German Athletics Championships Explained

German Athletics Championships Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften
Current Season:	2023 German Athletics Championships
Sport:	Athletics
Country:	Germany
Founded:	1898
Website:	www.leichtathletik.de

The German Athletics Championships (German: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften) are the national championships in athletics of Germany, organised annually by the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband.

The competition features track and field events. Separate championships are held for non-track events, including the German Cross Country Championships, German Marathon Championships and German Race Walking Championships. The championships for combined track and field events are also held separately.

The German Athletics Championships was established in 1898 during the period of the German Empire and it was among the first major national championships,^[1] following on from the English, French, American and Canadian national events which had been established in the previous decade. Women's events were first held at the German national championships in 1920.^[2] The men's and women's championships were held at separate locations between 1925 and 1933.^[3] The competition has been held annually since its creation, with the exceptions of 1914 (year of the outbreak of World War I) and 1944–1945 (the final years of World War II).^[4]

Editions

Edition	Year	Location	Venue	Dates
1.				25 September 1898
2.				14 May 6 August 24 September
3.				15 July 16 September 23 September
4.				30 June 22 September
5.				3 August 17 August 31 August
6.		Frankfurt Hannover Hamburg		23 August 30 August 6 September
7.		Magdeburg München Hannover Frankfurt Berlin		19 June 10 July 24 July 21 August 4 September
8.		Mülhausen Leipzig Hannover		16 July 23 July 24 September
9.				2 September 1906
10.				18 August 1907
11.				16 August 1908
12.				29 August 1909
13.				28 August 1910
14.				20 August 1911
15.				18 August 1912
16.				17 August 1913
17.				19 September 1915
18.				27 August 1916
19.				5 August 1917
20.				25 August 1918
21.				23–24 August 1919
22.				14–15 August 1920
23.				20–21 August 1921
24.				18–20 August 1922
25.				17–19 August 1923
26.				9–10 August 1924
27.		Berlin (Männer) Leipzig (Frauen)		8–9 August 1925 6 September 1925
28.		Leipzig (Männer) Braunschweig (Frauen)		7–8 August 1926 22 August 1926
29.		Berlin (Männer) Breslau (Frauen)		16–17 July 1927 6–7 August 1927
30.		Düsseldorf (Männer) Berlin (Frauen)		14–16 July 1928 14–15 July 1928
31.		Breslau (Männer) Frankfurt (Frauen)		20–22 July 1929 20–21 July 1929
32.		Berlin (Männer) Lennep (Frauen)		2–3 August 1930
33.		Berlin (Männer) Magdeburg (Frauen)		1–2 August 1931
34.		Hannover (Männer) Berlin (Frauen)		2–3 July 1932
35.		Köln (Männer) Weimar (Frauen)		12–13 August 1933 19–20 August 1933
36.				27–29 July 1934
37.				3–4 August 1935
38.				11–12 July 1936
39.				24–25 July 1937
40.			Jahnkampfbahn	28–30 July 1938
41.				8–9 July 1939
42.				10–11 August 1940
43.				19–20 July 1941
44.				25–26 July 1942
45.				24–25 July 1943
Tradition continued from 1946–90 in the form of a West German Athletics Championships, following division of Germany
91.				26–28 July 1991
92.				19–21 June 1992
93.				9–11 July 1993
94.				1–3 July 1994
95.				30 June – 2 July 1995
96.				21–23 June 1996
97.				27–29 June 1997
98.				3–5 July 1998
99.				2–4 July 1999
100.				29–30 July 2000
101.				29 June – 1 July 2001
102.				5–7 July 2002
103.				28–29 July 2003
104.				10–11 July 2004
105.				2–3 July 2005
106.				15–16 July 2006
107.				21–22 July 2007
108.				5–6 July 2008
109.				4–5 July 2009
110.				17–18 July 2010
111.				23–24 July 2011
112.				16–17 June 2012
113.				6–7 July 2013
114.				26–27 July 2014
115.				25–26 July 2015
116.				18–19 June 2016
117.				8–9 July 2017
118.				21–22 July 2018
119.				3–4 August 2019
120.				8–9 August 2020
121.				5–6 June 2021
122.				23–26 June 2022
123.				8–9 July 2023
124.				28–30 June 2024

Championship records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete/Team	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	9.99 (+0.5 m/s)	Owen Ansah	29 June 2024	2024	Braunschweig	^[5]
200 m	20.02 (+0.6 m/s)	Joshua Hartmann	9 July 2023	2023	Kassel	^[6]
400 m	44.70	Karl Honz	1972	1972	Munich
800 m	1:44.90	Franz-Josef Kemper	7 August 1966	1966	Hanover
1500 m	3:37.00	Thomas Wessinghage	1977	1977	Hamburg
5000 m	13:19.08	Dieter Baumann	June 1997	1997	Frankfurt
110 m hurdles	13.05 (−0.8 m/s)	Florian Schwarthoff	2 July 1995	1995	Bremen
400 m hurdles	48.02	Harald Schmid	1985	1985	Stuttgart
3000 m steeplechase	8:20.47	Patriz Ilg	1985	1985	Stuttgart
High jump	2.33 m	Ralf Sonn	1993	1993	Duisburg
Pole vault	5.94 m	Raphael Holzdeppe	26 July 2015	2015	Nuremberg	^[7]
Long jump	8.49 m (+1.6 m/s)	Sebastian Bayer	4 July 2009	2009	Ulm
Triple jump	17.34 m	Charles Friedek	June 1997	1997	Frankfurt
Shot put	21.87 m	David Storl	25 July 2014	2014	Ulm	^[8]
Discus throw	69.48 m	Lars Riedel	June 1997	1997	Frankfurt
Hammer throw	83.04 m	Heinz Weis	29 June 1997	1997	Frankfurt
Javelin throw	89.55 m	Andreas Hofmann	22 July 2018	2018	Nuremberg	^[9]
10000 m walk	38:51.51	Andreas Erm	10 July 2004	2004	Braunschweig	^[10]
4 × 100 m relay	38.95	LAC Quelle Fürth	1983	1983	Bremen
4 × 400 m relay	3:03.04	LAC Chemnitz	2 July 1995	1995	Bremen

Women

Event	Record	Athlete/Team	Date	Championships	Ref	Video
100 m	10.91	Katrin Krabbe	1991	Hanover
200 m	22.12	Katrin Krabbe	1991	Hanover
400 m	49.78	Grit Breuer	30 June 2001	2001 Stuttgart
800 m	1:58.45	Hildegard Falck	1971	Stuttgart
1500 m	3:59.58	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	9 July 2017	2017 Erfurt	^[11]
5000 m	14:26.76	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	3 August 2019	2019 Berlin	^[12]
100 m hurdles	12.69 (−0.7 m/s)	Pamela Dutkiewicz	22 July 2018	2018 Nuremberg
400 m hurdles	54.47	Carolina Krafzik	8 July 2023	2023 Kassel	^[13]
3000 m steeplechase	9:25.81	Gesa Felicitas Krause	8 July 2017	2017 Erfurt
High jump	2.03 m	Heike Henkel	1992	Munich
Pole vault	4.77 m	Annika Becker	7 July 2002	2002 Wattenscheid	^[14]
Long jump	7.21 m	Heike Drechsler	1992	Munich
Triple jump	14.46 m (+1.0 m/s)	Helga Radtke	3 July 1994	Erfurt
Shot put	20.92 m	Claudia Losch	1986	Berlin
Discus throw	68.78 m	Ilke Wyludda	1991	Hanover
Hammer throw	76.04 m	Betty Heidler	23 July 2011	2011 Kassel	^[15]	http://www.leichtathletik.tv/v/betty-heidler-wirft-weltklasse
Javelin throw	68.86 m	Christina Obergföll	24 July 2011	2011 Kassel		http://www.leichtathletik.tv/v/christina-obergf%C3%B6ll-wirft-meisterschaftsrekord
5000 m walk	20:11.45	Sabine Zimmer	2 July 2005	2005 Wattenscheid	^[16]
4 × 100 m relay	42.99	LG Olympia Dortmund	30 June 2001	2001 Stuttgart
4 × 400 m relay	3:29.74	SC Magdeburg	July 1999	1999 Erfurt

See also

• German records in athletics

References

• General source: Web site: 112. Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften. Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. 17 June 2012. de. 18 June 2012. 10 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120710174800/http://www.leichtathletik.de/results/4877_wattenscheid_dm12_16170612.pdf. dead.

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ger.htm German Championships
2. http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/72.html Leichtathletik - Deutsche Meisterschaften (100m-Damen)
3. Web site: Austragungsorte der deutschen Leichtathletik– Meisterschaften seit 1946 . 2018-03-22 . 2013-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130616061310/https://www.leichtathletik.de//image.php?AID=12309&VID=0 . dead .
4. http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/64.html Leichtathletik - Deutsche Meisterschaften (100m-Herren)
5. Web site: 100m Result. World Athletics. 1 July 2024.
6. Web site: National championships round-up: Jackson clocks 10.65, Warholm blazes to 46.76. World Athletics. 9 July 2023. 12 July 2023.
7. http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD_2/Nuernberg2015_PDF_RE0820040.PDF Men's pole vault results
8. Web site: Storl und Schwanitz eine Klasse für sich. ZDF. 25 July 2014. 14 August 2014. de.
9. News: Hofmann takes German javelin title. IAAF. Bob Ramsak. 22 July 2018. 4 August 2018.
10. Web site: 104. Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften . . 15 July 2004 . de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061216101309/http://leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/ergebnislisten2004/dm_bs_10110704_m.pdf . 2006-12-16 .
11. News: Vetter defeats Röhler at German Championships, Klosterhalfen and Krause impress. IAAF. 10 July 2017. 10 July 2017.
12. News: Klosterhalfen storms to a solo 14:26.76 5000m at the German Championships. European Athletics. 4 August 2019. 10 August 2019.
13. Web site: 400m Hurdles Semifinal 1 Results. DLV. 8 July 2023. 12 July 2023.
14. Web site: Ergebnisliste – Stabhoch Frauen – Finale . . 7 July 2002 . 6 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130826025154/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/ergebnislisten/dm2002/Mail1/re1820040.html . 26 August 2013 .
15. Web site: 111. Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften. DLV. 24 July 2011. 24 July 2011. de. 26 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326085138/http://www.leichtathletik.de/results/4256_kassel_DM_23040711.pdf. dead.
16. Web site: Deutsche Meisterschaften. DLV. 3 July 2005. de. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061218102807/http://leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/ergebnislisten2005/dm_wattenscheid_W_tag1.pdf. 18 December 2006.