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| Sport | Indoor track and field |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1954 |
| Country | West Germany |
TheWest German Indoor Athletics Championships (German:Deutsche Leichtathletik-Hallenmeisterschaften) was an annualindoor track and field competition organised by theGerman Athletics Association, which served as thenational championship for the sport inWest Germany. Typically held over two days in February during the German winter, it was first held in 1954.
The event was contested separately from theEast German Indoor Athletics Championships until 1991, when theGerman Indoor Athletics Championships was held as the firstUnified Germany championships.[1][2]
The followingathletics events featured as standard on the West German Indoor Championships programme:
Prior to 1980, the60 metres was occasionally replaced by a50 metres race. Similarly, the60 metres hurdles was sometimes held as a50 metres hurdles or55 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.[2]
The200 metres first appeared in 1965, before becoming a standard event in 1968. The women's400 metres was first held in 1961, followed by the additions of a1500 metres in 1969. A women's3000 metres was contested during 1974–76 and became a standard event in 1987. Women did not compete in thetriple jump orpole vault during the lifetime of the meeting.[2]
