1980 Summer Olympics / Participant (Afghanistan)

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After a break of eight years, Afghanistan took part in the XXII. 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow for the eighth time in summer games. The entry of Soviet troops into the country eight months before the start of the Games was taken by 64 states as an opportunity to boycott.
A total of eleven Afghan athletes took part in the competitions. They competed in two sports.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Rabani Ghulam

  Men, lightweight (- 60 kg) → 1st round

• Esmail Mohamad

  Men, featherweight (- 57 kg) → 2nd round

• Ahmad Nesar

  Men, bantam weight (- 54 kg) → 2nd round

Wrestling

• Mohammad Aktar

  Men, freestyle, paper weight (- 48 kg) → 3rd round

• Aynutdin

  Men, freestyle, flyweight (- 52 kg) → 3rd round

• Sanay Ghulam

  Men, Greco-Roman, featherweight (- 62 kg) → 2nd round

• Halilula

  Men, freestyle, bantamweight (- 57 kg) → 2nd round

• Sakhidad Hamidi

  Men, Greco-Roman, lightweight (- 68 kg) → 2nd round

• Ahmadjan Khashan

  Men, freestyle, middleweight (- 82 kg) → 1st round

• Shudczandin

  Men, freestyle, light heavyweight (- 74 kg) → 2nd round

• Khojawahid Zahedi

  Men, freestyle, welterweight (- 74 kg) → 2nd round

Web links

• Afghan Olympic team 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )