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.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Men's marathon Athletics Men's 110 m Hurdles Athletics Men's 400 m Hurdles Athletics Men's 50km Walk Athletics Men's High Jump Athletics Men's Long Jump Athletics Women's 200 m Athletics Women's 400 m Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m Relay Athletics Women's Shot Put Athletics Women's Discus Boxing Men's Featherweight Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 m Canoeing Women's K-1 500 m Canoeing Women's K-2 500 m Cycling Men's 1000 m Individual Time Trial Cycling Men's Sprint Diving Men's 10 m Platform Diving Women's 10 m Platform Gymnastics Men's Floor Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars East Germany Men's National Handball Team Handball Men's Tournament Judo Men's Open Rowing Men's Double Sculls Rowing Men's Quadruple Sculls Rowing Men's Coxless Pairs Rowing Men's Coxed Pairs Rowing Men's Coxless Fours Rowing Men's Coxed Fours Rowing Men's Eights Rowing Women's Quadruple Sculls Rowing Women's Coxless Pairs Rowing Women's Coxed Fours Rowing Women's Eights Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 200 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 400 m Individual Medley Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke Swimming Women's 200 m Backstroke Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly Swimming Women's 200 m Butterfly Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Athletics Men's 1500 m Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Athletics Men's Long Jump Athletics Women's 100 m Athletics Women's 1500 m Athletics Women's 100 m Hurdles Athletics Women's 4 × 400 m Relay Athletics Women's Long Jump Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Cycling Men's Team Pursuit Cycling Men's Team Time Trial Diving Women's 3 m Springboard East Germany national football team Football Men's Tournament Gymnastics Men's Team All-Around Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Gymnastics Women's Vault Rowing Women's Double Sculls Sailing 470 Shooting Men's 50 m Pistol Shooting Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Shooting Men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions Shooting Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Shooting Men's 50 m Running Target Swimming Men's 100 m Butterfly Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 200 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 800 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke Swimming Women's 200 m Backstroke Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly Swimming Women's 200 m Butterfly East Germany women's national volleyball team Volleyball Women's Tournament Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg Weightlifting Men's +110 kg Athletics Men's 400 m Athletics Men's 20km Walk Athletics Men's High Jump Athletics Men's Shot Put Athletics Men's Javelin Athletics Women's 100 m Athletics Women's 400 m Athletics Women's High Jump Athletics Women's Shot Put Athletics Women's Javelin Boxing Men's Lightweight Boxing Men's Welterweight Boxing Men's Light Middleweight Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight Boxing Men's Heavyweight Canoeing Men's C-1 500 m Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m Canoeing Men's K-2 500 m Diving Women's 3 m Springboard Gymnastics Men's Pommel Horse Gymnastics Men's Vault Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars Gymnastics Women's Floor East Germany Women's National Handball Team Handball Women's Tournament Judo Men's 71 kg Judo Men's 78 kg Judo Men's 86 kg Judo Men's 95 kg Rowing Men's Single Sculls Rowing Women's Single Sculls Shooting Men's Trap Swimming Men's 200 m Butterfly Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 200 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 800 m Freestyle Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke Swimming Women's 200 m Backstroke Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly Weightlifting Men's 90 kg Wrestling Men's Freestyle 90kg
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 4 × 400 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) 100 metres — 13.93 s Shot Put — 13.68 m High Jump — 1.77 m Long Jump — 6.63 m 800 metres — 2:07.70 Burglinde Pollak — 4553 points (→ 6th place) 100 metres — 13.74 s Shot Put — 16.67 m High Jump — 1.68 m Long Jump — 5.93 m 800 metres — 2:14.40 Christine Laser — 1712 points (→ no ranking) 100 metres — 13.67 s Shot Put — 13.39 m 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.East Germany Canoeing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games . Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 May 2015.