title: Afghanistan at the 1980 Summer Olympics
text: # 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 country's pro-Soviet puppet government sent a team to Moscow.
  
  ## Boxing
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Ahmad Nesar | −54 kg | Bye | Mohamed (ETH) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
  | Esmail Mohammad | −57 kg | Bye | Fink (GDR) L KO1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
  | Rabani Ghulam | −60 kg | Jo-Ung (PRK) L TKO2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
  
  ## Wrestling
  
  ### Men's freestyle
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Mohammad Aktar | −48 kg | Jabbar (IRQ) W Fall | Falandys (POL) L 0-4 | Se-Hong (PRK) L 0-4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
  | Mohammad Aynutdin | −52 kg | Efremov (YUG) L Fall | Thieng (VIE) W Fall | Dok-Ryong (PRK) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
  | Mohammad Halilula | −57 kg | Hurtado (PER) L 1-3 | Neagu (ROM) L Forfeit | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 12 |
  | Khojawahid Zahedi | −74 kg | Fawaz (SYR) W Fall | Steingräber (GDR) L Fall | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | 11 |
  | Ahmadjan Khasan | −82 kg | Mazur (POL) L DQ | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | 14 |
  | Ibrahim Shudzandin | −90 kg | Tserentogtokh (MGL) L DQ | Diop (SEN) L Fall | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 11 |
  
  ### Men's Greco-Roman
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Ghulam Sanay | −62 kg | Tóth (HUN) L Fall | Mygiakis (GRE) L DQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 11 |
  | Sakhidad Hamidi | −68 kg | Supron (POL) L DQ | Bold (MGL) L DQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
  