Cameroon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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 &mdash; 10.34
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; 10.29
 * Semifinals &mdash; 10.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
 * Grégoire Illorson
 * Heat &mdash; 22.21 (→ did not advance)
 * Emmanuel Bitanga
 * Heat &mdash; did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres
 * Ruth Enang Mesode
 * Heat &mdash; 12.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw
 * Agnes Tchuinte
 * Qualification &mdash; 55.36 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Pentathlon
 * Cécile Ngambi &mdash; 3832 points (→ 17th place)
 * 100 metres &mdash; 14.09s
 * Shot Put &mdash; 10.28m
 * High Jump &mdash; 1.80m
 * Long Jump &mdash; 5.38m
 * 800 metres &mdash; 2:39.70

Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Joseph Ahanda
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Tseden Narmandakh (Mongolia) after referee stopped contest in third round
 * Third Round &mdash; Lost to Samson Khachatrian (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
 * Jean Pierre Mberebe Baban
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; 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 &mdash; 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