Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cameroon at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code CMR
NOC Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.cnosc.org (in French)
in Moscow
Competitors 25 (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

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

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

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

Six cyclists represented Cameroon in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Judo

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "Cameroon at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 May 2015.


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