East Germany at the 1980 Winter Olympics

East Germany at the Olympic Games

Flag of the German Democratic Republic
IOC code  GDR
NOC National Olympic Committee of the GDR
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
Competitors 53 (36 men, 17 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Jan Hoffmann (figure skating)
Medals
Rank: 2		 Gold
9		 Silver
7		 Bronze
7		 Total
23
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East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

East Germany finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 9 gold medals and 23 medals overall.

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ullrich, FrankFrank Ullrich Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
 Gold Nehmer, MeinhardMeinhard Nehmer
Germeshausen, BernhardBernhard Germeshausen
Musiol, BogdanBogdan Musiol
Gerhardt, Hans-JürgenHans-Jürgen Gerhardt 		Bobsleigh Four-man
 Gold Petzold, BarbaraBarbara Petzold Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Gold Rostock, MarliesMarlies Rostock
Anding, CarolaCarola Anding
Hesse-Schmidt, VeronikaVeronika Hesse-Schmidt
Petzold, BarbaraBarbara Petzold 		Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay
 Gold Pötzsch, AnettAnett Pötzsch Figure skating Women's singles
 Gold Glass, BernhardBernhard Glass Luge Men's individual
 Gold Rinn, HansHans Rinn
Hahn, NorbertNorbert Hahn 		Luge Men's doubles
 Gold Wehling, UlrichUlrich Wehling Nordic combined Men's individual
 Gold Kania-Enke, KarinKarin Kania-Enke Speed skating Women's 500m
 Silver Ullrich, FrankFrank Ullrich Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Silver Jung, MathiasMathias Jung
Siebert, KlausKlaus Siebert
Ullrich, FrankFrank Ullrich
Rösch, EberhardEberhard Rösch 		Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 Silver Germeshausen, BernhardBernhard Germeshausen
Gerhardt, Hans-JürgenHans-Jürgen Gerhardt 		Bobsleigh Two-man
 Silver Hoffmann, JanJan Hoffmann Figure skating Men's singles
 Silver Sollman, MelittaMelitta Sollman Luge Women's individual
 Silver Deckert, ManfredManfred Deckert Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Silver Becker, SabineSabine Becker Speed skating Women's 3000m
 Bronze Rösch, EberhardEberhard Rösch Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Bronze Nehmer, MeinhardMeinhard Nehmer
Musiol, BogdanBogdan Musiol 		Bobsleigh Two-man
 Bronze Schönau, HorstHorst Schönau
Wetzig, RolandRoland Wetzig
Richter, DetlefDetlef Richter
Kirchner, AndreasAndreas Kirchner 		Bobsleigh Four-man
 Bronze Mager, ManuelaManuela Mager
Bewersdorff, UweUwe Bewersdorff 		Figure skating Pairs
 Bronze Winkler, KonradKonrad Winkler Nordic combined Men's individual
 Bronze Albrecht, SylviaSylvia Albrecht Speed skating Women's 1000m
 Bronze Becker, SabineSabine Becker Speed skating Women's 1500m

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Mathias Jung 4 35:50.36 21
Klaus Siebert 2 33:32.76 4
Frank Ullrich 2 32:10.69 1st
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Klaus Siebert 1'07:48.71 6 1'13:48.71 15
Eberhard Rösch 1'09:11.73 2 1'11:11.73 3rd
Frank Ullrich 1'05:27.79 3 1'08:27.79 2nd
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch		 3 1'34:56.99 2nd
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GDR-1 Meinhard Nehmer
Bogdan Musiol		 Two-man 1:02.39 3 1:02.88 4 1:02.86 3 1:02.95 4 4:11.08 3rd
GDR-2 Bernhard Germeshausen
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt		 Two-man 1:02.58 4 1:02.48 1 1:03.31 9 1:02.56 2 4:10.93 2nd
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GDR-1 Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bogdan Musiol
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt		 Four-man 59.86 1 1:00.03 1 59.73 1 1:00.30 2 3:59.92 1st
GDR-2 Horst Schönau
Roland Wetzig
Detlef Richter
Andreas Kirchner		 Four-man 1:00.24 2 1:00.35 2 1:00.04 3 1:00.34 3 4:00.97 3rd

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Alf-Gerd Deckert 45:00.40 37
30 km Alf-Gerd Deckert 1'30:05.17 9
50 km Alf-Gerd Deckert 2'38:13.53 26
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Ute Nesstler 15:53.38 16
Marlies Rostock 15:36.28 9
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt 15:31.83 7
Barbara Petzold 15:23.62 4
10 km Carola Anding 31:45.82 12
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt 31:29.14 8
Marlies Rostock 31:28.79 7
Barbara Petzold 30:31.54 1st
Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Marlies Rostock
Carola Anding
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt
Barbara Petzold		 1'02:11.10 1st

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Hermann Schulz 9 9 13 166.70 98 11
Jan Hoffmann 1 2 2 189.72 15 2nd
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Anett Pötzsch 1 4 3 189.00 11 1st
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Sabine Baeß
Tassilo Thierbach		 6 6 136.00 53 6
Manuela Mager
Uwe Bewersdorff		 4 3 140.52 33 3rd

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hans Rinn 43.802 6 1:24.301 26 DNF – – – DNF –
Bernhard Glass 43.609 4 43.780 2 43.925 3 43.482 1 2:54.796 1st
Dettlef Günther 43.199 1 43.555 1 46.879 23 43.530 2 2:57.163 4

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hans Rinn
Norbert Hahn		 39.303 1 40.028 2 1:19.331 1st
Bernd Hahn
Ulli Hahn		 39.972 8 39.942 1 1:19.914 4
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Margit Schumann 39.611 7 39.715 6 39.567 4 39.262 2 2:38.255 6
Ilona Brand 39.393 4 39.506 4 39.700 6 39.516 6 2:38.115 5
Melitta Sollman 39.289 2 39.640 5 39.360 2 39.368 3 2:37.657 2nd

Nordic combined

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Uwe Dotzauer Individual 80.5 81.0 217.6 4 49:52.4 200.815 13 418.415 5
Ulrich Wehling 80.0 85.0 227.2 1 49:24.5 205.000 9 432.200 1st
Gunter Schmieder 79.0 80.0 201.7 11 49:42.0 202.375 11 404.075 8
Konrad Winkler 81.0 83.5 214.5 5 48:45.7 210.820 8 425.320 3rd

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Henry Glaß Normal hill 81.0 114.8 81.5 116.6 231.4 15
Martin Weber 83.0 118.5 83.5 118.3 236.8 11
Jochen Danneberg 83.5 118.8 77.0 103.9 222.7 20
Manfred Deckert 85.0 121.7 88.0 127.5 249.2 2nd
Harald Duschek Large hill 95.5 98.9 95.0 99.7 198.6 33
Henry Glaß 98.5 105.6 110.5 126.4 232.0 11
Manfred Deckert 102.0 111.0 100.0 108.2 219.2 20
Klaus Ostwald 107.0 119.0 98.5 106.1 225.1 15

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Andreas Dietel 39.21 13
Steffen Doering 39.06 11
1000 m Steffen Doering 1:21.19 26
Andreas Dietel 1:17.71 7
1500 m Andreas Ehrig 1:59.47 9
Andreas Dietel 1:57.14 4
5000 m Andreas Ehrig 7:14.56 10
10,000 m Andreas Dietel 15:15.03 15
Andreas Ehrig 14:51.94 8
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Christa Luding-Rothenburger 43.60 12
Cornelia Jacob 42.98 6
Karin Kania-Enke 41.78 OR 1st
1000 m Christa Luding-Rothenburger 1:29.69 18
Karin Kania-Enke 1:26.66 4
Sylvia Albrecht 1:26.46 3rd
1500 m Sylvia Albrecht 2:14.27 9
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 2:13.05 6
Sabine Becker 2:12.38 3rd
3000 m Sylvia Albrecht 4:47.76 14
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 4:37.69 4
Sabine Becker 4:32.79 2nd

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