Afghanistan at the 1980 Summer Olympics
# 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 |
