West German Athletics Championships

West German Athletics Championships
Sport Track and field
Founded 1946
Ceased 1990
Country West Germany
Related
competitions		 East German Athletics Championships

The West German Athletics Championships (French: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften) was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the German Athletics Association, which served as the West German national championships for the sport. The two- or three-day event was held in summer months, varying from late June to early August, and the venue changed on an annual basis.

The German Athletics Championships had a long history dating back to 1898.[1] Following the division of Germany as part of the end of World War II, the organising body of the all-Germany championships, German Athletics Association, remained based in West Germany. As a result, the national championships resumed under the same body in 1946, but for German athletes in West Germany only. From an official perspective, as modern Germany and West Germany are considered to be the same entities during division and reunification, so is the national championships. During the period of division, German athletes in the East competed at a new competition – the East German Athletics Championships.[2][3]

Events

The following athletics events were contested at the West German Championships:

Track running
Obstacle events
Jumping events
Throwing events
Combined events

A men's 200 metres hurdles was contested up to the 1965 championships and a men's pentathlon was on the combined events programme up to the 1973 edition.

The women's programme expanded inline with international acceptance of women's athletics. The women's 1500 metres was added in 1968 and 3000 metres followed in 1973. The women's 10,000 mw was added ten years later. The 80 metres hurdles was held up to 1968, after which it was replaced by the international standard 100 metres hurdles. A women's 400 m hurdles was first held in 1975. The last women's pentathlon was contested in 1980 and was then replaced by the new heptathlon event. The triple jump, pole vault, hammer throw, and the steeplechase were never contested during this period as they were not international standard events by that point.[3]

West German championships in cross country running, racewalking, 25K run, marathon, and 100 kilometres run were all conducted separately.

Editions

Edition Year Location Venue Dates
46.1946FrankfurtWaldstadion24–25 August 1946
47.1947KölnMüngersdorfer Stadion9–10 August 1947
48.1948NürnbergStädtisches Stadion14–15 August 1948
49.1949BremenWeserstadion6–7 August 1949
50.1950StuttgartNeckarstadion5–6 August 1950
51.1951DüsseldorfRheinstadion28–29 July 1951
52.1952BerlinOlympiastadion28–29 June 1952
53.1953AugsburgRosenaustadion25–26 July 1953
54.1954HamburgVolksparkstadion6–8 August 1954
55.1955FrankfurtWaldstadion4–7 August 1955
56.1956BerlinOlympiastadion17–19 August 1956
57.1957DüsseldorfRheinstadion16–18 August 1957
58.1958HannoverNiedersachsenstadion18–20 July 1958
59.1959StuttgartNeckarstadion24–26 July 1959
60.1960BerlinOlympiastadion22–24 July 1960
61.1961DüsseldorfRheinstadion28–30 July 1961
62.1962HamburgVolksparkstadion27–29 July 1962
63.1963AugsburgRosenaustadion9–11 August 1963
64.1964BerlinOlympiastadion7–9 August 1964
65.1965DuisburgWedaustadion6–8 August 1965
66.1966HannoverNiedersachsenstadion5–7 August 1966
67.1967StuttgartNeckarstadion4–6 August 1967
68.1968BerlinOlympiastadion16–18 August 1968
69.1969DüsseldorfRheinstadion15–17 August 1969
70.1970BerlinOlympiastadion7–9 August 1970
71.1971StuttgartNeckarstadion9–11 July 1971
72.1972MünchenOlympiastadion19–23 July 1972
73.1973BerlinOlympiastadion20–22 July 1973
74.1974HannoverNiedersachsenstadion26–28 July 1974
75.1975GelsenkirchenParkstadion28–29 June 1975
76.1976Frankfurt am MainWaldstadion13–15 August 1976
77.1977HamburgVolksparkstadion5–7 August 1977
78.1978KölnMüngersdorfer Stadion11–13 August 1978
79.1979StuttgartNeckarstadion10–12 August 1979
80.1980HannoverNiedersachsenstadion15–17 August 1980
81.1981GelsenkirchenParkstadion17–19 July 1981
82.1982MünchenOlympiastadion23–25 July 1982
83.1983BremenWeserstadion24–26 June 1983
84.1984DüsseldorfRheinstadion22–24 June 1984
85.1985StuttgartNeckarstadion2–4 August 1985
86.1986BerlinOlympiastadion11–13 July 1986
87.1987GelsenkirchenParkstadion10–12 July 1987
88.1988FrankfurtWaldstadion22–24 July 1988
89.1989HamburgVolksparkstadion11–12 August 1989
90.1990DüsseldorfRheinstadion10–12 August 1990

References

  1. ↑ German Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-23.
  2. ↑ East German Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  3. 1 2 West German Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
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