East Germany at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The GDR participated in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid with a delegation of 53 (36 men, 17 women) athletes participate and took second place in the medal standings behind the USSR. The biathlete Frank Ullrich became with three medals to successful athletes in the GDR team. Figure skater Jan Hoffmann was selected as the standard-bearer of the East German team for the opening ceremony.

  • 2.1 Medals by sport
  • 2.2 Medals by sport clubs
  • 2.3 Participants by Sport Clubs

Participants by sport

Biathlon

With Frank Ullrich a biathlete became the most successful DDR participants. He won a medal in every competition, the sprint distance, he became Olympic champion. Eberhard Rösch won another individual medal. By Season silver, the other two biathletes went from not empty.

Gentlemen:

  • Eberhard Rösch (SG Dynamo Cínovec ) Single (20 km): Season (4 x 7,5 km):
  • Frank Ullrich (ASK forward Oberhof ) Sprint (10 km): Single (20 km): Season (4 x 7,5 km):
  • Mathias Jung ( ASK forward Oberhof ) Sprint (10 km): 21 Place Season (4 x 7,5 km):
  • Klaus Siebert (SG Dynamo Cínovec ) Sprint ( 10 km): 4th place Single (20 km): 15th Place Season (4 x 7,5 km):

Bob

The bobsled competitions designed extremely successful and won four out of six medals, including the Olympic gold medal in four-man bobsleigh. It was the victorious four-man from the two starting Zweierbobbesatzungen.

Bobsled

Two-

  • Bernhard Germeshausen / Hans -Jürgen Gerhardt (ASK forward Oberhof ) (DDR II)
  • Meinhard owner / Bogdan Musiol (ASK forward Oberhof ) (DDR I)

Figure skating

The figure skater won a complete set of medals and were the second best nation, after the USSR, who won a medal more.

Women:

  • Anett Pötzsch (SC Karl- Marx-Stadt )
  • Jan Hoffmann (SC Karl- Marx-Stadt )
  • Hermann Schulz ( SC Einheit Dresden ) 11th Place

Couples:

  • Manuela Lean / Uwe Bewersdorf (SC Einheit Dresden ) Pair of running:
  • Sabine Baess / Tassilo Thierenbach (SC Karl- Marx-Stadt ) Pair of running: 6th place

Speed ​​Skating

With four medals, the East German athletes came back as the most successful speed skating team. With the Olympic title over 500m Karin Enke started her great career. Andrea Mitscherlich, who won silver in 1976, walked away empty-handed in Lake Placid. The decisions in the men were all in the shadow of the all -devouring five time Olympic champion Eric Heiden. However, Andreas Dietel was able to achieve a remarkable 4th place above 1,500 meters.

Women:

  • Sabine Becker (SC Dynamo Berlin) 1500 m: 3000 m:
  • Andrea Mitscherlich (SC Einheit Dresden ) 1500 m: 6th place 3000 m: 4th place
  • Cornelia Jacob ( TSC Berlin) 500 m: 6th place
  • Karin Enke (SC Einheit Dresden ) 500 m: 1000 m: 4th place
  • Christa Roth Burger ( SC Einheit Dresden ) 500 m: 12th Place 1000 m: 18th Place
  • Sylvia Albrecht ( SC Dynamo Berlin) 1000 m: 1500 m: 9th place 3000 m: 14th Place

Gentlemen:

  • Andreas Dietel (SC Dynamo Berlin) 500 m: 13th Place 1000 m: 7th place 1500 m: 4th place 10000 m: 15th Place
  • Steffen Döring (TSC Berlin) 500 m: 11th place 1000 m: 26th place 1500 m: 8th Place
  • Andreas Ehrig (TSC Berlin) 1500 m: 9th place 5000 m: 10th place 10000 m: 8th Place

Toboggan

The luger ended the competition as the most successful nation. You have won medals in all three competitions, with the menswear and was won the doubles competition. The Olympic champion from 1976, Margit Schumann, finished her career with a 6th place.

Women:

  • Melitta target man (ASK forward Oberhof )
  • Ilona Brand ( ASK forward Oberhof ) 5th Place
  • Margit Schumann ( ASK forward Oberhof ) 6th place

Gentlemen:

  • Bernhard Glass ( ASK forward Oberhof )
  • Dettlef Günther ( SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) 4th place

Two-seater

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

The skiers in crowned their good performances at previous World Championships with two Olympic victories in three decisions, with Barbara Petzold stood out as a double Olympic gold medalist. In the men was with Alf -Gerd Deckert, which reached a respectable 9th place about 30 km, only one athlete at the start.

Women:

  • Barbara Petzold (SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) 4x5 km relay; 5 km; 4th place 10 km;
  • Carola Anding (ASK forward Oberhof ) 4x5 km relay; 10 km; 12th Place
  • Veronika Hesse ( SC Motor Zella- Mehlis ) 4x5 km relay; 5 km; 7th place 10 km; 8th Place
  • Marlies Rostock (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) 4x5 km relay; 5 km; 9th place 10 km; 7th place
  • Ute Nestler (SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) 5 km; 16th Place

Gentlemen:

  • Alf -Gerd Deckert (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) 15 km; 37th place 30 km; 9th place 50 km; 26th place

Ski Jumping

Ironically, the 18- year-old youngster Manfred Deckert took the only medal, silver medal in the normal hill. Besides it was no other jumpers in the top ten.

  • Manfred Deckert (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) Normal hill; Large hill; 20th Place
  • Jochen Dannenberg (ASK forward Oberhof ) Normal hill; 20th Place
  • Harald Duschek (SC Motor Zella- Mehlis ) Large hill; 33rd place
  • Henry Glass ( SC Dynamo Klingenthal) Normal hill; 15th Place Large hill; 11th Place
  • Klaus Ostwald ( SC Dynamo Klingenthal) Large hill; 15th Place
  • Martin Weber ( ASK forward Oberhof ) Normal hill; 11th Place

Nordic Combined

The combiner to the double Olympic champion Wehling able to repeat the result of Innsbruck and took another two medals. The newcomers Dotzauer and Schmieder added a shiny and secured with the seats 5 and 8 an outstanding team result.

  • Ulrich Wehling (SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) Single ( normal hill 90 m / 15 km):
  • Konrad Winkler ( SC tractor Oberwiesenthal ) Single ( normal hill 90 m / 15 km):
  • Uwe Dotzauer (SC Dynamo Klingenthal) Single ( normal hill 90 m / 15 km): 5th place

Statistics

Medals by sport

Medals by sport clubs

Participants by sports clubs

Weblink

  • Olympic team of the GDR in 1980 in the database of Sports- Reference.com (English)

Argentina • Bolivia • Costa Rica • Canada • United States

China • Japan • Lebanon • Mongolia • South Korea

Andorra • Belgium • Bulgaria • Federal Republic of Germany • DDR • Finland • France • Greece • Iceland • Italy • Yugoslavia • Liechtenstein • Netherlands • Norway • Austria • Poland • Romania • Sweden • Switzerland • Soviet Union • Spain • Czechoslovakia • Hungary • United Kingdom • Cyprus

Australia • New Zealand

19561 • 19601 • 19641 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988

19561 • 19601 • 19641 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988

1 = as part of the all-German team

  • Participants at the 1980 Winter Olympics
  • Olympic Games ( DDR)
East Germany Lake Placid, New York 1980 Winter Olympics medal table Meinhard Nehmer Manuela Mager Tassilo Thierbach Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics Melitta Sollmann Nordic skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alf-Gerd Deckert Jochen Danneberg Martin Weber (ski jumper) Nordic skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics Konrad Winkler (skier) Bolivia at the 1980 Winter Olympics Costa Rica at the 1980 Winter Olympics Spain at the 1980 Winter Olympics East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics East Germany at the 1968 Winter Olympics East Germany at the 1972 Winter Olympics East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics East Germany at the 1984 Winter Olympics East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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