East German Indoor Athletics Championships

East German Indoor Athletics Championships
SportIndoor track and field
Founded1964
CountryEast Germany

The East German Indoor Athletics Championships (German: DDR Leichtathletik-Hallenmeisterschaften) was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the East German Athletics Association (German: Deutscher Verband für Leichtathletik der DDR), which served as the national championship for the sport in East Germany. Typically held over two days in February during the German winter, it was first held in 1964.

The event was contested separately from the West German Indoor Athletics Championships until 1991, when the German Indoor Athletics Championships was held as the first Unified Germany championships.[1][2] National indoor championships in racewalking and combined track and field events were usually contested at separate locations.

Events

The following athletics events featured as standard on the East German Indoor Championships programme:

The 60 metres was set as the standard short sprint and short hurdles distance in 1978, with sprint and hurdles events being contested over 50 metres and 55 metres in earlier years. A 100-yard dash was held from 1973 to 1989 (100 metres in 1976 and 1977). The 200 m was introduced in 1983.[2]

The men's 5000 m was introduced in 1976. A men's pentathlon was introduced in 1974, changing to heptathlon in 1981, with an octathlon being held in the period from 1987–89. The men's racewalking distance varied, with 10,000 m races from 1967–75 and 1982–88, 20,000 m during 1976–1981, then 5000 m at the final two editions.[2]

The women's programme mostly matched the men's, with the exception of distance events which was introduced later. Women began to compete over 1500 m in 1970, 3000 m in 1981, 5000 m in 1989, and in racewalking in 1985. Women did not take part in triple jump or pole vault during the competition's lifetime.[2]

Editions

Ed. Year City Venue Dates
1. 1964 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 19 February 1964
2. 1965 Berlin 14 February 1965
3. 1966 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 27 February 1966
4. 1967 Berlin 19 February 1967
5. 1968 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 17–18 February 1968
6. 1969 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 15–16 February 1969
7. 1970 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 14–15 February 1970
8. 1971 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 13–14 February 1971
9. 1972 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 12–13 February 1972
10. 1973 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 24–25 February 1973
11. 1974 Berlin 23–24 February 1974
12. 1975 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 22–23 February 1975
13. 1976 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 24–25 January 1976
14. 1977 Berlin Dynamo-Sporthalle 5–6 March 1977
15. 1978 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 25–26 February 1978
16. 1979 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 17–18 February 1979
17. 1980 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 26–27 January 1980
18. 1981 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 14–15 February 1981
19. 1982 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 13–14 February 1982
20. 1983 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 19–20 February 1983
21. 1984 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 21–22 February 1984
22. 1985 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 16–17 February 1985
23. 1986 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 15–16 February 1986
24. 1987 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 7–8 February 1987
25. 1988 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 26–27 February 1988
26. 1989 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 11–12 February 1989
27. 1990 Senftenberg Sporthalle Aktivist 17–18 February 1990

References

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  1. ^ German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  2. ^ a b c d East German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-13.