East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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

Medalists

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 50km 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

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 20km 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

• 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