Uganda at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 (13 men and 0 women) in 2 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 32 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 1 |
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Uganda competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Medalists
Silver
- John Mugabi — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 4x400 metres Relay
- Pius Olowo, Charles Dramiga, John Akii-Bua, and Silver Ayoo
- Heat — 3:07.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Heat — 50.87
- Semifinals — 51.10 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Qualification — 82.68 m
- Final — 77.34 m (→ 12th place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Charles Lubulwa
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to György Gedó (Hungary) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- John Siryakibbe
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Aleksandr Radev (Bulgaria) after referee stopped contest in first round
- Third Round — Defeated Ali ben Maghenia (France) on points (5-0)
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) after knock-out in second round
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Geofrey Nyeko
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
- John Munduga
- First Round — Defeated Nelson José Rodriguez (Venezuela) on points (4-1)
- Second Round — Lost to Farouk Jawad (Iraq) after knock-out in first round
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
- John Mugabi — Silver Medal
- First Round — Defeated Georges Koffi (Congo) after knock-out in first round
- Second Round — Defeated Paul Rasamimanana (Madagscar) after knock-out in second round
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Mehmet Bogujevci (Yugoslavia) after knock-out in first round
- Semifinals — Defeated Kazimierz Szczerba (Poland) on points (3-2)
- Final — Lost to Andrés Aldama (Cuba) on points (1-4)
References
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