# 2018 German Athletics Championships

The 2018 German Athletics Championships was the 118th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Germany. It was held on 21 and 22 July at the Max-Morlock-Stadion in Nuremberg. It served as the selection meeting for Germany at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
Andreas Hofmann won the men's javelin throw in a meeting record of 89.55 m (293 ft 9+1⁄2 in), taking his first national title.

## Championships

The annual national championships in Germany comprised the following competitions:
* Cross country running: Ohrdruf, March 10
* 100 km: Rheine, March 10
* Half marathon: Hanover, April 8
* 20 km road walk: Naumburg, April 14
* Marathon: as part of the Düsseldorf Marathon on April 29
* 10,000 m: Pliezhausen, 12 May
* Relays: Rostock, July 29 (held alongside the German Youth Championships)=
* Combined events: Wesel, 25/26 August
* Mountain running: Ilsenburg, 1 September
* 10K run: Bremen, 2 September
* 50 km road walk: Aschersleben, October 14
A road walking championship was scheduled for 3 June but was cancelled due to the lack of a host.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Kevin Kranz Sprintteam Wetzlar | 10.28 | Julian Reus LAC Erfurt | 10.32 | Lucas Jakubczyk SCC Berlin | 10.37 |
| 200 metres | Robin Erewa TV Wattenscheid 01 | 20.63 | Steven Müller LG Ovag Friedberg-Fauerbach | 20.76 | Kevin Ugo TV Wattenscheid 01 | 20.89 |
| 400 metres | Johannes Trefz LG Stadtwerke München | 45.70 | Patrick Schneider LAC Quelle Fürth | 45.82 | Fabian Dammermann LG Osnabrück | 45.94 |
| 800 metres | Benedikt Huber LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 1:47.32 min | Christoph Kessler LG Region Karlsruhe | 1:47.60 min | Marc Reuther SV Wiesbaden | 1:47.70 min |
| 1500 metres | Timo Benitz LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald | 3:53.43 min | Marius Probst TV Wattenscheid 01 | 3:53.47 min | Homiyu Tesfaye LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 3:53.53 min |
| 5000 metres | Sebastian Hendel LG Vogtland | 14:16.54 min | Florian Orth LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 14:16.89 min | Amanal Petros SV Brackwede | 14:16.96 min |
| 10,000 metres | Sebastian Hendel LG Vogtland | 29:13.64 min | Simon Boch LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 29:24.95 min | Florian Orth LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 29:29.09 min |
| 10K run | Jannik Arbogast LG Region Karlsruhe | 29:24 min | Samuel Fitwi Sibhatu LG Vulkaneifel | 29:27 min | Florian Orth LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 29:29 min |
| 10K run team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg I Florian Orth Simon Boch Tim Ramdane Cherif | 1:29:20 h | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg II Moritz Beinlich Kevin Key Erik Hille | 1:30:57 h | LG Olympia Dortmund Fabian Dillenhöfer David Valentin Leif Gunkel | 1:33:34 h |
| Half marathon | Karsten Meier LG Braunschweig | 1:05:23 h | Jens Nerkamp PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel | 1:05:27 h | Philipp Baar ART Düsseldorf | 1:05:49 h |
| Half marathon team | ART Düsseldorf Philipp Baar Paul Schmidt Andreas Straßner | 3:21:34 h | TV Wattenscheid 01 Hendrik Pfeiffer Julius Scherr Christoph Uphues | 3:23:22 h | LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen Timo Göhler Lorenz Baum Peter Obenauer | 3:25:12 h |
| Marathon | Tom Gröschel TC FIKO Rostock | 2:15:20 h | Sebastian Reinwand ART Düsseldorf | 2:15:27 h | Marcus Schöfisch lauftraining.com | 2:15:59 h |
| Marathon team | ART Düsseldorf Sebastian Reinwand Philipp Baar Andreas Straßner | 6:51:22 | LSF Münster David Schönherr Yannick Rinne Sven Serke | 7:32:53 h | PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel Jens Nerkamp Nikolaj Dorka Daniel Ghebreselasie | 7:54:29 h |
| 100 kilometres | Alexander Dautel LG Nord Berlin Ultrateam | 7:01:05 h | Gerrit Wegener Die Laufpartner | 7:03:57 h | Christoph Lux TG Viktoria Augsburg | 7:33:17 h |
| 100 kilometres team | LG Nord Berlin Ultrateam Alexander Dautel Benjamin Brade Stefan Thoms | 24:20:41 h | LG Ultralauf I Markus Meinke Hans-Dieter Jancker Georg Kirsch | 26:49:55 h | LG Ultralauf II Volker Greis Roland Krauss Martin R.Kurz | 28:30:28 h |
| 110 m hurdles | Gregor Traber LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen | 13.37 | Erik Balnuweit TV Wattenscheid 01 | 13.52 | Maximilian Bayer MTV 1881 Ingolstadt | 13.77 |
| 400 m hurdles | Luke Campbell LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 50.31 | Constantin Preis VfL Sindelfingen | 50.74 | Joshua Abuaku LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 51.25 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Martin Grau LSC Höchstadt/Aisch | 8:33.90 min | Patrick Karl TV Ochsenfurt | 8:41.22 min | Fabian Clarkson SCC Berlin | 8:41.50 min |
| 4 × 100 m relay | TV Wattenscheid 01 I Philipp Trutenat Robin Erewa Maurice Huke Robert Hering | 38.79 | SC DHfK Leipzig Ole Werner Niels Torben Giese Roy Schmidt Marvin Schulte | 39.47 | TV Wattenscheid 01 II Noel-Philippe Fiener Kevin Ugo Alexander Kosenkow Erik Balnuweit | 39.78 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | LG Stadtwerke München Benedikt Wiesend Tobias Giehl Arne Leppelsack Johannes Trefz | 3:08.99 min | VfL Sindelfingen Yannik Frers Felix Franz Yannic Krings Constantin Preis | 3:12.07 min | SSV Ulm 1846 II Philipp Kleemann Fynn Zenker Tim Nowak Arthur Abele | 3:12.09 min |
| 3 × 1000 m relay | LG Farbtex Nordschwarzwald Hendrik Engel Denis Bäuerle Timo Benitz | 7:14.82 min | StG Erfurt - Jena Tobias Rex Philipp Reinhardt Sebastian Keiner | 7:15.02 min | LG Braunschweig Andreas Lange Viktor Kuk Julius Lawnik | 7:15.39 min |
| 20 km walk | Christopher Linke SC Potsdam | 1:20:40 h | Hagen Pohle SC Potsdam | 1:21:41 h | Karl Junghannß LAC Erfurt | 1:22:51 h |
| 20 km walk team | SC Potsdam Christopher Linke Hagen Pohle Nils Brembach | 4:05:39 h | TV Bühlertal Nathaniel Seiler Denis Franke Georg Hauger | 5:09:49 h | SV Breitenbrunn Steffen Meyer Nischan Daimer Joachim Maier | 5:35:48 h |
| 50 km walk | Jonathan Hilbert LG Ohra Energie | 3:51:22 h | Denis Franke TV Bühlertal | 5:11:26 h | Only two starters | Only two starters |
| High jump | Mateusz Przybylko TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2.31 m | Tobias Potye LG Stadtwerke München | 2.22 m | Bastian Rudolf Dresdner SC | 2.19 m |
| Pole vault | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5.50 m | Torben Laidig LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen | 5.40 m | Jakob Köhler-Baumann LG Filstal Daniel Clemens LAZ Zweibrücken | 5.40 m |
| Long jump | Fabian Heinle VfB Stuttgart | 8.04 m | Maximilian Entholzner 1.FC Passau | 7.72 m | Ituah Enahoro LAV Bayer Uerdingen/Dormagen | 7.68 m |
| Triple jump | Felix Wenzel SC Potsdam | 16.08 m | Felix Mairhofer LG Region Karlsruhe | 15.79 m | Benjamin Bauer LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 15.78 m |
| Shot put | David Storl SC DHfK Leipzig | 21.26 m | Patrick Müller SC Neubrandenburg | 19.49 m | Tobias Dahm VfL Sindelfingen | 19.38 m |
| Discus throw | Christoph Harting SCC Berlin | 66.98 m | Daniel Jasinski TV Wattenscheid 01 | 64.82 m | Robert Harting SCC Berlin | 63.92 m |
| Hammer throw | Johannes Bichler LG Stadtwerke München | 71.67 m | Tristan Schwandke TV Hindelang | 70.88 m | Alexei Mikhailov TV Wattenscheid 01 | 68.90 m |
| Javelin throw | Andreas Hofmann MTG Mannheim | 89.55 m CR | Thomas Röhler LC Jena | 88.09 m | Johannes Vetter LG Offenburg | 87.83 m |
| Decathlon | Niklas Ransiek TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 7355 pts | Hendrik Nungeß TV 1861 Neu-Isenburg | 7030 pts | Marvin Gregor LG Kreis Gütersloh | 6935 pts |
| Decathlon team | LG Kreis Gütersloh Marvin Gregor André Düsterhöft Florian Baum | 19.868 pts | TV Wattenscheid 01 Armin Treichel Lennart Ogaza Jan Ollech | 18.236 pts | Only two teams competed | Only two teams competed |
| Cross country short course 4.1 km | Timo Benitz LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald | 12:44 min | Florian Orth LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 12:49 min | Fabian Clarkson SCC Berlin | 12:55 min |
| Cross country short course team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Florian Orth Dominik Notz Tim Ramdane Cherif | 11 (38:43 min) | LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald Timo Benitz Marco Kern Hendrik Engel | 17 (39:07 min) | SSV Ulm 1846 Aimen Haboubi Fabian Konrad Korbinian Völkl | 40 (40:30 min) |
| Cross country long course 9.9 km | Philipp Pflieger LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 31:07 min | Karsten Meier LG Braunschweig | 31:19 min | Tim Ramdane Cherif LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 31:31 min |
| Cross country long course team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg I Philipp Pflieger Tim Ramdane Cherif Florian Orth | 9 (1:34:45 h) | LG Braunschweig Karsten Meier Viktor Kuk Florian Pehrs | 33 (1:38:34 h) | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg II Maximilian Zeus Felix Plinke Kevin Key | 37 (1:39:58 h) |
| Mountain running | Maximilian Zeus LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 51:11 min | Aaron Bienenfeld SSC Hanau-Rodenbach | 51:12 min | Konstantin Wedel LAC Quelle Fürth | 51:14 min |
| Mountain running team | SSC Hanau-Rodenbach Aaron Bienenfeld Lukas Abele Julius Hild | 2:41:04 h | LG Allgäu Michael Laur Franz Schweiger Wolfgang Wäger | 2:53:59 h | LG Braunschweig Ole Hennseler Ole Marggraf Simon Laue | 2:58:24 h |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Gina Lückenkemper TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 11.15 | Lisa Marie Kwayie Neuköllner Sportfreunde | 11.33 | Rebekka Haase LV 90 Erzgebirge | 11.42 |
| 200 metres | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly MTG Mannheim | 22.89 | Laura Müller LC Rehlingen | 23.11 | Rebekka Haase LV 90 Erzgebirge | 23.12 |
| 400 metres | Nadine Gonska MTG Mannheim | 52.07 | Hannah Mergenthaler MTG Mannheim | 52.83 | Corinna Schwab TV 1861 Amberg | 53.14 |
| 800 metres | Christina Hering LG Stadtwerke München | 2:01.56 min | Sarah Schmidt TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2:02.89 min | Mareen Kalis LG Stadtwerke München | 2:03.53 min |
| 1500 metres | Konstanze Klosterhalfen TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 4:06.34 min | Elena Burkard LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald | 4:06.51 min | Diana Sujew LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 4:08.21 min |
| 5000 metres | Hanna Klein SG Schorndorf | 15:17.47 min | Alina Reh SSV Ulm 1846 | 15:25.30 min | Denise Krebs TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 15:26.58 min |
| 10,000 metres | Anna Gehring ASV Köln | 33:33.96 min | Deborah Schöneborn LG Nord Berlin | 33:37.48 min | Thea Heim LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 34:35.40 min |
| 10K run | Alina Reh SSV Ulm 1846 | 32:23 min | Deborah Schöneborn LG Nord Berlin | 33:56 min | Luisa Boschan LG Nord Berlin | 34:59 min |
| 10K run team | LG Nord Berlin Deborah Schöneborn Luisa Boschan Rabea Schöneborn | 1:44:39 h | Hannover Athletics Svenja Pingpank Lena Sommer Anne Spickhoff | 1:48:38 h | LG Region Landshut Regina Högl Miriam Zirk Julia Brugger | 1:49:37 h |
| Half marathon | Franziska Reng LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 1:14:15 h | Miriam Dattke LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 1:14:37 h | Fabienne Amrhein MTG Mannheim | 1:15:19 h |
| Half marathon team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg I Franziska Reng Miriam Dattke Marina Rappold | 3:47:05 h | SG Wenden Christl Dörschel Daniela Wurm Verena Schneider | 4:07:14 h | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg II Anna-Katharina Plinke Cornelia Griesche Eva Schien | 4:07:41 h |
| Marathon | Fabienne Amrhein MTG Mannheim | 2:32:35 h | Isabel Leibfried TSG 1845 Heilbronn | 2:41:40 h | Regina Högl LG Region Landshut | 2:45:56 h |
| Marathon team | LG Region Landshut Regina Högl Miriam Zirk Elisabeth Jensen | 8:28:17 h | PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel Sandra Morchner Anna Starostzik Jutta Siefert | 8:44:17 h | TuS Deuz Tina Schneider Rebekka Wörmann Nina Caprice Löhr | 8:59:11 h |
| 100 kilometres | Nele Alder-Baerens Ultra SC Marburg | 7:33:15 h | Susanne Kraus PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel | 7:59:12 h | Anke Libuda BSG Springorum Bochum | 8:43:38 h |
| 100 kilometres team | LG Ultralauf I Kirsten Althoff Claudia Lederer Rita Nowottny-Hupka | 28:14:12 h | LG Ultralauf II Sylvia Faller Katrin Tüg-Hilbert Kerstin Hommel | 34:23:09 h | Only two teams entered | Only two teams entered |
| 100 m hurdles | Pamela Dutkiewicz TV Wattenscheid 01 | 12.69 | Ricarda Lobe MTG Mannheim | 13.06 | Franziska Hofmann LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 13.10 |
| 400 m hurdles | Christine Salterberg LT DSHS Köln | 56.97 | Djamila Böhm ART Düsseldorf | 57.06 | Carolina Krafzik VfL Sindelfingen | 58.73 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Gesa Felicitas Krause Silvesterlauf Trier | 9:34.58 min | Antje Möldner-Schmidt LC Cottbus | 9:45.82 min | Jana Sussmann Lauf Team Haspa Marathon Hamburg | 9:47.57 min |
| 4 × 100 m relay | MTG Mannheim Ricarda Lobe Alexandra Burghardt Nadine Gonska Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | 43.33 | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Yasmin Kwadwo Jennifer Montag Gina Lückenkemper Mareike Arndt | 43.55 | TV Wattenscheid 01 Monika Zapalska Keshia Kwadwo Synthia Oguama Pamela Dutkiewicz | 44.17 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | LT DSHS Köln Laura Marx Nelly Schmidt Christine Salterberg Lena Naumann | 3:36.07 min | SCC Berlin Hendrikje Richter Svea Köhrbrück Franziska Kindt Alena Gerken | 3:36.90 min | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Tabea Marie Kempe Maren Silies Rebekka Ackers Sarah Schmidt | 3:38.16 min |
| 3 × 800 m relay | LG Stadtwerke München Christine Gess Katharina Trost Mareen Kalis | 6:12.41 min | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lena Klaassen Rebekka Ackers Sarah Schmidt | 6:12.86 min | LG Nord Berlin Isabelle Kuhn Martha Sauter Caterina Granz | 6:17.47 min |
| 20 km walk | Emilia Lehmeyer Polizei SV Berlin | 1:32:49 h | Saskia Feige SC Potsdam | 1:33:23 h | Teresa Zurek SC Potsdam | 1:33:30 h |
| 20 km walk team | TV Groß-Gerau Linda Betto Brigitte Patrzalek Monika Müller | 6:55:31 h | Only one team finished | Only one team finished | Only one team finished | Only one team finished |
| High jump | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch VfB Stuttgart | 1.87 m | Imke Onnen Hannover 96 | 1.84 m | Katarina Mögenburg TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1.80 m |
| Pole vault | Jacqueline Otchere MTG Mannheim | 4.45 m | Stefanie Dauber SSV Ulm 1846 | 4.45 m | Friedelinde Petershofen SC Potsdam | 4.35 m |
| Long jump | Malaika Mihambo LG Kurpfalz | 6.72 m | Alexandra Wester ASV Köln | 6.69 m | Julia Gerter LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 6.68 m |
| Triple jump | Neele Eckhardt LG Göttingen | 14.21 m | Kristin Gierisch LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 14.15 m | Jessie Maduka ART Düsseldorf | 13.74 m |
| Shot put | Christina Schwanitz LV 90 Erzgebirge | 20.06 m | Alina Kenzel VfL Waiblingen | 18.21 m | Sara Gambetta SV Halle | 17.79 m |
| Discus throw | Shanice Craft MTG Mannheim | 62.91 m | Nadine Müller SV Halle | 62.73 m | Anna Rüh SC Magdeburg | 62.65 m |
| Hammer throw | Kathrin Klaas LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 66.08 m | Susen Küster TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 65.09 m | Charlene Woitha SCC Berlin | 64.92 m |
| Javelin throw | Christin Hussong LAZ Zweibrücken | 63.54 m | Katharina Molitor TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 56.75 m | Christina Kiffe ASC Darmstadt | 54.45 m |
| Heptathlon | Anna Maiwald TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5711 pts | Christina Kiffe ASC Darmstadt | 5574 pts | Laura Voß LT DSHS Köln | 5451 pts |
| Heptathlon team | LT DSHS Köln Laura Voß Claudia Mieke Daya Södje | 14.859 pts | LG Stadtwerke München Jana Rieger Julia Schneider Carlotta Schraub | 14.634 pts | MTV Lübeck Janina Lange Katharina Kemp Jana Marketon | 14.355 pts |
| Cross country 5.2 km | Elena Burkard LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald | 17:33 min | Alina Reh SSV Ulm 1846 | 18:01 min | Caterina Granz LG Nord Berlin | 18:29 min |
| Cross country team | LG Nord Berlin Caterina Granz Deborah Schöneborn Carmen Schultze-Berndt | 28 (57:29 min) | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Miriam Dattke Franziska Reng Marina Rappold | 32 (58:19 min) | LG Region Karlsruhe Sarah Hettich Johanna Flacke Melina Wolf | 77 (1:01:34 h) |
| Mountain running | Lisa Oed SSC Hanau-Rodenbach | 58:28 min | Stefanie Doll SV Kirchzarten | 59:19 min | Sarah Kistner MTV Kronberg Laufen | 1:01:25 h |
| Mountain running team | LG Brandenkopf Anja Carlsohn Franziska Schmieder Ann-Cathrin Uhl | 3:29:14 h | SSC Hanau-Rodenbach Lisa Oed Tatjana Rauhut Angela Schick | 3:29:43 h | ASC Darmstadt Simone Raatz Alexandra Rechel Stefanie Hock | 3:34:58 h |