Rome, instead of Teubert, the West German Siegfried Lorenz threw , who got stuck in the qualification. |
Javelin throw
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Salomon | 75.40 | w | 12th place |
| 2 | Walter Kruger | 73.45 | O | silver |
| 3 | Erich Ahrendt | 73.43 | O | qualification |
Decathlon
Location: Schweinfurt
| * | Surname | Points | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Meier | 7165 | O | 16th place |
| 2 | Manfred Bock | 7144 | w | 10th place |
| 3 | Werner von Moltke | 7127 | w | Instead of Moltkes, the East German Klaus Grogorenz was nominated. He had been in the lead in the decathlon classification, but was disqualified in the final 1,500 meter run for unsportsmanlike conduct. In Rome he finished eighth. |
Women
100 meters
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannelore Raepke | 11.7 | O | leader |
| 2 | Brunhilde Hendrix | 11.7 | w | Semifinals |
| 3 | Gisela Birkemeyer | 11.8 | O | Intermediate run |
200 metres
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gisela Birkemeyer | 23.4 DR | O | Intermediate run |
| 2 | Jutta Heine | 23.7 | w | silver |
| 3 | Hannelore Raepke | 23.9 | O | leader |
4 × 100 meters
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Time (s) | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany ( Martha Langbein , Anni Biechl , Brunhilde Hendrix , Jutta Heine ) |
45.1 | silver |
| 2 | East Germany ( Hannelore Raepke , Barbara Mayer , Gisela Birkemeyer , Gudrun Züchner ) |
45.2 | Hannelore Raepke and Barbara Mayer were substitute runners |
800 meters
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ursula Donath | 2: 06.3 | O | bronze |
| 2 | Veronika Kummerfeld | 2: 06.7 | w | 4th Place |
| 3 | Antje Gleichfeld | 2: 07.1 | w | 5th place |
80 meter hurdles
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gisela Birkemeyer | 10.7 | O | bronze |
| Zenta Kopp | 10.7 | w | Semifinals | |
| 3 | Karin Richert | 10.8 | O | Semifinals |
high jump
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Height (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karin Lenzke | 1.67 | O | qualification |
| 2 | Ingrid Becker | 1.64 | w | 9th place |
| 3 | Marlene Schmitz-Portz | 1.64 | w | 9th place |
Long jump
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hildrun Claus | 6.40 WR | O | bronze |
| 2 | Renate Junker | 6.23 | w | 4th Place |
| 3 | Helga Hoffmann | 6.20 | w | 6th place |
Shot put
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilfriede Hoffmann | 16.32 | O | 8th place |
| 2 | Johanna Lüttge | 16.22 | O | silver |
| 3 | Renate Garisch-Culmberger | 15.95 | O | 6th place |
Discus throw
Location: Hanover
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doris Müller | 52.71 | O | qualification |
| 2 | Irene Schuch | 51.73 | O | 9th place |
| 3 | Kriemhild Hausmann | 51.02 | w | 4th Place |
Javelin throw
Location: Erfurt
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erika Strossenreuther | 50.65 | w | qualification |
| 2 | Anneliese Gerhards | 49.24 | w | 11th place |
| 3 | Almut Brömmel | 47.54 | w | qualification |
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Issues of the Hamburger Abendblatt and the New Germany from 1960.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hamburger Abendblatt dated August 9, 1960.