From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

East Germany at the Olympic Games
Flag of the German Democratic Republic IOC code  GDR NOC Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Ostdeutschland
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	374
Flag bearer	Kristina Richter (opening), Waldemar Cierpinski (closing)
Medals Rank: 2	Gold 47	Silver 37	Bronze 42	Total 126
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988
Winter Games
1952 • 1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 *With FRG as the Unified Team of Germany
Other related appearances
Germany (1896–1936, 1992–)

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.1.1 Men's Competition 2.1.2 Women's Competition 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Diving 2.4 Football 2.5 Handball 2.5.1 Men's Team Competition 2.6 Swimming 2.7 Volleyball 2.7.1 Women's Team Competition 2.8 Weightlifting

Medalists

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Gold

• Thomas Munkelt — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles

• Waldemar Cierpinski — Athletics, Men's Marathon

• Volker Beck — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles

• Hartwig Gauder — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk

• Gerd Wessig — Athletics, Men's High Jump

• Lutz Dombrowski — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

• Bärbel Wöckel-Eckert — Athletics, Women's 200 metres

• Marita Koch — Athletics, Women's 400 metres

• Bärbel Wöckel-Eckert, Marlies Göhr, Ingrid Lange, and Romy Müller — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay

• Ilona Slupianek — Athletics, Women's Shot Put

• Evelin Jahl-Schlaak — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw

• Rudi Fink — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

• Rüdiger Helm — Canoeing, Men's K-1 1000 metres

• Rüdiger Helm, Bernd Olbricht, Harald Marg, and Bernd Duvigneau — Canoeing, Men's K-4 1000 metres

• Birgit Fischer — Canoeing, Women's K-1 500 metres

• Carsta Genäuss-Kühn, Martina Bischof — Canoeing, Women's K-2 500 metres

• Lothar Thoms — Cycling, Men's 1000m Individual Time Trial

• Lutz Heßlich — Cycling, Men's Sprint

• Falk Hoffmann — Diving, Men's 10m Platform

• Martina Jäschke — Diving, Women's 10m Platform

Silver

• Jürgen Straub — Athletics, Men's 1.500 metres

• Klaus Thiele, Volker Beck, Andreas Knebel, and Frank Schaffer — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay

• Frank Paschek — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

• Marlies Göhr — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Christiane Wartenberg — Athletics, Women's 1.500 metres

• Johanna Klier — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles

• Gabriele Löwe, Marita Koch, Barbara Krug, and Christina Lathan-Brehmer — Athletics, Women's 4x400m Relay Women

• Brigitte Wujak — Athletics, Women's Long Jump

• Joachim Kunz — Weightlifting, -67.5 kg

• Jürgen Heuser — Weightlifting, +110 kg

Bronze

• Frank Schaffer — Athletics, Men's 400 metres

• Roland Wieser — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

• Jörg Freimuth — Athletics, Men's High Jump

• Udo Beyer — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

• Wolfgang Hanisch — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

• Ingrid Lange-Auerswald — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Christina Lathan — Athletics, Women's 400 metres

• Jutta Kirst — Athletics, Women's High Jump

• Margitta Pufe — Athletics, Women's Shot Put

• Ute Hommola — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

• Richard Nowakowski — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

• Karl-Heinz Krüger — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

• Detlef Kästner — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

• Herbert Bauch — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

• Jürgen Fanghänel — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

• Olaf Heukrodt — Canoeing, Men's C-1 500 metres

• Frank Mantek — Weightlifting, -90 kg

Results by event

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)

• Joachim Truppel

• Final — 2:14:55 (→ 11th place)

• Jörgen 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
• Semifnals — 1:58.1
• Final — 1:56.3 (→ 4th place)

• Hildegard Ullrich

• Heat — 2:00.1
• Semifnals — 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)

• Bettina 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)

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)

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

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

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

Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union Africa Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Cameroon • Congo • Ethiopia • Guinea • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Mali • Mozambique • Nigeria • Sierra Leone • Senegal • Seychelles • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe America Brazil • Colombia • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Guatemala • Guyana • Jamaica • Mexico • Nicaragua • Peru • Puerto Rico • Trinidad‑Tobago • Venezuela Asia Afghanistan • Burma • India • Iraq • Jordan • North Korea • Kuwait • Laos • Lebanon • Mongolia • Nepal • Sri Lanka • Syria • Vietnam Europe Andorra • Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Finland • France • East Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Luxembourg • Malta • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Romania • San Marino • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Yugoslavia Oceania Australia • New Zealand