Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 346 competitors, 222 men and 124 women, took part in 167 events in 17 sports.
Men's CompetitionMen's 100 metres
Eugen RayHeat — 10.38Quarterfinals — 10.30Semifinals — 10.47 (→ did not advance)Sören SchlegelHeat — 10.44Quarterfinals — 10.28 (→ did not advance)Klaus-Dieter KurratHeat — 10.53Quarterfinals — 10.54 (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
Andreas BusseHeat — 1:47.4Semifinals — 1:46.9Final — 1:46.9 (→ 5th place)Detlef WagenknechtHeat — 1:47.5Semifinals — 1:46.7Final — 1:47.0 (→ 6th place)Olaf BeyerHeat — 1:48.9Semifinals — 1:47.6 (→ did not advance)Men's 1,500 metres
Jürgen StraubHeat — 3:37.0Semifinals — 3:39.4Final — 3:38.8 (→ Silver Medal)Andreas BusseHeat — 3:44.3Semifinals — 3:43.5Final — 3:40.2 (→ 4th place)Men's 10,000 metres
Jörg PeterHeat — 28:50.0Final — 28:05.5 (→ 6th place)Werner SchildhauerHeat — 28:32.1Final — 28:11.0 (→ 7th place)Men's Marathon
Waldemar CierpinskiFinal — 2:11:03 (→ Gold Medal)Hans-Joachim TruppelFinal — 2:14:55 (→ 11th place)Jürgen EberdingFinal — 2:18:04 (→ 21st place)Men's 4x400 metres Relay
Klaus Thiele, Andreas Knebel, Frank Schaffer, and Volker BeckHeat — 3:03.4Final — 3:01.3 (→ Silver Medal)Men's 110 m Hurdles
Thomas MunkeltHeat — 13.55Semifinals — 13.49Final — 13.39 (→ Gold Medal)Thomas DittrichHeat — 13.93Semifinals — 13.90 (→ did not advance)Andreas SchlißkeHeat — 14.18Semifinals — 14.60 (→ did not advance)Men's 400 m Hurdles
Volker BeckHeat — 50.35Semifinals — 50.36Final — 48.70 (→ Gold Medal)Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Ralf PönitschHeat — 8:56.5 (→ did not advance)Men's Pole Vault
Axel WeberQualification — 5.15 m (→ did not advance)Men's Long Jump
Lutz DombrowskiQualification — 8.17 mFinal — 8.54 m (→ Gold Medal)Frank PaschekQualification — 8.17 mFinal — 8.21 m (→ Silver Medal)Peter RiegerQualification — 7.59 m (→ did not advance)Men's High Jump
Gerd WessigQualification — 2.21 mFinal — 2.36 m (→ Gold Medal)Jörg FreimuthQualification — 2.21 mFinal — 2.31 m (→ Bronze Medal)Henry LauterbachQualification — 2.21 mFinal — 2.29 m (→ 4th place)Men's Discus Throw
Wolfgang SchmidtQualification — 62.46 mFinal — 65.64 m (→ 4th place)Hilmar HossfeldQualification — 59.92 mFinal — 61.14 m (→ 11th place)Armin LemmeQualification — 59.44 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)Men's Shot Put
Udo BeyerQualification — 19.94 mFinal — 21.06 m (→ Bronze Medal)Hans-Jürgen JacobiQualification — 19.92 mFinal — 20.32 m (→ 6th place)Men's Javelin Throw
Wolfgang HanischQualification — 85.82 mFinal — 86.72 m (→ Bronze Medal)Detlef FuhrmannQualification — 78.80 mFinal — 83.50 m (→ 7th place)Detlef MichelQualification — 78.34 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)Men's Hammer Throw
Roland SteukQualification — 73.52 mFinal — 77.54 m (→ 4th place)Detlef GerstenbergQualification — 75.04 mFinal — 74.60 m (→ 5th place)Men's Decathlon
Steffen GrummtFinal — 7892 points (→ 8th place)Siegfried StarkFinal — retired (→ no ranking)Rainer PottelFinal — retired (→ no ranking)Men's 20 km Walk
Roland WieserFinal — 1:25:58.2 (→ Bronze Medal)Karl-Heinz StadtmüllerFinal — 1:29:21.7 (→ 8th place)Werner HeyerFinal — DSQ (→ no ranking)Men's 50 km Walk
Hartwig GauderFinal — 3:49:24 (→ Gold Medal)Dietmar MeischFinal — DSQ (→ no ranking)Uwe DünkelFinal — DSQ (→ no ranking)Women's CompetitionWomen's 100 metres
Marlies GöhrHeat — 11.41Quarterfinals — 11.12Semifinals — 11.18Final — 11.07 (→ Silver Medal)Ingrid AuerswaldHeat — 11.32Quarterfinals — 11.09Semifinals — 11.27Final — 11.14 (→ Bronze Medal)Romy MüllerHeat — 11.41Quarterfinals — 11.12Semifinals — 11.22Final — 11.16 (→ 5th place)Women's 800 metres
Martina KämpfertHeat — 1:58.8Semifinals — 1:58.1Final — 1:56.3 (→ 4th place)Hildegard UllrichHeat — 2:00.1Semifinals — 1:58.7Final — 1:57.2 (→ 5th place)Women's 1,500 metres
Christiane WartenbergHeat — 4:00.4Final — 3:57.8 (→ Silver Medal)Ulrike BrunsHeat — 4:01.6Final — 4:00.7 (→ 5th place)Beate LiebichHeat — 4:06.8 (→ did not advance)Women's 100 m Hurdles
Johanna Schaller-KlierHeat — 13.03Semifinal — 12.77Final — 12.63 (→ Silver Medal)Kerstin KnabeHeat — 12.77Semifinal — 12.99Final — 12.66 (→ 4th place)Bettine GärtzHeat — 13.06Semifinal — 13.04Final — 13.14 (→ 7th place)Women's Long Jump
Brigitte WujakQualification — 6.65 mFinal — 7.04 m (→ Silver Medal)Siegrun SieglQualification — 6.53 mFinal — 6.87 m (→ 5th place)Siegrid HeimannQualification — 6.71 mFinal — 6.71 m (→ 7th place)Women's High Jump
Jutta KirstQualification — 1.88 mFinal — 1.94 m (→ Bronze Medal)Rosemarie AckermannQualification — 1.88 mFinal — 1.91 m (→ 4th place)Andrea ReichsteinQualification — 1.88 mFinal — 1.91 m (→ 6th place)Women's Discus Throw
Evelin JahlQualification — 60.22 mFinal — 69.96 m (→ Gold Medal)Gisela BeyerQualification — 62.86 mFinal — 67.08 m (→ 4th place)Margitta PufeQualification — 65.52 mFinal — 66.12 m (→ 5th place)Women's Javelin Throw
Ute HommolaQualification — 63.52 mFinal — 66.56 m (→ Bronze Medal)Ute RichterQualification — 66.66 mFinal — 66.54 m (→ 4th place)Ruth FuchsQualification — 64.26 mFinal — 63.94 m (→ 8th place)Women's Shot Put
Ilona SlupianekFinal — 22.41 m (→ Gold Medal)Margitta PufeFinal — 21.20 m (→ Bronze Medal)Ines ReichenbachFinal — 19.66 m (→ 8th place)Women's Pentathlon
Ramona Neubert — 4698 points (→ 4th place)- 100 metres — 13.93s
- Shot Put — 13.68m
- High Jump — 1.77m
- Long Jump — 6.63m
- 800 metres — 2:07.70
Burglinde Pollak — 4553 points (→ 6th place)- 100 metres — 13.74s
- Shot Put — 16.67m
- High Jump — 1.68m
- Long Jump — 5.93m
- 800 metres — 2:14.40
Christine Laser — 1712 points (→ no ranking)- 100 metres — 13.67s
- Shot Put — 13.39m
- High Jump — DNF
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Dietmar Geilich- First Round — Defeated Thapa Birender Singh (India) on points (3-2)
- Second Round — Defeated Pedro Manuel Nieves (Venezuela) on points (5-0)
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Mario Behrendt- First Round — Lost to Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (0-5)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Rudi Fink → Gold Medal- First Round — Defeated Hannu Kaislama (Finland) on points (5-0)
- Second Round — Defeated Esmail Mohamad (Afghanistan) after knock-out in first round
- Third Round — Defeated Carlos González (Mexico) after knock-out in first round
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) on points (4-1)
- Semi Finals — Defeated Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
- Final — Defeated Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (4-1)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Richard Nowakowski → Bronze Medal- First Round — Defeated Christopher Ossai (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
- Second Round — Defeated Geofrey Nyeko (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round
- Quarter Finals — Defeated George Gilbody (Great Britain) on points (5-0)
- Semi Finals — Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
Dietmar Schwarz- First Round — Defeated Teddy Makofi (Zambia) on points (5-0)
- Second Round — Lost to José Angel Molina (Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Jürgen Fanghänel → Bronze Medal- First Round — Defeated Luis Castillo (Ecuador) on points (4-1)
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Petr Stoimenov (Bulgaria) after referee stopped contest in second round
- Semi Finals — Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)
East Germany was represented by 13 canoeists, 10 men and 3 women.
Thirteen cyclists represented East Germany in 1980.
Individual road raceThomas BarthAndreas PetermannOlaf LudwigBernd DroganTeam time trialFalk BodenBernd DroganOlaf LudwigHans-Joachim HartnickSprintLutz Heßlich1000m time trialLothar ThomsIndividual pursuitHarald WolfTeam pursuitGerald MortagUwe UnterwalderMatthias WiegandVolker WinklerMen's Springboard
Falk HoffmannPreliminary Round — 567.78 points (→ 3rd place)Final — 858.510 points (→ 4th place)Frank TaubertPreliminary Round — 524.04 points (→ 9th place, did not advance)Dieter WaskowPreliminary Round — 522.87 points (→ 10th place, did not advance)Men's Platform
Falk HoffmannPreliminary Round — 546.12 points (→ 1st place)Final — 835.650 points (→ Gold Medal)Dieter WaskowPreliminary Round — 515.16 points (→ 6th place)Final — 802.800 points (→ 5th place)Thomas KnuthsPreliminary Round — 521.01 points (→ 3rd place)Final — 783.975 points (→ 6th place)Women's Springboard
Martina PröeberPreliminary Round — 450.99 points (→ 3rd place)Final — 698.895 points (→ Silver Medal)Karin GuthkePreliminary Round — 435.21 points (→ 4th place)Final — 685.245 points (→ Bronze Medal)Martina JäschkePreliminary Round — 427.47 points (→ 6th place)Final — 668.115 points (→ 5th place)Women's Platform
Martina JäschkePreliminary Round — 359.88 points (→ 4th place)Final — 596.250 points (→ Gold Medal)Ramona WenzelPreliminary Round — 358.86 points (→ 6th place)Final — 542.070 points (→ 4th place)Kerstin KrausePreliminary Round — 322.68 points (→ 9th place, did not advance)14 fencers, 10 men and 4 women, represented East Germany in 1980.
Men's foilHartmuth BehrensKlaus KotzmannKlaus HaertterMen's team foilSiegmar Gutzeit, Hartmuth Behrens, Adrian Germanus, Klaus Kotzmann, Klaus HaertterMen's sabreFrank-Eberhard HöltjePeter UlbrichRüdiger MüllerMen's team sabreRüdiger Müller, Hendrik Jung, Peter Ulbrich, Frank-Eberhard Höltje, Gerd MayWomen's foilMandy NiklausGabriele JankeSabine HertrampfWomen's team foilMandy Niklaus, Gabriele Janke, Sabine Hertrampf, Beate SchubertPRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP C)July 20, 1980East Germany -
Spain 1-1 (0-0) Republican Stadium, KievJuly 22, 1980East Germany - Algeria 1-0 (0-0) Republican Stadium, KievJuly 24, 1980East Germany -
Syria 5-0 (3-0) Republican Stadium, Kiev
FINAL STANDINGS:1. East Germany 3 2 1 0 ( 7- 1) 5 *2. Algeria 3 1 1 1 ( 4- 2) 3 *3.
Spain 3 0 3 0 ( 2- 2) 34.
Syria 3 0 1 2 ( 0- 8) 1* Qualified for quarter-finals
QUARTER-FINALSJuly 27, 1980East Germany -
Iraq 4-0 (4-0) Republican Stadium, Kiev
SEMI-FINALSJuly 29, 1980Soviet Union - East Germany 0-1 (0-1) Lenin Stadium,
MoscowFINALAugust 2, 1980
Czechoslovakia - East Germany 1-0 (0-0) Loujniki Stadium, Moscow
ROSTERBodo RudwaleitArtur UlrichLothar HauseFrank BaumRüdiger SchnuphaseFrank TerletzkiMatthias LiebersWolfgang SteinbachJürgen BähringerWerner PeterDieter KühnNorbert TrieloffWolf-Rüdiger NetzFrank UhligMatthias MüllerBernd JakubowskiAndreas Trautmann
Handball
Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group A)Defeated Spain (21-17)Drew with Hungary (14-14)Defeated Cuba (27-20)Defeated Poland (22-21)Defeated Denmark (24-20)Classification MatchFinal: Defeated Soviet Union (23-22) → Gold MedalTeam RosterSiegfried VoigtGünter DreibrodtPeter RostKlaus GrunerHans-Georg BeyerDietmar SchmidtHartmut KrügerLothar DoeringErnst GerlachFrank-Michael WahlIngolf WiegertWieland SchmidtRainer HöftHans-Georg JaunichMen's 100m Freestyle
Frank KühneHeats — 52.93 (→ did not advance)Men's 200m Freestyle
Frank KühneHeats — 1:53.63 (→ did not advance)Detlev GrabsHeats — 1:53.38 (→ did not advance)Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Bettina LöbelHeats — 1:14.32 (→ did not advance)Silvia RinkaHeats — 1:12.88 (→ did not advance)Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Petra SchneiderHeats — 4:46.53Final — 4:36.29 (→ Gold Medal)Grit SlabyHeats — 4:52.01Final — 4:48.54 (→ 4th place)Ulrike TauberHeats — 4:51.97Final — 4:49.18 (→ 5th place)Women's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group A)Defeated Cuba (3-1)Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)Defeated Peru (3-2)FinalLost to Soviet Union (1-3) → Silver MedalTeam RosterUte KostrzewaAndrea HeimAnnette SchultzChristine MummhardtHeike LehmannBarbara CzekallaKarla RoffeisMartina SchmidtAnke WestendorfKarin PüschelBrigitte FetzerKatharina Bullin-56 kg category
Andreas LetzSnatch: 115.0 kg, Clean and jerk: 150.0 kgTotal: 265.0 kg (→ 4th place)-67.5 kg category
Joachim KunzSnatch: 145.0 kg, Clean and jerk: 190.0 kgTotal: 335.0 kg → Silver MedalGunter AmbrassTotal: 320.0 kg (→ 4th place)-90 kg category
Frank MantekSnatch: 165.0 kg, Clean and jerk: 205.0 kgTotal: 370.0 kg → Bronze Medal-100 kg category
Michael HennigTotal: 362.5 kg (→ 4th place)Manfred FunkeTotal: 377.5 kg (→ 6th place)+110 kg category
Jürgen HeuserSnatch: 182.5 kg, Clean and jerk: 227.5 kgTotal: 410.0 kg → Silver Medal