It served as the selection meeting for Germany at the 1994 European Athletics Championships.

In the women's triple jump, Helga Radtke achieved a new German record with a mark of 14.46 m – a record which went unbeaten until 13 June 2011.

[1] The men's half marathon was won by Salvatore Di Dio in 1:04:06, but he was not elected senior national champion as he had only registered for the junior race.

As usual, due to time or organizational reasons, various competitions were not held as part of the main event in Erfurt.

The annual national championships in Germany held separately from the main track and field competition comprised the following:[2]