Tanzania at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Tanzania at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Tanzania.svg
IOC code TAN
NOC Tanzania Olympic Committee
in Munich
Competitors15 (15 men) in 2 sports
Flag bearer Claver Kamanya
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Tanzania competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Tanzania country in Africa

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in north-eastern Tanzania.

1972 Summer Olympics Games of the XX Olympiad, held in Munich in 1972

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972.

Munich Place in Bavaria, Germany

Munich is the capital and most populous city of the second most populous German federal state of Bavaria, and, with a population of around 1.5 million, it is the third-largest city of Germany after Berlin and Hamburg, as well as the 12th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps, it is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany. Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna.

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Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Filbert Bayi 1500 m 3:45.46Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase 8:41.48Did not advance
Norman Chihota 100 m 10.795Did not advance
Claver Kamanya 400 m 46.183 Q46.554Did not advance
Hamad Ndee 200 m 21.747Did not advance
Julius Wakachu Marathon N/ADNF
Obedi Mwanga
Norman Chihota
Claver Kamanya
Hamad Ndee
4 × 100 m relay 41.076Did not advance
Hamad Ndee
Obedi Mwanga
Omari Abdallah
Claver Kamanya
4 × 400 m relay 3:10.16Did not advance

Boxing

Men
AthleteEvent1 Round2 Round3 RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Bakari Seleman Light Flyweight Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  Kim U-Gil  (PRK)
L TKO-1
Did not advance
Saidi Tambwe Flyweight BYEFlag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  You Man-Chong  (KOR)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Flevitus Bitegeko Bantamweight Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Marin Lazar  (ROU)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Habibu Kinyogoli Featherweight Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Sun Soth  (CAM)
W 5-0
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Antonio Rubio  (ESP)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Robert Mwakosya Light Welterweight Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Zvonimir Vujin  (YUG)
L TKO-2
Did not advance
Mbaraka Mkanga Welterweight BYEState Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Vartex Parsanian  (IRI)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Titus Simba Middleweight Flag of Finland.svg  Reima Virtanen  (FIN)
L 2-3
Did not advance
Samson Laizer Light Heavyweight Flag of Italy.svg  Guglielmo Spinello  (ITA)
L KO-2
Did not advance

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