East Germany at the 1980 Winter Olympics

East Germany at the
1980 Winter Olympics

IOC code

GDR

NOC

National Olympic Committee of the GDR

in Lake Placid

Competitors

53 (36 men, 17 women) in 8 sports

Flag bearer

Jan Hoffmann (figure skating)

Medals
Ranked 2nd

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
9	7	7	23

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

Germany (1896–1936, 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
01 ! Gold	Ullrich, FrankFrank Ullrich	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
01 ! Gold	Nehmer, MeinhardMeinhard Nehmer Germeshausen, BernhardBernhard Germeshausen Musiol, BogdanBogdan Musiol Gerhardt, Hans-JürgenHans-Jürgen Gerhardt	Bobsleigh	Four-man
01 ! Gold	Petzold, BarbaraBarbara Petzold	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
01 ! Gold	Rostock, MarliesMarlies Rostock Anding, CarolaCarola Anding Hesse-Schmidt, VeronikaVeronika Hesse-Schmidt Petzold, BarbaraBarbara Petzold	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
01 ! Gold	Pötzsch, AnettAnett Pötzsch	Figure skating	Women's singles
01 ! Gold	Glass, BernhardBernhard Glass	Luge	Men's individual
01 ! Gold	Rinn, HansHans Rinn Hahn, NorbertNorbert Hahn	Luge	Men's doubles
01 ! Gold	Wehling, UlrichUlrich Wehling	Nordic combined	Men's individual
01 ! Gold	Kania-Enke, KarinKarin Kania-Enke	Speed skating	Women's 500m
02 ! Silver	Ullrich, FrankFrank Ullrich	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
02 ! Silver	Jung, MathiasMathias Jung Siebert, KlausKlaus Siebert Ullrich, FrankFrank Ullrich Rösch, EberhardEberhard Rösch	Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
02 ! Silver	Germeshausen, BernhardBernhard Germeshausen Gerhardt, Hans-JürgenHans-Jürgen Gerhardt	Bobsleigh	Two-man
02 ! Silver	Hoffmann, JanJan Hoffmann	Figure skating	Men's singles
02 ! Silver	Sollman, MelittaMelitta Sollman	Luge	Women's individual
02 ! Silver	Deckert, ManfredManfred Deckert	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
02 ! Silver	Becker, SabineSabine Becker	Speed skating	Women's 3000m
03 ! Bronze	Rösch, EberhardEberhard Rösch	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
03 ! Bronze	Nehmer, MeinhardMeinhard Nehmer Musiol, BogdanBogdan Musiol	Bobsleigh	Two-man
03 ! Bronze	Schönau, HorstHorst Schönau Wetzig, RolandRoland Wetzig Richter, DetlefDetlef Richter Kirchner, AndreasAndreas Kirchner	Bobsleigh	Four-man
03 ! Bronze	Mager, ManuelaManuela Mager Bewersdorff, UweUwe Bewersdorff	Figure skating	Pairs
03 ! Bronze	Winkler, KonradKonrad Winkler	Nordic combined	Men's individual
03 ! Bronze	Albrecht, SylviaSylvia Albrecht	Speed skating	Women's 1000m
03 ! Bronze	Becker, SabineSabine 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	01 !

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	03 !
	Frank Ullrich	1'05:27.79	3	1'08:27.79	02 !

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Mathias Jung Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch	3	1'34:56.99	02 !

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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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	03 !
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	02 !

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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	01 !
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	03 !

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	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	01 !

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Hesse-Schmidt Barbara Petzold	1'02:11.10	01 !

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	02 !

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Anett Pötzsch	1	4	3	189.00	11	01 !

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	03 !

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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	01 !
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
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	39.303	1	40.028	2	1:19.331	01 !
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
Athlete	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	02 !

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	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	01 !
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	03 !

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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	02 !
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
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Andreas Dietel	39.21	13
500 m	Steffen Doering	39.06	11
1000 m	Steffen Doering	1:21.19	26
1000 m	Andreas Dietel	1:17.71	7
1500 m	Andreas Ehrig	1:59.47	9
1500 m	Andreas Dietel	1:57.14	4
5000 m	Andreas Ehrig	7:14.56	10
10,000 m	Andreas Dietel	15:15.03	15
10,000 m	Andreas Ehrig	14:51.94	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Christa Luding-Rothenburger	43.60	12
	Cornelia Jacob	42.98	6
	Karin Kania-Enke	41.78 OR	01 !
1000 m	Christa Luding-Rothenburger	1:29.69	18
	Karin Kania-Enke	1:26.66	4
	Sylvia Albrecht	1:26.46	03 !
1500 m	Sylvia Albrecht	2:14.27	9
	Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich	2:13.05	6
	Sabine Becker	2:12.38	03 !
3000 m	Sylvia Albrecht	4:47.76	14
	Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich	4:37.69	4
	Sabine Becker	4:32.79	02 !

References

Nations at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States

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