Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Tanzania at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of Tanzania.svg
IOC code TAN
NOC Tanzania Olympic Committee
in Moscow
Competitors41 (36 men and 5 women) in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Tanzania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Suleiman Nyambui Athletics Men's 5000 m 1 Aug
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Filbert Bayi Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 31 July

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Mwalimu Ali 100 m 10.866did not advance
200 m 21.835did not advance
Zakariah Barie 5000 m 13:49.49 Q13:44.97did not advance
10000 m DNFdid not advance
Filbert Bayi 3000 m steeplechase 8:21.41 Q8:16.21 Q8:12.4Silver medal icon.svg
David Lukuba 100 m 10.745did not advance
200 m 21.764did not advance
Musa Luliga 800 m 1:49.65 Q1:51.57did not advance
Leodigard Martin 10000 m 30:33.411did not advance
Marathon 2:18:2123
Peter Mwita 100 m 11.076did not advance
Emmanuel Ndiemandoi Marathon 2:16:4714
Suleiman Nyambui 5000 m 13:45.42 Q13:30.25 Q13:21.6Silver medal icon.svg
10000 m DNSdid not advance
Gidamis Shahanga Marathon 2:16:4715
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Zakayo Malekwa Javelin throw 71.5816did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Mosi Alli 100 m 12.197did not advance
200 m 24.9927did not advance
Marcellina Emmanuel 1500 m 4:26.7811did not advance
Nzaeli Kyomo 100 m 11.776did not advance
200 m 24.2223 q24.598did not advance
Mwinga Mwanjala 800 m 2:05.25did not advance
1500 m 4:20.8410did not advance
Lilian Nyiti 800 m 2:11.15did not advance

Boxing

Men
AthleteEvent1 Round2 Round3 RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Emmanuel Mlundwa Flyweight Flag of Syria.svg  Talal Elchawa  (SYR)
W TKO-2
Olympic flag.svg  Hugh Russell  (IRL)
L 0-5
did not advance
Geraldi Issaick Bantamweight BYEFlag of Benin (1975-1990).svg  Jorge Monar  (BEN)
W 3-2
Flag of India.svg  Ganapathy Manoharan  (IND)
W TKO-2
Flag of Cuba.svg  Juan Hernández  (CUB)
L TKO-1
did not advance5
Issack Mabushi Featherweight BYEOlympic flag.svg  Barri McGuigan  (IRL)
L TKO-3
did not advance
Omari Golaya Lightweight Flag of Sweden.svg  Kalervo Alanenpää  (SWE)
W 5-0
Flag of Poland.svg  Kazimierz Adach  (POL)
L 0-5
did not advance
William Lyimo Light Welterweight BYEFlag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Khast Jamgan  (MGL)
W 5-0
Olympic flag.svg  Anthony Willis  (GBR)
L TKO-3
did not advance5
Lucas Msomba Welterweight Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Elio Diaz  (VEN)
W 4-1
Flag of East Germany.svg  Karl-Heinz Krüger  (GDR)
L 0-5
did not advance
Leonidas Njunwa Light Middleweight BYEFlag of Syria.svg  Imad Idriss  (SYR)
W TKO-3
Flag of East Germany.svg  Detlef Kästner  (GDR)
L 0-5
did not advance5
Michael Nassoro Light Heavyweight Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Slobodan Kacar  (YUG)
L TKO-2
did not advance
William Isangura Heavyweight Flag of Poland.svg  Grzegorz Skrzecz  (POL)
L KO-1
did not advance

Field hockey

Men's Competition

Team Roster
  • Leopold Gracias
  • Benedict Mendes
  • Soter da Silva
  • Abraham Sykes
  • Yusuf Manwar
  • Singh Jaypal
  • Mohamed Manji
  • Rajabu Rajab
  • Jasbir Virdee
  • Islam Islam
  • Pirbhai Erfan
  • Hira Adnan
  • Stephen d'Silva
  • Frederick Furtado
  • Taherali Hassanali
  • Anoop Mukundan
  • Patrick Toto
  • Julias Peter
Preliminary round
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 54103339
Flag of India.svg  India 53203968
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 530230116
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 521219155
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 51047422
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 50053540
20 July
India  Flag of India.svg18 – 0Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

21 July
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg0 – 12 Comite Olimpico Espanol Flag.svg Spain

23 July
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg0 – 4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba

24 July
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg11 – 2Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

26 July
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg1 – 9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Fifth place match
26 July
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg4 – 1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

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