Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cameroon competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics. 25 competitors, 22 men and 3 women, took part in 23 events in 5 sports.[1]

Cameroon at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCMR
NOCCameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cnosc.org (in French)
in Moscow
Competitors25 (22 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Grégoire Illorson
    • Heat — 10.34
    • Quarterfinals — 10.29
    • Semifinals — 10.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Women's 100 metres

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Agnes Tchuinte
    • Qualification — 55.36 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Pentathlon

  • Cécile Ngambi — 3832 points (→ 17th place)
    1. 100 metres — 14.09s
    2. Shot Put — 10.28m
    3. High Jump — 1.80m
    4. Long Jump — 5.38m
    5. 800 metres — 2:39.70

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Joseph Ahanda
    • First Round — Bye
    • Second Round — Defeated Tseden Narmandakh (Mongolia) after referee stopped contest in third round
    • Third Round — Lost to Samson Khachatrian (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Jean Pierre Mberebe Baban
    • First Round — Bye
    • Second Round — Lost to Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • Paul Kamela Fogang
    • First Round — Lost to Imre Bacskai (Hungary) on points (1-4)

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists represented Cameroon in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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References
  1. "Cameroon at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2015.


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