German gymnastics championships 1931
The German gymnastics championships in 1931 took place on April 26th of that year in front of around 8,000 spectators in Essen .
history
The venue was Exhibition Hall V , which was destroyed in the Second World War , i.e. the forerunner of today's Essen Grugahalle . The organizer was the German Gymnastics Association . At the opening, among others, the then Mayor of Essen Franz Bracht and the Minister for People's Welfare in Prussia Heinrich Hirtsiefer and the chairman of the German Gymnastics Association, Alexander Dominicus, spoke . There were 110 participants in ten ranks. The championship consisted of a decathlon with three exercises each on pommel horse , parallel bars and horizontal bar and a freestyle.
Kurt Krötzsch became German all- around champion . A total of 68 participants achieved at least 150 points and were, as the Dortmunder Zeitung wrote, "subsequent winners".
Results
All-around:
| space | Name / place of origin | society | total score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Krötzsch | Böhlitz-Ehrenberg | 184 |
| 2 | Erich Polmar | Gymnastics Federation Hohenstein-Ernstthal | 181.5 |
| 3 | Ernst Winter | Gymnastics Club Wuppertal-Langerfeld | 181 |
| 4th | Walter Bettermann | ATV Leipzig-Kleinzschocher | 178 |
| 5 | Kurt Wedekind | TV 1861 Forst | 174.5 |
| 6th | Alfred Trostheim | Gymnasium Dortmund | 173.5 |
| 7th | Neuhaus | Gymnasium Bochum | 171.5 |
| 7th | Erwin Tretner | Altenburg gymnastics club | 171.5 |
| 7th | Wilhelm Platzeck | Turnerbund Eintracht Dortmund | 171.5 |
| 8th | Do | "Freshly free" Hindenburg | 170.5 |
| 9 | Arthur Kleine | TSV Leipzig-Eutritzsch | 169.5 |
| 9 | Anton Bezler | TV Göggingen | 169.5 |
| 10 | Albert Werler | TV forward Mylau | 169 |
| 11 | Alfred Schwarzmann | TV 1860 Fürth | 168 |
| 12 | Hans Pfeiffer | Hamburg gymnastics club from 1816 | 167.5 |
| 13 | Hermann | Turnerbund Ulm | 167 |
| 14th | deer | SV Kornwestheim | 165 |
Web links
- Results of the German Championships 1931 in: Dortmunder Zeitung of April 27, 1931.
- Results of the German Championships 1931 in: Freiburger Zeitung of April 28, 1931.
- Results of the German Championships 1931 in: Badische Presse on April 27, 1931.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Krötzsch did the best gymnastics. In: Vossische Zeitung of April 28, 1931, morning edition, p. 15. Online .
- Jump up ↑ Artistic Gymnastics Championships - The best of the DT fight Sunday in Essen. In: Vossische Zeitung of April 21, 1931, evening edition, p. 8. Online .
- ^ Result of the German Championships 1931 in: Dortmunder Zeitung of April 27, 1931.
- ^ Deutsche Turnzeitung , Berlin April 28, 1932, p. 50.