Ecuador at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ECU
NOC	Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.org.ec (in Spanish)
in Moscow
Competitors	12 (11 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Nancy Vallecilla
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Ecuador competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Twelve competitors, eleven men and one woman, took part in thirteen events in five sports.^[1] This was the nation's fourth Olympics appearance, since its maiden participation at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris.

Athletics

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Nancy Vallecilla
  • Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Pentathlon

• Nancy Vallecilla — 3170 points (→ no ranking)
  1. 100 metres — 14.46s
  2. Shot Put — 11.12m
  3. High Jump — 1.68m
  4. Long Jump — 5.45m
  5. 800 metres — DNF

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Lincoln Salcedo
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Ahmed Siad (Algeria) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Jorge Monard

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Luis Castillo
  1. First Round — Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (East Germany) on points (1-4)

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Ecuador in 1980.

1000m time trial

• Esteban Espinosa

Individual pursuit

• Jhon Jarrín

Team pursuit

• Esteban Espinosa
• Jhon Jarrín
• Edwin Mena
• Juan Palacios

Judo

• Jimmy Arévalo
• Milton Estrella

Swimming

• Diego Quiroga
• Enrique Ledesma