East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics

East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GDR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Moscow
Competitors	346 (222 men, 124 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Kristina Richter (opening), Waldemar Cierpinski (closing)
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 47 37 42 126
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–) United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Cierpinski, WaldemarWaldemar Cierpinski	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Munkelt, ThomasThomas Munkelt	Athletics	Men's 110m Hurdles
Gold	Beck, VolkerVolker Beck	Athletics	Men's 400m Hurdles
Gold	Gauder, HartwigHartwig Gauder	Athletics	Men's 50km Walk
Gold	Wessig, GerdGerd Wessig	Athletics	Men's High Jump
Gold	Dombrowski, LutzLutz Dombrowski	Athletics	Men's Long Jump
Gold	Wöckel, BärbelBärbel Wöckel	Athletics	Women's 200m
Gold	Koch, MaritaMarita Koch	Athletics	Women's 400m
Gold	Müller, RomyRomy Müller Wöckel, BärbelBärbel Wöckel Auerswald, IngridIngrid Auerswald Göhr, MarliesMarlies Göhr	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Gold	Slupianek, IlonaIlona Slupianek	Athletics	Women's Shot Put
Gold	Jahl, EvelinEvelin Jahl	Athletics	Women's Discus
Gold	Fink, RudiRudi Fink	Boxing	Men's Featherweight
Gold	Helm, RüdigerRüdiger Helm	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000m
Gold	Helm, RüdigerRüdiger Helm Olbricht, BerndBernd Olbricht Marg, HaraldHarald Marg Duvigneau, BerndBernd Duvigneau	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000m
Gold	Fischer, BirgitBirgit Fischer	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500m
Gold	Genäuß, CarstaCarsta Genäuß Bischof, MartinaMartina Bischof	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500m
Gold	Thoms, LotharLothar Thoms	Cycling	Men's 1000m Individual Time Trial
Gold	Heßlich, LutzLutz Heßlich	Cycling	Men's Sprint
Gold	Hoffmann, FalkFalk Hoffmann	Diving	Men's 10m Platform
Gold	Jäschke, MartinaMartina Jäschke	Diving	Women's 10m Platform
Gold	Brückner, RolandRoland Brückner	Gymnastics	Men's Floor
Gold	Gnauck, MaxiMaxi Gnauck	Gymnastics	Women's Uneven Bars
Gold	East Germany Men's National Handball Team Hans-Georg Beyer   Hartmut Krüger Lothar Doering   Peter Rost Günter Dreibrodt   Dietmar Schmidt Ernst Gerlach   Wieland Schmidt Klaus Gruner   Siegfried Voigt Rainer Höft   Frank-Michael Wahl Hans-Georg Jaunich   Ingolf Wiegert	Handball	Men's Tournament
Gold	Lorenz, DietmarDietmar Lorenz	Judo	Men's Open
Gold	Dreifke, JoachimJoachim Dreifke Kröppelien, KlausKlaus Kröppelien	Rowing	Men's Double Sculls
Gold	Dundr, FrankFrank Dundr Bunk, CarstenCarsten Bunk Heppner, UweUwe Heppner Winter, MartinMartin Winter	Rowing	Men's Quadruple Sculls
Gold	Landvoigt, JörgJörg Landvoigt Landvoigt, BerndBernd Landvoigt	Rowing	Men's Coxless Pairs
Gold	Jährling, HaraldHarald Jährling Ulrich, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Spohr, GeorgGeorg Spohr	Rowing	Men's Coxed Pairs
Gold	Brietzke, SiegfriedSiegfried Brietzke Decker, AndreasAndreas Decker Semmler, StefanStefan Semmler Thiele, JürgenJürgen Thiele	Rowing	Men's Coxless Fours
Gold	Wendisch, DieterDieter Wendisch Dießner, WalterWalter Dießner Dießner, UllrichUllrich Dießner Döhn, GottfriedGottfried Döhn Gregor, AndreasAndreas Gregor	Rowing	Men's Coxed Fours
Gold	Krauß, BerndBernd Krauß Koppe, Hans-PeterHans-Peter Koppe Kons, UlrichUlrich Kons Friedrich, JörgJörg Friedrich Doberschütz, JensJens Doberschütz Karnatz, UlrichUlrich Karnatz Dühring, UweUwe Dühring Höing, BerndBernd Höing Ludwig, Klaus-DieterKlaus-Dieter Ludwig	Rowing	Men's Eights
Gold	Reinhardt, SybilleSybille Reinhardt Ploch, JuttaJutta Ploch Lau, JuttaJutta Lau Zobelt, RoswiethaRoswietha Zobelt Buhr, LianeLiane Buhr	Rowing	Women's Quadruple Sculls
Gold	Steindorf, UteUte Steindorf Klier, CorneliaCornelia Klier	Rowing	Women's Coxless Pairs
Gold	Kapheim, RamonaRamona Kapheim Frohlich, SilviaSilvia Frohlich Noack, AngelikaAngelika Noack Saalfeld, RomyRomy Saalfeld Wenzel, KirstenKirsten Wenzel	Rowing	Women's Coxed Fours
Gold	Boesler, MartinaMartina Boesler Neisser, KerstenKersten Neisser Kopke, ChristianeChristiane Kopke Schütz, BirgitBirgit Schütz Kühn, GabrieleGabriele Kühn Richter, IlonaIlona Richter Sandig, MaritaMarita Sandig Metze, KarinKarin Metze Wilke, MarinaMarina Wilke	Rowing	Women's Eights
Gold	Woithe, JörgJörg Woithe	Swimming	Men's 100m Freestyle
Gold	Krause, BarbaraBarbara Krause	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle
Gold	Krause, BarbaraBarbara Krause	Swimming	Women's 200m Freestyle
Gold	Diers, InesInes Diers	Swimming	Women's 400m Freestyle
Gold	Schneider, PetraPetra Schneider	Swimming	Women's 400m Individual Medley
Gold	Reinisch, RicaRica Reinisch	Swimming	Women's 100m Backstroke
Gold	Reinisch, RicaRica Reinisch	Swimming	Women's 200m Backstroke
Gold	Geweniger, UteUte Geweniger	Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke
Gold	Metschuck, CarenCaren Metschuck	Swimming	Women's 100m Butterfly
Gold	Geißler, InesInes Geißler	Swimming	Women's 200m Butterfly
Gold	Krause, BarbaraBarbara Krause Metschuck, CarenCaren Metschuck Diers, InesInes Diers Hülsenbeck, SarinaSarina Hülsenbeck	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Gold	Reinisch, RicaRica Reinisch Geweniger, UteUte Geweniger Pollack, AndreaAndrea Pollack Metschuck, CarenCaren Metschuck	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Silver	Straub, JürgenJürgen Straub	Athletics	Men's 1500m
Silver	Thiele, KlausKlaus Thiele Knebel, AndreasAndreas Knebel Schaffer, FrankFrank Schaffer Beck, VolkerVolker Beck	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Silver	Paschek, FrankFrank Paschek	Athletics	Men's Long Jump
Silver	Göhr, MarliesMarlies Göhr	Athletics	Women's 100m
Silver	Wartenberg, ChristianeChristiane Wartenberg	Athletics	Women's 1500m
Silver	Schaller-Klier, JohannaJohanna Schaller-Klier	Athletics	Women's 100m Hurdles
Silver	Krug, BarbaraBarbara Krug Löwe, GabrieleGabriele Löwe Lathan, ChristinaChristina Lathan Koch, MaritaMarita Koch	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Silver	Wujak, BrigitteBrigitte Wujak	Athletics	Women's Long Jump
Silver	Heukrodt, OlafOlaf Heukrodt Madeja, UweUwe Madeja	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000m
Silver	Mortag, GeraldGerald Mortag Unterwalder, UweUwe Unterwalder Wiegand, MatthiasMatthias Wiegand Winkler, VolkerVolker Winkler	Cycling	Men's Team Pursuit
Silver	Boden, FalkFalk Boden Drogan, BerndBernd Drogan Ludwig, OlafOlaf Ludwig Hartnick, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Hartnick	Cycling	Men's Team Time Trial
Silver	Pröeber, MartinaMartina Pröeber	Diving	Women's 3m Springboard
Silver	East Germany national football team Bodo Rudwaleit   Jürgen Bähringer Arthur Ullrich   Werner Peter Lothar Hause   Dieter Kühn Frank Uhlig   Norbert Trieloff Frank Baum   Matthias Müller Rüdiger Schnuphase   Matthias Liebers Frank Terletzki   Bernd Jakubowski Wolfgang Steinbach   Wolf-Rudiger Netz	Football	Men's Tournament
Silver	Hemmann, Ralf-PeterRalf-Peter Hemmann Hoffmann, LutzLutz Hoffmann Mack, LutzLutz Mack Nikolay, MichaelMichael Nikolay Bronst, AndreasAndreas Bronst Brückner, RolandRoland Brückner	Gymnastics	Men's Team All-Around
Silver	Gnauck, MaxiMaxi Gnauck	Gymnastics	Women's Individual All-Around
Silver	Kraker, SteffiSteffi Kraker	Gymnastics	Women's Vault
Silver	Linse, CorneliaCornelia Linse Westphal, HeidiHeidi Westphal	Rowing	Women's Double Sculls
Silver	Borowski, JörnJörn Borowski Swensson, EgbertEgbert Swensson	Sailing	470
Silver	Vollmar, HaraldHarald Vollmar	Shooting	Men's 50m Pistol
Silver	Heilfort, HellfriedHellfried Heilfort	Shooting	Men's 50m Rifle Prone
Silver	Hartstein, BerndBernd Hartstein	Shooting	Men's 50m Rifle Three Positions
Silver	Wiefel, JurgenJurgen Wiefel	Shooting	Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Silver	Pfeffer, ThomasThomas Pfeffer	Shooting	Men's 50m Running Target
Silver	Pyttel, RogerRoger Pyttel	Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly
Silver	Pfütze, FrankFrank Pfütze Woithe, JörgJörg Woithe Grabs, DetlevDetlev Grabs Strohbach, RainerRainer Strohbach	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Silver	Metschuck, CarenCaren Metschuck	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle
Silver	Diers, InesInes Diers	Swimming	Women's 200m Freestyle
Silver	Diers, InesInes Diers	Swimming	Women's 800m Freestyle
Silver	Schneider, PetraPetra Schneider	Swimming	Women's 400m Freestyle
Silver	Kleber, InaIna Kleber	Swimming	Women's 100m Backstroke
Silver	Polit, CorneliaCornelia Polit	Swimming	Women's 200m Backstroke
Silver	Pollack, AndreaAndrea Pollack	Swimming	Women's 100m Butterfly
Silver	Schönrock, SybilleSybille Schönrock	Swimming	Women's 200m Butterfly
Silver	East Germany women's national volleyball team Katharina Bullin   Christine Mummhardt Barbara Czekalla   Karin Püschel Brigitte Fetzer   Karla Roffeis Andrea Heim   Martina Schmidt Ute Kostrzewa   Annette Schultz Heike Lehmann   Anke Westendorf	Volleyball	Women's Tournament
Silver	Kunz, JoachimJoachim Kunz	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
Silver	Heuser, JürgenJürgen Heuser	Weightlifting	Men's +110 kg
Bronze	Schaffer, FrankFrank Schaffer	Athletics	Men's 400m
Bronze	Wieser, RolandRoland Wieser	Athletics	Men's 20km Walk
Bronze	Freimuth, JörgJörg Freimuth	Athletics	Men's High Jump
Bronze	Beyer, UdoUdo Beyer	Athletics	Men's Shot Put
Bronze	Hanisch, WolfgangWolfgang Hanisch	Athletics	Men's Javelin
Bronze	Auerswald, IngridIngrid Auerswald	Athletics	Women's 100m
Bronze	Lathan, ChristinaChristina Lathan	Athletics	Women's 400m
Bronze	Kirst, JuttaJutta Kirst	Athletics	Women's High Jump
Bronze	Droese-Pufe, MargittaMargitta Droese-Pufe	Athletics	Women's Shot Put
Bronze	Hommola, UteUte Hommola	Athletics	Women's Javelin
Bronze	Nowakowski, RichardRichard Nowakowski	Boxing	Men's Lightweight
Bronze	Krüger, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Krüger	Boxing	Men's Welterweight
Bronze	Kästner, DetlefDetlef Kästner	Boxing	Men's Light Middleweight
Bronze	Bauch, HerbertHerbert Bauch	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
Bronze	Fanghänel, JürgenJürgen Fanghänel	Boxing	Men's Heavyweight
Bronze	Heukrodt, OlafOlaf Heukrodt	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500m
Bronze	Leue, EckhardEckhard Leue	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000m
Bronze	Helm, RüdigerRüdiger Helm Olbricht, BerndBernd Olbricht	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500m
Bronze	Guthke, KarinKarin Guthke	Diving	Women's 3m Springboard
Bronze	Nikolay, MichaelMichael Nikolay	Gymnastics	Men's Pommel Horse
Bronze	Brückner, RolandRoland Brückner	Gymnastics	Men's Vault
Bronze	Brückner, RolandRoland Brückner	Gymnastics	Men's Parallel Bars
Bronze	Gnauck, MaxiMaxi Gnauck Hindorff, SilviaSilvia Hindorff Kraker, SteffiSteffi Kraker Rensch, KatharinaKatharina Rensch Sube, KarolaKarola Sube Süss, BirgitBirgit Süss	Gymnastics	Women's Team All-Around
Bronze	Kraker, SteffiSteffi Kraker	Gymnastics	Women's Uneven Bars
Bronze	Gnauck, MaxiMaxi Gnauck	Gymnastics	Women's Floor
Bronze	East Germany Women's National Handball Team Birgit Heinecke   Christina Rost Roswitha Krause   Sabine Röther Waltraud Kretzschmar   Renate Rudolph Katrin Krüger   Marion Tietz Kornelia Kunisch   Petra Uhlig Evelyn Matz   Claudia Wunderlich Kristina Richter   Hannelore Zober	Handball	Women's Tournament
Bronze	Lehmann, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Lehmann	Judo	Men's 71 kg
Bronze	Heinke, HaraldHarald Heinke	Judo	Men's 78 kg
Bronze	Ultsch, DetlefDetlef Ultsch	Judo	Men's 86 kg
Bronze	Lorenz, DietmarDietmar Lorenz	Judo	Men's 95 kg
Bronze	Kersten, PeterPeter Kersten	Rowing	Men's Single Sculls
Bronze	Schröter, MartinaMartina Schröter	Rowing	Women's Single Sculls
Bronze	Damme, JorgJorg Damme	Shooting	Men's Trap
Bronze	Pyttel, RogerRoger Pyttel	Swimming	Men's 200m Butterfly
Bronze	Diers, InesInes Diers	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle
Bronze	Schmidt, CarmelaCarmela Schmidt	Swimming	Women's 200m Freestyle
Bronze	Schmidt, CarmelaCarmela Schmidt	Swimming	Women's 400m Freestyle
Bronze	Dähne, HeikeHeike Dähne	Swimming	Women's 800m Freestyle
Bronze	Riedel, PetraPetra Riedel	Swimming	Women's 100m Backstroke
Bronze	Treiber, BirgitBirgit Treiber	Swimming	Women's 200m Backstroke
Bronze	Knacke, ChristianeChristiane Knacke	Swimming	Women's 100m Butterfly
Bronze	Mantek, FrankFrank Mantek	Weightlifting	Men's 90 kg
Bronze	Neupert, UweUwe Neupert	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 90kg

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

• Eugen Ray
  • Heat — 10.38
  • Quarterfinals — 10.30
  • Semifinals — 10.47 (→ did not advance)
• Sören Schlegel
  • Heat — 10.44
  • Quarterfinals — 10.28 (→ did not advance)
• Klaus-Dieter Kurrat
  • Heat — 10.53
  • Quarterfinals — 10.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Andreas Busse
  • Heat — 1:47.4
  • Semifinals — 1:46.9
  • Final — 1:46.9 (→ 5th place)
• Detlef Wagenknecht
  • Heat — 1:47.5
  • Semifinals — 1:46.7
  • Final — 1:47.0 (→ 6th place)
• Olaf Beyer
  • Heat — 1:48.9
  • Semifinals — 1:47.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Jürgen Straub
  • Heat — 3:37.0
  • Semifinals — 3:39.4
  • Final — 3:38.8 (→ Silver Medal)
• Andreas Busse
  • Heat — 3:44.3
  • Semifinals — 3:43.5
  • Final — 3:40.2 (→ 4th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Jörg Peter
  • Heat — 28:50.0
  • Final — 28:05.5 (→ 6th place)
• Werner Schildhauer
  • Heat — 28:32.1
  • Final — 28:11.0 (→ 7th place)

Men's Marathon

• Waldemar Cierpinski
  • Final — 2:11:03 (→ Gold Medal)
• Hans-Joachim Truppel
  • Final — 2:14:55 (→ 11th place)
• Jürgen Eberding
  • Final — 2:18:04 (→ 21st place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Klaus Thiele, Andreas Knebel, Frank Schaffer, and Volker Beck
  • Heat — 3:03.4
  • Final — 3:01.3 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Thomas Munkelt
  • Heat — 13.55
  • Semifinals — 13.49
  • Final — 13.39 (→ Gold Medal)
• Thomas Dittrich
  • Heat — 13.93
  • Semifinals — 13.90 (→ did not advance)
• Andreas Schlißke
  • Heat — 14.18
  • Semifinals — 14.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Volker Beck
  • Heat — 50.35
  • Semifinals — 50.36
  • Final — 48.70 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Ralf Pönitsch
  • Heat — 8:56.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Axel Weber
  • Qualification — 5.15 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Lutz Dombrowski
  • Qualification — 8.17 m
  • Final — 8.54 m (→ Gold Medal)
• Frank Paschek
  • Qualification — 8.17 m
  • Final — 8.21 m (→ Silver Medal)
• Peter Rieger
  • Qualification — 7.59 m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Gerd Wessig
  • Qualification — 2.21 m
  • Final — 2.36 m (→ Gold Medal)
• Jörg Freimuth
  • Qualification — 2.21 m
  • Final — 2.31 m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Henry Lauterbach
  • Qualification — 2.21 m
  • Final — 2.29 m (→ 4th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Wolfgang Schmidt
  • Qualification — 62.46 m
  • Final — 65.64 m (→ 4th place)
• Hilmar Hossfeld
  • Qualification — 59.92 m
  • Final — 61.14 m (→ 11th place)
• Armin Lemme
  • Qualification — 59.44 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Udo Beyer
  • Qualification — 19.94 m
  • Final — 21.06 m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Hans-Jürgen Jacobi
  • Qualification — 19.92 m
  • Final — 20.32 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Wolfgang Hanisch
  • Qualification — 85.82 m
  • Final — 86.72 m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Detlef Fuhrmann
  • Qualification — 78.80 m
  • Final — 83.50 m (→ 7th place)
• Detlef Michel
  • Qualification — 78.34 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Roland Steuk
  • Qualification — 73.52 m
  • Final — 77.54 m (→ 4th place)
• Detlef Gerstenberg
  • Qualification — 75.04 m
  • Final — 74.60 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Steffen Grummt
  • Final — 7892 points (→ 8th place)
• Siegfried Stark
  • Final — retired (→ no ranking)
• Rainer Pottel
  • Final — retired (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Roland Wieser
  • Final — 1:25:58.2 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller
  • Final — 1:29:21.7 (→ 8th place)
• Werner Heyer
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Hartwig Gauder
  • Final — 3:49:24 (→ Gold Medal)
• Dietmar Meisch
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
• Uwe Dünkel
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres

• Marlies Göhr
  • Heat — 11.41
  • Quarterfinals — 11.12
  • Semifinals — 11.18
  • Final — 11.07 (→ Silver Medal)
• Ingrid Auerswald
  • Heat — 11.32
  • Quarterfinals — 11.09
  • Semifinals — 11.27
  • Final — 11.14 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Romy Müller
  • Heat — 11.41
  • Quarterfinals — 11.12
  • Semifinals — 11.22
  • Final — 11.16 (→ 5th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Martina Kämpfert
  • Heat — 1:58.8
  • Semifinals — 1:58.1
  • Final — 1:56.3 (→ 4th place)
• Hildegard Ullrich
  • Heat — 2:00.1
  • Semifinals — 1:58.7
  • Final — 1:57.2 (→ 5th place)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Christiane Wartenberg
  • Heat — 4:00.4
  • Final — 3:57.8 (→ Silver Medal)
• Ulrike Bruns
  • Heat — 4:01.6
  • Final — 4:00.7 (→ 5th place)
• Beate Liebich
  • Heat — 4:06.8 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Johanna Schaller-Klier
  • Heat — 13.03
  • Semifinal — 12.77
  • Final — 12.63 (→ Silver Medal)
• Kerstin Knabe
  • Heat — 12.77
  • Semifinal — 12.99
  • Final — 12.66 (→ 4th place)
• Bettine Gärtz
  • Heat — 13.06
  • Semifinal — 13.04
  • Final — 13.14 (→ 7th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Brigitte Wujak
  • Qualification — 6.65 m
  • Final — 7.04 m (→ Silver Medal)
• Siegrun Siegl
  • Qualification — 6.53 m
  • Final — 6.87 m (→ 5th place)
• Siegrid Heimann
  • Qualification — 6.71 m
  • Final — 6.71 m (→ 7th place)

Women's High Jump

• Jutta Kirst
  • Qualification — 1.88 m
  • Final — 1.94 m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Rosemarie Ackermann
  • Qualification — 1.88 m
  • Final — 1.91 m (→ 4th place)
• Andrea Reichstein
  • Qualification — 1.88 m
  • Final — 1.91 m (→ 6th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Evelin Jahl
  • Qualification — 60.22 m
  • Final — 69.96 m (→ Gold Medal)
• Gisela Beyer
  • Qualification — 62.86 m
  • Final — 67.08 m (→ 4th place)
• Margitta Pufe
  • Qualification — 65.52 m
  • Final — 66.12 m (→ 5th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Ute Hommola
  • Qualification — 63.52 m
  • Final — 66.56 m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Ute Richter
  • Qualification — 66.66 m
  • Final — 66.54 m (→ 4th place)
• Ruth Fuchs
  • Qualification — 64.26 m
  • Final — 63.94 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Ilona Slupianek
  • Final — 22.41 m (→ Gold Medal)
• Margitta Pufe
  • Final — 21.20 m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Ines Reichenbach
  • Final — 19.66 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Pentathlon

• Ramona Neubert — 4698 points (→ 4th place)
  1. 100 metres — 13.93s
  2. Shot Put — 13.68m
  3. High Jump — 1.77m
  4. Long Jump — 6.63m
  5. 800 metres — 2:07.70
• Burglinde Pollak — 4553 points (→ 6th place)
  1. 100 metres — 13.74s
  2. Shot Put — 16.67m
  3. High Jump — 1.68m
  4. Long Jump — 5.93m
  5. 800 metres — 2:14.40
• Christine Laser — 1712 points (→ no ranking)
  1. 100 metres — 13.67s
  2. Shot Put — 13.39m
  3. High Jump — DNF

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Dietmar Geilich
  1. First Round — Defeated Thapa Birender Singh (India) on points (3-2)
  2. Second Round — Defeated Pedro Manuel Nieves (Venezuela) on points (5-0)
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Mario Behrendt
  1. First Round — Lost to Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Rudi Fink → Gold Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Hannu Kaislama (Finland) on points (5-0)
  2. Second Round — Defeated Esmail Mohamad (Afghanistan) after knock-out in first round
  3. Third Round — Defeated Carlos González (Mexico) after knock-out in first round
  4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) on points (4-1)
  5. Semi Finals — Defeated Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
  6. Final — Defeated Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (4-1)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Richard Nowakowski → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Christopher Ossai (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
  2. Second Round — Defeated Geofrey Nyeko (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarter Finals — Defeated George Gilbody (Great Britain) on points (5-0)
  4. Semi Finals — Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Dietmar Schwarz
  1. First Round — Defeated Teddy Makofi (Zambia) on points (5-0)
  2. 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
  1. First Round — Defeated Luis Castillo (Ecuador) on points (4-1)
  2. Quarter Finals — Defeated Petr Stoimenov (Bulgaria) after referee stopped contest in second round
  3. Semi Finals — Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Canoeing

East Germany was represented by 13 canoeists, 10 men and 3 women.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olaf Heukrodt	Men's C-1 500 m	1:55.37	2 QF	N/A	N/A	1:54.38
Eckhard Leue	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:04.09	2 QF	N/A	N/A	4:15.02
Olaf Heukrodt Uwe Madeja	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:47.43	4 QS	3:54.99	1 QF	3:49.93
Frank-Peter Bischof	Men's K-1 500 m	1:46.13	1 QF	1:46.21	1 QF	1:45.97	5
Birgit Fischer	Women's K-1 500 m	1:56.92	1 QF	N/A	N/A	1:57.96
Rüdiger Helm	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:45.20	1 QF	3:52.04	1 QF	3:48.77
Rüdiger Helm Bernd Olbricht	Men's K-2 500 m	1:35.36	1 QF	1:35.88	1 QF	1:34.00
Carsta Genäuß Martina Bischof	Women's K-2 500 m	1:46.95	1 QF	N/A	N/A	1:43.88
Peter Hempel Harry Nolte	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:25.71	2 QF	3:32.77	1 QF	3:31.02	5
Rüdiger Helm Bernd Olbricht Harald Marg Bernd Duvigneau	Men's K-4 1000 m	3:04.86	1 QF	N/A	N/A	3:13.76

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists represented East Germany in 1980.

Individual road race

• Thomas Barth
• Andreas Petermann
• Olaf Ludwig
• Bernd Drogan

Team time trial

• Falk Boden
• Bernd Drogan
• Olaf Ludwig
• Hans-Joachim Hartnick

Sprint

• Lutz Heßlich

1000m time trial

• Lothar Thoms

Individual pursuit

• Harald Wolf

Team pursuit

• Gerald Mortag
• Uwe Unterwalder
• Matthias Wiegand
• Volker Winkler

Diving

Men's Springboard

• Falk Hoffmann
  • Preliminary Round — 567.78 points (→ 3rd place)
  • Final — 858.510 points (→ 4th place)
• Frank Taubert
  • Preliminary Round — 524.04 points (→ 9th place, did not advance)
• Dieter Waskow
  • Preliminary Round — 522.87 points (→ 10th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

• Falk Hoffmann
  • Preliminary Round — 546.12 points (→ 1st place)
  • Final — 835.650 points (→ Gold Medal)
• Dieter Waskow
  • Preliminary Round — 515.16 points (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 802.800 points (→ 5th place)
• Thomas Knuths
  • Preliminary Round — 521.01 points (→ 3rd place)
  • Final — 783.975 points (→ 6th place)

Women's Springboard

• Martina Pröeber
  • Preliminary Round — 450.99 points (→ 3rd place)
  • Final — 698.895 points (→ Silver Medal)
• Karin Guthke
  • Preliminary Round — 435.21 points (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 685.245 points (→ Bronze Medal)
• Martina Jäschke
  • Preliminary Round — 427.47 points (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 668.115 points (→ 5th place)

Women's Platform

• Martina Jäschke
  • Preliminary Round — 359.88 points (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 596.250 points (→ Gold Medal)
• Ramona Wenzel
  • Preliminary Round — 358.86 points (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 542.070 points (→ 4th place)
• Kerstin Krause
  • Preliminary Round — 322.68 points (→ 9th place, did not advance)

Fencing

14 fencers, 10 men and 4 women, represented East Germany in 1980.

Men's foil

• Hartmuth Behrens
• Klaus Kotzmann
• Klaus Haertter

Men's team foil

• Siegmar Gutzeit, Hartmuth Behrens, Adrian Germanus, Klaus Kotzmann, Klaus Haertter

Men's sabre

• Frank-Eberhard Höltje
• Peter Ulbrich
• Rüdiger Müller

Men's team sabre

• Rüdiger Müller, Hendrik Jung, Peter Ulbrich, Frank-Eberhard Höltje, Gerd May

Women's foil

• Mandy Niklaus
• Gabriele Janke
• Sabine Hertrampf

Women's team foil

• Mandy Niklaus, Gabriele Janke, Sabine Hertrampf, Beate Schubert

Football

PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP C)

July 20, 1980
East Germany - Spain 1-1 (0-0) Republican Stadium, Kiev

July 22, 1980
East Germany - Algeria 1-0 (0-0) Republican Stadium, Kiev

July 24, 1980
East 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) 3
4. Syria 3 0 1 2 ( 0- 8) 1

* Qualified for quarter-finals

QUARTER-FINALS

July 27, 1980
East Germany - Iraq 4-0 (4-0) Republican Stadium, Kiev

SEMI-FINALS

July 29, 1980
Soviet Union - East Germany 0-1 (0-1) Lenin Stadium, Moscow

FINAL

August 2, 1980 
Czechoslovakia - East Germany 1-0 (0-0) Loujniki Stadium, Moscow

ROSTER

Bodo Rudwaleit
Artur Ulrich
Lothar Hause
Frank Baum
Rüdiger Schnuphase
Frank Terletzki
Matthias Liebers
Wolfgang Steinbach
Jürgen Bähringer
Werner Peter
Dieter Kühn
Norbert Trieloff
Wolf-Rüdiger Netz
Frank Uhlig
Matthias Müller
Bernd Jakubowski
Andreas Trautmann

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary 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 Match
  • Final: Defeated Soviet Union (23-22) → Gold Medal
• Team Roster
  • Siegfried Voigt
  • Günter Dreibrodt
  • Peter Rost
  • Klaus Gruner
  • Hans-Georg Beyer
  • Dietmar Schmidt
  • Hartmut Krüger
  • Lothar Doering
  • Ernst Gerlach
  • Frank-Michael Wahl
  • Ingolf Wiegert
  • Wieland Schmidt
  • Rainer Höft
  • Hans-Georg Jaunich

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Frank Kühne
  • Heats — 52.93 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Frank Kühne
  • Heats — 1:53.63 (→ did not advance)
• Detlev Grabs
  • Heats — 1:53.38 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Bettina Löbel
  • Heats — 1:14.32 (→ did not advance)
• Silvia Rinka
  • Heats — 1:12.88 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Petra Schneider
  • Heats — 4:46.53
  • Final — 4:36.29 (→ Gold Medal)
• Grit Slaby
  • Heats — 4:52.01
  • Final — 4:48.54 (→ 4th place)
• Ulrike Tauber
  • Heats — 4:51.97
  • Final — 4:49.18 (→ 5th place)

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Cuba (3-1)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
  • Defeated Peru (3-2)
• Final
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → Silver Medal
• Team Roster
  • Ute Kostrzewa
  • Andrea Heim
  • Annette Schultz
  • Christine Mummhardt
  • Heike Lehmann
  • Barbara Czekalla
  • Karla Roffeis
  • Martina Schmidt
  • Anke Westendorf
  • Karin Püschel
  • Brigitte Fetzer
  • Katharina Bullin

Weightlifting

-56 kg category

• Andreas Letz
  • Snatch: 115.0 kg, Clean and jerk: 150.0 kg
  • Total: 265.0 kg (→ 4th place)

-67.5 kg category

• Joachim Kunz
  • Snatch: 145.0 kg, Clean and jerk: 190.0 kg
  • Total: 335.0 kg → Silver Medal
• Gunter Ambrass
  • Total: 320.0 kg (→ 4th place)

-90 kg category

• Frank Mantek
  • Snatch: 165.0 kg, Clean and jerk: 205.0 kg
  • Total: 370.0 kg → Bronze Medal

-100 kg category

• Michael Hennig
  • Total: 362.5 kg (→ 4th place)
• Manfred Funke
  • Total: 377.5 kg (→ 6th place)

+110 kg category

• Jürgen Heuser
  • Snatch: 182.5 kg, Clean and jerk: 227.5 kg
  • Total: 410.0 kg → Silver Medal

Wrestling

References

1. "East Germany at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
2. East Germany Canoeing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 May 2015.