East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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East Germany at the Olympic Games

Flag of the German Democratic Republic
IOC code:   GDR
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Flag Bearer Kristina Richter
Medals Gold
47		 Silver
37		 Bronze
42		 Total
126
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988

*With FRG as the United Team of Germany
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1956* • 1960* • 1964* • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988

*With FRG as the United Team of Germany

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

Contents

[edit] Medals

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

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[edit] Gold

  • Bärbel Wöckel-Eckert — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
  • Evelin Jahl-Schlaak — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

  • Ingrid Lange-Auerswald — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:11:03 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Joachim Truppel
  • Final — 2:14:55 (→ 11th place)
  • Jörgen Eberding
  • Final — 2:18:04 (→ 21st 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)


[edit] 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


[edit] Handball

[edit] 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


[edit] 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)


[edit] Volleyball

[edit] 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


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