German Olympic qualification 1964 / Summer Games / Athletics
This article describes the results of the elimination competitions in athletics for the formation of the all-German team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo .
The athletics eliminations were carried out on the model of the US trials. They found on 22./23. August in the (West) Berlin Olympic Stadium and on 29./30. August on the Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld in Jena .
Results
Men
100 meters
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinz Schumann | 10.2 | w | 5th place |
| 2 | Fritz Obersiebrasse | 10.2 | w | Semifinals |
| 3 | Manfred Knickenberg | 10.3 | w | leader |
200 metres
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinz Schumann | 20.8 | w | Semifinals |
| 2 | Friedrich Roderfeld | 21.0 | w | Intermediate run |
| 3 | Heinz Erbstößer | 21.2 | O | leader |
4 × 100 meters
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (s) | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany ( Heinz Erbstößer , Rainer Berger , Peter Wallach , Volker Löffler ) |
39.4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | West Germany ( Manfred Knickenberg , Heinz Schumann , Jochen Bender , Fritz Obersiebrasse ) |
39.9 |
400 meters
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred children | 46.6 | w | In Tokyo, the West German master Jürgen Kalfeder ran for children , who had to give up injured in the elimination in the preliminary run. He retired in Tokyo in advance. |
| 2 | Johannes Schmitt | 46.6 | w | Intermediate run |
| 3 | Jörg Jüttner | 46.9 | w | Semifinals |
4 × 400 meters
The first four runners in the 400-meter elimination in Berlin were nominated for the relay. The fourth was the East German Hans-Ullrich Schulz (47.2 s). The season finished fifth in Tokyo.
800 meters
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred children | 1: 47.5 | w | Semifinals |
| 2 | Dieter Bogatzki | 1: 47.7 | w | 7th place |
| 3 | Manfred Matuschewski | 1: 48.2 | O | Semifinals |
1500 meters
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siegfried Valentin | 3: 41.4 | O | leader |
| 2 | Jürgen May | 3: 41.6 | O | Semifinals |
| 3 | Wolf-Dieter Holtz | 3: 42.9 | O | Semifinals |
5000 meters
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Norpoth | 13: 54.4 | w | silver |
| 2 | Manfred Letzerich | 13: 57.4 | w | leader |
| 3 | Lutz Philipp | 14: 00.0 | w | leader |
10,000 meters
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siegfried Herrmann | 29: 15.4 | O | 11th place |
| 2 | Arthur Hannemann | 29: 16.6 | O | 27th place |
| 3 | Siegfried Rothe | 29: 17.4 | O | 20th place |
Marathon run
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (h) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinrich Hagen | 2: 24: 04.0 | O | 24th place |
| 2 | Gerhard Hönicke | 2: 25: 19.8 | O | 38th place |
| 3 | Manfred Naumann | 2: 25: 44.4 | O | 39th place |
110 meter hurdles
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner Trzmiel | 14.3 | w | leader |
| 2 | Christian Voigt | 14.4 | O | leader |
| 3 | Hinrich John | 14.6 | w | Semifinals |
400 meter hurdles
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Singer | 50.6 | O | leader |
| 2 | Horst Gieseler | 50.7 | w | leader |
| 3 | Ferdinand Haas | 50.8 | w | Semifinals |
3000 meters obstacle
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dieter Hartmann | 8: 42.4 | O | leader |
| 2 | Rainer Dörner | 8: 43.4 | O | leader |
| 3 | Fred Döring | 8: 44.0 | w | leader |
20 km walking
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (h) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dieter Lindner | 1: 33: 35.8 | O | silver |
| 2 | Gerhard Sperling | 1: 34: 09.0 | O | 9th place |
| 3 | Hans-Georg Reimann | 1: 34: 09.0 | O | 12th place |
50 km of walking
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (h) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christoph Höhne | 4: 17: 47.6 | O | 6th place |
| 2 | Kurt Sakowski | 4: 23: 49.6 | O | 8th place |
| 3 | Burkhard Leuschke | 4: 23: 49.8 | O | 4th Place |
high jump
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Height (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Schillkowski | 2.08 | w | 17th place |
| 2 | Rudi Köppen | 2.08 | O | 20th place |
| 3 | Ralf Drecoll | 2.08 | w | 6th place |
Pole vault
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Height (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred Preussger | 5.00 | O | 4th Place |
| 2 | Klaus Lehnertz | 4.85 | w | bronze |
| 3 | Wolfgang Reinhardt | 4.80 | w | silver |
Long jump
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Klein | 7.63 | w | 10th place |
| 2 | Klaus Beer | 7.58 | O | qualification |
| 3 | Hans-Helmut Snaffle | 7.53 | w | qualification |
Triple jump
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Günter Krivec | 16.29 | w | qualification |
| 2 | Manfred Hinze | 16.25 | O | 6th place |
| 3 | Hans-Jürgen Rückborn | 16.16 | O | 8th place |
Shot put
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinfried Birlenbach | 18.70 | w | qualification |
| 2 | Dieter Hoffmann | 18.36 | O | 12th place |
| 3 | Rudolf Langer | 18.30 | O | 11th place |
Discus throw
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartmut Losch | 56.66 | O | 11th place |
| 2 | Fritz Kühl | 56.53 | O | qualification |
| 3 | Lothar Milde | 54.57 | O | qualification |
Hammer throw
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Lotz | 64.30 | O | qualification |
| 2 | Uwe Beyer | 64.15 | w | bronze |
| 3 | Hans Fahsl | 63.68 | w | qualification |
Javelin throw
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Salomon | 79.54 | w | qualification |
| 2 | Hans Schenk | 78.12 | w | 12th place |
| 3 | Rolf Herings | 76.78 | w | 7th place |
Decathlon
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Points old rating |
* | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willi Holdorf | 8156 | w | gold |
| 2 | Hans-Joachim Walde | 7854 | w | bronze |
| 3 | Horst Beyer | 7643 | w | 6th place |
Women
100 meters
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erika Pollmann | 11.5 | w | leader |
| 2 | Renate Meyer-Rose | 11.5 | w | Intermediate run |
| 3 | Hannelore Raepke | 11.5 | O | The fourth-placed East German Heilwig Jacob ran for Raepke in Tokyo , who was eliminated there in the interim. |
200 metres
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heilwig Jacob | 23.8 | O | Semifinals |
| 2 | Jutta Heine | 23.8 | w | leader |
| 3 | Erika Pollmann | 23.9 | w | leader |
4 × 100 meters
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (s) | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany ( Renate Meyer-Rose , Erika Pollmann , Martha Pensberger , Jutta Heine ) |
44.8 | Replacement runners were Karin Frisch and Jutta Stöck . In Tokyo, Frisch ran for Meyer-Rose, who was injured in the individual race. The season was fifth there. |
| 2 | East Germany ( Gundula Diel , Karin Balzer , Heilwig Jacob , Hannelore Raepke ) |
45.3 |
400 meters
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gertrud Schmidt | 55.5 | O | 7th place |
| 2 | Margret Buscher | 55.6 | w | Semifinals |
| 3 | Erna Maisack | 56.1 | w | leader |
800 meters
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Time (min) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antje Gleichfeld | 2: 07.3 | w | 5th place |
| 2 | Anita Woerner | 2: 07.4 | w | Semifinals |
| 3 | Waltraud Kaufmann | 2: 08.1 | O | leader |
80 meter hurdles
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Time (s) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenta Kopp | 10.6 | w | not started due to injury |
| 2 | Karin Balzer | 10.8 | O | gold |
| 3 | Gundula Diel | 10.8 | O | Intermediate run |
high jump
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Height (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karin Rüger | 1.72 | O | 9th place |
| 2 | Doris Langer | 1.70 | O | not started due to injury |
| 3 | Gerda Kupferschmidt | 1.70 | O | 12th place |
Long jump
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helga Hoffmann | 6.40 | w | 8th place |
| 2 | Hildrun Laufer-Claus | 6.34 | O | 7th place |
| 3 | Ingrid Becker | 6.26 | w | 4th Place |
Shot put
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renate Garisch-Culmberger | 17.29 | O | silver |
| 2 | Margitta Helmbold | 17.05 | O | 5th place |
| 3 | Johanna Huebner | 16.34 | O | 9th place |
Discus throw
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kriemhild Limberg | 55.86 | w | 7th place |
| 2 | Doris Lorenz | 54.88 | O | 14th place |
| 3 | Ingrid Lotz | 54.60 | w | silver |
Javelin throw
Location: Berlin
| * | Surname | Width (m) | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anneliese Gerhards | 57.64 | w | 8th place |
| 2 | Ingeborg Schwalbe | 57.42 | O | qualification |
| 3 | Rosemarie Schubert | 54.44 | O | 12th place |
Pentathlon
Location: Jena
| * | Surname | Points | * | in Tokyo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrid Becker | 4726 | w | 8th place |
| 2 | Helga Hoffmann | 4669 | w | 6th place |
| 3 | Inge Exner | 4635 | O | The East German Hildrun Laufer-Claus was nominated for Exner for Tokyo. She had to give up injured in the elimination in the lead in the final 200-meter run. In Tokyo she had to give up injured after three disciplines. |
See also
source
Issues of the Hamburger Abendblatt from 1964.