Tanzania at the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | TAN |
NOC | Tanzania Olympic Committee |
in Barcelona | |
Competitors | 9 (9 men and 0 women) in 2 sports |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Tanzania competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Boxing | 5 | – | 5 |
Total | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
John Burra | Marathon | — | DNF | ||||||
Juma Ikangaa | — | 2:19.34 | 34 | ||||||
Simon Robert Naali | — | DNF | |||||||
Andrew Sambu | 5000 m | 13:36.99 | 4 Q | — | 13:37.20 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Benjamin Mwangata | Flyweight | Narciso González (MEX) W RSC-3 | Luis Claudio Freitas (BRA) W 8-7 | Timothy Austin (USA) L 8-19 | did not advance | 5 | |
Rashi Ali Hadj Matumla | Lightweight | Felix Bwalya (ZAM) W 16-8 | Jacobo Garcia (ISV) W 12-2 | Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan (MGL) L 6-9 | did not advance | 5 | |
Joseph Marwa | Light-Middleweight | BYE | Igors Šaplavskis (LAT) L 8-14 | did not advance | |||
Makoye Isangula | Middleweight | Siamak Varzideh (IRN) W RSC-1 | Albert Papilaya (INA) L 6-13 | did not advance | |||
Paulo Mwaselle | Light-Heavyweight | Zoltán Béres (HUN) L 13-30 | did not advance |
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