GDR-championships - 1980
Sömmerda/GDR - Unstrut
22-AUG-1980
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Michael KÜHN | Sömmerda |
| 2 | Udo DIETRICH | Coswig |
| 3 | Wolfram LEHMANN | Magdeburg |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Holger SCHULZE - Thomas KONOPKA | Leipzig |
| 2 | Horst KOPSCH - Mathias BECK | Leipzig |
| 3 | Enrico NEITZ - Klaus TRUMMER | Zeitz |
K1 men - individual
| 1 | Uwe BÖCKELMANN | Leipzig |
| 2 | Frank RÖDER | Coswig |
| 3 | Thomas MÜLLER | Jena |
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Kordula STRIEPECKE | Erfurt |
| 2 | Barbara SCHMIDT | Erfurt |
| 3 | Christine SEELIG | Magdeburg |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Detlef UTH | Magdeburg |
| Wolfram LEHMANN | Magdeburg | |
| Andreas PRELLBERG | Magdeburg | |
| 2 | Ralf NAGGATZ | Coswig |
| Thomas RÖDER | Coswig | |
| Udo DIETRICH | Coswig | |
| 3 | Enrico NEITZ | Zeitz |
| Klaus TRUMMER | Zeitz | |
| Lutz KÖRNER | Zeitz |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Hartmut BECKER - LEHMANN | Merseburg/Magdeburg |
| Uwe MENSING - Klaus SCHÖNFELD | Magdeburg | |
| Manfred GALLREIN - Uwe SOMMER | Magdeburg | |
| 2 | Dirk SEIDEL - Holger TAUDTE | Zeitz |
| Michael MEINHARDT - Thilo WETZEL | Zeitz | |
| Roland FALKE - Ulf KRAUSE | Zeitz | |
| 3 | Hartmut BRAND - Detlef UTH | Oschersleben |
| Fred AHRENS - Detlef FRÖSE | Bützow | |
| Rudolf BARTHODSIEJ - Andreas ZELMER | Magdeburg |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Roger REICHARDT | Halle |
| Ralf KUBICZEK | Halle | |
| Helmut SCHRÖTER | Halle | |
| 2 | Frank RÖDER | Coswig |
| Mario RÖDER | Coswig | |
| Ralf RÜHLE | Dresden | |
| 3 | Ralf SCHULZ | Jena |
| Thomas MÜLLER | Jena | |
| Manfred RICHTER | Gera |
Women's Kayak - team
| 1 | Susanne ADLER | Magdeburg |
| Christine BERGER | Magdeburg | |
| Christine SEELIG | Magdeburg | |
| 2 | Heike WOHLLEBEN | Halle |
| Ute KÜGLER | Zeitz | |
| Martina FALKE | Zeitz | |
| 3 | Monika HUNGER | Döbeln |
| Elke SCHÄFER | Döbeln | |
| Kerstin TESCH | Döbeln |