Cameroon 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

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)

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

• Official Olympic Reports