Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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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)

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]

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

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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