Winter Sports Championships of the Soviet Occupation Zone 1949
The first and only winter sports championships in the Soviet zone of occupation took place from February 11 to 15, 1949 in Oberhof , Thuringia . The core of the championships were the classic Nordic ski disciplines, cross-country skiing , ski jumping and Nordic combined , in which competitions were held in different age groups. In the individual and relay cross-country skiing decisions, only the men's champion was chosen. Furthermore, the first final round of the Eastern Zone Ice Hockey Championship took place. Figure skating was offered in the framework program. Only for women and youth athletes there were also competitions in the goal run and in the alpine combination . The outstanding athlete of the championships was Herbert Leonhardt from Mühlleithen , who was four times champion. He achieved this success within less than 72 hours.
Nordic skiing
Cross-country skiing
In the individual decision, which took place on Friday, February 11th, the Vogtlander Herbert Leonhardt caused a first surprise when he won the competition instead of his permanent competitor Herbert Friedel. In the relay on the following Saturday morning, both athletes started together in one team and won the competition with a six-minute lead.
Single (16 km)
| space | athlete | place | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Leonhardt | Aschberg-Mühlleithen | 1:09:04 |
| 2 | Herbert Mueller | Aschberg-Mühlleithen | 1:11:10 |
| 3 | Heinz Holland | Blacksmith field | 1:11:37 |
| 4th | Albrecht Böttcher | Oberwiesenthal | 1:11:47 |
| 5 | Herbert Friedel |
4 × 8km relay
| space | team | athlete | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auerbach I. |
Herbert Müller Warg Herbert Leonhardt Herbert Friedel |
2:23:50 |
| 2 | Dippoldiswalde | Braun Lehmann Becker Kirsten |
2:29:51 |
| 3 | Annaberg I | A. Tietz Krauss E. Tietz Böttger |
2:32:09 |
Nordic combination
The result of the Nordic combined consisted of the result of the cross-country skiing decision on Friday and two ski jumping runs on Saturday afternoon, February 12th. What is remarkable about it is that most of the athletes already had the decision of the cross-country relay in their bones in the morning.
| space | athlete | place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Leonhardt | Aschberg-Mühlleithen | 451.2 |
| 2 | Heinz Holland | Blacksmith field | 446.8 |
| 3 | Herbert Friedel | Aschberg-Mühlleithen | 441.4 |
Ski jumping
The competition was jumped in on Sunday, February 13th at 2 pm by old master Erich Recknagel . Here, too, Herbert Leonhardt decided the competition for himself. The later, at times best GDR cross-country skier, Cuno Werner , took third place. The only 15-year-old Werner Lesser started out of competition .
| space | athlete | place | 1st jump | 2nd jump | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Leonhardt | Aschberg-Mühlleithen | 61m | 69m | 224.5 |
| 2 | Hans Dolling | Blacksmith field | 58m | 67m | 218.6 |
| 3 | Cuno Werner | Goldlauter | 58m | 62m | 217.2 |
Alpine skiing
Departure
| space | athlete | place | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traudel Gottstein | Schönebeck | 2: 17.1 |
| 2 | Vera Bohlmann | Schierke | 2: 24.2 |
| 3 | Liane Unger | Carlsfeld | 2: 32.3 |
Special slalom
| space | athlete | place | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilde Zeh | Oberwiesenthal | 0: 54.4 |
| 2 | Reiduhn Kühnstedt | Friedrichroda | 0: 56.7 |
| 3 | Traudel Gottstein | Schönebeck | 1: 00.2 |
Alpine combination
| space | athlete | place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traudel Gottstein | Schönebeck | 227.2 |
| 2 | Reidun Kühnstedt | Friedrichroda | 238.3 |
| 3 | Hilde Zeh | Oberwiesenthal | 253.6 |
ice Hockey
→ Main article: East Zone Ice Hockey Championship 1949
The first ice hockey championship in the Eastern Zone was also held in Oberhof. The winner was SG Frankenhausen .
Individual evidence
literature
- Manfred Seifert, Roland Sänger, Hans-Jürgen Zeume Great love of skiing , 1979, Berlin p. 199