West German Indoor Athletics Championships

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.

West German Indoor Athletics Championships
SportIndoor track and field
Founded1954
CountryWest Germany

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]

Events

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

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]

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]

Editions
Ed. Year City Venue Dates
1. 1954FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt20 March 1954
2. 1955KielOstseehalle12 March 1955
3. 1956FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt17 March 1956
4. 1957KielOstseehalle23 March 1957
5. 1958DortmundWestfalenhallen1 March 1958
6. 1959BerlinDeutschlandhalle14 February 1959
7. 1960KielOstseehalle5 March 1960
8. 1961Stuttgart11 March 1961
9. 1962Dortmund24 March 1962
10. 1963Berlin9 March 1963
11. 1964Kiel1 February 1964
12. 1965Stuttgart6 March 1965
13. 1966Kiel5 March 1966
14. 1967Dortmund5 March 1967
15. 1968Stuttgart2 March 1968
16. 1969Dortmund23 February 1969
17. 1970Berlin21 February 1970
18. 1971Kiel26–27 February 1971
19. 1972Stuttgart25–26 February 1972
20. 1973Berlin23–24 February 1973
21. 1974Munich22–23 February 1974
22. 1975Stuttgart21–22 February 1975
23. 1976Dortmund6–7 February 1976
24. 1977SindelfingenGlaspalast25–26 February 1977
25. 1978SindelfingenGlaspalast24–25 February 1978
26. 1979Berlin9–10 February 1979
27. 1980DortmundHelmut-Körnig-Halle8–9 February 1980
28. 1981SindelfingenGlaspalast6–7 February 1981
29. 1982DortmundHelmut-Körnig-Halle12–13 February 1982
30. 1983SindelfingenGlaspalast11–12 February 1983
31. 1984StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle10–11 February 1984
32. 1985DortmundHelmut-Körnig-Halle15–16 February 1985
33. 1986SindelfingenGlaspalast7–8 February 1986
34. 1987KarlsruheEuropahalle6–7 February 1987
35. 1988DortmundHelmut-Körnig-Halle19–20 February 1988
36. 1989StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle3–4 February 1989
37. 1990SindelfingenGlaspalast17–18 February 1990

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