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
Judo
Wrestling
Notes
References
External links Official Olympic Reports