20. April 2009  
HISTORY  
Artistic Gymnastics

REVIEW: All Dual Meets German - USA in History....

GERMANY - USA
All Women's dual Meetsi>

For the first time after the political changes the German women's gymnastics will have a friendly meet with  the Olympic silver medallist of Beijing 2008, the national team of USA.
This will be the eight's dual of women's artistic gymnastic teams of both countries, beginning 1962 in Berlin, and the last one was also the last official competition of a GDR natioanl team in 1989 in the USA ..

* a special review...:


THE HISTORY of DUAL MEETS GERMANY - USA
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* H I S O R Y...
(1) The very first competition  between USA and the former Federal Republic of (Western) Germany was...:

* 1962, July 13 - in Berlin
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1. USA  - 190,700    ---    2. FRG - 185,300
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* Individual all-around:
1. Doris Fuchs-Brause (FRG)  - 38,400
2. Muriel Crossfield (USA)  - 38,350
3. Betty Maycock (USA)  - 38,150
..  beste Deutsche:
6. Ursula Shepan  (FRG)  - 37,350

(2) 1975, January, 24-25(State College)
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1. USA - 184,70  ----  2. FRG  - 174,79
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* Individual all-around:
1. Ann Carr  (USA)  - 37,350
2. Barby Myslak  (USA)  - 36,900
3. Angela Mayer  (FRG)  - 36,550

(3)  1980, June 28, in Bremerhaven
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1. USA  - 187,800   ---   2. FRG  - 179,00
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* Individual all-around:
1. Marcya Frederick  (USA)  - 38,450
2. Kathy Johnson  (USA)  - 38,250
3. Kelly Garrison  (USA)  - 37,600
... beste Deutsche:
5. Christina Anslinger  (FRG)  - 36,050
...
9. Martina Bieger  (FRG)  - 35,500
10. Andrea Bieger  (FRG)  - 35,400

(4) 1981, November 12-13, in Liederbach
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 1. USA  - 378,150  ---  2. FRG  - 376,100
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* Individual all-around:
1. Julian McNamara (USA)  - 76,250
2. Kathy Johnson (USA)        - 76,100
3. Sabine Blumtritt  (FRG)     - 75,750

(5)  1982, July 2, Beijing CHN)
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1. CHN  - 191,400;  ---  2. USA - 190,500;  --- 3. FRG - 184,75.
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* Individual all-around:
1. Tang, Xiao Li  (CHN)  - 38,850
2. Pamela Bilek  (USA)  - 38,200
3. Xiang, Yu  (CHN)  - 38,150
   Huang, Gun  (CHN) - 38,150
   Dianne Durham  (USA)  - 38,150
... best German gymnast:
9. Elke Heine  (FRG)   -  ....

(6)  1983, October 14-15, Berlin (West), Schöneberger Sporthalle
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1. FRG  - 383,325;  --- 2. USA  - 381,575
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The German team was the same like after than at the Olympic Games in 1984, Los Angelas - witout the later retired Yvonne Haug; - the German's came on 4th place at the Olympics.
* Individual all-around:
1. Yvonne Haug             (FRG)    - 77,65
2. Kathy Johnson         (USA)   - 77,225
3. Juliane McNamara  (USA)   - 77,175

4. Pamela Bileck (USA) 77,000
5. Heike Schwarm (D) 76,60
6. Anja Wilhelm (D) 76,425
7. Brigitta Lehmann (D) 75,825
8. Astrid Beckers (D) 75,525
9. Elke Heine (D) 75,425
10. Kelly Garrison (USA) 75,275
11. Yumi Mordry (USA) 74,70
12. Tanja Service (USA) a.K. 73,925
13. Petra Eiselbrecher (D) a.K. 73,325
* German Coach was Vladimir Prorok.

Diana Schröder (GDR), 20 years ago the best German gymnast of the only one and last dual meet between GDR and USA...

(7) The last official dual meet so far was together the last official international competition of a GDR women's team: it was 1990, April 28 in Memphis (Tenn.), and the US hosts won with 192,75 : 1867,588 points.

* Individual all-around:
1. Wendy Bruce (USA)                 - 39,225
2. Elizabeth Crandell (USA)         - 38,875
3. Diana Schröder (GDR, Berlin) - 38,475

4. Sandy Woolsey (USA)                 - 38,300
5. Antje Wielgoß (GDR, Rostock)   - 38,275
6. Kim Kelly (USA)                            - 38,025
... also in the German team  Anke Schönfelder (Berlin, two years later (1991) the very first German all-around Champion in the unit Germany, in Bergisch Gladbach.

Peggy Wünsche, was the first German uneven bars champion after the German reintegration.

... and Peggy Wünsche- from the East-German SC Einheit Dresden (Tcoach Volker Parsch/Christian König), who changed after the political change to Rhineland, to the KTZ Bergisch Gladbach.
Also in the GDR team Anett Bleil (Berlin) and Sabine Otte from former SC Chemie Halle.
The national coaches were Dr. Peter Kotzurek and Wolfgang Riedel.

** Annotation:
To the same time in Memphis was held a men's dual meet:
1. GDR - 284,80);  2. USA - 283,35
* Individual all-around:
1. Trent Dimas (USA) - 57,570;
2. Sylvio Kroll (DDR) - 57,500
3. Andrè Hempel (DDR) - 57,250