# German Athletics Championships

The German Athletics Championships (German: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften) are the national championships in athletics of Germany, organised annually by the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband.
The competition features track and field events. Separate championships are held for non-track events, including the German Cross Country Championships, German Marathon Championships and German Race Walking Championships. The championships for combined track and field events are also held separately.
The German Athletics Championships was established in 1898 during the period of the German Empire and it was among the first major national championships, following on from the English, French, American and Canadian national events which had been established in the previous decade. Women's events were first held at the German national championships in 1920. The men's and women's championships were held at separate locations between 1925 and 1933. The competition has been held annually since its creation, with the exceptions of 1914 (year of the outbreak of World War I) and 1944–1945 (the final years of World War II).

## Editions

| Edition | Year | Location | Venue | Dates |
| 1. | 1898 | Hamburg | | 25 September 1898 |
| 2. | 1899 | Strasburg Braunschweig Pforzheim | | 14 May 6 August 24 September |
| 3. | 1900 | Strasburg Berlin Hamburg | | 15 July 16 September 23 September |
| 4. | 1901 | Berlin Hamburg | | 30 June 22 September |
| 5. | 1902 | Hannover Frankfurt Hamburg | | 3 August 17 August 31 August |
| 6. | 1903 | Frankfurt Hannover Hamburg | | 23 August 30 August 6 September |
| 7. | 1904 | Magdeburg München Hannover Frankfurt Berlin | | 19 June 10 July 24 July 21 August 4 September |
| 8. | 1905 | Mülhausen Leipzig Hannover | | 16 July 23 July 24 September |
| 9. | 1906 | Hannover | | 2 September 1906 |
| 10. | 1907 | Breslau | | 18 August 1907 |
| 11. | 1908 | Berlin | | 16 August 1908 |
| 12. | 1909 | Frankfurt | | 29 August 1909 |
| 13. | 1910 | Frankfurt | | 28 August 1910 |
| 14. | 1911 | Dresden | | 20 August 1911 |
| 15. | 1912 | Duisburg | | 18 August 1912 |
| 16. | 1913 | Breslau | | 17 August 1913 |
| 17. | 1915 | Berlin | | 19 September 1915 |
| 18. | 1916 | Leipzig | | 27 August 1916 |
| 19. | 1917 | Berlin | | 5 August 1917 |
| 20. | 1918 | Berlin | | 25 August 1918 |
| 21. | 1919 | Nürnberg | | 23–24 August 1919 |
| 22. | 1920 | Dresden | | 14–15 August 1920 |
| 23. | 1921 | Hamburg | | 20–21 August 1921 |
| 24. | 1922 | Duisburg | | 18–20 August 1922 |
| 25. | 1923 | Frankfurt | | 17–19 August 1923 |
| 26. | 1924 | Stettin | | 9–10 August 1924 |
| 27. | 1925 | Berlin (Männer) Leipzig (Frauen) | | 8–9 August 1925 6 September 1925 |
| 28. | 1926 | Leipzig (Männer) Braunschweig (Frauen) | | 7–8 August 1926 22 August 1926 |
| 29. | 1927 | Berlin (Männer) Breslau (Frauen) | | 16–17 July 1927 6–7 August 1927 |
| 30. | 1928 | Düsseldorf (Männer) Berlin (Frauen) | | 14–16 July 1928 14–15 July 1928 |
| 31. | 1929 | Breslau (Männer) Frankfurt (Frauen) | | 20–22 July 1929 20–21 July 1929 |
| 32. | 1930 | Berlin (Männer) Lennep (Frauen) | | 2–3 August 1930 |
| 33. | 1931 | Berlin (Männer) Magdeburg (Frauen) | | 1–2 August 1931 |
| 34. | 1932 | Hannover (Männer) Berlin (Frauen) | | 2–3 July 1932 |
| 35. | 1933 | Köln (Männer) Weimar (Frauen) | | 12–13 August 1933 19–20 August 1933 |
| 36. | 1934 | Nürnberg | | 27–29 July 1934 |
| 37. | 1935 | Berlin | | 3–4 August 1935 |
| 38. | 1936 | Berlin | | 11–12 July 1936 |
| 39. | 1937 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 24–25 July 1937 |
| 40. | 1938 | Breslau | Jahnkampfbahn | 28–30 July 1938 |
| 41. | 1939 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 8–9 July 1939 |
| 42. | 1940 | Berlin | | 10–11 August 1940 |
| 43. | 1941 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 19–20 July 1941 |
| 44. | 1942 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 25–26 July 1942 |
| 45. | 1943 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 24–25 July 1943 |
| Tradition continued from 1946–90 in the form of a West German Athletics Championships, following division of Germany |||||
| 91. | 1991 | Hannover | Niedersachsenstadion | 26–28 July 1991 |
| 92. | 1992 | München | Olympiastadion | 19–21 June 1992 |
| 93. | 1993 | Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 9–11 July 1993 |
| 94. | 1994 | Erfurt | Steigerwaldstadion | 1–3 July 1994 |
| 95. | 1995 | Bremen | Weserstadion | 30 June – 2 July 1995 |
| 96. | 1996 | Köln | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 21–23 June 1996 |
| 97. | 1997 | Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 27–29 June 1997 |
| 98. | 1998 | Berlin | Jahnstadion | 3–5 July 1998 |
| 99. | 1999 | Erfurt | Steigerwaldstadion | 2–4 July 1999 |
| 100. | 2000 | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 29–30 July 2000 |
| 101. | 2001 | Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 29 June – 1 July 2001 |
| 102. | 2002 | Bochum-Wattenscheid | Lohrheidestadion | 5–7 July 2002 |
| 103. | 2003 | Ulm | Donaustadion | 28–29 July 2003 |
| 104. | 2004 | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 10–11 July 2004 |
| 105. | 2005 | Bochum-Wattenscheid | Lohrheidestadion | 2–3 July 2005 |
| 106. | 2006 | Ulm | Donaustadion | 15–16 July 2006 |
| 107. | 2007 | Erfurt | Steigerwaldstadion | 21–22 July 2007 |
| 108. | 2008 | Nürnberg | Easycredit-Stadion | 5–6 July 2008 |
| 109. | 2009 | Ulm | Donaustadion | 4–5 July 2009 |
| 110. | 2010 | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 17–18 July 2010 |
| 111. | 2011 | Kassel | Auestadion | 23–24 July 2011 |
| 112. | 2012 | Bochum-Wattenscheid | Lohrheidestadion | 16–17 June 2012 |
| 113. | 2013 | Ulm | Donaustadion | 6–7 July 2013 |
| 114. | 2014 | Ulm | Donaustadion | 26–27 July 2014 |
| 115. | 2015 | Nürnberg | Grundig Stadion | 25–26 July 2015 |
| 116. | 2016 | Kassel | Auestadion | 18–19 June 2016 |
| 117. | 2017 | Erfurt | Steigerwaldstadion | 8–9 July 2017 |
| 118. | 2018 | Nürnberg | Stadion Nürnberg | 21–22 July 2018 |
| 119. | 2019 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 3–4 August 2019 |
| 120. | 2020 | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 8–9 August 2020 |
| 121. | 2021 | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 5–6 June 2021 |
| 122. | 2022 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 23–26 June 2022 |
| 123. | 2023 | Kassel | Auestadion | 8–9 July 2023 |
| 124. | 2024 | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 28–30 June 2024 |

## Championship records
### Men

| Event | Record | Athlete/Team | Date | Championships | Place |
| 100 m | 9.99 (+0.5 m/s) NR | Owen Ansah | 29 June 2024 | 2024 | Braunschweig |
| 200 m | 20.02 (+0.6 m/s) NR | Joshua Hartmann | 9 July 2023 | 2023 | Kassel |
| 400 m | 44.70 | Karl Honz | 1972 | 1972 | Munich |
| 800 m | 1:44.90 | Franz-Josef Kemper | 7 August 1966 | 1966 | Hanover |
| 1500 m | 3:37.00 | Thomas Wessinghage | 1977 | 1977 | Hamburg |
| 5000 m | 13:19.08 | Dieter Baumann | June 1997 | 1997 | Frankfurt |
| 110 m hurdles | 13.05 (−0.8 m/s) NR | Florian Schwarthoff | 2 July 1995 | 1995 | Bremen |
| 400 m hurdles | 48.02 | Harald Schmid | 1985 | 1985 | Stuttgart |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:20.47 | Patriz Ilg | 1985 | 1985 | Stuttgart |
| High jump | 2.33 m | Ralf Sonn | 1993 | 1993 | Duisburg |
| Pole vault | 5.94 m | Raphael Holzdeppe | 26 July 2015 | 2015 | Nuremberg |
| Long jump | 8.49 m (+1.6 m/s) | Sebastian Bayer | 4 July 2009 | 2009 | Ulm |
| Triple jump | 17.34 m | Charles Friedek | June 1997 | 1997 | Frankfurt |
| Shot put | 21.87 m | David Storl | 25 July 2014 | 2014 | Ulm |
| Discus throw | 69.48 m | Lars Riedel | June 1997 | 1997 | Frankfurt |
| Hammer throw | 83.04 m | Heinz Weis | 29 June 1997 | 1997 | Frankfurt |
| Javelin throw | 89.55 m | Andreas Hofmann | 22 July 2018 | 2018 | Nuremberg |
| 10000 m walk | 38:51.51 | Andreas Erm | 10 July 2004 | 2004 | Braunschweig |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 38.95 | LAC Quelle Fürth | 1983 | 1983 | Bremen |
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.04 | LAC Chemnitz | 2 July 1995 | 1995 | Bremen |

### Women

| Event | Record | Athlete/Team | Date | Championships | Video |
| 100 m | 10.91 | Katrin Krabbe | 1991 | Hanover |
| 200 m | 22.12 | Katrin Krabbe | 1991 | Hanover |
| 400 m | 49.78 | Grit Breuer | 30 June 2001 | 2001 Stuttgart |
| 800 m | 1:58.45 | Hildegard Falck | 1971 | Stuttgart |
| 1500 m | 3:59.58 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 9 July 2017 | 2017 Erfurt |
| 5000 m | 14:26.76 NR | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 3 August 2019 | 2019 Berlin |
| 100 m hurdles | 12.69 (−0.7 m/s) | Pamela Dutkiewicz | 22 July 2018 | 2018 Nuremberg |
| 400 m hurdles | 54.47 | Carolina Krafzik | 8 July 2023 | 2023 Kassel |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:25.81 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | 8 July 2017 | 2017 Erfurt |
| High jump | 2.03 m | Heike Henkel | 1992 | Munich |
| Pole vault | 4.77 m | Annika Becker | 7 July 2002 | 2002 Wattenscheid |
| Long jump | 7.21 m | Heike Drechsler | 1992 | Munich |
| Triple jump | 14.46 m (+1.0 m/s) | Helga Radtke | 3 July 1994 | Erfurt |
| Shot put | 20.92 m | Claudia Losch | 1986 | Berlin |
| Discus throw | 68.78 m | Ilke Wyludda | 1991 | Hanover |
| Hammer throw | 76.04 m | Betty Heidler | 23 July 2011 | 2011 Kassel | Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine |
| Javelin throw | 68.86 m | Christina Obergföll | 24 July 2011 | 2011 Kassel | Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine |
| 5000 m walk | 20:11.45 NR | Sabine Zimmer | 2 July 2005 | 2005 Wattenscheid |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 42.99 | LG Olympia Dortmund | 30 June 2001 | 2001 Stuttgart |
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.74 | SC Magdeburg | July 1999 | 1999 Erfurt |