East Germany at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of East Germany
IOC codeGDR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the GDR
in Lake Placid
Competitors53 (36 men, 17 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerJan Hoffmann (figure skating)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
9
Silver
7
Bronze
7
Total
23
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Germany (1928–1936, 1952, 1992–)
 United Team of Germany (1956–1964)

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 Frank Ullrich Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
 Gold Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bogdan Musiol
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt		 Bobsleigh Four-man
 Gold Barbara Petzold Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Gold Marlies Rostock
Carola Anding
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt
Barbara Petzold		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay
 Gold Anett Pötzsch Figure skating Women's singles
 Gold Bernhard Glass Luge Men's individual
 Gold Hans Rinn
Norbert Hahn		 Luge Men's doubles
 Gold Ulrich Wehling Nordic combined Men's individual
 Gold Karin Kania-Enke Speed skating Women's 500m
 Silver Frank Ullrich Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Silver Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch		 Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 Silver Bernhard Germeshausen
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt		 Bobsleigh Two-man
 Silver Jan Hoffmann Figure skating Men's singles
 Silver Melitta Sollman Luge Women's individual
 Silver Manfred Deckert Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Silver Sabine Becker Speed skating Women's 3000m
 Bronze Eberhard Rösch Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Bronze Meinhard Nehmer
Bogdan Musiol		 Bobsleigh Two-man
 Bronze Horst Schönau
Roland Wetzig
Detlef Richter
Andreas Kirchner		 Bobsleigh Four-man
 Bronze Manuela Mager
Uwe Bewersdorff		 Figure skating Pairs
 Bronze Konrad Winkler Nordic combined Men's individual
 Bronze Sylvia Albrecht Speed skating Women's 1000m
 Bronze Sabine Becker Speed skating Women's 1500m

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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 place, gold medalist(s)
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 place, bronze medalist(s)
Frank Ullrich 1'05:27.79 3 1'08:27.79 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 place, silver medalist(s)
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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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 Musioł 		Two-man 1:02.39 3 1:02.88 4 1:02.86 3 1:02.95 4 4:11.08 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 place, silver medalist(s)
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 Musioł
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt 		Four-man 59.86 1 1:00.03 1 59.73 1 1:00.30 2 3:59.92 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 place, bronze medalist(s)

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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 place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Marlies Rostock
Carola Anding
Veronika Hesse-Schmidt
Barbara Petzold 		1'02:11.10 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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 place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Anett Pötzsch 1 4 3 189.00 11 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 place, bronze medalist(s)

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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 place, gold medalist(s)
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 place, gold medalist(s)
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 place, silver medalist(s)

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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 place, gold medalist(s)
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 place, bronze medalist(s)

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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 place, silver medalist(s)
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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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 place, gold medalist(s)
1000 m Christa Luding-Rothenburger 1:29.69 18
Karin Kania-Enke 1:26.66 4
Sylvia Albrecht 1:26.46 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m Sylvia Albrecht 2:14.27 9
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 2:13.05 6
Sabine Becker 2:12.38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
3000 m Sylvia Albrecht 4:47.76 14
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich 4:37.69 4
Sabine Becker 4:32.79 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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