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East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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.

Medalists

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

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

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

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

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

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

Women's Pentathlon

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

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

<br> Men's Bantamweight (– 54&nbsp;kg)

<br> Men's Featherweight (– 57&nbsp;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)

<br> Men's Lightweight (– 60&nbsp;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

<br> Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5&nbsp;kg)

<br> Men's Heavyweight (+ 81&nbsp;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)

Canoeing

East Germany was represented by 13 canoeists, 10 men and 3 women.

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists represented East Germany in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000 m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

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 Proeber
  • 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
Men's team foil
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Preliminary round

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Bracket

The final was played in a hard rain for the third straight Olympics. Both teams played with ten players after the 58th minute after one player from each team was red-carded.

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition
Women's Team Competition

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

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

Weightlifting

-56&nbsp;kg category

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

-67.5&nbsp;kg category

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

-90&nbsp;kg category

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

-100&nbsp;kg category

+110&nbsp;kg category

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

Wrestling

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