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 Ahmed Sallouma Heat — 22.88 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres Salem El-Margini Heat — 1:50.0 (→ did not advance) Men's 1,500 metres Marzouk Mabrouk Heat — 3:54.3 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon Esa Shetewi Final — 2:38:01 (→ 44th place) Enemri el-Marghani Final — 2:42:27 (→ 49th place) Men's 4x400 metres Relay Abashir Fellah, Salem el-Margini, Ahmed Seluma, and Elmehdi Diab Heat — 3:16.7 (→ 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 Fawzi Abdussalam 1000m time trial Khalid Shebani Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Abdulwahab Werfeli Heats — 1.01,55 (→ did not advance, 36th place) Women's 100m Butterfly Nadia Fezzani Women's 200m Freestyle Soad Fezzani Women's 400m Freestyle Soad Fezzani Women's 100m backstroke Soad Fezzani 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) Classification Match 9th/10th place: Lost to Italy (0-3) → 10th place Team Roster 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 Almabruk Mahmud Mahmud (→ 15th place) Men's Bantamweight Ali Shalabi (→ 17th place) References External links Official Olympic Reports Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics 1980 Olympics