Person
Charles Bana
From Wikipedia
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.
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)
100 metres — 14.09s
Shot Put — 10.28m
High Jump — 1.80m
Long Jump — 5.38m
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)
Cycling
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
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
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