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.
MedalNameSportEvent Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint Bobsleigh Four-man Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay Figure skating Women's singles Luge Men's individual Luge Men's doubles Nordic combined Men's individual Speed skating Women's 500m Biathlon Men's 20 km Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Bobsleigh Two-man Figure skating Men's singles Luge Women's individual Ski jumping Men's normal hill Speed skating Women's 3000m Biathlon Men's 20 km Bobsleigh Two-man Bobsleigh Four-man Figure skating Pairs Nordic combined Men's individual Speed skating Women's 1000m Speed skating Women's 1500m
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintMathias Jung435:50.3621Klaus Siebert233:32.764Frank Ullrich232:10.69
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmKlaus Siebert1'07:48.7161'13:48.7115Eberhard Rösch1'09:11.7321'11:11.73Frank Ullrich1'05:27.7931'08:27.79
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankMathias JungKlaus SiebertFrank UllrichEberhard Rösch31'34:56.99
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
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGDR-1Meinhard NehmerBogdan MusiołTwo-man1:02.3931:02.8841:02.8631:02.9544:11.08GDR-2Bernhard GermeshausenHans-Jürgen GerhardtTwo-man1:02.5841:02.4811:03.3191:02.5624:10.93
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGDR-1Meinhard NehmerBernhard GermeshausenBogdan MusiołHans-Jürgen GerhardtFour-man59.8611:00.03159.7311:00.3023:59.92GDR-2Horst SchönauRoland WetzigDetlef RichterAndreas KirchnerFour-man1:00.2421:00.3521:00.0431:00.3434:00.97
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmAlf-Gerd Deckert45:00.403730 kmAlf-Gerd Deckert1'30:05.17950 kmAlf-Gerd Deckert2'38:13.5326
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmUte Nesstler15:53.3816Marlies Rostock15:36.289Veronika Hesse-Schmidt15:31.837Barbara Petzold15:23.62410 kmCarola Anding31:45.8212Veronika Hesse-Schmidt31:29.148Marlies Rostock31:28.797Barbara Petzold30:31.54
Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankMarlies RostockCarola AndingVeronika Hesse-SchmidtBarbara Petzold1'02:11.10
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Hermann Schulz9913166.709811 Jan Hoffmann122189.7215
Women AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Anett Pötzsch143189.0011
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Sabine BaeßTassilo Thierbach66136.00536 Manuela MagerUwe Bewersdorff43140.5233
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHans Rinn43.80261:24.30126DNF–––DNF–Bernhard Glass43.609443.780243.925343.48212:54.796Dettlef Günther43.199143.555146.8792343.53022:57.1634
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHans RinnNorbert Hahn39.303140.02821:19.331Bernd HahnUlli Hahn39.972839.94211:19.9144
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMargit Schumann39.611739.715639.567439.26222:38.2556Ilona Brand39.393439.506439.700639.51662:38.1155Melitta Sollman39.289239.640539.360239.36832:37.657
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankUwe DotzauerIndividual80.581.0217.6449:52.4200.81513418.4155Ulrich Wehling80.085.0227.2149:24.5205.0009432.200Gunter Schmieder79.080.0201.71149:42.0202.37511404.0758Konrad Winkler81.083.5214.5548:45.7210.8208425.320
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankHenry GlaßNormal hill81.0114.881.5116.6231.415Martin Weber83.0118.583.5118.3236.811Jochen Danneberg83.5118.877.0103.9222.720Manfred Deckert85.0121.788.0127.5249.2Harald DuschekLarge hill95.598.995.099.7198.633Henry Glaß98.5105.6110.5126.4232.011Manfred Deckert102.0111.0100.0108.2219.220Klaus Ostwald107.0119.098.5106.1225.115
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mAndreas Dietel39.2113Steffen Doering39.06111000 mSteffen Doering1:21.1926Andreas Dietel1:17.7171500 mAndreas Ehrig1:59.479Andreas Dietel1:57.1445000 mAndreas Ehrig7:14.561010,000 mAndreas Dietel15:15.0315Andreas Ehrig14:51.948
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mChrista Luding-Rothenburger43.6012Cornelia Jacob42.986Karin Kania-Enke41.78 OR1000 mChrista Luding-Rothenburger1:29.6918Karin Kania-Enke1:26.664Sylvia Albrecht1:26.461500 mSylvia Albrecht2:14.279Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich2:13.056Sabine Becker2:12.383000 mSylvia Albrecht4:47.7614Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich4:37.694Sabine Becker4:32.79
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com