# 2017 German Athletics Championships

The 2017 German Athletics Championships was the 117th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Germany. It was held on 8 and 9 July at the Steigerwaldstadion in Erfurt. It served as the selection meeting for Germany at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.
Three championship records were beaten during the competition: Johannes Vetter set the standard in the men's javelin with 89.35 m (293 ft 1+1⁄2 in), Konstanze Klosterhalfen set a women's 1500 metres best of 3:59.58 minutes, while Gesa Felicitas Krause won a distance double in the 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase (championship record of 9:25.81 minutes). Julian Reus claimed a sprint double in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres.

## Championships

The annual national championships in Germany comprised the following competitions:
* Cross Country: Löningen, 11 March
* Half marathon: Hannover, 9 April
* 20 km walk: Naumburg, 23 April
* 10,000 m: Bautzen, 13 May
* Mountain Run: Bayerisch Eisenstein, 10 June
* 100 km road race: Berlin, 24 June
* Relays: Ulm, 6 August
* Combined events: Kienbaum, 12–13 August
* 10K run: Bad Liebenzell, 3 September
* Track walking: Diez, 16 September
* 50 km walk: Gleina, 14 October
* Marathon: within the Frankfurt Marathon, 29 October

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Julian Reus TV Wattenscheid 01 | 10.10 | Michael Pohl Wiesbadener LV | 10.26 | Roy Schmidt SC DHfK Leipzig | 10.28 |
| 200 metres | Julian Reus TV Wattenscheid 01 | 20.29 | Robin Erewa TV Wattenscheid 01 | 20.50 | Aleixo Platini Menga TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 20.55 |
| 400 metres | Johannes Trefz LG Stadtwerke München | 45.84 | Patrick Schneider LAC Quelle Fürth | 46.02 | Marc Koch LG Nord Berlin | 46.18 |
| 800 metres | Benedikt Huber LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 1:48.21 min | Jan Riedel Dresdner SC 1898 | 1:48.24 min | Kevin Stadler LAC Erfurt | 1:49.01 min |
| 1500 metres | Timo Benitz LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald | 3:38.77 min | Homiyu Tesfaye Eintracht Frankfurt | 3:40.09 min | Marcel Fehr SG Schorndorf 1846 | 3:40.49 min |
| 5000 metres | Richard Ringer VfB LC Friedrichshafen | 14:15.90 min | Simon Boch LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 14:21.41 min | Philipp Baar ART Düsseldorf | 14:27.04 min |
| 10,000 metres | Simon Boch LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 29:13.60 min | Amanal Petros SV Brackwede | 29:15.62 min | Sebastian Reinwand ART Düsseldorf | 29:16.80 min |
| 10K run | Amanal Petros SV Brackwede | 29:02 min | Simon Boch LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 29:03 min | Philipp Pflieger LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 29:10 min |
| 10K run team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg I Simon Boch Philipp Pflieger Florian Orth | 1:27:28 h | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg II Tim Ramdane Cherif Jonas Koller Felix Plinke | 1:29:46 h | TV Wattenscheid 01 Hendrik Pfeiffer Jan Hense Christoph Uphues | 1:31:30 h |
| Half marathon | Philipp Baar ART Düsseldorf | 1:04:57 h | Hendrik Pfeiffer TV Wattenscheid 01 | 1:05:09 h | Andreas Straßner ART Düsseldorf | 1:06:00 h |
| Half marathon team | ART Düsseldorf I Philipp Baar Andreas Straßner Simon Stützel | 3:16:59 h | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Simon Boch Tim Ramdane Cherif Felix Plinke | 3:20:48 h | ART Düsseldorf II Sebastian Reinwand Julian Flügel Timo Göhler | 3:21:55 h |
| Marathon | Arne Gabius TherapieReha Bottwartal | 2:09:59 h | Jonas Koller LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 2:16:03 h | Frank Schauer Tangermünder Elbdeich-Marathon | 2:16:30 h |
| Marathon team | ART Düsseldorf I Timo Göhler Andreas Strassner Paul Schmidt | 7:07:09 h | LAC Olympia 88 Berlin Felix Ledwig Tobias Singer Carsten Krüger | 7:32:20 h | LSF Münster David Schönherr Yannick Rinne Sven Serke | 7:37:54 h |
| 100 kilometres | Benedikt Hoffmann TSG 1845 Heilbronn | 6:48:15 h | André Collet Aachener TG | 7:02:59 h | Benjamin Brade LG Nord Berlin Ultrateam | 7:31:20 h |
| 100 kilometres team | LG Mauerweg Berlin e.V. Sascha Dehling Mathias De Prest Andreas Urbaniak | 26:45:25 h | LG Nord Berlin Ultrateam Benjamin Brade Christian Karbe Hans-Joachim Dierkopf | 27:21:15 h | LG Ultralauf Thomas Klingenberger Konrad Vogl Roland Krauß | 27:48:30 h |
| 110 m hurdles | Matthias Bühler Eintracht Frankfurt | 13.50 | Gregor Traber LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen | 13.55 | Erik Balnuweit TV Wattenscheid 01 | 13.68 |
| 400 m hurdles | Luke Campbell Eintracht Frankfurt | 49.40 | Georg Fleischhauer Eintracht Frankfurt | 50.30 | Max Scheible TuS Lörrach-Stetten | 50.57 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Tim Stegemann LAC Erfurt | 8:43.40 min | Martin Grau LSC Höchstadt/Aisch | 8:43.42 min | Fabian Clarkson SCC Berlin | 8:46.34 min |
| 4 × 100 m relay | TV Wattenscheid 01 I Maximilian Ruth Robin Erewa Alexander Kosenkow Maurice Huke | 39.01 | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Robert Polkowski Daniel Hoffmann Kai Köllmann Aleixo-Platini Menga | 39.24 | TV Wattenscheid 01 II Kevin Ugo Philipp Trutenat Carlo Weckelmann Erik Balnuweit | 39.99 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | StG Schlüchtern-Flieden-Oberts Eric Herbert Aleksi Rösler Jaakkima Rösler Constantin Schmidt | 3:09.08 min | StG Chemnitz Erzgebirge Maximilian Grupen Florian Handt Johann Rosin Marvin Schlegel | 3:09.60 min | LG Nord Berlin Philipp Kleemann Marc Koch Marcel Matthäs Johannes Wuthe | 3:11.59 min |
| 3 × 1000 m relay | LG Braunschweig Julius Lawnik Andreas Lange Viktor Kuk | 7:12.47 min | StG Erfurt-Jena Kevin Stadler Tim Stegemann Philipp Reinhardt | 7:12.62 min | LSC Höchstadt/Aisch Tobias Budde Martin Grau Marco Kürzdörfer | 7:13.70 min |
| 10,000 m walk | Hagen Pohle SC Potsdam | 39:39.45 min | Christopher Linke SC Potsdam | 40:10.08 min | Nils Brembach SC Potsdam | 40:29.91 min |
| 20 km walk | Christopher Linke SC Potsdam | 1:20:26 h | Nils Brembach SC Potsdam | 1:20:43 h | Karl Junghannß LAC Erfurt | 1:22:08 h |
| 20 km walk team | SC Potsdam Christopher Linke Nils Brembach Hagen Pohle | 4:03:38 h | TV Bühlertal Nathaniel Seiler Denis Franke Georg Hauger | 5:10:02 h | SV Breitenbrunn Steffen Meyer Nischan Daimer Joachim Maier | 5:33:43 h |
| 50 km walk | Nathaniel Seiler TV Bühlertal | 4:00:43.5 h | Jonathan Hilbert LG Ohra Energie | 4:05:48.3 h | Denis Franke TV Bühlertal | 5:04:47.8 h |
| High jump | Mateusz Przybylko TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2.30 m | Eike Onnen Hannover 96 | 2.19 m | Luca Wieland LAZ Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 2.15 m |
| Pole vault | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5.60 m | Raphael Holzdeppe LAZ Zweibrücken | 5.60 m | Tobias Scherbarth TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5.40 m |
| Long jump | Julian Howard LG Region Karlsruhe | 8.15 m | Maximilian Entholzner 1.FC Passau | 7.76 m | Luca Wieland LAZ Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 7.71 m |
| Triple jump | Max Heß LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 17.24 m | Felix Wenzel SC Potsdam | 16.15 m | Tobias Hell Schweriner SC | 15.87 m |
| Shot put | David Storl SC DHfK Leipzig | 20.98 m | Jan Josef Jeuschede TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 19.31 m | Simon Bayer VfL Sindelfingen | 19.09 m |
| Discus throw | Robert Harting SCC Berlin | 65.65 m | Martin Wierig SC Magdeburg | 64.29 m | Markus Münch SC Potsdam | 62.76 m |
| Hammer throw | Alexander Ziegler SV Thurn und Taxis Dischingen | 71.66 m | Andreas Sahner LC Rehlingen | 70.89 m | Johannes Bichler LG Stadtwerke München | 70.65 m |
| Javelin throw | Johannes Vetter LG Offenburg | 89.35 m CR | Thomas Röhler LC Jena | 85.24 m | Bernhard Seifert SC Potsdam | 84.62 m |
| Decathlon | Felix Hepperle LG Neckar-Enz | 7328 pts | Marvin Gregor LC Paderborn | 7002 pts | Alexander Everts TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6800 pts |
| Decathlon | TSV Gräfelfing Korbinian Suckfüll Felix Wolter Noah Kollhuber | 20.349 pts | TS Herzogenaurach André Zahl Marius Laib Daniel Hoseus | 17.312 pts | Only two finishers | Only two finishers |
| Cross country short course – 4.36 km | Florian Orth LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 13:07 min | Timo Benitz LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald | 13:15 min | Martin Grau LSC Höchstadt/Aisch | 13:18 min |
| Cross country short course team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Florian Orth Simon Boch Tim Ramdane Cherif | 10 | LG farbtex Nordschwarzwald Timo Benitz Denis Bäuerle Hendrik Engel | 25 | LG Zusam Tobias Gröbl Ja Johannes Estner Mario Leser | 39 |
| Cross country long course – 10.28 km | Philipp Pflieger LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 31:56 min | Fabian Clarkson SCC Berlin | 32:31 min | Philipp Baar ART Düsseldorf | 32:42 min |
| Cross country long course team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Philipp Pflieger Florian Orth Tim Ramdane Cherif | 12 | ART Düsseldorf Philipp Baar Andreas Straßner Timo Göhler | 20 | LG Region Karlsruhe Jannik Arbogast Jan Lukas Becker Frederik Unewisse | 39 |
| Mountain running | Maximilian Zeus DJK Weiden | 57:06 min | Benedikt Hoffmann TSG 1845 Heilbronn | 58:10 min | Marcel Krieghoff GuthsMuths-Rennsteiglaufverein | 58:28 min |
| Mountain running team | SSC Hanau-Rodenbach I Aaron Bienenfeld Thomas Seibert Jörn Harland | 3:07:10 h | LG Brandenkopf Bruno Schumi Timo Zeiler Ulrich Benz | 3:08:26 h | SSC Hanau-Rodenbach II Julius Hild Ulrich Steidl Lukas Abele | 3:13:47 h |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Gina Lückenkemper LG Olympia Dortmund | 11.10 | Rebekka Haase LV 90 Erzgebirge | 11.22 | Tatjana Pinto LC Paderborn | 11.27 |
| 200 metres | Laura Müller LC Rehlingen | 22.65 | Rebekka Haase LV 90 Erzgebirge | 22.88 | Nadine Gonska MTG Mannheim | 22.93 |
| 400 metres | Ruth Spelmeyer VfL Oldenburg | 51.84 | Svea Köhrbrück SCC Berlin | 52.76 | Lara Hoffmann LT DSHS Köln | 52.84 |
| 800 metres | Christina Hering LG Stadtwerke München | 2:04.05 min | Tanja Spill LAV Bayer Uerdingen/Dormagen | 2:05.37 min | Mareen Kalis LG Stadtwerke München | 2:06.29 min |
| 1500 metres | Konstanze Klosterhalfen TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 3:59.58 min CR | Diana Sujew Eintracht Frankfurt | 4:10.71 min | Julia Kick LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 4:10.90 min |
| 5000 metres | Gesa Felicitas Krause Silvesterlauf Trier | 16:20.10 min | Hanna Klein SG Schorndorf 1846 | 16:20.24 min | Corinna Harrer LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 16:27.34 min |
| 10,000 metres | Sabrina Mockenhaupt LT Haspa Marathon Hamburg | 33:08.42 min | Corinna Harrer LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 34:12.64 min | Thea Heim LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 34:34.75 min |
| 10K run | Sabrina Mockenhaupt LT Haspa Marathon Hamburg | 33:38 min | Anna Hahner run2sky.com | 33:45 min | Corinna Harrer LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 33:48 min |
| 10K run team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Corinna Harrer Franziska Reng Thea Heim | 1:42:00 h | LT Haspa Marathon Hamburg Sabrina Mockenhaupt Jana Sussmann Mona Stockhecke | 1:42:52 h | LAC Quelle Fürth Jannika John Gesa Bohn Rebecca Robisch | 1:45:10 h |
| Half marathon | Sabrina Mockenhaupt LT Haspa Marathon Hamburg | 1:10:54 h | Anja Scherl LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 1:11:10 h | Corinna Harrer LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 1:14:28 h |
| Half marathon team | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg I Anja Scherl Corinna Harrer Thea Heim | 3:40:48 h | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg II Miriam Dattke Cornelia Griesche Julia Galuschka | 3:52:35 h | LAC Quelle Fürth Gesa Bohn Domenika Mayer Tabea Haug | 3:55:35 h |
| Marathon | Katharina Heinig LG Eintracht Frankfurt | 2:29:29 h | Fate Tola LG Braunschweig | 2:30:12 h | Laura Hottenrott GSV Eintracht Baunatal | 2:34:43 h |
| Marathon team | Hamburger Laufladen Annika Krull Jana Baum Mareile Kitzel | 8:45:50 h | Spiridon Frankfurt Tania Moser Hanna Rühl Friederike Schoppe | 9:02:02 h | PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel Sandra Morchner Anna Starostzik Ursula Henning | 9:03:23 h |
| 100 kilometres | Nele Alder-Baerens Ultra SC Marburg | 7:35:37 h | Rebecca Walter LG Nord Berlin Ultrateam | 8:46:49 h | Sandra Fätsch TSV 1886 Kandel | 9:11:28 h |
| 100 kilometres team | LG Nord Berlin Rebecca Walter Annette Müller Patricia Rolle | | Only one team finished | Only one team finished | Only one team finished | Only one team finished |
| 100 m hurdles | Pamela Dutkiewicz TV Wattenscheid 01 | 12.82 | Ricarda Lobe MTG Mannheim | 13.09 | Franziska Hofmann LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 13.13 |
| 400 m hurdles | Djamila Böhm ART Düsseldorf | 56.92 | Laura Nürnberger TV Gladbeck 1912 | 58.10 | Christine Salterberg LT DSHS Köln | 58.14 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Gesa Felicitas Krause Silvesterlauf Trier | 9:25.81 min CR | Jana Sussmann LT Haspa Marathon Hamburg | 9:57.59 min | Cornelia Griesche LG Telis Finanz Regensburg | 10:12.59 min |
| 4 × 100 m relay | MTG Mannheim Ricarda Lobe Alexandra Burghardt Nadine Gonska Yasmin Kwadwo | 42.97 | LG Olympia Dortmund Nina Raun Marilena Scharff Gina Lückenkemper Johanna Marie Bechthold | 43.87 | TV Wattenscheid 01 Monika Zapalska Keshia Kwadwo Maike Schachtschneider Pamela Dutkiewicz | 44.13 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | LT DSHS Köln Nelly Schmidt Felicitas Ulmer Lena Naumann Lara Hoffmann | 3:35.12 | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Mareike Arndt Tabea Marie Kempe Rebekka Ackers Carolin Walter | 3:37.46 | SCC Berlin Hendrikje Richter Svea Köhrbrück Franziska Kindt Alena Gerken | 3:37.79 |
| 3 × 800 m relay | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Rebekka Ackers Lena Klaassen Carolin Walter | 6:17.87 min | LG Stadtwerke München Christine Gess Mareen Kalis Katharina Trost | 6:19.49 min | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Mares-Elaine Strempler Stella Kubasch Maren Orth | 6:28.26 min |
| 5000 m walk | Teresa Zurek SC Potsdam | 23:43.16 min | Bianca Schenker LG Vogtland | 24:41.85 min | Julia Richter SC Potsdam | 24:55.02 min |
| 20 km walk | Emilia Lehmeyer Polizei SV Berlin | 1:36:20 h | Saskia Feige SC Potsdam | 1:37:14 h | Kathrin Schulze ASV Erfurt | 1:48:43 h |
| 20 km walk | TV Groß-Gerau Brigitte Patrzalek Monika Müller Margarete Molter | 7:31:52 h | Only one team finished | Only one team finished | Only one team finished | Only one team finished |
| High jump | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch VfB Stuttgart | 1.94 m | Jossie Graumann LG Nord Berlin | 1.90 m | Laura Gröll LG Eckental Mareike Max SV Werder Bremen | 1.80 m |
| Pole vault | Lisa Ryzih ABC Ludwigshafen | 4.70 m | Silke Spiegelburg TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 4.55 m | Friedelinde Petershofen SC Potsdam | 4.55 m |
| Long jump | Claudia Salman-Rath Eintracht Frankfurt | 6.72 m | Alexandra Wester ASV Köln | 6.71 m | Malaika Mihambo LG Kurpfalz | 6.62 m |
| Triple jump | Kristin Gierisch LAC Erdgas Chemnitz | 14.40 m | Neele Eckhardt LG Göttingen | 14.02 m | Birte Damerius TSV Rudow | 13.39 m |
| Shot put | Sara Gambetta SC DHfK Leipzig | 17.38 m | Josephine Terlecki SV Halle | 16.89 m | Alina Kenzel VfL Waiblingen | 16.76 m |
| Discus throw | Julia Harting SCC Berlin | 63.63 m | Anna Rüh SC Magdeburg | 62.17 m | Claudine Vita SC Neubrandenburg | 61.56 m |
| Hammer throw | Carolin Paesler Eintracht Frankfurt | 69.51 m | Kathrin Klaas Eintracht Frankfurt | 68.50 m | Sophie Gimmler LC Rehlingen | 65.48 m |
| Javelin throw | Katharina Molitor TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 61.16 m | Christin Hussong LAZ Zweibrücken | 59.54 m | Sarah Leidl 1.FC Passau | 51.35 m |
| Heptathlon | Mareike Arndt TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6000 pts | Kira Biesenbach TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5153 pts | Malin Lobitz Troisdorfer LG | 5062 pts |
| Heptathlon | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Mareike Arndt Kira Biesenbach Maria-Lisa Michalsky | 15.804 pts | TuS Metzingen Sophie Hamann Leonie Frank Hanna Schrödersecker | 14.641 pts | LT DSHS Köln Laura Voß Claudia Mieke Carlotta Schraub | 14.277 pts |
| Cross country – 5.84 km | Alina Reh SSV Ulm 1846 | 19:40 min | Fabienne Amrhein MTG Mannheim | 20:04 min | Anna Gehring Sport-Club Itzehoe | 20:13 min |
| Cross country team | Lauf Team Haspa Marathon Hamburg Sabrina Mockenhaupt Jana Sussmann Tabea Themann | 18 | LG Telis Finanz Regensburg Maren Kock Corinna Harrer Cornelia Griesche | 38 | LG Nord Berlin Caterina Granz Deborah Schöneborn Rabea Schöneborn | 38 |
| Mountain running | Sarah Kistner MTV Kronberg | 1:06:17 h | Gesa Bohn LAC Quelle Fürth | 1:10:44 h | Julia Belger OSC Löbau | 1:11:27 h |
| Mountain running team | LAC Quelle Fürth Gesa Bohn Lisa Wirth Hannah Kadner | 3:39:34 h | Ski-Club Gaißach Regina Danner Heidi Danner Gerdi Schmiederer | 4:01:47 h | ASC Darmstadt Simone Raatz Alexandra Rechel Carin Irina Schmidt | 4:03:06 h |