Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CMR
Nocname:	Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Website:
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	25 (22 men, 3 women)
Sports:	5
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1964

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

See 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

See 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

See 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

See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cameroon at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CMR/summer/1980/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 May 2015 . Sports Reference.