Libya (Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics. 29 competitors, 27 men and 2 women, took part in 20 events in 5 sports.
Athletics
Men's 200 metres
* Heat â 22.88 (â did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
* Heat â 1:50.0 (â did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
* Heat â 3:54.3 (â did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Esa Shetewi / Issa Chetoui
* Final â 2:38:01 (â 44th place)
* Final â 2:42:27 (â 49th place)
Men's 4x400 metres Relay
- Abashir Fellah, Salem el-Margini, Ahmed Seluma, and Elmehdi Diab
* Heat â 3:16.7 (â 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
1000m time trial
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
* Heats â 1.01,55 (â did not advance, 36th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
Women's 200m Freestyle
Women's 400m Freestyle
Women's 100m backstroke
Volleyball
Men's team competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
* Lost to Romania (0-3)
* Lost to Poland (0-3)
* Lost to Brazil (0-3)
* Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3)
* 9th/10th place: Lost to Italy (0-3) â 10th place
* 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 Flyweight
Men's Bantamweight
- Ali Shalabi (â 17th place)
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