East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics
| East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GDR |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the GDR |
| in Moscow, Soviet Union 19 July–3 August 1980 | |
| Competitors | 346 (222 men, 124 women) in 17 sports |
| Flag bearers | Kristina Richter (opening), Waldemar Cierpinski (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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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
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)
- Final — 2:11:03 (→
- 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)
- Final — 1:25:58.2 (→
- 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)
- Final — 3:49:24 (→
- 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)
- Final — 22.41 m (→
- Margitta Pufe
- Final — 21.20 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Final — 21.20 m (→
- 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)
- 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)
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 | — | — | 1:54.38 | 
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| Eckhard Leue | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:04.09 | 2 QF | — | — | 4:15.02 |
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| Olaf Heukrodt Uwe Madeja |
Men's C-2 1000 m | 3:47.43 | 4 QS | 3:54.99 | 1 QF | 3:49.93 | 
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| 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 | — | — | 1:57.96 | 
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| Rüdiger Helm | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:45.20 | 1 QF | 3:52.04 | 1 QF | 3:48.77 |
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| Rüdiger Helm Bernd Olbricht |
Men's K-2 500 m | 1:35.36 | 1 QF | 1:35.88 | 1 QF | 1:34.00 |
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| Carsta Genäuß Martina Bischof |
Women's K-2 500 m | 1:46.95 | 1 QF | — | — | 1:43.88 |
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| 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 | — | — | 3:13.76 |
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Cycling
Thirteen cyclists represented East Germany in 1980.
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.
Football
Preliminary round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 East Germany
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
 Algeria
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
 Spain
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Syria
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
| East Germany | 1–1 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
Kühn  49' |
Report | Marcos 50' |
| East Germany | 1–0 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
| Terletzki 61' |
Report |
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| July 27 - Moscow | ||||||||||
 Soviet Union | 2 | |||||||||
| July 29 - Moscow | ||||||||||
 Kuwait | 1 | |||||||||
| East Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| July 27 - Kyiv | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 0 | |||||||||
| East Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| August 2 - Moscow | ||||||||||
 Iraq | 0 | |||||||||
 Czechoslovakia | 1 | |||||||||
| July 27 - Leningrad | ||||||||||
| East Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | |||||||||
| July 29 - Moscow | ||||||||||
 Cuba | 0 | |||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | |||||||||
| July 27 - Minsk | ||||||||||
 Yugoslavia | 0 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 3 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||||||||
| East Germany | 4–0 | Iraq |
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| Schnuphase 4' (p.k.) Netz 11' Steinbach 17' Terletzki 22' |
Report |
| Soviet Union | 0–1 | East Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Netz 16' |
| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | East Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Svoboda 77' |
Report |
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.
| GK | 1 | Bodo Rudwaleit |
| LB | 2 | Artur Ullrich |
| CB | 3 | Lothar Hause |
| LM | 5 | Frank Baum |
| RM | 6 | Rüdiger Schnuphase |
| CM | 7 | Frank Terletzki |
| CM | 8 | Wolfgang Steinbach |
| CF | 11 | Dieter Kühn |
| CB | 12 | Norbert Trieloff |
| RB | 13 | Matthias Müller |
| MF | 14 | Matthias Liebers |
| CF | 17 | Wolf-Rüdiger Netz |
| ? | ? | Jürgen Bähringer |
| ? | ? | Werner Peter |
| ? | ? | Frank Uhlig |
| ? | ? | Bernd Jakubowski |
| ? | ? | Andreas Trautmann |
| Manager: | ||
| Rudolf Krause
| ||
Gymnastics
Handball
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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
- Lost to Soviet Union (1–3) →
- Team Roster
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
- ^ "East Germany at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ East Germany Canoeing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games Archived 23 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 May 2015.