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) competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the

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. 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) Women's 100m

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

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* Soad Fezzani

Volleyball

Men's team competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B) :* Lost to

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(0-3) :* Lost to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

(0-3) :* Lost to

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(0-3) :* Lost to

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

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(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

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* Almabruk Mahmud Mahmud (→ 15th place) Men's

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* Ali Shalabi (→ 17th place)

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics 1980 Olympics {{1980-Olympic-stub