Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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)
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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

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)

Six cyclists represented Cameroon in 1980.

^ "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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