European Athletics Championships 1990 / participant (GDR)
The GDR DVfL had nominated a total of 72 athletes, 34 men and 38 women , for the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, the last major international sporting event in which GDR athletes competed. The nominees included eight Olympic champions and three defending champions from Stuttgart .
successes
The GDR team took first place in the medal evaluation with 12 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze medals. With 34 medals, she also won more precious metal than ever before at European championships. The women in particular stood out. They won a medal in 14 out of 17 competitions they competed in. The 20-year-old sprinter Katrin Krabbe from SC Neubrandenburg, who won three gold medals, attracted particular attention. Her club mate Grit Breuer won gold over the stadium round in both the singles and the relay.
particularities
Due to the political turning point in the GDR in 1989 and the unification modalities of the two German states that were already clearly stated on October 3, 1990, the last appearance of two German teams attracted particular attention. The West German DLV and the DVfL of the GDR had also decided on a joint appearance by both teams, almost anticipating German unity. This was expressed in a joint brochure to introduce the athletes, joint accommodation and joint press conferences, which were also only moderated by a press spokesman. Nevertheless, in the GDR press the clear superiority of the GDR athletes over the West German athletes was extensively recognized. The DLV selection won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals.
Nominee athletes
The Schwerin decathlete Torsten Voss , the walker Kathrin Born from Potsdam and the 400-meter sprinter Uta Rohländer from Halle could not take part in the European Championships due to illness or injury.
| discipline | Men | Women | ||||
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| athlete | Sports club / association | placement | athlete | Sports club / association | placement | |
| 100 m | Steffen Görmer | SV Halle | 8th place |
Katrin Krabbe Silke Möller Kerstin Behrendt |
SC Neubrandenburg SC Empor Rostock SC DHfK Leipzig |
  
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| 200 m |
Katrin Krabbe Heike Drechsler Sabine Günther |
SC Neubrandenburg SC Motor Jena SC Motor Jena |
7th place |
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| 400 m |
Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz |
Chemnitzer Sportclub Chemnitzer Sportclub |
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Grit Breuer Petra Schersing Annett Hesselbarth |
SC Neubrandenburg SV Halle SV Halle |
4th Place |
| 800 m |
Sigrun Wodars Christine Wachtel Birte Bruhns |
SC Neubrandenburg SC Neubrandenburg SC Empor Rostock |
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| 1500 m |
Jens-Peter Herold Hauke Fuhlbrügge |
ASK forward Potsdam TSV Erfurt |
disqualified after the preliminary run |
Ellen Kießling Yvonne Mai |
Dresdner SC SC Neubrandenburg |
7th place |
| 10,000 m | Carsten Eich | SC DHfK Leipzig | 22nd place |
Kathrin Ullrich Birgit Jerschabek |
1. SC Berlin Schweriner SC |
15th place |
| marathon | Rainer Wachenbrunner | 1. SC Berlin | 18th place | |||
| 100 m hurdles |
Gloria Siebert Cornelia Oschkenat Kristin Patzwahl |
SC Cottbus 1. SC Berlin SC DHfK Leipzig |
4th place 7th place |
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| 400 m hurdles | Petra Krug | 1. SC Berlin | injured retired | |||
| 3000 m obstacle |
Hagen Melzer Uwe Pflügner |
Dresdner SC TSV Erfurt |
7th place in the preliminary injured eliminated |
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| 4 × 100 m |
Steffen Görmer Sven Matthes Steffen Bringmann Torsten Heimrath Steffen Schwabe |
SV Halle 1. SC Berlin 1. SC Berlin Schweriner SC SC DHfK Leipzig |
Silke Möller Kerstin Behrendt Katrin Krabbe Sabine Günther Andrea Philipp |
SC Empor Rostock SC DHfK Leipzig SC Neubrandenburg SC Motor Jena Schweriner SC |
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| 4 × 400 m |
Rico Lieder Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz Jan Lenzke |
Chemnitzer SC TSC Berlin Chemnitzer SC Chemnitzer SC 1. SC Berlin |
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Grit Breuer Petra Schersing Annett Hesselbarth Manuela Derr Uta Rohländer |
SC Neubrandenburg SV Halle SV Halle SC Neubrandenburg SV Halle |
did not arrive |
| 10 km walk |
Beate Anders Kathrin Born |
TSC Berlin ASK Forward Potsdam |
6th place not arrived |
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| 20 km walk |
Bernd Gummelt Ralf Weise Axel Noack |
ASK Forward Potsdam TSV Erfurt TSC Berlin |
7th place, 18th place eliminated |
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| 50 km walk |
Bernd Gummelt Hartwig Gauder Ronald Weigel |
ASK Forward Potsdam TSV Erfurt ASK Forward Potsdam |
9th place |
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| Long jump | Andre Müller | SC Empor Rostock | 13th place |
Heike Drechsler Helga Radtke |
SC Motor Jena SC Empor Rostock |
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| Triple jump |
Jörg Frieß Volker Mai |
1. SC Berlin SC Neubrandenburg |
4th place 5th place |
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| high jump | Heike Balck | Schweriner SC | 5th place | |||
| Shot put |
Ulf Timmermann Oliver-Sven Buder Udo Beyer |
TSC Berlin Chemnitz Sportclub ASK Vorwärts Potsdam |
5th place |
Astrid Kumbernuss Kathrin Neimke Heike Hartwig |
SC Neubrandenburg SC Magdeburg 1. SC Berlin |
6th place |
| Discus throw |
Jürgen Schult Lars Riedel |
Schweriner SC Chemnitzer Sportclub |
15th place |
Ilke Wyludda Martina Hellmann Gabi Reinsch |
SV Halle SC DHfK Leipzig ASK Forward Potsdam |
4th Place |
| Hammer throw | Gunther Rodehau | Dresdner SC | 4th Place | |||
| Javelin throw | Raymond Hecht | SC Magdeburg | 10th place |
Karen Forkel Petra Felke Silke Renk |
SV Halle SC Motor Jena SV Halle |
4th Place |
| Heptathlon |
Heike Tischler Peggy Beer Birgit Gautzsch |
SC Neubrandenburg 1. SC Berlin Chemnitzer SC |
6th place |
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| Decathlon |
Christian Schenk Torsten Voss Thomas Halamoda |
SC Empor Rostock Schweriner SC TSC Berlin |
not given up |
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Medals and participants per club
The active participants were spread across 14 different competitive sports centers. By far the most successful sports club was SC Neubrandenburg, whose 9 representatives took home ten medals. A total of five European championship titles went to Neubrandenburg in the individual disciplines. Furthermore, Neubrandenburg athletes had a share in two season titles. Athletes of the 1. SC Berlin, successors of the traditional SC Dynamo Berlin, were only able to win 2 medals despite the largest contingent of 10 participants. Only TSV Erfurt remained unsuccessful in the medal balance. The political changes have in some cases already resulted in the renaming or spin-off of sports clubs. In total, this affected 6 traditional competitive sports centers.
- SC Dynamo Berlin ----> 1. SC Berlin (renaming)
- SC Chemie Halle ----> SV Halle (renamed)
- SC Traktor Schwerin ----> Schweriner SC (renamed)
- SC Karl-Marx-Stadt ----> Chemnitzer Sportclub (partial spin-off)
- SC unit Dresden ----> Dresdner SC (renaming)
- SC Turbine Erfurt ----> TSV Erfurt (renaming)
| space | Sports club / sports association | Attendees | |
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Medals total |
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| 1 | SC Neubrandenburg | 9 | 8th | 2 | - | 10 |
| 2 | SV Halle | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 |
| 3 | SC Motor Jena | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4th | Schweriner SC | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | SC Empor Rostock | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
| 6th | ASK forward Potsdam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7th | SC DHfK Leipzig | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4th |
| 8th | TSC Berlin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Chemnitz sports club | 6th | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 1. SC Berlin | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | SC Cottbus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Dresdner SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | SC Magdeburg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14th | TSV Erfurt | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |