Nepal at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Nepal at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Nepal sent 13 athletes to compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The Nepalese team took part in athletics and boxing, but did not win any medals.

Athletics
- Men’s 100 metres: Raghuraj Onta • Time: 11.61 seconds in the heats • Did not advance
- Men’s 5,000 metres: Laxman Basnet • Time: 16:11.7 in the heats • Did not advance
- Men’s 10,000 metres: Narbahadur Dahal • Time: 31:19.8 in the heats • Did not advance
- Men’s Marathon: Baikuntha Manandhar • 37th place with 2:23:51; Mukundahari Shrestha • 45th place with 2:38:52

Boxing
- Men’s Flyweight (51 kg): Rabiraj Thapa • First round bye; Second round lost to János Váradi (Hungary) after referee stopped the contest in the first round
- Men’s Bantamweight (54 kg): Pushkardhoj Shahi • First round bye; Second round lost to Ali ben Maghenia (France) by walk-over
- Men’s Featherweight (57 kg): Narendra Poma • First round bye; Second round lost to Sidnei Dalrovere (Brazil) after referee stopped the contest in the first round
- Men’s Light-welterweight (63.5 kg): Bishnu Malakar • Lost in the first round to Ryu Bun-Hwa (North Korea) after referee stopped the contest

Nepal did not win any medals at the Moscow Games.