East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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)
• 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)
• 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
  • 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)
• 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)

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 (→ 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

• 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

Football

Preliminary round

Source: July 20, 1980
12:00Republican Stadium, KyivAttendance: 100,000Referee: Ulf Eriksson July 22, 1980
12:00Republican Stadium, KyivAttendance: 70,000Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho July 24, 1980
12:00Republican Stadium, KyivAttendance: 80,000Referee: Ulf Eriksson

Bracket

July 27, 1980
12:00Republican Stadium, KyivAttendance: 48,000Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho July 29, 1980
12:00Lenin Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 95,000Referee: Ulf Eriksson August 2, 1980
12:00Lenin Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 70,000Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

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

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
• 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

Wrestling