Sierra Leone competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow, USSR.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres * Sheku Boima :* Heat — 11.08 (→ did not advance) *

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:* Heat — 11.11 (→ did not advance) * Rudolph George :* Heat — 11.37 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres * Sheku Boima :* Heat — 22.93 (→ did not advance) * Walter During :* Heat — 23.12 (→ did not advance) * Rudolph George :* Heat — 23.30 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres *

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:* Heat — 1:54.6 (→ did not advance) * Sahr Kendor :* Heat — 2:06.5 (→ did not advance) * Jimmy Massallay :* Heat — 2:04.4 (→ did not advance) Men's 1,500 metres *

:* Heat — 4:03.9 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita :* Final — 2:41:20 (→ 46th place) Men's 4x400 metres Relay *

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, Jimmy Massallay, Sahr Kendor, and

:* Heat — 3:25.0 (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Columba Blango :* Final — 5080 points (→ 16th place) Women's 100 metres *

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:* Heat — 12.95 (→ did not advance) *

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:* Heat — 13.22 (→ did not advance) Women's 800 metres *

:* Heat — 2:33.4 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Hurdles *

:* Heat — 15.61 (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump *

:* Qualifying Round — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (60 kg) *

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:* First Round — Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after disqualification in second round

References

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

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