1988 West German Athletics Championships

1988 West German Athletics Championships
Dates	22–24 July 1988
Host city	Frankfurt, West Germany
Venue	Waldstadion
Events	38 (track and field) + 32 (others)
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The 1988 West German Athletics Championships (German: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften 1988) was the 88th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for West Germany. It was held on 22–24 July at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. It served as the selection meeting for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Championships

As in previous years, national championship titles were awarded in various places besides the main track and field championship.

• Cross country running – Waiblingen, 12 March, with individual and team rankings in long and short course races
• Marathon – Hamburg, 24 April, incorporated into the Hamburg Marathon with individual and team rankings
• Racewalking – Eschborn, 24 April, with individual and team rankings in 10 km walk for women and 50 km walk for men
• Mountain running – Bühlertal in the Black Forest, 1 October, incorporated into the Hundseck-Berglaufs
• Relay – Lübeck, 10 July, incorporated in the German Junior Championships with 3 × 800 m relay for women and 4 × 800 m and 4 × 1500 m for men
• Combined events – Rhede, 9–10 July, with individual and team rankings in men's decathlon and women's heptathlon
• Road running – Herten, 11 September, with individual and team rankings in women's 15 km and men's 25 km
• 100K run – Hamm-Heessen, 8 October with individual rankings for men and women, and a men's team ranking

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Andreas Maul LG Wipperfürth	10.50 s	Fritz Heer TV Wattenscheid	10.50 s	Werner Zaske TV Wattenscheid	10.54 s
200 metres	Ralf Lübke LG Bayer Leverkusen	20.76 s	Norbert Dobeleit TV Wattenscheid	20.88 s	Peter Klein SV Salamander Kornwestheim	20.90 s
400 metres	Ralf Lübke LG Bayer Leverkusen	45.89 s	Mark Henrich VfL Kamen	46.21 s	Jörg Vaihinger VfL Sindelfingen	46.25 s
800 metres	Thomas Giessing LAZ bellanett Rhede	1:47.52 min	Peter Braun LG Tuttlingen	1:47.75 min	Rainer Thau LC Mengerskirchen	1:47.88 min
1500 metres	Dieter Baumann VfL Waiblingen	3:45.60 min	Eckhardt Rüter VfL Wolfsburg	3:46.02 min	Klaus-Peter Nabein LAC Quelle Fürth	3:46.44 min
5000 metres	Dieter Baumann VfL Waiblingen	13:38.31 min	Steffen Brand TV Wattenscheid	13:38.99 min	Martin Grüning LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen	13:46.88 min
10,000 metres	Ralf Salzmann PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel	29:01.53 min	Michael Scheytt LAC München	29:04.55 min	Herbert Steffny Post-SV Jahn Freiburg	29:04.67 min
25 kilometres	Herbert Steffny Post-SV Jahn Freiburg	1:15:58	Konrad Dobler VfL Waldkraiburg	1:16:40	Guido Dold Post-SV Jahn Freiburg	1:18:04
25 kilometres team	Post-SV Jahn Freiburg Herbert Steffny Guido Dold Markus Keller	3:56:44	VfL Waldkraiburg Konrad Dobler Uwe Hartmann Joachim Heim	3:57:33	LG Frankfurt Achim Bourmer Wolfgang Mü Hans Pfisterer	3:59:28
Marathon	Udo Reh VfL Waldkraiburg	2:14:56	Konrad Dobler VfL Waldkraiburg	2:15:04	Roland Szymaniak Gut-Heil Neumünster	2:17:08
Marathon team	VfL Waldkraiburg Udo Reh Konrad Dobler Joachim Heim	6:48:28 h	TF Feuerbach Daniel Bartsch Peter Maier Friedrich Mößner	7:12:04 h	TV Geiselhöring Winfried Ahlmann Peter Kiefl Reinhold Hierlmeier	7:13:02 h
100 kilometres	Heinz Hüglin LV Ettenheim	6:41:41	Herbert Cuntz TV Offenbach/Queich	6:53:40	Manfred Träger Triathlon Hub/Nürnberg	6:59:30
100 kilometres team	SV Vogt Richard Fröhlich Gebhard Bleyer Willi Thurner	23:55:07	SCC Berlin Hans-Jürgen Seydler Heinz-Günter Schmidt Lothar Preißler	24:22:09	SuS Schalke 96 Wolfgang Thamm Bernd Orlowski Anton Bierner	24:24:11
110 m hurdles	Florian Schwarthoff LG Erlangen	13.50 s NR	Dietmar Koszewski SCC Berlin	13.76 s	Jürgen Schoch SV Salamander Kornwestheim	13.76 s
400 m hurdles	Harald Schmid TV Gelnhausen	48.23 s	Edgar Itt TV Gelnhausen	49.10 s	Uwe Schmitt Eintracht Frankfurt	50.44 s
3000 m s'chase	Patriz Ilg LAC Quelle Fürth	8:23.19 min	Jens Volkmann SCC Berlin	8:23.88 min	Andreas Fischer Hamburger SV	8:33.22 min
4 × 100 m relay	LT 1985 Hannover Dietmar Schulte Ingo Todt Holger Isenbart Volker Nitsch	39.76 s	SV Salamander Kornwestheim Jürgen Schoch Andreas Zügel Peter Klein Holger Lutz	39.87 s	VfL Wolfsburg Bernd Rebischke Markus Kessler Markus Stärk Erwin Skamrahl	39.99 s
4 × 400 m relay	LG Bayer Leverkusen Carsten Fischer Thomas Geuyen Michael Grün Ralf Lübke	3:06.78 min	VfL Sindelfingen Peter Mayer Claus Krafzik Martin Bürkle Jörg Vaihinger	3:07.18 min	Eintracht Frankfurt Lars Klingenberg Frank Seybold Uwe Schmitt Bodo Kuhn	3:07.26 min
4 × 800 m relay	LG Nord Berlin Ingo Plucinski Helge Loska Bernd Müller Holger Böttcher	7:19.13 min	ASV Köln Martin Stötzel Blieschies Dirk Cordier Alexander Adam	7:19.57 min	TV Wattenscheid Knut Vollenbröker Torsten Rostock Michael Schreckenberger Harald Andrä	7:19.99 min
4 × 1500 m relay	VfL Wolfsburg Dehlke Wolfgang Schreiber Jens Becker Eckhard Rüter	15:19.63 min	TV Wattenscheid Christof Blum Brehm Volker Welzel Steffen Brand	15:20.88 min	LG Bayer Leverkusen Burkhard Dahm Ernst Ludwig Mathias Kohls Frank Casper	15:21.69 min
20 km walk	Torsten Zervas Eintracht Frankfurt	1:30:01	Volkmar Scholz Berliner SV 1892	1:30:16	Wolfgang Wiedemann LAC Quelle Fürth	1:32:52
20 km walk team	LAC Quelle Fürth Wolfgang Wiedemann Robert Mildenberger Alfons Schwarz	4:52:06	Berliner SV 1892 Volkmar Scholz Andreas Hühmer Detlev Winkler	4:42:33	Eintracht Frankfurt Torsten Zervas Franz-Josef Weber Hans Michalski	4:51:06
50 km walk	Alfons Schwarz LAC Quelle Fürth	3:56:14	Detlef Heitmann LGU Brake	4:05:32	Robert Mildenberger LAC Quelle Fürth	4:06:27
50 km walk team	LAC Quelle Fürth Alfons Schwarz Robert Mildenberger Wolfgang Wiedemann	12:26:19	Eintracht Frankfurt Torsten Zervas Hans Michalski Heinrich Hänsel	12:54:50	Meiendorfer SV Fritz Helms Braun Steinhardt	13:50:15
High jump	Dietmar Mögenburg OSC Berlin	2.25 m	Gerd Nagel Eintracht Frankfurt	2.25 m	André Schneider-Laub TV Wattenscheid	2.22 m
Pole vault	Władysław Kozakiewicz TK Hannover	5.40 m	Bernhard Zintl LG München	5.30 m	Jürgen Winkler TV Wattenscheid	5.30 m
Long jump	Dietmar Haaf SV Salamander Kornwestheim	7.83 m	Christian Thomas TV Heppenheim	7.82 m	Heiko Reski LG Bayer Leverkusen	7.73 m
Triple jump	Wolfgang Knabe TV Wattenscheid	17.31 m	Wolfgang Zinser TV Wattenscheid	17.00 m	Wolfgang Mai FC Schalke 04	16.39 m
Shot put	Karsten Stolz TV Wattenscheid	20.18 m	Wolfgang Schmidt Stuttgarter Kickers	19.41 m	Udo Gelhausen LG Bayer Leverkusen	19.37 m
Discus throw	Rolf Danneberg LG Wedel Pinneberg	67.20 m	Wolfgang Schmidt Stuttgarter Kickers	65.08 m	Alwin Wagner USC Mainz	64.70 m
Hammer throw	Heinz Weis LG Bayer Leverkusen	79.58 m	Norbert Radefeld VfL Wolfsburg	77.48 m	Jörg Schaefer TV Wattenscheid	76.44 m
Javelin throw	Peter Blank LG Frankfurt	80.84 m	Peter Schreiber LG Bayer Leverkusen	75.42 m	Knut Hempel Hamburger SV	75.14 m
Decathlon	Rainer Sonnenburg LG Wedel Pinneberg	8025 pts	Karl-Heinz Fichtner LC Olympiapark München	8000 pts	Gerald Borchert Hamburger SV	7887 pts
Decathlon team	LC Olympiapark München Karl-Heinz Fichtner Bruno Chirco Stefan Winkler	22,904 pts	SG Ulm Norbert Demmel Ralf Oberhofer Hans Joachim Häberle	22,331 pts	Hamburger SV Gerald Borchert Torsten Bielert Andreas Kortmann	22,101 pts
Cross country short course – 3.4 km	Uwe Mönkemeyer TV Wattenscheid	10:51 min	Steffen Brand TV Wattenscheid	10:54 min	Klaus Heiserer Stuttgarter Kickers	10:56 min
Cross country short course, Team	TV Wattenscheid Uwe Mönkemeyer Steffen Brand Volker Welzel	8	LG Frankfurt Ulrich Keil Peter Wagner Tölke	73	TV Bad Bergzabern Michael Spindler Stephan Werling Markus Schwamm	73
Cross country long course – 10.2 km	Christoph Herle VfL Waldkraiburg	33:18 min	Konrad Dobler VfL Waldkraiburg	33:25 min	Franz Engelbert VfL Waldkraiburg	33:29 min
Cross country long course, Team	VfL Waldkraiburg Christoph Herle Konrad Dobler Engelbert Franz	6	LAC München Michael Scheytt Winfried Prohl Michael Spöttel	53	LG Bayer Leverkusen Axel Hardy Mathias Kohls Ernst Ludwig	61
Mountain running	Charly Doll Freiburger FC	40:25 min	Wolfgang Münzel LG Frankfurt	40:56 min	Meinrad Beha FC Unterkirnach	41:07 min

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ulrike Sarvari VfL Sindelfingen	11.28 s	Andrea Thomas VfL Sindelfingen	11.35 s	Sabine Richter Eintracht Frankfurt	11.50 s
200 metres	Andrea Thomas VfL Sindelfingen	22.82 s	Ute Thimm TV Wattenscheid	23.00 s	Helga Arendt SC Eintracht Hamm	23.13 s
400 metres	Helga Arendt SC Eintracht Hamm	50.77 s	Ute Thimm TV Wattenscheid	51.33 s	Karin Janke VfL Wolfsburg	52.59 s
800 metres	Gabriela Lesch Eintracht Frankfurt	2:02.07 min	Ute Lix TV Gelnhausen	2:04.45 min	Astrid Bartels LG Nordwest Hamburg	2:04.77 min
1500 metres	Vera Michallek LG Frankfurt	4:12.41 min	Brigitte Kraus ASV Köln	4:15.84 min	Susanne Niemeyer TG Schweinfurt	4:23.68 min
3000 metres	Vera Michallek LG Frankfurt	9:05.77 min	Claudia Borgschulze SC Eintracht Hamm	9:07.44 min	Sabine Kunkel VfL Wolfsburg	9:10.87 min
10,000 metres	Kerstin Preßler Neuköllner Sportfreunde	33:31.37 min	Claudia Borgschulze SC Eintracht Hamm	33:43.36 min	Antje Winkelmann LG Göttingen	34:10.05 min
15 kilometres	Christa Vahlensieck Barmer TV 1846 Wuppertal	51:31 min	Iris Biba DJK Freigericht	52:16 min	Annabel Holtkamp ASV Köln	52:53 min
15 kilometres team	LG Bayer Leverkusen Britta Lorch Sabine Knetsch Silvia Merten	2:43:22	LG Seesen Ursula Starke Doris Grossert Karola Weiglein	2:46:04	SKV Eglosheim Veronika Manz Inge Röhrnbacher Sabine Kauf	2:49:10
Marathon	Charlotte Teske ASC Darmstadt	2:30:23	Kerstin Preßler Neuköllner Sportfreunde	2:30:27	Gabriela Wolf LAV co op Dortmund	2:31:56
Marathon team	LAV co op Dortmund Gabriela Wolf Jutta Karsch Bernadette Hudy	8:12:05 h	SKV Eglosheim Inge Röhrnbacher Monika Bösing Sabine Kauf	8:18:28 h	LG Seesen Ursula Starke Doris Grossert Gudrun Tünnermann	8:36:34 h
100 kilometres	Birgit Lennartz ASV Sankt Augustin	7:42:00 h	Iris Reuter SSC Hanau-Rodenbach	7:56:20 h	Sigrid Lomsky SCC Berlin	8:13:20 h
100 m hurdles	Claudia Zaczkiewicz MTG Mannheim	12.87 s	Ulrike Denk LG Bayer Leverkusen	12.95 s	Gabi Lippe MTG Mannheim	13.10 s
400 m hurdles	Gudrun Abt TSV Genkingen	55.16 s	Sabine Alber LG Kappelberg	56.75 s	Sandra Seuser SC Brandenburg Berlin	57.13 s
4 × 100 m relay	VfL Sindelfingen Margrit Schiller Anke Köninger Andrea Thomas Ulrike Sarvari	43.52 s	SC Eintracht Hamm Andrea Hannemann Mechthild Kluth Silke-Beate Knoll Andrea Arendt	43.58 s	LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen Steffen Ina Cordes Britta Knickenberg Karin Wiesel	45.34 s
4 × 400 m relay	SC Eintracht Hamm Mechthild Kluth Silke-Beate Knoll Gaby Bußmann Helga Arendt	3:35.24 min	LG Kappelberg Heike Bek Silke Fischer Astrid Rinklef Sabine Alber	3:40.55 min	LG Nord Berlin Cornelia Bahls Claudia Beulke Marlies Keil Ines Conradi	3:40.88 min
3 × 800 m relay	ASV Köln Roswitha Gerdes Sonja Kaufmann Brigitte Kraus	6:19.08 min	Eintracht Frankfurt Maren Isigkeit Uta Eckhardt Gabriela Lesch	6:25.58 min	LG Nord Berlin Mann Claudia Beulke Cornelia Bahls	6:28.45 min
10 km walk	Barbara Kollorz LG OSC/TSG Osnabrück	49:24 min	Catrin Rudolph Eintracht Frankfurt	49:26 min	Brigitte Buck LG Mainburg-Niederaichbach	49:47 min
10 km walk team	LG Mainburg-Niederaichbach Brigitte Buck Renate Warz Gabi Daffner	2:34:45 h	LAV co op Dortmund Adelheid Zschieschang Cirsten Verleger Margot Jessat	2:39:32 h	TV 1846 Groß-Gerau Leni Demmel Ellen Maus Nicole Best	2:47:36 h
High jump	Heike Redetzky LG Bayer Leverkusen	1.97 m	Silvia Oswald LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen	1.88 m	Christiane Mergemann MTV Celle	1.88 m
Long jump	Andrea Hannemann SC Eintracht Hamm	6.55 m	Stephanie Hühn LG Nordwest Hamburg	6.45 m	Silke Harms TV Stelle	6.39 m
Shot put	Claudia Losch LAC Quelle Fürth	19.84 m	Stephanie Storp TV Wattenscheid	19.73 m	Vera Schmidt MTV Ingolstadt	19.46 m
Discus throw	Dagmar Galler LG Bayer Leverkusen	62.60 m	Barbara Beuge MTV Ingolstadt	59.52 m	Ursula Kreutel Stuttgarter Kickers	58.76 m
Javelin throw	Ingrid Thyssen LG Bayer Leverkusen	63.68 m	Brigitte Graune LG Bayer Leverkusen	62.84 m	Manuela Alizadeh LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen	60.90 m
Heptathlon	Sabine Everts LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen	6306 pts	Birgit Clarius MTV Ingolstadt	6204 pts	Sabine Braun TV Wattenscheid	6202 pts
Heptathlon team	LG Bayer Leverkusen Renate Pfeil Antje Schmuck Dagmar Federwisch	17,276 pts	LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen Sabine Everts Karin Wiesel Christiane Blum	16,961 pts	LG Nordwest Hamburg Stefanie Hühn Ute Niendorf Schmidt	16,650 pts
Cross country short course – 2.7 km	Ursula Starke LG Seesen	9:11 min	Ute Haak LAC Quelle Fürth	9:12 min	Sabine Kunkel VfL Wolfsburg	9:15 min
Cross country short course, Team	LG Frankfurt Heidrun Vetter Vera Michallek Gabriele Huber	24	ASV Köln Roswitha Gerdes Annabel Holtkamp Braun	43	LC Olympiapark München Rita Marquardt Birgit Wiedenmann Simone Lang	70
Cross country long course – 6.8 km	Antje Winkelmann LG Göttingen	25:29 min	Astrid Schmidt LAV Aschaffenburg	25:48 min	Sabine Knetsch LG Bayer Leverkusen	25:50 min
Cross country long course, Team	LAV co op Dortmund Jutta Hellmich Gabriela Wolf Christina Mai	22	LG Göttingen Antje Winkelmann Almut Potschka Christiane Finke	23	SCC Berlin Edith Krause Angela Wilhelm Hohenhaus	35
Mountain running	Birgit Lennartz ASV Sankt Augustin	48:47 min	Bernadette Hudy LAV co op Dortmund	51:06 min	Christiane Fladt TV Isny	51:32 min

References

• Leichtathletik Historie (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
• Fritz Steinmetz: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften Band 4 (1988–1993). Hornberger-Verlag, Waldfischbach 1994