Libya at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Libya (Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics. 29 competitors, 27 men and 2 women, took part in 20 events in 5 sports.

Athletics
Men's 200 metres
 * Ahmed Sallouma
 * Heat &mdash; 22.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * Salem El-Margini
 * Heat &mdash; 1:50.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres
 * Marzouk Mabrouk
 * Heat &mdash; 3:54.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
 * Esa Shetewi
 * Final &mdash; 2:38:01 (→ 44th place)


 * Enemri el-Marghani
 * Final &mdash; 2:42:27 (→ 49th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay
 * Abashir Fellah, Salem el-Margini, Ahmed Seluma, and Elmehdi Diab
 * Heat &mdash; 3:16.7 (→ did not advance)

Cycling
Seven cyclists represented Libya in 1980.


 * Individual road race
 * El-Munsif Ben Youssef
 * Ali Hamid El-Aila
 * Mohamed Ganfud
 * Nuri Kaheil


 * Team time trial
 * Ali Hamid El-Aila
 * Mohamed El-Kamaa
 * Nuri Kaheil
 * Khalid Shebani


 * Sprint
 * Fawzi Abdussalam


 * 1000m time trial
 * Khalid Shebani

Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
 * Abdulwahab Werfeli
 * Heats &mdash; 1.01,55 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly Women's 200m Freestyle Women's 400m Freestyle Women's 100m backstroke
 * Nadia Fezzani
 * Soad Fezzani
 * Soad Fezzani
 * Soad Fezzani

Men's team competition

 * Preliminary Round (Group B)
 * Lost to Romania (0-3)
 * Lost to Poland (0-3)
 * Lost to Brazil (0-3)
 * Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3)


 * Classification Match
 * 9th/10th place: Lost to Italy (0-3) → 10th place


 * Team Roster
 * Kamaluddin Badi
 * Adnan el-Khuja
 * Samir Sagar
 * Miloud Zakka
 * Mohamed Bochor
 * Ahmed Zoubi
 * Awad Zakka
 * Ahmed el-Fagei
 * Jamal Zarugh
 * Elmendi el-Sherif
 * Ragab Zakka Wanis
 * Mustafa el-Musbah

Weightlifting
Men's Flyweight Men's Bantamweight
 * Almabruk Mahmud Mahmud (→ 15th place)
 * Ali Shalabi (→ 17th place)