East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics East Germany
games=1980 Summer
competitors=374
sports=
flagbearer=Kristina Richter
gold=47
silver=37
bronze=42
total=126

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

Medalists

East Germany finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 47 gold medals and 126 medals overall.

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

ilver

* 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

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

Results by event

=Athletics=

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 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 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 Decathlon
* Steffen Grummt:* Final — 7892 points (→ 8th place)

* Siegfried Stark:* Final — retired (→ no ranking)

* Rainer Pottel:* Final — retired (→ no ranking)
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)

=Diving=

Men's Springboard
*Falk Hoffmann:* Preliminary Round — 567.78 points (→ 3th 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