Athletes from East Germany (

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) competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. 346 competitors, 222 men and 124 women, took part in 167 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

;Men's Competition Men's 100 metres *

Eugen Ray Eugen Ray (26 July 1957, in Gerbstedt, Bezirk Halle, East Germany – 18 January 1986, in Leipzig, East Germany) was an East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Biography Ray established himself in the elite of world spri ...

** Heat — 10.38 ** Quarterfinals — 10.30 ** Semifinals — 10.47 (→ did not advance) *

Sören Schlegel Sören Schlegel (born 28 December 1960) is a German former sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics representing East Germany. References External links * 1960 births Living people Athletes (track a ...

** Heat — 10.44 ** Quarterfinals — 10.28 (→ did not advance) *

Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (born 16 January 1955 in Nauen, Brandenburg) is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a European Junior 100/200 metre champion in 1973. He was twice East German 100 Metres Champion, a ...

** Heat — 10.53 ** Quarterfinals — 10.54 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres *

Andreas Busse Andreas Busse (born 6 May 1959 in Dresden, Bezirk Dresden) is a former middle distance runner, who represented East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was ...

** Heat — 1:47.4 ** Semifinals — 1:46.9 ** Final — 1:46.9 (→ 5th place) *

Detlef Wagenknecht Detlef Wagenknecht (born 3 January 1959) is a German former middle-distance runner. Representing East Germany, he was a finalist in men's 800 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1982 European Athletics Championships, 1982 European Champio ...

** Heat — 1:47.5 ** Semifinals — 1:46.7 ** Final — 1:47.0 (→ 6th place) *

Olaf Beyer Olaf Beyer (born 4 August 1957 in Grimma) is a retired East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 19 ...

** Heat — 1:48.9 ** Semifinals — 1:47.6 (→ did not advance) Men's 1,500 metres *

Jürgen Straub Jürgen Straub (born November 3, 1953 in Weitersroda) is a former East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. Straub's greatest race won him a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres represent ...

** Heat — 3:37.0 ** Semifinals — 3:39.4 ** Final — 3:38.8 (→ Silver Medal) *

** Heat — 3:44.3 ** Semifinals — 3:43.5 ** Final — 3:40.2 (→ 4th place) Men's 10,000 metres *

Jörg Peter Jörg Peter (born 23 October 1955 in Dresden) is a German former long-distance runner. He held the German record over the marathon distance from 1988 till 2015. Biography Peter won bronze at the 3000 m run at the 1978 European Indoor Champio ...

** Heat — 28:50.0 ** Final — 28:05.5 (→ 6th place) *

Werner Schildhauer Werner Schildhauer (born 5 June 1959, in Dessau) is a retired German track and field athlete, who represented the former East Germany at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the 10,000 meter run and placed 7th behind his teammate Jö ...

** Heat — 28:32.1 ** Final — 28:11.0 (→ 7th place) Men's Marathon *

Waldemar Cierpinski Waldemar Cierpinski (born 3 August 1950) is a former East German athlete and two time Olympic Champion in the marathon. He lives in Halle an der Saale. Career He was born to Polish parents who had moved to Germany in 1945, in Neug ...

** 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 Frank Schaffer (born 23 October 1958 in Stalinstadt (today Eisenhüttenstadt), Bezirk Frankfurt) is an East German retired athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics ...

, and Volker Beck ** Heat — 3:03.4 ** Final — 3:01.3 (→ Silver Medal) Men's 110 m Hurdles *

Thomas Munkelt Thomas Munkelt (born 3 August 1952) is a retired East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Born in Zedtlitz, Bezirk Leipzig, East Germany, Thomas Munkelt was a classic high hurdler who dominated European hurdlin ...

** Heat — 13.55 ** Semifinals — 13.49 ** Final — 13.39 (→ Gold Medal) *

Thomas Dittrich Thomas Dittrich (born 19 August 1954) is a German hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye i ...

** Heat — 13.93 ** Semifinals — 13.90 (→ did not advance) *

Andreas Schlißke Andreas Schlißke (born 5 June 1957) is a German hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), l ...

** 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 Lutz Dombrowski (born 25 June 1959) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion. Early life Dombrowski was born in 1959 in Zwickau. Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of Dombrowski's birth was president of East Germany, wa ...

** Qualification — 8.17 m ** Final — 8.54 m (→ Gold Medal) *

Frank Paschek Frank Paschek (born 25 June 1956) is a retired East German long jumper. He was born in Bad Doberan, Bezirk Rostock, and won a silver medal for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union. His personal best jump was 8 ...

** 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 Gerd Wessig (, ; born 16 July 1959 in Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) was an East German high jumper who won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the first man ever to set a world record in the high jump at the Olympics. Early li ...

** Qualification — 2.21 m ** Final — 2.36 m (→ Gold Medal) *

Jörg Freimuth Jörg Freimuth (born 10 September 1961 in Rathenow, Bezirk Potsdam) is a retired East German high jumper. He won the bronze medal for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union with a jump of 2.31 metres. He retired ...

** Qualification — 2.21 m ** Final — 2.31 m (→ Bronze Medal) *

Henry Lauterbach Henry Lauterbach (born 22 October 1957 in Buttstädt, Bezirk Erfurt) is a retired East Germany, East German high jumper and long jumper. In the high jump he finished fourth at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics, 1978 European Championsh ...

** 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) *

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** Qualification — 59.92 m ** Final — 61.14 m (→ 11th place) *

Armin Lemme Armin Lemme (28 October 1955 – 1 August 2021) was a track and field athlete from East Germany who competed in the men's discus throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (68.50 metres) in 1982. Lemme was born in Packebusch ...

** Qualification — 59.44 m (→ did not advance, 13th place) Men's Shot Put *

Udo Beyer Udo Beyer (born 9 August 1955) is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. Beyer has admitted to knowingly taking part in doping while he competed for East Germany. He was a Stasi informer under the codename ...

** Qualification — 19.94 m ** Final — 21.06 m (→ Bronze Medal) *

Hans-Jürgen Jacobi Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (born 26 July 1950) is a German athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1950 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympi ...

** Qualification — 19.92 m ** Final — 20.32 m (→ 6th place) Men's Javelin Throw *

Wolfgang Hanisch Wolfgang Hanisch (born 6 March 1951 in Großkorbetha, Sachsen-Anhalt) was an East Germany, East German athlete who mainly competed in the javelin throw. Hanisch had a long and successful international career competing for East Germany. He medal ...

** Qualification — 85.82 m ** Final — 86.72 m (→ Bronze Medal) * Detlef Fuhrmann ** Qualification — 78.80 m ** Final — 83.50 m (→ 7th place) *

Detlef Michel Detlef Michel (born October 13, 1955 in Berlin), is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw. His most important result came when he won the World Champ ...

** 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 300px, Detlef Gerstenberg on 20 May 1984 in Karl-Marx-Stadt Detlef Gerstenberg (5 March 1957 – 24 January 1993) was a hammer thrower from East Germany, who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics for his native country. Born in Eisenhüttenstadt, ...

** Qualification — 75.04 m ** Final — 74.60 m (→ 5th place) Men's Decathlon * Steffen Grummt ** Final — 7892 points (→ 8th place) *

Siegfried Stark Siegfried Stark (born 12 June 1955 in Rehna, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a retired East Germany, East German decathlon, decathlete. He won the bronze medals at the European Championships in 1978 European Championships in Athletics, 1978 and 1982 E ...

** Final — retired (→ no ranking) * Rainer Pottel ** Final — retired (→ no ranking) Men's 20 km Walk *

Roland Wieser Roland Wieser (born 6 May 1956, in Zschopau) is an East German racewalker who won the bronze medal in the 20 kilometer walk during the 1980 Summer Olympics with a time of 1:25:59 hours. During his active career he measured 1.86 meters in height and ...

** Final — 1:25:58.2 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (20 January 1953 – 13 September 2018)Werner Heyer ** Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk * Hartwig Gauder ** Final — 3:49:24 (→ Gold Medal) *

Dietmar Meisch Dietmar Meisch (born 10 February 1959 in Weida, Bezirk Gera) is a retired East German race walker. He won the bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, finished twentieth at the 1980 Olympic Games and ninth at the 1988 Olympic Games ...

** Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) *

Uwe Dünkel Uwe Dünkel (born 3 November 1960 in Gera, East Germany) is a German former Racewalking, racewalker who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Gera People from Bezi ...

** Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) ;Women's Competition Women's 100 metres *

Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr (née Oelsner, born 21 March 1958 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former East German track and field athlete, the winner of the 100 metres at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world r ...

** Heat — 11.41 ** Quarterfinals — 11.12 ** Semifinals — 11.18 ** Final — 11.07 (→ Silver Medal) *

Ingrid Auerswald Ingrid Auerswald ( Brestrich, born 2 September 1957 in Jena, East Germany) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Biography Brestrich-Lange competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Mos ...

** Heat — 11.32 ** Quarterfinals — 11.09 ** Semifinals — 11.27 ** Final — 11.14 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Romy Müller Romy Müller ( Schneider; born 26 July 1958 in Lübbenau, Bezirk Cottbus) is an East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and for the SC Dynamo Berlin and the Sportvereinigung Dynamo. Biography She competed for East Germany in ...

** 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 Christiane Wartenberg ( Stoll, born 27 October 1956 in Prenzlau) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. She competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), or the ...

** 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 Johanna Klier ( Schaller, also known as Schaller-Klier, born 13 September 1952) is a former East German 100 metres hurdles, hurdler and Olympic gold medallist. Under her maiden name, she won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the Ath ...

** Heat — 13.03 ** Semifinal — 12.77 ** Final — 12.63 (→ Silver Medal) *

Kerstin Knabe Kerstin Knabe ( Claus, born 7 July 1959 in Oschatz, Bezirk Leipzig) is a German former athlete who ran for East Germany. She made her Olympic debut at the 1980 Games, placing 4th in the 100m hurdles. Knabe did not participate in the 1984 Olym ...

** 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 Jutta Kirst ( née Krautwurst; born 10 November 1954 in Dresden, Sachsen) is a retired female track and field athlete who competed for East Germany during her career in the women's high jump. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics held ...

** Qualification — 1.88 m ** Final — 1.94 m (→ Bronze Medal) *

Rosemarie Ackermann Rosemarie "Rosi" Ackermann (; born 4 April 1952) is a German former high jumper. On 26 August 1977 in Berlin, she became the first female high jumper to clear a height of 2 metres. Biography She was born in Lohsa, Saxony. As Rosemarie W ...

** Qualification — 1.88 m ** Final — 1.91 m (→ 4th place) *

Andrea Reichstein Andrea Reichstein or Andrea Bienias (born 11 November 1959) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She cleared 1m 91 cm and was placed sixth. She married the decathlete Gert Bienias in 1 ...

** Qualification — 1.88 m ** Final — 1.91 m (→ 6th place) Women's Discus Throw *

Evelin Jahl Evelin Jahl ( Schlaak and later Herberg, born 28 March 1956 in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony, East Germany) is a German former discus thrower, who won two Olympic gold medals representing East Germany. In 1976 she won the women's discus throwing ...

** Qualification — 60.22 m ** Final — 69.96 m (→ Gold Medal) *

Gisela Beyer Gisela Beyer (later Reißmüller, born 16 July 1960 in Stalinstadt, Bezirk Frankfurt) is a retired East German discus thrower. She finished fourth at the 1980 Summer Olympics, fourth at the 1982 European Championships and fifth at the 1983 Wo ...

** 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 Ute Hommola (born 20 January 1952 in Weißenborn, Saxony) is a former German athlete who mainly competed in the women's javelin throw event. She competed for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia Russia (, ...

** Qualification — 63.52 m ** Final — 66.56 m (→ Bronze Medal) * Ute Richter ** Qualification — 66.66 m ** Final — 66.54 m (→ 4th place) *

Ruth Fuchs Ruth Fuchs ( Gamm, later Hellmann, born 14 December 1946 in Egeln, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olymp ...

** Qualification — 64.26 m ** Final — 63.94 m (→ 8th place) Women's Shot Put *

Ilona Slupianek Ilona Longo (née Schoknecht, divorced Briesenick and Slupianek; born 24 September 1956) is a German former shot putter who represented East Germany. As Ilona Slupianek, she won the 1980 Olympic title in Moscow and won European titles in 1978 and ...

** Final — 22.41 m (→ Gold Medal) * Margitta Pufe ** Final — 21.20 m (→ Bronze Medal) *

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** Final — 19.66 m (→ 8th place) Women's Pentathlon *

Ramona Neubert Ramona Neubert ( Göhler, later Raulf, born 26 July 1958 in Pirna, Bezirk Dresden) is a former heptathlete from East Germany. Her biggest triumph was winning the world title at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. She bro ...

— 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 Burglinde Pollak (later Grimm, born 10 June 1951) is a retired German pentathlete. She won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished sixth in 1980. At the European championships she won three silver medals, in 1971, 1974 and 1978. ...

— 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 Dietmar Geilich is an East German Olympic boxer. He represented his country in the light-flyweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1980 Summer Olympics. He lost his first match against Armando Guevara Ramón Armando G ...

*# 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 Shamil Altaevich Sabirov (russian: Шамиль Алтаевич Сабиров; born 4 April 1959) is a retired Russian light-flyweight boxer. He won gold medals at the 1979 European Championships and 1980 Olympics, becoming the only boxing cha ...

(Soviet Union) on points (1–4)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Mario Behrendt *# First Round — Lost to

Dumitru Cipere Dumitru Cipere (born 22 October 1957) is a retired bantamweight boxer from Romania who won bronze medals at the 1980 Olympics and 1981 European Championships. Cipere also won three national senior titles. He took up boxing aged 12 at CSM Severi ...

(Romania) on points (0–5)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) *

Rudi Fink Rudi Fink (born 6 June 1958) is a retired boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division (−57 kg) for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Biography Fink took up boxing at the age of nine. He won the national title in ...

→ Gold Medal *# First Round — Defeated Hannu Kaislama (Finland) on points (5–0) *# Second Round — Defeated

Esmail Mohamad Esmail Mohammad (born 4 September 1960) is a former Afghanistan boxer, who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in the featherweight event. 1980 Olympic results Below is the record of Esmail Mohammad, an Afghani featherweight boxer who compet ...

(Afghanistan) after knock-out in first round *# Third Round — Defeated Carlos González (Mexico) after knock-out in first round *# Quarter Finals — Defeated

Winfred Kabunda Winfred Kabunda is a Zambian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially ...

(Zambia) on points (4–1) *# Semi Finals — Defeated

Viktor Rybakov Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Рыбаков) (born May 28, 1956 in Magadan) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an Olympian. He ...

(Soviet Union) on points (4–1) *# Final — Defeated Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (4–1)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) *

Richard Nowakowski Richard Nowakowski (born 27 September 1955 in Sztum, Poland) is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he ...

→ Bronze Medal *# First Round — Defeated

Christopher Ossai Christopher Ossai (born 1 April 1957) is a Nigerian boxer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, both times in the lightweight class.Geofrey Nyeko Geofrey Nyeko (born 2 February 1959) is a Ugandan boxer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he lost to Richard Nowakowski Richard Nowakowski (born 27 September 1955 in Sztum, ...

(Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round *# Quarter Finals — Defeated

George Gilbody George Gilbody (born 1 January 1955) is a British boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Lightweight, men's lightweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Gilbody was the National Champion in 1974 after winning ...

(Great Britain) on points (5–0) *# Semi Finals — Lost to

Viktor Demyanenko Viktor Leonidovich Demyanenko (russian: Виктор Леонидович Демьяненко) (born August 26, 1958 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet U ...

(Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) * Dietmar Schwarz *# First Round — Defeated

Teddy Makofi Teddy Makofi is a Zambian boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight, men's light welterweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References

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(Zambia) on points (5–0) *# Second Round — Lost to

José Angel Molina José Angel Molina (born October 19, 1958) is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the men's light-middleweight division (– 71 kg) during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He represented his native country at the 1980 S ...

(Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) *

Jürgen Fanghänel Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1 August 1951) is a retired East German amateur boxer, who competed in 1970s and 1980s. Career Fanghänel won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The ...

→ 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 Pyotr Ivanovich Zayev (russian: Пётр Иванович Заев; 26 July 1953 − 29 November 2014) was a Russian heavyweight boxer who won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, losing the final to Teófilo Stevenson.

(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
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Cycling

Thirteen cyclists represented East Germany in 1980. ; Individual road race * Thomas Barth * Andreas Petermann * Olaf Ludwig * Bernd Drogan ;

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

* Falk Boden * Bernd Drogan * Olaf Ludwig * Hans-Joachim Hartnick ; Sprint * Lutz Heßlich ; 1000m time trial *

Lothar Thoms Lothar Thoms (18 May 1956 – 5 November 2017) was a track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new ...

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Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

Harald Wolf Harald Wolf (7 November 1955) is a German former cyclist. He competed in the individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It i ...

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Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Gerald Mortag *

Uwe Unterwalder Uwe Unterwalder (born 15 July 1950) is a retired East German track cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m individual and team pursuit. In these disciplines he won two silver medal at the 1972 and 1980 Summer Olympics, as well as s ...

* Matthias Wiegand * Volker Winkler

Diving

Men's Springboard *

Falk Hoffmann Falk Hoffmann (born 29 August 1952 in Chemnitz) is a retired diver from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the men's 10 m platform event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He competed in three consecut ...

** Preliminary Round — 567.78 points (→ 3rd place) ** Final — 858.510 points (→ 4th place) *

Frank Taubert Frank Taubert (born 10 March 1956) is a German diving (sport), diver. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. References

1956 births Living people German male divers Olympic divers for East Germany Divers ...

** 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 *

** 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 Martina Proeber (born 4 January 1963) is a German diver. She won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 3 metre springboard event. References 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Rostock German female divers Olympi ...

** Preliminary Round — 450.99 points (→ 3rd place) ** Final — 698.895 points (→ Silver Medal) *

Karin Guthke Karin Guthke (born 23 November 1956) is a German diver. She won a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 3 metre springboard event. She also participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The Intern ...

** Preliminary Round — 435.21 points (→ 4th place) ** Final — 685.245 points (→ Bronze Medal) *

Martina Jäschke Martina Jäschke (later Scheidewig then Fülle; born 6 May 1960 in Merseburg) is a German diver and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Mo ...

** Preliminary Round — 427.47 points (→ 6th place) ** Final — 668.115 points (→ 5th place) Women's Platform *

** Preliminary Round — 359.88 points (→ 4th place) ** Final — 596.250 points (→ Gold Medal) *

Ramona Wenzel Ramona Wenzel (born 25 January 1963) is a German diver. She competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1963 births Living people German female divers Olympic divers of ...

** 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 Klaus Haertter (born 22 July 1952) is a German fencer. He competed for East Germany at the 1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – ...

; Men's team foil * Siegmar Gutzeit, Hartmuth Behrens, Adrian Germanus, Klaus Kotzmann,

; Men's sabre *

Frank-Eberhard Höltje Frank-Eberhard Höltje (born 21 August 1953) is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light ...

* Peter Ulbrich *

Rüdiger Müller Rüdiger Müller (born 13 February 1955) is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cava ...

; Men's team sabre *

Hendrik Jung Hendrik Jung (born 18 September 1956) is a German fencing, fencer. He competed in the team sabre (fencing), sabre event for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References

1956 births Living people German male fencers Olympic fencer ...

, Peter Ulbrich,

Gerd May Gerd May (born 3 June 1953) is a German fencer. He competed in the team sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and ...

; Women's foil * Mandy Niklaus *

Gabriele Janke Gabriele Janke (born 23 February 1956) is a German fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Met ...

Sabine Hertrampf Sabine Hertrampf (born 3 January 1955) is a German fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Me ...

; Women's team foil * Mandy Niklaus,

, Beate Schubert

Football

Preliminary round

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Bracket

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

;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 Klaus Gruner (born 22 August 1952 in Frankenhausen, Crimmitschau) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Le ...

Hans-Georg Beyer Hans-Georg Beyer (born 3 September 1956 in Eisenhüttenstadt) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played five matc ...

Dietmar Schmidt Dietmar Schmidt (born 29 April 1952 in Zwickau) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ...

Hartmut Krüger Hartmut Krüger (born 8 May 1953 in Güsen, Elbe-Parey) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olim ...

** Lothar Doering ** Ernst Gerlach **

Frank-Michael Wahl Frank-Michael Wahl (born 24 August 1956 in Rostock) is a former German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1980 he was a member of the East German handba ...

Ingolf Wiegert Ingolf Wiegert (born 3 November 1957 in Magdeburg) is a former East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on ...

Wieland Schmidt Wieland Schmidt (born 23 December 1953 in Magdeburg-Ottersleben) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the ...

Rainer Höft Rainer Höft (born 3 April 1956 in Berlin) is a former East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 Octob ...

Hans-Georg Jaunich Hans-Georg Jaunich (born 18 October 1951 in Schwaan) is a former East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation ...

;Women's Team Competition *Results ** Defeated Czechoslovakia (16–10) ** Drew with Yugoslavia (15–15) ** Defeated People's Rep. of Congo (28–6) ** Defeated Hungary (19–9) ** Lost again USSR (13–18) *East Germany won Bronze Medal *Team Roster ** Birgit Heinecke **

Roswitha Krause Roswitha Krause (born 3 November 1949) is a retired German freestyle swimmer and team handball player. She is the first woman to win Summer Olympic medals in two different sports. Krause won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico ...

Waltraud Kretzschmar Waltraud Kretzschmar ( Hermann then Czelake, 1 February 1948 in Kloster Lehnin – 7 February 2018) was an East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the 1970s, she was considered ...

Katrin Krüger Katrin Krüger (later Mietzner, born 10 April 1959 in Groß Schönebeck, Bezirk Frankfurt) is a former East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a ...

** Kornelia Kunisch ** Evelyn Matz **

Kristina Richter Kristina Richter ( Hochmuth, born 24 October 1946) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976 she won a silver medal with the East German team. She played al ...

** Christina Rost **

Sabine Röther Sabine Röther (later Kirschke, born 17 June 1957) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyski ...

** Renate Rudolph ** Marion Tietz ** Petra Uhlig ** Claudia Wunderlich ** Hannelore Zober

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle *

Frank Kühne Frank Kühne (born 14 December 1961) is a German Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics, four events at the 1980 Summer Olympics for East Germany. References External links

* 1961 births Livin ...

** Heats — 52.93 (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle *

* 1961 births Livin ...

** Heats — 1:53.63 (→ did not advance) *

Detlev Grabs Detlev Grabs (born 29 October 1960) is a German researcher in anatomy and cell biology and a retired East German swimmer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay; he failed to reach the ...

** Heats — 1:53.38 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Breaststroke *

Bettina Löbel Bettina Löbel (born 29 November 1962) is a retired German swimmer who competed for East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed f ...

** Heats — 1:14.32 (→ did not advance) * Silvia Rinka ** Heats — 1:12.88 (→ did not advance) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *

Petra Schneider Petra Schneider (born 11 January 1963 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz) is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer ...

** Heats — 4:46.53 ** Final — 4:36.29 (→ Gold Medal) *

Grit Slaby Grit Slaby (born 18 May 1965) is a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics for East Germany. References External links * 1965 births Living people German female swimmers O ...

** Heats — 4:52.01 ** Final — 4:48.54 (→ 4th place) *

Ulrike Tauber Ulrike Tauber (born 16 June 1958) is a retired Medley swimming, medley and Butterfly stroke, butterfly Swimming (sport), swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in ...

** 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 Annette Schultz (later Klatt, born 1 September 1957) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Schultz was born in Jena. In 1980, Schultz was part of the East German team that won the silv ...

Christine Mummhardt Christine Mummhardt ( Walther, born 27 December 1951) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Mummhardt was born in Dresden in 1951. In 1976, Mummhardt w ...

** Heike Lehmann ** Barbara Czekalla **

Karla Roffeis Karla Roffeis (later Mügge, born 4 July 1958 in Crivitz, Bezirk Schwerin) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on ...

** Martina Schmidt **

Anke Westendorf Anke Westendorf (later Maukel, born 26 February 1954) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was born in Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low ...

** Karin Püschel ** Brigitte Fetzer **

Katharina Bullin Katharina Bullin (born 2 March 1959) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that ex ...

Weightlifting

-56 kg category *

Andreas Letz Andreas Letz (born 5 June 1962 in Sömmerda, Bezirk Erfurt) is a German weightlifter. He competed in the 56 kg and 60 kg categories, and set two world records in the clean and jerk, and one in the total. Competing for ...

** 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 Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States People Surname * Chris Gunter ( ...

** Total: 320.0 kg (→ 4th place) -90 kg category *

Frank Mantek Frank Mantek (born 20 January 1959) is a German weightlifting coach and a retired weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the middle-heavyweight (under 90 kg) category, which also qualified as a bronze medal at wo ...

** Snatch: 165.0 kg, Clean and jerk: 205.0 kg ** Total: 370.0 kg → Bronze Medal -100 kg category *

Michael Hennig Michael Hennig (born 14 July 1955) is a German weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ...

** Total: 362.5 kg (→ 4th place) * Manfred Funke ** Total: 377.5 kg (→ 6th place) +110 kg category *

Jürgen Heuser Jürgen Heuser (born 13 March 1953 in Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German weightlifter. In 1978, participating for the German Democratic Republic, he won the World Championship in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. At the 1980 Summer Olymp ...

** Snatch: 182.5 kg, Clean and jerk: 227.5 kg ** Total: 410.0 kg → Silver Medal

Wrestling

References

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