West German Indoor Athletics Championships

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West German Indoor Athletics Championships
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Sport Indoor track and field
Founded1954
Country West Germany

The West German Indoor Athletics Championships (German : Deutsche Leichtathletik-Hallenmeisterschaften) was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the German Athletics Association, which served as the national championship for the sport in West Germany. Typically held over two days in February during the German winter, it was first held in 1954.

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The German Athletics Association is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Germany.

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The event was contested separately from the East German Indoor Athletics Championships until 1991, when the German Indoor Athletics Championships was held as the first Unified Germany championships. [1] [2]

East German Indoor Athletics Championships

The East German Indoor Athletics Championships was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the East German Athletics Association, 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.

German Indoor Athletics Championships

The German Indoor Athletics Championships is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the German Athletics Association, which serves as the German national championship for the sport. Typically held over two to three days in February during the German winter, the first Unified Germany championships occurred in 1991, succeeding the West German and East German indoor nationals. The unified indoor event preceded the newly-unified outdoor German Athletics Championships in the summer of 1991. National indoor championships in relays, racewalking and combined track and field events are usually contested at separate locations.

Events

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

Sprint (running) running over a short distance in a limited period of time

Sprinting is running over a short distance in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an opponent. Human physiology dictates that a runner's near-top speed cannot be maintained for more than 30–35 seconds due to the depletion of phosphocreatine stores in muscles, and perhaps secondarily to excessive metabolic acidosis as a result of anaerobic glycolysis.

Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1500 m came about as a result of running ​3 3⁄4 laps of a 400 m outdoor track or ​7 1⁄2 laps of a 200 m indoor track, which were commonplace in continental Europe in the 20th century.

Hurdling group of track and field events

Hurdling is the act of running and jumping over an obstacle at speed. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle, landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. After experimenting with different step patterns the 3-step for high hurdles, 7-step for low hurdles, and 15-step for intermediate hurdles was decided on. In the sport of athletics, hurdling forms the basis of a number track and field events which are a highly specialized form of obstacle racing. In these events, a series of barriers known as hurdles are set at precisely measured heights and distances which each athlete must pass by running over. Failure to pass over, by passing under, or intentionally knocking over hurdles will result in disqualification. Accidental knocking over of hurdles is not cause for disqualification, but the hurdles are weighted to make doing so disadvantageous. Hurdle design improvements were made in 1935, when they developed the L-shaped hurdle. With this shape, the athlete could hit the hurdle and it will tip down, clearing the athlete's path.

Prior to 1980, the 60 metres was occasionally replaced by a 50 metres race. Similarly, the 60 metres hurdles was sometimes held as a 50 metres hurdles or 55 metres hurdles event in the early years of the competition. Combined events were briefly held with a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon featuring from 1973–75. Racewalking was also an infrequent sport, with a men's 10,000 m walk being on the programme from 1969 to 1975. At the last edition in 1990, a men's 5000 m walk and women's 3000 m walk were held. [2]

60 metres track and field sprint race

60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes. The 60 metres was an Olympic event in the 1900 and 1904 Summer Games but was removed from the schedule thereafter.

50 metres is a sprint event in track and field. It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor athletics competitions it is used in the Special Olympics and a rare distance, at least for senior athletes. It is an alternative to the 60 metres running event. The imperial distance for 50 metres is 54.68 yards.

60 metres hurdles

60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds, respectively.

The 200 metres first appeared in 1965, before becoming a standard event in 1968. The women's 400 metres was first held in 1961, followed by the additions of a 1500 metres in 1969. A women's 3000 metres was contested during 1974–76 and became a standard event in 1987. Women did not compete in the triple jump or pole vault during the lifetime of the meeting. [2]

200 metres sprint running event

The 200 metres is a sprint running event. On an outdoor race 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster.

400 metres sprint running event

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440 yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile and was referred to as the 'quarter-mile'—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete.

1500 metres foremost middle distance track event in athletics

The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately ​15⁄16 miles.

Editions

Ed.YearCityVenueDates
1. 1954 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt 20 March 1954
2. 1955 Kiel Ostseehalle 12 March 1955
3. 1956 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt 17 March 1956
4. 1957 Kiel Ostseehalle 23 March 1957
5. 1958 Dortmund Westfalenhallen 1 March 1958
6. 1959 Berlin Deutschlandhalle 14 February 1959
7. 1960 Kiel Ostseehalle 5 March 1960
8. 1961 Stuttgart 11 March 1961
9. 1962 Dortmund 24 March 1962
10. 1963 Berlin 9 March 1963
11. 1964 Kiel 1 February 1964
12. 1965 Stuttgart 6 March 1965
13. 1966 Kiel 5 March 1966
14. 1967 Dortmund 5 March 1967
15. 1968 Stuttgart 2 March 1968
16. 1969 Dortmund 23 February 1969
17. 1970 Berlin 21 February 1970
18. 1971 Kiel 26–27 February 1971
19. 1972 Stuttgart 25–26 February 1972
20. 1973 Berlin 23–24 February 1973
21. 1974 Munich 22–23 February 1974
22. 1975 Stuttgart 21–22 February 1975
23. 1976 Dortmund 6–7 February 1976
24. 1977 Sindelfingen Glaspalast 25–26 February 1977
25. 1978 Sindelfingen Glaspalast 24–25 February 1978
26. 1979 Berlin 9–10 February 1979
27. 1980 Dortmund Helmut-Körnig-Halle 8–9 February 1980
28. 1981 Sindelfingen Glaspalast 6–7 February 1981
29. 1982 Dortmund Helmut-Körnig-Halle 12–13 February 1982
30. 1983 Sindelfingen Glaspalast 11–12 February 1983
31. 1984 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 10–11 February 1984
32. 1985 Dortmund Helmut-Körnig-Halle 15–16 February 1985
33. 1986 Sindelfingen Glaspalast 7–8 February 1986
34. 1987 Karlsruhe Europahalle 6–7 February 1987
35. 1988 Dortmund Helmut-Körnig-Halle 19–20 February 1988
36. 1989 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 3–4 February 1989
37. 1990 Sindelfingen Glaspalast 17–18 February 1990

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References

  1. ↑ German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  2. 1 2 3 West German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
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