Afghanistan at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Afghanistan at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Afghanistan at the; 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AFG
NOC	Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
in Moscow
Competitors	11
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;

While many nations boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the country's pro-Soviet puppet government sent a team to Moscow.^[1]

Boxing[]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmad Nesar		Bye	Mohamed (ETH) L PTS	Did not advance				17
Esmail Mohammad		Bye	Fink (GDR) L KO1	Did not advance				17
Rabani Ghulam		Jo-Ung (PRK) L TKO2	Did not advance					17

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohammad Aktar	−48 kg	Jabbar (IRQ) W Fall	Falandys (POL) L 0-4	Se-Hong (PRK) L 0-4	Did not advance			9
Mohammad Aynutdin	−52 kg	Efremov (YUG) L Fall	Thieng (VIE) W Fall	Dok-Ryong (PRK) L 1-3	Did not advance			9
Mohammad Halilula	−57 kg	Hurtado (PER) L 1-3	Neagu (ROM) L Forfeit	Did not advance				12
Khojawahid Zahedi	−74 kg	Fawaz (SYR) W Fall	Steingräber (GDR) L Fall	Withdrew				11
Ahmadjan Khasan	−82 kg	Mazur (POL) L DQ	Withdrew					14
Ibrahim Shudzandin	−90 kg	Tserentogtokh (MGL) L DQ	Diop (SEN) L Fall	Did not advance				11

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ghulam Sanay	−62 kg	Tóth (HUN) L Fall	Mygiakis (GRE) L DQ	Did not advance				11
Sakhidad Hamidi	−68 kg	Supron (POL) L DQ	Bold (MGL) L DQ	Did not advance				13

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v t Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Cameroon Congo Ethiopia Guinea Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mozambique Nigeria Sierra Leone Senegal Seychelles Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
America	Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad-Tobago Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma India Iraq Jordan North Korea Kuwait Laos Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Sri Lanka Syria Vietnam
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

v t Afghanistan at the Summer Olympics
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Afghanistan did not participate in 1976 due to a boycott, in 1984 due to a boycott and was barred from the 2000 Summer Olympics to its discrimination against women under the rule of the Taliban.