# 2020 German Athletics Championships

The 2020 German Athletics Championships was the 120th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Germany. It was held on 8 and 9 August at the Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig. It was due to serve as the selection meeting for Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 European Athletics Championships, which were both postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The national athletics championship had been due to be held at the same time fifteen other national championship events as part of Die Finals 2020.
The track and field events were originally scheduled for 6 and 7 June, but were delayed due to restrictions in relation to the pandemic. The pole vault was originally scheduled for 4 June in a separate event in the city centre, but was also postponed until August and was ultimately held within the stadium. A total of 477 athletes competed across 34 events. The only other national championships to go ahead that year were the German Cross Country Championships (which preceded the pandemic restrictions) and the combined track and field events, which were held without an audience.
The interruption to track and field training and competition that year resulted in the absence of several prominent athletes and lower standards of performance at the event.

## Championships

As usual, due to time or organizational reasons, various competitions were not held as part of the main event in Braunschweig. An independent German Relay Championships was scheduled with a full event programme for the first time, but that (like many other competitions) was abandoned.
| Event | Venue | Date(s) | Notes |
| Cross country running | Sindelfingen | 7 March | |
| 50K run | Bottrop | 8 November | Cancellation announced on 5 June |
| Half marathon | Freiburg im Breisgau | 29 March | Cancellation announced on 10 March |
| 20 kilometres race walk | Naumburg | 6 May | Cancellation announced on 13 March |
| Marathon | Hannover | 26 April | To be incorporated into the Hannover Marathon but postponed on 23 March and cancelled on 5 June |
| 10,000 metres | Pliezhausen | 9 May | Cancellation announced on 17 March |
| Ultratrail | Reichweiler | 1 August | Was to be incorporated into the Chiemgauer100 but was cancelled. |
| Relays | Bochum-Wattenscheid | 27–28 June | Cancellation announced on 16 April |
| Combined track and field events Women's heptathlon Men's decathlon | Vaterstetten | 21–23 August | |
| 6-hour run | Herne | 5 April | Cancellation announced on 13 March |
| 24-hour run | Schwindegg | 3 –4 October | Cancellation announced on 2 May, though the host event in Bernau bei Berlin went ahead without national championship status |
| 10K run | Uelzen | 20 September | Cancellation announced on 5 June |
| 100K run | Grünheide | 28 March | Cancellation announced on 17 March |
| Mountain running | Zell am Harmersbach | 4 October | Cancellation announced on 5 June |
| 50 kilometres race walk | Gleina | 10 October | Cancellation announced on 5 June |

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Deniz Almas VfL Wolfsburg | 10.09 s | Joshua Hartmann ASV Köln | 10.23 s | Julian Reus Erfurter LAC | 10.26 s |
| 200 metres | Steven Müller LG OVAG Friedberg-Feuerbach | 20.79 s | Robin Erewa TV Wattenscheid | 20.87 s | Roger Gurski LG Rhein-Wied | 20.91 s |
| 400 metres | Marvin Schlegel LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 45.79 s | Manuel Sanders LG Olympia Dortmund | 46.00 s | Patrick Schneider LAC Quelle Fürth | 46.11 s |
| 800 metres | Marc Reuther LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 1:46.97 min | Christoph Kessler LG Region Karlsruhe | 1:47.44 min | Dennis Biederbick LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 1:47.51 min |
| 1500 metres | Marius Probst TV Wattenscheid | 3:52.47 min | Lukas Abele SSC Hanau-Rodenbach | 3:53.55 min | Marvin Heinrich LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 3:54.13 min |
| 5000 metres | Mohamed Mohumed LG Olympia Dortmund | 14:02.75 min | Maximilian Thorwirth SFD 75 Düsseldorf-Süd | 14:05.46 min | Florian Orth LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 14:06.43 min |
| 110 m hurdles | Matthias Bühler TV Haslach | 13.62 s | Erik Balnuweit TV Wattenscheid | 13.77 s | Georg Fleischhauer LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 13.86 s |
| 400 m hurdles | Constantin Preis VfL Sindelfingen | 49.57 s | Emil Agyekum SCC Berlin | 49.78 s | Joshua Abuaku LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 50.50 s |
| 3000 m s'chase | Karl Bebendorf Dresdner SC | 8:42.42 min | Tim Stegemann Erfurter LAC | 8:48.10 min | Martin Grau Erfurter LAC | 8:51.09 min |
| High jump | Mateusz Przybylko TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2.28 m | Tobias Potye LG Stadtwerke München | 2.20 m | Jonas Wagner Dresdner SC | 2.20 m |
| Pole vault | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5.75 m | Torben Blech TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5.50 m | Raphael Holzdeppe LAZ Zweibrücken | 5.50 m |
| Long jump | Maximilian Entholzner LAC Passau | 7.96 m | Julian Howard LG Region Karlsruhe | 7.70 m | Bennet Vinken Hamburger SV | 7.57 m |
| Triple jump | Max Heß LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 16.58 m | Felix Wenzel SC Potsdam | 15.95 m | Vincent Vogel LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 15.52 m |
| Shot put | David Storl SC DHfK Leipzig | 20.17 m | Simon Bayer VfL Sindelfingen | 19.31 m | Dennis Lukas LG Idar-Oberstein | 19.15 m |
| Discus throw | Clemens Prüfer SC Potsdam | 62.97 m | Daniel Jasinski TV Wattenscheid | 61.68 m | Henrik Janssen SC Magdeburg | 59.88 m |
| Hammer throw | Tristan Schwandke TV Hindelang | 70.85 m | Merlin Hummel UAC Kulmbach | 69.53 m | Fabio Hessling LAC Saarlouis | 67.05 m |
| Javelin throw | Johannes Vetter LG Offenburg | 87.36 m | Andreas Hofmann MTG Mannheim | 77.35 m | Maurice Voigt LG Ohra Energie | 70.84 m |
| Decathlon | Malik Diakité Hannover 96 | 7641 pts | Jan Ruhrmann LAV Bayer Uerdingen/Dormagen | 7601 pts | Nico Beckers Aachener TG | 7298 pts |
| Decathlon team | No teams entered | No teams entered | No teams entered | No teams entered | No teams entered | No teams entered |
| Cross country short course 4.4 km | Simon Boch LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 14:03 min | Johannes Motschmann SCC Berlin | 14:05 min | Konstantin Wedel LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 14:08 min |
| Cross country short course team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Simon Boch Konstantin Wedel Florian Orth | 11 42:40 min | SCC Berlin Johannes Motschmann Fabian Clarkson Hannes Liebach | 19 43:17 min | LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald 1 Timo Benitz Marco Kern Marc Corin Steinsberger | 24 43:33 min |
| Cross country long course 9.9 km | Samuel Fitwi Sibhatu LG Vulkaneifel | 32:34 min | Simon Boch LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 33:39 min | Maximilian Zeus LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 33:44 min |
| Cross country long course team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Simon Boch Maximilian Zeus Moritz Beinlich | 21 1:43:38 h | SG Wenden Simon Huckestein Jonas Hoffmann Frederick Jonas Wehner | 42 1:47:16 h | LG Region Karlsruhe Jan-Lukas Becker Jannik Arbogast Domenik Hahn | 46 1:47:53 h |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Lisa-Marie Kwayie Neuköllner Sportfreunde | 11.30 s | Rebekka Haase Sprintteam Wetzlar | 11.34 s | Lisa Nippgen MTG Mannheim | 11.40 s |
| 200 metres | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly MTG Mannheim | 23.07 s | Laura Müller LC Rehlingen | 23.14 s | Lisa-Marie Kwayie Neuköllner Sportfreunde | 23.14 s |
| 400 metres | Corinna Schwab LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 51.72 s | Karolina Pahlitzsch LG Nord Berlin | 51.88 s | Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer VfL Oldenburg | 52.14 s |
| 800 metres | Christina Hering LG Stadtwerke München | 2:01.62 min | Tanja Spill LAV Bayer Uerdingen/Dormagen | 2:02.07 min | Katharina Trost LG Stadtwerke München | 2:02.27 min |
| 1500 metres | Hanna Klein LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen | 4:13.71 min | Vera Coutellier ASV Köln | 4:15.49 min | Caterina Granz LG Nord Berlin | 4:15.88 min |
| 5000 metres | Alina Reh SSV Ulm 1846 | 16:08.33 min | Rabea Schöneborn LG Nord Berlin | 16:18.57 min | Domenika Mayer LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 16:19.00 min |
| 100 m hurdles | Ricarda Lobe MTG Mannheim | 13.24 s | Anne Weigold LG Mittweida | 13.31 s | Monika Zapalska LC Paderborn | 13.33 s |
| 400 m hurdles | Carolina Krafzik VfL Sindelfingen | 55.89 s | Djamila Böhm ART Düsseldorf | 56.63 s | Lisa Sophie Hartmann VfL Sindelfingen | 57.26 s |
| 3000 m s'chase | Elena Burkard LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald | 9:50.31 min | Lea Meyer VfL Löningen | 9:59.87 min | Agnes Thurid Gers SC Berlin | 10:02.85 min |
| High jump | Christina Honsel TV Wattenscheid | 1.90 m | Alexandra Plaza LT DSHS Köln | 1.87 m | Lavinja Jürgens TSV Kranzegg | 1.84 m |
| Pole vault | Stefanie Dauber SSV Ulm 1846Ria Möllers TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 4.40 m | Not awarded | Not awarded | Lisa Ryzih ABC Ludwigshafen | 4.30 m |
| Long jump | Malaika Mihambo LG Kurpfalz | 6.71 m | Maryse Luzolo Königsteiner LV | 6.40 m | Merle Homeier LG Göttingen | 6.34 m |
| Triple jump | Maria Purtsa LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 13.65 m | Jessie Maduka ART Düsseldorf | 13.57 m | Caroline Joyeux LG Nord Berlin | 13.37 m |
| Shot put | Alina Kenzel VfL Waiblingen | 17.96 m | Julia Ritter TV Wattenscheid | 17.47 m | Yemisi Ogunleye MTG Mannheim | 16.62 m |
| Discus throw | Kristin Pudenz SC Potsdam | 62.30 m | Claudine Vita SC Neubrandenburg | 58.07 m | Julia Ritter TV Wattenscheid | 55.80 m |
| Hammer throw | Carolin Paesler TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 70.99 m | Samantha Borutta TSG Mutterstadt | 66.20 m | Michelle Döpke TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 62.99 m |
| Javelin throw | Christin Hussong LAZ Zweibrücken | 63.93 m | Annika Marie Fuchs SC Potsdam | 57.97 m | Lea Wipper SC DHfK Leipzig | 55.72 m |
| Heptathlon | Carolin Schäfer LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 6319 pts | Anna Maiwald TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6112 pts | Vanessa Grimm Königsteiner LV | 6047 pts |
| Heptathlon team | SWC Regensburg Anna-Lena Obermaier Isabel Mayer Marion Brunner | 16.228 pts | MTV Lübeck Janina Lange Katharina Kemp Paula de Boer | 15.587 pts | Only two teams entered | Only two teams entered |
| Cross country – 5.5 km | Domenika Mayer LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 21:24 min | Deborah Schöneborn LG Nord Berlin | 21:35 min | Klara Koppe LG Brillux Münster | 21:39 min |
| Cross country team | LG Nord Berlin Deborah Schöneborn Rabea Schöneborn Luisa Boschan | 14 1:05:37 h | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Domenika Mayer Svenja Ojstersek Lisa Basener | 50 1:08:49 h | LG Region Karlsruhe Johanna Flacke Melina Wolf Sarah Hettich | 50 1:09:13 h |