Sportsman of the year 1958 (Germany)

The best German athletes of 1958 were honored on December 14th in the Small Westphalia Hall in Dortmund . The election was organized for the 12th time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK). 455 German sports journalists (both from the Federal Republic of Germany and from the GDR ) took part in the election, placing show jumper Fritz Thiedemann in first place. Thiedemann received 2812 points and was named first by 108 journalists, just ahead of boxer Bubi Scholz . The best woman in the ranking was the athlete Marianne Werner in eleventh position , who was thus named Sportswoman of the Year. The national athletics team was honored as team of the year.

Individual athletes

	Athlete	sport	Points	Successes in 1958
1.	Fritz Thiedemann	Show jumping	2812	European champion in show jumping and winner of the German jumping derby
2.	Bubi Scholz	Boxing	2787	European middleweight champion
3.	Manfred Germar	athletics	2502	European champion over 200 m
4th	Armin Hary	athletics	2235	European champion over 100 m
5.	Martin Lauer	athletics	1827	European record and European champion over 110 m hurdles
6th	Helmut Rahn	Soccer	1667	most successful goalscorer of the national soccer team
7th	Paul Schmidt	athletics	1137	European Championship bronze medal over 800 m
8th.	Heinz Fütterer	athletics	0827
9.	Fritz Briel	Canoeing	0714	World champion in single kayak over 1000 m
10.	Täve Schur	Cycling	0679	Amateur cycling champion
11.	Marianne Werner	athletics	0520	European champion in the shot put

The second-best result among the women was achieved by roller and figure skater Marika Kilius , who was in 14th place with 443 votes, while figure skater Ina Bauer came in third best with 206 votes (in the overall ranking 24th).

Teams

	athlete	sport	Points	Successes in 1958
1.	National athletics team	athletics	0877	several victories in international matches
2.	National soccer team	Soccer	0411	fourth place at the world championship
3.	4 x 100 meter relay ( Mahlendorf , Hary , Steinbach , Fütterer , Lauer , Germar )	athletics	0404	European champion and world record holder
4th	Show jumping team	Show jumping	0304
5.	TSV 1860 Munich	athletics	0156
6th	National handball team	Handball	0107	third place at the world championship
7th	National Hockey Team	hockey	0090
8th.	FC Schalke 04	Soccer	0081	German champions
9.	Hansa Bremen	rowing	0052	European champion in four with helmsman
10.	Bertasee Duisburg	Canoeing	0044	Double world champion

literature

German sports elite of the year. In: Sport-Illustrierte . No. 1/1959. Pp. 10-11.

Remarks

^ What was on December 14, 1958 on chroniknet.de. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
↑ Each journalist awarded a total of 55 points, ten of them to the athlete he considered the best, nine to the second best in his opinion, and thus up to tenth place.
↑ Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer and Germar won the European championship title with this line-up, Steinbach, Fütterer, Lauer and Germar ran in the season for the world record.

[1] What was on December 14, 1958 on chroniknet.de. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

[2] Each journalist awarded a total of 55 points, ten of them to the athlete he considered the best, nine to the second best in his opinion, and thus up to tenth place.

[3] Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer and Germar won the European championship title with this line-up, Steinbach, Fütterer, Lauer and Germar ran in the season for the world record.