# East German Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

The East German Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship was the most important national rhythmic gymnastics competition in East Germany from 1958 to 1990. Since 1991 it was merged with its West Germany counterpart creating the German Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.

## Medalists
### Groups

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1958 | SC DHfK Leipzig | | |
| 1959 | SC DHfK Leipzig | SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | SG Dynamo Dresden |
| 1960 | HSG DHfK Leipzig | SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | SG Dynamo Dresden |
| 1961 | HSG DHfK Leipzig | SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | HSG DHfK Leipzig II |
| 1962 | HSG DHfK Leipzig | HSG DHfK Leipzig II | HSG Wissenschaft Jena |
| 1963 | HSG DHfK Leipzig | SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | SG Dynamo Dresden |
| 1976 | SC Chemie Halle I | SC Chemie Halle II | SC Leipzig I |
| 1978 | SC Chemie Halle I | SC Chemie Halle II | |

### All-Around

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1961 | Karin Lehmann | Röhting | Ute Lehmann |
| 1962 | H. Schannor | Irene Binder | Ute Lehmann |
| 1963 | Irene Binder | H. Schannor | Renate Walkstein |
| 1964 | Renate Walkstein | Irene Binder | Karin Lehmann |
| 1965 | Ute Lehmann | Renate Walkstein | Ingrid Nicklas |
| 1966 | Ute Lehmann | Irene Binder | Ingrid Nicklas |
| 1967 | Irene Binder | Ute Lehmann | Leubert |
| 1968 | Ute Lehmann | Rosemarie Halbritter | Leubert |
| 1969 | Ute Lehmann | Rosemarie Halbritter | Streichhahn |
| 1970 | Rosemarie Halbritter | Jutta Moritz | Elke Böttger |
| 1971 | Jutta Moritz | Bauerschmidt | Hannelore Rühle |
| 1972 | Elke Böttger | Jutta Moritz | Susanne Ebert |
| 1973 | Elke Böttger | Susanne Ebert | unknown |
| 1974 | Susanne Ebert | Heidi Krause | Schwartze |
| 1975 | Heidi Krause | Susanne Ebert | Döhring |
| 1976 | Barnbeck | Höpfner | Heidi Krause |
| 1977 | Ploetz | Höpfner | Heidi Krause |
| 1978 | Susanne Ebert | Höpfner | Ploetz |
| 1979 | Ploetz | Engelmann | Höpfner |
| 1980 | Höpfner | Metscher | Bianca Dittrich |
| 1981 | Bianca Dittrich / Petra Loucky | unknown | Katrin Huschke |
| 1982 | Bianca Dittrich | Katrin Huschke | Schädlich |
| 1983 | Bianca Dittrich | Heidi Krause | Kleinfels |
| 1984 | Ines Nausedat | Grübel | Heidi Krause |
| 1985 | Heidi Krause | Bianca Dittrich | Pittner |
| 1986 | Bianca Dittrich | Esther Nicklas | Pittner |
| 1987 | Backert | Kunze | |
| 1988 | Kunze | Susann Wegner | Pommerening |
| 1989 | Esther Nicklas | Pommerening | Jana Melzian |
| 1990 | Silke Neumann | Manuela Renk | Jana Melzian |

### With Apparatus

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1961 | Karin Lehmann | | |
| 1962 | H. Schannor | | |
| 1963 | H. Schannor | | |
| 1964 | Karin Lehmann | Renate Walkstein | Irene Binder |
| 1965 | Ingrid Nicklas | Ute Lehmann | Luft |
| 1966 | Ute Lehmann | Ingrid Nicklas | Renate Walkstein |
| 1967 | Ute Lehmann | Leubert | Irene Binder |
| 1968 | Ute Lehmann | Rosemarie Halbritter | Siegel |
| 1969 | Ute Lehmann | Rosemarie Halbritter | Koch |
| 1970 | Rosemarie Halbritter | Elke Böttger | Jutta Moritz |
| 1971 | Jutta Moritz | Hannelore Rühle | Holtz |
| 1974 | Susanne Ebert | Barnbeck | Heidi Krause |

### Without apparatus

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1961 | Karin Lehmann | | |
| 1962 | H. Schannor | | |
| 1963 | Irene Binder | | |
| 1964 | Irene Binder | Renate Walkstein | Karin Lehmann |
| 1965 | Ute Lehmann | Irene Binder | Renate Walkstein |
| 1966 | Ute Lehmann | Irene Binder | Ingrid Nicklas |
| 1967 | Ute Lehmann | Irene Binder | Streichhahn |
| 1968 | Ute Lehmann | Rosemarie Halbritter | Leubert |
| 1969 | Ute Lehmann | Rosemarie Halbritter | Irene Binder |
| 1970 | Rosemarie Halbritter | Elke Böttger | Streichhahn |
| 1971 | Jutta Moritz | Hannelore Rühle | Holtz |
| 1972 | Jutta Moritz | Elke Böttger | Schneidewind |
| 1973 | Susanne Ebert | | Elke Böttger |
| 1974 | Schwartze | Susanne Ebert | Heidi Krause |
| 1975 | Susanne Ebert | | |

### Rope

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1976 | Höpfner | Barnbeck | Knapp / Porath |
| 1977 | Ploetz | Susanne Ebert | Höpfner |
| 1978 | Susanne Ebert | Höpfner | Ploetz |
| 1979 | Ploetz | Metscher | Höpfner |
| 1980 | Metscher / Bianca Dittrich | | Höpfner |
| 1981 | Huschke | Bianca Dittrich | Loucky |
| 1982 | Bianca Dittrich | | Kleinfeld / Loucky |
| 1985 | Heidi Krause | Bianca Dittrich | Teuber |
| 1986 | Esther Nicklas | Bianca Dittrich | Pittner |
| 1987 | Kunze | Backert | |
| 1988 | Kunze | Wegner | Pommerening |
| 1989 | Esther Nicklas | Manuela Renk | Pommerening |
| 1990 | Silke Neumann | Manuela Renk / Jana Melzian | |

### Hoop

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1972 | Jutta Moritz | Elke Böttger | Hannelore Rühle |
| 1973 | Susanne Ebert / Elke Böttger | | Schneidewind |
| 1975 | Susanne Ebert | Krause | Ploetz |
| 1976 | Barnbeck | Höpfner | Susanne Ebert |
| 1977 | Heidi Krause | Ploetz | Barnbeck |
| 1979 | Ploetz | Roesler | Höpfner |
| 1980 | Höpfner | Metscher | Bianca Dittrich |
| 1981 | Bianca Dittrich | Loucky | Huschke |
| 1982 | Schädlich | Bianca Dittrich | Loucky |
| 1983 | Heidi Krause | Bianca Dittrich / Huschke | |
| 1984 | Grübel | Heidi Krause | Ines Nausedat |
| 1987 | Backert | Kunze | |
| 1988 | Kunze | Wegner | Rogge |
| 1989 | Esther Nicklas | Manuela Renk | Pommerening |
| 1990 | Silke Neumann | Jana Melzian | Romy Heymann / Antje Wutschke |

### Ball

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1972 | Elke Böttger | Jutta Moritz | Schneidewind |
| 1973 | Elke Böttger | Schneidewind | Susanne Ebert |
| 1975 | Heidi Krause | Schneidewind | Döhring |
| 1976 | Susanne Ebert | Heidi Krause | Barnbeck |
| 1977 | Heidi Krause | Ploetz | Susanne Ebert |
| 1978 | Susanne Ebert | Ploetz | Rösler |
| 1979 | Höpfner | Ploetz | Rösler |
| 1983 | Bianca Dittrich | Heidi Krause | Huschke |
| 1984 | Heidi Krause | Grübel | Ines Nausedat |
| 1985 | Bianca Dittrich | Heidi Krause | Pittner |
| 1986 | Esther Nicklas / Bianca Dittrich | | Pittner |
| 1989 | Jana Melzian | Pommerening | Esther Nicklas |
| 1990 | Silke Neumann | Romy Heymann | Jana Melzian |

### Clubs

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 | Schneidewind | Elke Böttger | Susanne Ebert |
| 1975 | Heidi Krause | Döhring / Susanne Ebert | |
| 1978 | Susanne Ebert | Rösler | Ploetz |
| 1979 | Ploetz | Engelmann | Rösler |
| 1980 | Höpfner | Metscher | Bianca Dittrich |
| 1981 | Loucky | Huschke | Heidi Krause |
| 1982 | Bianca Dittrich / Huschke | | Schädlich |
| 1983 | Bianca Dittrich | Heidi Krause | Kleinfeld |
| 1984 | Grübel | Ines Nausedat | Heidi Krause |
| 1985 | Heidi Krause | Bianca Dittrich | Teuber |
| 1986 | Esther Nicklas | Bianca Dittrich | Pittner |
| 1987 | Kunze | Backert | |
| 1988 | Kunze | Wegner | Pommerening |

### Ribbon

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1972 | Elke Böttger | Jutta Moritz | Susanne Ebert |
| 1973 | Elke Böttger | Susanne Ebert | Barnbeck |
| 1975 | Heidi Krause | Susanne Ebert | Ploetz |
| 1976 | Höpfner | Heidi Krause | Barnbeck |
| 1977 | Susanne Ebert | Ploetz | Heidi Krause / Metscher |
| 1978 | Susanne Ebert | Ploetz | Höpfner |
| 1979 | Ploetz | Höpfner | Engelmann |
| 1980 | Höpfner | Metscher / Bianca Dittrich | |
| 1981 | Loucky | Bianca Dittrich | Schädlich |
| 1982 | Bianca Dittrich / Huschke | | Kleinfeld |
| 1983 | Schädlich | Heidi Krause | Bianca Dittrich |
| 1984 | Heidi Krause | Grübel | Ines Nausedat |
| 1985 | Heidi Krause | Bianca Dittrich | Teuber |
| 1986 | Bianca Dittrich | Esther Nicklas | Pittner |
| 1987 | Kunze | Backert | |
| 1988 | Kunze | Pommerening | Wegner |
| 1989 | Manuela Renk | Romy Heymann/ Jana Melzian / Pommerening | |
| 1990 | Silke Neumann | Manuela Renk | Jana Melzian |