Botswana at the Olympics

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Botswana has competed in 11 Summer Olympics, and their first Olympic game was at the 1980 Summer Olympics. They have never participated in a Winter Olympics.

Botswana won its inaugural medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Nijel Amos getting a silver in the 800m.[1] The men's 4 × 400 relay team won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

In 2024, sprinter Letsile Tebogo won Botswana's first-ever Olympic gold medal after winning the men's 200 metres, also becoming the first African to win the title.[3]

Olympic overview

Along with many other African nations, Botswana has yet to compete in a Winter Olympics.[4]

1980 Summer Olympics

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Botswana's debut was at the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow.[4] They sent seven men and no women to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[5] They did not win a single medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[6] All athletes participated in athletics.[7]

1984 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

Nijel Amos won a silver medal in the men's 800 m, Botswana's first ever medal.

2016 Summer Olympics

2020 Summer Olympics

2024 Summer Olympics

21 year old Letsile Tebogo won the gold medal in the men's 200m in a time of 19.46s, breaking his own African record set at the 2023 London Athletics Meet.[8] Tebogo subsequently anchored the relay team in the 4 × 400m, in which they won silver in a time of 2:54.53, the third fastest time in history, and a new African record.[9]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Ref(s)
1896–1964 governed by Template:Flagdeco Great Britain
1968-1976 did not participate
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Template:GamesName 8 0 0 0 0 – [5][11]
Template:GamesName 6 0 0 0 0 – [5][12]
Template:GamesName 7 0 0 0 0 – [5][13]
Template:GamesName 7 0 0 0 0 – [5][14]
Template:GamesName 10 0 0 0 0 – [5][15]
Template:GamesName 12 0 0 0 0 – [5][16]
Template:GamesName 4 0 1 0 1 69 [5][17]
Template:GamesName 12 0 0 0 0 – [5][18]
Template:GamesName 13 0 0 1 1 86 [5][19]
Template:GamesName 11 1 1 0 2 55 [5]
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Total 1 2 1 4 102

Medals by sport

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List of medalists

Botswana has won four medals in its Olympic lifespan, a gold medal, two silver medals, and a bronze medal.[5]

Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
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File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Isaac Makwala
Bayapo Ndori
Zibane Ngozi
Baboloki Thebe		 Template:GamesName File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:GamesName File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Busang Kebinatshipi
Bayapo Ndori
Anthony Pesela
Letsile Tebogo		 Template:GamesName File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Template:Dts

Flagbearers

# Games Season Flag bearer Sport Ref.
1 Template:Flagicon Moscow 1980 Summer
2 Template:Flagicon Los Angeles 1984 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Official [20]
3 Template:Flagicon Seoul 1988 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing
4 Template:Flagicon Barcelona 1992 Summer
5 Template:Flagicon Atlanta 1996 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics [20]
6 Template:Flagicon Sydney 2000 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing
7 Template:Flagicon Athens 2004 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing
8 Template:Flagicon Beijing 2008 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Swimming
9 Template:Flagicon London 2012 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics
10 Template:Flagicon Rio 2016 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics
11 Template:Flagicon Tokyo 2020 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing [21]
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12 Template:Flagicon Paris 2024 Summer Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics [22]
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See also

References

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