West German Indoor Athletics Championships

West German Indoor Athletics Championships

Sport	Indoor track and field
Founded	1954
Country	West Germany

The West German Indoor Athletics Championships (German: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Hallenmeisterschaften) was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the German Athletics Association, which served as the national championship for the sport in West Germany. Typically held over two days in February during the German winter, it was first held in 1954.

The event was contested separately from the East German Indoor Athletics Championships until 1991, when the German Indoor Athletics Championships was held as the first Unified Germany championships.

Events

The following athletics events featured as standard on the West German Indoor Championships programme:

• Sprint: 60 m, 200 m, 400 m
• Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
• Hurdles: 60 m hurdles
• Jumps: long jump, triple jump (men only), high jump, pole vault (men only)
• Throws: shot put

Prior to 1980, the 60 metres was occasionally replaced by a 50 metres race. Similarly, the 60 metres hurdles was sometimes held as a 50 metres hurdles or 55 metres hurdles event in the early years of the competition. Combined events were briefly held with a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon featuring from 1973–75. Racewalking was also an infrequent sport, with a men's 10,000 m walk being on the programme from 1969 to 1975. At the last edition in 1990, a men's 5000 m walk and women's 3000 m walk were held.

The 200 metres first appeared in 1965, before becoming a standard event in 1968. The women's 400 metres was first held in 1961, followed by the additions of a 1500 metres in 1969. A women's 3000 metres was contested during 1974–76 and became a standard event in 1987. Women did not compete in the triple jump or pole vault during the lifetime of the meeting.

Editions

Ed.	Year	City	Venue	Dates
1.	1954	Frankfurt	Festhalle Frankfurt	20 March 1954
2.	1955	Kiel	Ostseehalle	12 March 1955
3.	1956	Frankfurt	Festhalle Frankfurt	17 March 1956
4.	1957	Kiel	Ostseehalle	23 March 1957
5.	1958	Dortmund	Westfalenhallen	1 March 1958
6.	1959	Berlin	Deutschlandhalle	14 February 1959
7.	1960	Kiel	Ostseehalle	5 March 1960
8.	1961	Stuttgart		11 March 1961
9.	1962	Dortmund		24 March 1962
10.	1963	Berlin		9 March 1963
11.	1964	Kiel		1 February 1964
12.	1965	Stuttgart		6 March 1965
13.	1966	Kiel		5 March 1966
14.	1967	Dortmund		5 March 1967
15.	1968	Stuttgart		2 March 1968
16.	1969	Dortmund		23 February 1969
17.	1970	Berlin		21 February 1970
18.	1971	Kiel		26–27 February 1971
19.	1972	Stuttgart		25–26 February 1972
20.	1973	Berlin		23–24 February 1973
21.	1974	Munich		22–23 February 1974
22.	1975	Stuttgart		21–22 February 1975
23.	1976	Dortmund		6–7 February 1976
24.	1977	Sindelfingen	Glaspalast	25–26 February 1977
25.	1978	Sindelfingen	Glaspalast	24–25 February 1978
26.	1979	Berlin		9–10 February 1979
27.	1980	Dortmund	Helmut-Körnig-Halle	8–9 February 1980
28.	1981	Sindelfingen	Glaspalast	6–7 February 1981
29.	1982	Dortmund	Helmut-Körnig-Halle	12–13 February 1982
30.	1983	Sindelfingen	Glaspalast	11–12 February 1983
31.	1984	Stuttgart	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	10–11 February 1984
32.	1985	Dortmund	Helmut-Körnig-Halle	15–16 February 1985
33.	1986	Sindelfingen	Glaspalast	7–8 February 1986
34.	1987	Karlsruhe	Europahalle	6–7 February 1987
35.	1988	Dortmund	Helmut-Körnig-Halle	19–20 February 1988
36.	1989	Stuttgart	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	3–4 February 1989
37.	1990	Sindelfingen	Glaspalast	17–18 February 1990