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.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Men's Competition
 * 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 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver Medal)

Men's 110 m Hurdles
 * Thomas Munkelt
 * Heat — 13.55
 * Semifinals — 13.49
 * Final — 13.39 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal)
 * Frank Paschek
 * Qualification — 8.17 m
 * Final — 8.21 m (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal)
 * Jörg Freimuth
 * Qualification — 2.21 m
 * Final — 2.31 m (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal)
 * Dietmar Meisch
 * Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
 * Uwe Dünkel
 * Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100 metres
 * Women's Competition
 * Marlies Göhr
 * Heat — 11.41
 * Quarterfinals — 11.12
 * Semifinals — 11.18
 * Final — 11.07 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver Medal)
 * Ingrid Auerswald
 * Heat — 11.32
 * Quarterfinals — 11.09
 * Semifinals — 11.27
 * Final — 11.14 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal)
 * Margitta Pufe
 * Final — 21.20 m (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] Bronze Medal)
 * Ines Reichenbach
 * Final — 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

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 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)
 * Mario Behrendt
 * First Round — Lost to Dumitru Cipere (Romania) on points (0–5)
 * Rudi Fink → [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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)
 * Richard Nowakowski → [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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
 * 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
 * Jürgen Fanghänel → [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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
 * 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver Medal)
 * Karin Guthke
 * Preliminary Round — 435.21 points (→ 4th place)
 * Final — 685.245 points (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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

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.

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) → [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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


 * Women's Team Competition
 * Results
 * Defeated Czechoslovakia (16–10)
 * Drew with Yugoslavia (15–15)
 * Defeated People's Rep. of Congo (28–6)
 * Defeated Hungary (19–9)
 * Lost again USSR (13–18)
 * East Germany won [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] Bronze Medal
 * Team Roster
 * Birgit Heinecke
 * Roswitha Krause
 * Waltraud Kretzschmar
 * Katrin Krüger
 * Kornelia Kunisch
 * Evelyn Matz
 * Kristina Richter
 * Christina Rost
 * Sabine Röther
 * Renate Rudolph
 * Marion Tietz
 * Petra Uhlig
 * Claudia Wunderlich
 * Hannelore Zober

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 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] 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) → [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 → [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 → [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] 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 → [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver Medal