Laos competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
Results by event
Men's 100 metres
* Heat â 11.69 (â did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
* Heat â 24.28 (â did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
* Heat â 2:05.5 (â did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
* Final â 2:20:22.0 (â 25th place)
Women's 100 metres
* Heat â 14.62 (â did not advance)
- Boualong Boungnavong
- Vongdeuane Phongsavanh
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
- Singkham Phongprathith
- # First Round â Lost to Pedro Manuel Nieves (Venezuela) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
- Souneat Ouphaphone
- # First Round â Bye
- # Second Round â Lost to Fayez Zaghloul (Syria) on points (5âÂÂ0)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
- Takto Youtiya Homrasmy
- # First Round â Bye
- # Second Round â Lost to Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
- Bounphisith Songkhamphou
- # First Round â Lost to Kazimierz Adach (Poland) after referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light-Welterweight (63.5 kg)
- Kampanath
- # First Round â Lost to Farez Halabi (Syria) on points (2âÂÂ3)
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