Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics
| Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CMR |
| NOC | Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Moscow | |
| Competitors | 25 (22 men, 3 women) in 5 sports |
| Medals |
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| 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
[edit]Men's 100 metres
- Grégoire Illorson
- Heat — 10.34
- Quarterfinals — 10.29
- Semifinals — 10.60 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Grégoire Illorson
- Heat — 22.21 (→ did not advance)
- Emmanuel Bitanga
- Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres
- Ruth Enang Mesode
- Heat — 12.40 (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Agnes Tchuinte
- Qualification — 55.36 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Pentathlon
- Cécile Ngambi — 3832 points (→ 17th place)
- 100 metres — 14.09s
- Shot Put — 10.28m
- High Jump — 1.80m
- Long Jump — 5.38m
- 800 metres — 2:39.70
Boxing
[edit]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
[edit]Six cyclists represented Cameroon in 1980.
Judo
[edit]Wrestling
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cameroon at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
External links
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