1988 East German Athletics Championships

International athletics championship event

1988 East German Athletics Championships

Sprinter Sven Matthes (right) winning the men's 100 metres

Dates| 24–26 June 1988
Host city| Rostock, East Germany
Venue| Ostseestadion

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The 1988 East German Athletics Championships (German: DDR-Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften 1988) was the 39th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for East Germany. It was held on 24–26 June at the Ostseestadion in Rostock. It served as the selection meeting for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

At the competition, Sven Matthes set a new European junior record of 10.18 in the men's 100 metres qualifying, Anke Schäning set a world junior record of 32:44.52 minutes in the women's 10,000 metres, and Beate Anders broke the senior German record in the women's 5000 metres race walk with 21:35.28 minutes.

## Results

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres  | Sven Matthes
SC Dynamo Berlin | 10.19 s  | Steffen Bringmann
SC DHfK Leipzig | 10.21 s  | Frank Emmelmann
SC Magdeburg | 10.26 s
200 metres  | Frank Emmelmann
SC Magdeburg | 20.37 s  | Olaf Prenzler
SC Magdeburg | 20.73 s  | Torsten Heimrath
SC Traktor Schwerin | 20.89 s
400 metres  | Thomas Schönlebe
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 45.56 s  | Mathias Schersing
SC Chemie Halle | 46.15 s  | Jens Carlowitz
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 46.20 s
800 metres  | Ralf Schumann
SC Traktor Schwerin | 1:47.38 min  | Jürgen Herms
SC Einheit Dresden | 1:47.99 min  | Jens Behmer
SC Neubrandenburg | 1:48.21 min
1500 metres  | Jens-Peter Herold
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 3:46.62 min  | Andreas Busse
SC Einheit Dresden | 3:47.29 min  | Ivo Schutte
SC Cottbus | 3:47.51 min
5000 metres  | Axel Krippschock
SC Dynamo Berlin | 13:48.63 min  | Werner Schildhauer
SC Chemie Halle | 13:48.87 min  | Olaf Dorow
SC Empor Rostock | 13:49.49 min
10,000 metres  | Hansjörg Kunze
SC Empor Rostock | 27:55.85 min  | Axel Krippschock
SC Dynamo Berlin | 28:03.51 min  | Rainer Wachenbrunner
SC Dynamo Berlin | 28:19.94 min
Marathon  | Rainer Wachenbrunner
SC Dynamo Berlin | 2:17:19.6  | Roland Günther
SC Magdeburg | 2:21:46.7  | Enrico Rösner
BSG Motor Ammendorf | 2:27:18.2
110 m hurdles  | Holger Pohland
SC DHfK Leipzig | 13.67 s  | Andreas Oschkenat
SC Dynamo Berlin | 13.70 s  | Jörg Rölz
SC Neubrandenburg | 14.18 s
400 m hurdles  | Uwe Ackermann
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 50.15 s  | Hans-Joachim Ende
SC Magdeburg | 50.68 s  | Volker Thiel
SC Motor Jena | 51.74 s
3000 m s'chase  | Hagen Melzer
SC Einheit Dresden | 8:19.22 min  | Frank Ruhkieck
SC Traktor Schwerin | 8:32.51 min  | Uwe Pflügner
SC Turbine Erfurt | 8:39.18 min
4 × 100 m relay  | SC Motor Jena
Jörg Treffer
Jens Heinrich
Gerd Umlauft
Heiko Truppel | 40.09 s  | SC Dynamo Berlin
Lars Olbrich
Sven Matthes
Svend Maly
Andreas Oschkenat | 40.12 s  | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Arne Rinckleb
Axel Jang
Jens Carlowitz
Thomas Schönlebe | 40.17 s
4 × 400 m relay  | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Rico Lieder
Uwe Ackermann
Jens Carlowitz
Thomas Schönlebe | 3:06.38 min  | ASK Vorwärts Potsdam
Ralph Walter
Lukas
Guido Lieske
Thomas Miethig | 3:09.13 min  | SC Turbine Erfurt
Michael Gerlach
Andreas Tschida
Hauke Fuhlbrügge
Matthias Schober | 3:12.22 min
20 km walk  | Ronald Weigel
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 1:20:57  | Bernd Gummelt
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 1:21:45  | Dietmar Meisch
TSC Berlin | 1:22:15
50 km walk  | Ronald Weigel
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 3:42:33  | Dietmar Meisch
TSC Berlin | 3:46:55  | Bernd Gummelt
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 4:00:10
High jump  | Gerd Wessig
SC Traktor Schwerin | 2.26 m  | Thorsten Marschner
SC Einheit Dresden | 2.14 m  | Carsten Siebert
SC Cottbus | 2.14 m
Pole vault  | Uwe Langhammer
SC Motor Jena | 5.60 m  | Christoph Pietz
SC Dynamo Berlin | 5.40 m  | Enrico Mann
SC Cottbus | 5.40 m
Long jump  | Ron Beer
SC Dynamo Berlin | 7.92 m  | Jörg Pohl
SC Empor Rostock | 7.81 m  | Andre Reichelt
SC Einheit Dresden | 7.80 m
Triple jump  | Volker Mai
SC Neubrandenburg | 16.80 m  | Dirk Gamlin
SC Traktor Schwerin | 16.66 m  | Thomas Rex
SC Turbine Erfurt | 16.24 m
Shot put  | Ulf Timmermann
TSC Berlin | 21.88 m  | Udo Beyer
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 20.92 m  | Klaus Görmer
SC DHfK Leipzig | 19.50 m
Discus throw  | Jürgen Schult
SC Traktor Schwerin | 66.92 m  | Andreas Becker
SC Empor Rostock | 62.60 m  | Lutz Friedrich
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 60.96 m
Hammer throw  | Ralf Haber
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 80.30 m  | Günther Rodehau
SC Einheit Dresden | 79.04 m  | Jörn Hübner
SC Cottbus | 74.38 m
Javelin throw  | Silvio Warsönke
SC Cottbus | 82.64 m  | Gerald Weiß
SC Traktor Schwerin | 81.92 m  | Steffen Kauerauf
SC DHfK Leipzig | 76.64 m
Decathlon  | Uwe Freimuth
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 8290 pts  | Thomas Fahner
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 8276 pts  | Christian Schenk
SC Empor Rostock | 8225 pts

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres  | Marlies Göhr
SC Motor Jena | 11.07 s  | Silke Möller
SC Empor Rostock | 11.07 s  | Ingrid Lange
SC Motor Jena | 11.39 s
200 metres  | Heike Drechsler
SC Motor Jena | 21.84 s  | Silke Möller
SC Empor Rostock | 22.30 s  | Heike Morgenstern
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 22.81 s
400 metres  | Petra Müller
SC Chemie Halle | 50.26 s  | Kirsten Emmelmann
SC Magdeburg | 50.99 s  | Dagmar Neubauer
SC Turbine Erfurt | 51.20 s
800 metres  | Christine Wachtel
SC Neubrandenburg | 1:58.29 min  | Sigrun Wodars
SC Neubrandenburg | 1:58.65 min  | Martina Steuk
TSC Berlin | 1:59.95 min
1500 metres  | Birgit Barth
SC Dynamo Berlin | 4:09.33 min  | Andrea Hahmann
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 4:09.77 min  | Ellen Kiessling
SC Einheit Dresden | 4:09.93 min
3000 metres  | Kathrin Ullrich
SC Dynamo Berlin | 8:48.80 min  | Ellen Kiessling
SC Einheit Dresden | 9:05.87 min  | Gabriele Meinel
SC Cottbus | 9:07.13 min
10,000 metres  | Kathrin Ullrich
SC Dynamo Berlin | 31:26.79 min  | Anke Schäning
SC Empor Rostock | 32:44.52 min WJR | Birgit Jerschabek
SC Traktor Schwerin | 33:29.33 min
Marathon  | Andrea Fleischer
SC Motor Jena | 2:49:50.1  | Kristina Garlipp
SC Motor Jena | 2:52:00.1  | Kerstin Herzberg
SC Motor Jena | 2:53:34.5
100 m hurdles  | Cornelia Oschkenat
SC Dynamo Berlin | 12.52 s  | Kerstin Knabe
SC DHfK Leipzig | 12.80 s  | Kristin Patzwahl
SC DHfK Leipzig | 12.95 s
400 m hurdles  | Sabine Busch
SC Turbine Erfurt | 54.11 s  | Ellen Fiedler
SC Dynamo Berlin | 54.74 s  | Susanne Losch
SC Turbine Erfurt | 54.89 s
4 × 100 m relay  | SC Motor Jena
Karina Knuhr
Sabine Günther
Ingrid Lange
Marlies Göhr | 43.40 s  | SC Magdeburg
Annette Kersten
Manuela Braun
Diana Dietz
Heike Theele | 44.04 s  | SC Neubrandenburg
Doreen Fahrendorff
Katrin Krabbe
Manuela Derr
Grit Breuer | 44.12 s
4 × 400 m relay  | SC Turbine Erfurt
Katrin Schreiter
Dagmar Neubauer
Daniela Steinecke
Susanne Losch | 3:29.12 min  | SC Magdeburg
Stefanie Fabert
Cornelia Ullrich
Heike Tillack
Kati Bohmeier | 3:38.99 min  | SC Dynamo Berlin
Constanze Taube
Andrea Dittner
Beate Kuhls
Ulrike Schmiedel | 3:49.06 min
5000 m walk  | Beate Anders
TSC Berlin | 21:35.28 min NR | Dagmar Grimmenstein
SC Turbine Erfurt | 22:58.61 min  | Simone Thust
SC DHfK Leipzig | 23:05 min
10 km walk  | Beate Anders
TSC Berlin | 46:28 min  | Claudia Barthel
BSG Lokomotive Magdeburg | 58:35 min  | Antje Kahr
BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge | 1:00:33
High jump  | Gabriele Günz
SC DHfK Leipzig | 1.91 m  | Susanne Beyer
SC Dynamo Berlin | 1.91 m  | Kerstin Brandt
SC Empor Rostock | 1.91 m
Long jump  | Heike Drechsler
SC Motor Jena | 7.20 m  | Heike Grabe
SC Magdeburg | 6.50 m  | Gaby Ehlert
SC DHfK Leipzig | 6.49 m
Shot put  | Kathrin Neimke
SC Magdeburg | 21.06 m  | Ines Müller
SC Empor Rostock | 20.96 m  | Heike Hartwig
SC Dynamo Berlin | 20.62 m
Discus throw  | Diana Gansky
ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | 72.54 m  | Gabriele Reinsch
SC Cottbus | 71.88 m  | Silvia Madetzky
SC Chemie Halle | 67.00 m
Javelin throw  | Petra Felke
SC Motor Jena | 73.86 m  | Silke Renk
SC Chemie Halle | 71.00 m  | Beate Koch
SC Motor Jena | 68.32 m
Heptathlon  | Heike Tischler
SC Motor Jena | 6404 pts  | Ines Schulz
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 6396 pts  | Birgit Gautzsch
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 6146 pts

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to East German athletics championships 1988.

* Leichtathletik Historie (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
* Manfred Seifert (1988), Sport88. Ein Jahrbuch des DDR-Sport (in German), Berlin: Sportverlag Berlin, pp. 222–224, ISSN 0232-203X
* Neues Deutschland (in German), Berlin: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, 1988, ISSN 0323-3375
* Der Leichtathlet (in German), Berlin: Deutscher Verband für Leichtathletik der DDR, 1988, ISSN 0323-4134

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