East Germany
| YEAR | MALE | FEMALE |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | — |
| 1954 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | — |
| 1955 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | — |
| 1956 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | — |
| 1957 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | — |
| 1958 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | Karin Beyer |
| 1959 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | Gisela Birkemeyer |
| 1960 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | Ingrid Krämer |
| 1961 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | Ute Starke |
| 1962 | Helmut Recknagel | Ingrid Krämer-Gulbin |
| 1963 | Klaus Ampler | Ingrid Krämer-Gulbin |
| 1964 | Klaus Urbanczyk | Ingrid Krämer-Gulbin |
| 1965 | Jürgen May | Hannelore Suppe |
| 1966 | Frank Wiegand | Gabriele Seyfert |
| 1967 | Roland Matthes | Karin Janz |
| 1968 | Roland Matthes | Margitta Gummel |
| 1969 | Roland Matthes | Petra Vogt |
| 1970 | Roland Matthes | Erika Zuchold |
| 1971 | Roland Matthes | Karin Balzer |
| 1972 | Wolfgang Nordwig | Karin Janz |
| 1973 | Roland Matthes | Kornelia Ender |
| 1974 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | Kornelia Ender |
| 1975 | Roland Matthes | Kornelia Ender |
| 1976 | Waldemar Cierpinski | Kornelia Ender |
| 1977 | Rolf Beilschmidt | Rosemarie Ackermann |
| 1978 | Udo Beyer | Marita Koch |
| 1979 | Bernd Drogan | Marita Koch |
| 1980 | Waldemar Cierpinski | Maxi Gnauck |
| 1981 | Lothar Thoms | Ute Geweniger |
| 1982 | Bernd Drogan | Marita Koch |
| 1983 | Uwe Raab | Marita Koch |
| 1984 | Uwe Hohn | Katarina Witt |
| 1985 | Jens Weißflog | Marita Koch |
| 1986 | Olaf Ludwig | Heike Drechsler |
| 1987 | Torsten Voss | Silke Möller |
| 1988 | Olaf Ludwig | Kristin Otto |
| 1989 | Andreas Wecker | Kristin Otto |
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