Afghanistan at the 1980 Summer Olympics

While many nations boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviet-controlled government of Afghanistan sent a team to Moscow. Afghanistan had previously boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Boxing

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAhmad Nesar−54 kg L PTSdid not advance17Esmail Mohammad−57 kg L KO1 did not advance17Rabani Ghulam−60 kg L TKO2 did not advance17

Wrestling

Men's freestyle AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohammad Aktar−48 kg W Fall L 0-4 L 0-4did not advance9Mohammad Aynutdin−52 kg L Fall W Fall L 1-3did not advance9Mohammad Halilula−57 kg L 1-3 L Forfeitdid not advance12Khojawahid Zahedi−74 kg W Fall L FallWithdrew11Ahmadjan Khasan−82 kg L DQ Withdrew14Ibrahim Shudzandin−90 kg L DQ L Fall did not advance11

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGhulam Sanay−62 kg L Fall L DQ did not advance11Sakhidad Hamidi−68 kg L DQ L DQdid not advance13

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