Laos at the 1980 Summer Olympics - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

competed in the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

for the first time at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, USSR

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

Athletics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

Men's 100 metres

Soutsakhone Somninhom
Heat — 11.69 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Sitthixay Sacpraseuth
Heat — 24.28 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

Vongdeuane Phongsavanh
Heat — 2:05.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Thipsamay Chanthaphone
Final — 2:20:22.0 (→ 25th place)

Women's 100 metres

Seuth Khampa
Heat — 14.62 (→ did not advance)

Boualong Boungnavong
Panh Khemanith
Vongdeuane Phongsavanh

Boxing
Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Singkham Phongprathith
1. First Round — Lost to Pedro Manuel Nieves (Venezuela) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Souneat Ouphaphone
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Lost to Fayez Zaghloul (Syria) on points (5-0)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Takto Youtiya Homrasmy
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Lost to Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Bounphisith Songkhamphou
1. First Round — Lost to Kazimierz Adach
  Kazimierz Adach
  Kazimierz Piotr Adach is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union...
  
  (Poland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Kampanath
1. First Round — Lost to Farez Halabi (Syria) on points (2-3)

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BoxingBoxing at the 1980 Summer OlympicsBoxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...

Boxing
Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...