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 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)
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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

• 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)
  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

• Joseph Evouna
• Joseph Kono
• Thomas Nyemeg
• Nicolas Owona

Team time trial

• Charles Bana
• Toussaint Fouda
• Joseph Kono
• Nicolas Owona

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.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports