Libya at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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IOC code LBA 0 0		Website olympic.ly (Arabic)

NOC Libyan Olympic Committee Competitors 29 (27 men, 2 women) in 5 sports Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Libya (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 — 22.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

Salem El-Margini

Heat — 1:50.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

Marzouk Mabrouk

Heat — 3:54.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Esa Shetewi

Final — 2:38:01 (→ 44th place)

Enemri el-Marghani

Final — 2:42:27 (→ 49th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Abashir Fellah, Salem el-Margini, Ahmed Seluma, and Elmehdi Diab

Heat — 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 — 1.01,55 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

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

References

Libya at the 1980 Summer Olympics Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA

Contents

Athletics

Cycling

Swimming

Men's team competition

References