The East German Athletics Championships () was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the East German Athletics Federation, which served as the East German national championships for the sport. The three- or four-day event was held in summer months, varying from late June to early September, and the venue changed on an annual basis. The winners were exclusively East Germans.

It was first held in 1948 following the division of Germany, initially known as the Eastern Zone Athletics Championships for the first two years. The final edition was held in 1990, at which point it ended and was succeeded by the all-Germany German Athletics Championships.

List of East German Athletics Championships winners

Men

100 metres

1960: Klaus Schüler

1961: Hans Pollex

1962: Heinz Erbstößer

1963: Dietmar Falgowski

1964: Heinz Erbstößer

1965: Heinz Erbstößer

1966: Harald Eggers

1967: Harald Eggers

1968: Heinz Erbstößer

1969: Detlef Lewandowski

1970: Siegfried Schenke

1971: Siegfried Schenke

1972: Bernd Borth

1973: Hans-Jürgen Bombach

1974: Manfred Kokot

1975: Klaus-Dieter Kurrat

1976: Klaus-Dieter Kurrat

1977: Eugen Ray

1978: Eugen Ray

1979: Olaf Prenzler

1980: Eugen Ray

1981: Frank Emmelmann

1982: Frank Emmelmann

1983: Thomas Schröder

1984: Thomas Schröder

1985: Frank Emmelmann

1986: Thomas Schröder

1987: Steffen Bringmann

1988: Sven Matthes

1989: Steffen Bringmann

1990: Steffen Görmer

200 metres

1960: Helmuth Opitz

1961: Sigismund Kostulski

1962: Heinz Erbstößer

1963: Heinz Erbstößer

1964: Heinz Erbstößer

1965: Heinz Erbstößer

1966: Heinz Erbstößer

1967: Harald Eggers

1968: Hartmut Schelter

1969: Detlef Lewandowski

1970: Siegfried Schenke

1971: Jörg Pfeifer

1972: Siegfried Schenke

1973: Hans-Jürgen Bombach

1974: Hans-Jürgen Bombach

1975: Hans-Joachim Zenk

1976: Klaus-Dieter Kurrat

1977: Bernhard Hoff

1978: Olaf Prenzler

1979: Bernhard Hoff

1980: Bernhard Hoff

1981: Frank Emmelmann

1982: Detlef Kübeck

1983: Olaf Prenzler

1984: Frank Emmelmann

1985: Frank Emmelmann

1986: Thomas Schröder

1987: Frank Emmelmann

1988: Frank Emmelmann

1989: Steffen Schwabe

1990: Torsten Heimrath

400 metres

1960: Karl Storm

1961: Gottfried Klimbt

1962: Edgar Benkwitz

1963: Arthur Speer

1964: Arthur Speer

1965: Hartmut Schwabe

1966: Wilfried Weiland

1967: Wilfried Weiland

1968: Michael Zerbes

1969: Wolfgang Müller

1970: Wolfgang Müller

1971: Klaus Hauke

1972: Wolfgang Müller

1973: Andreas Scheibe

1974: Andreas Scheibe

1975: Dietmar Krug

1976: Günter Arnold

1977: Jürgen Utikal

1978: Frank Richter

1979: Frank Schaffer

1980: Frank Schaffer

1981: Andreas Knebel

1982: Andreas Knebel

1983: Thomas Schönlebe

1984: Thomas Schönlebe

1985: Thomas Schönlebe

1986: Mathias Schersing

1987: Thomas Schönlebe

1988: Thomas Schönlebe

1989: Matthias Schrober

1990: Jens Carlowitz

800 metres

1960: Manfred Matuschewski

1961: Manfred Matuschewski

1962: Manfred Matuschewski

1963: Manfred Matuschewski

1964: Manfred Matuschewski

1965: Manfred Matuschewski

1966: Manfred Matuschewski

1967: Rainer Fähse

1968: Dieter Fromm

1969: Manfred Matuschewski

1970: Ullrich Schmidt

1971: Dieter Fromm

1972: Dieter Fromm

1973: Hans-Henning Ohlert

1974: Hans-Henning Ohlert

1975: Dieter Fromm

1976: Olaf Beyer

1977: Olaf Beyer

1978: Detlef Wagenknecht

1979: Olaf Beyer

1980: Detlef Wagenknecht

1981: Olaf Beyer

1982: Detlef Wagenknecht

1983: Detlef Wagenknecht

1984: Detlef Wagenknecht

1985: Ralph Schumann

1986: Hans-Joachim Mogalle

1987: Jens-Peter Herold

1988: Ralph Schumann

1989: Jens-Peter Herold

1990: Ralph Schumann

1500 metres

1960: Siegfried Valentin

1961: Siegfried Valentin

1962: Jürgen May

1963: Karl-Heinz Kruse

1964: Siegfried Valentin

1965: Jürgen May

1966: Jürgen May

1967: Mathias Siedler

1968: Dieter Fromm

List of East German Athletics Championships winners