Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cameroon at the Olympic Games
Flag of Cameroon – Flag bearers IOC code  CMR NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	26
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Cameroon competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Results by event

Athletics

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

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)

References

• Official Olympic Reports