Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Suleiman Nyambui	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Filbert Bayi	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	Template:Dts

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mwalimu Ali	100 m	10.86	6	did not advance
	200 m	21.83	5	did not advance
Zakariah Barie	5000 m	13:49.4	9 Q	—		13:44.9	7	did not advance
	10000 m	DNF		did not advance
Filbert Bayi	3000 m steeplechase	8:21.4	1 Q	—		8:16.2	1 Q	8:12.4
David Lukuba	100 m	10.74	5	did not advance
	200 m	21.76	4	did not advance
Musa Luliga	800 m	1:49.6	5 Q	—		1:51.5	7	did not advance
Leodigard Martin	10000 m	30:33.4	11	did not advance
	Marathon	—						2:18:21	23
Peter Mwita	100 m	11.07	6	did not advance
Emmanuel Ndiemandoi	Marathon	—						2:16:47	14
Suleiman Nyambui	5000 m	13:45.4	2 Q	—		13:30.2	5 Q	13:21.6
	10000 m	DNS		did not advance
Gidamis Shahanga	Marathon	—						2:16:47	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Zakayo Malekwa	Javelin throw	71.58	16	did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mosi Alli	100 m	12.19	7	did not advance
	200 m	24.99	27	did not advance
Marcellina Emmanuel	1500 m	4:26.78	11	did not advance
Nzaeli Kyomo	100 m	11.77	6	did not advance
	200 m	24.22	23 q	24.59	8	did not advance
Mwinga Mwanjala	800 m	2:05.2	5	did not advance
	1500 m	4:20.84	10	did not advance
Lilian Nyiti	800 m	2:11.1	5	did not advance

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emmanuel Mlundwa	Flyweight	—	Template:FlagIOCathlete W TKO-2	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-5	did not advance
Geraldi Issaick	Bantamweight	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3-2	Template:FlagIOCathlete W TKO-2	Template:FlagIOCathlete L TKO-1	did not advance		5
Issack Mabushi	Featherweight	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete L TKO-3	did not advance
Omari Golaya	Lightweight	—	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5-0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-5	did not advance
William Lyimo	Light Welterweight	—	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5-0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L TKO-3	did not advance		5
Lucas Msomba	Welterweight	—	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4-1	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-5	did not advance
Leonidas Njunwa	Light Middleweight	—	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete W TKO-3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-5	did not advance		5
Michael Nassoro	Light Heavyweight	—		Template:FlagIOCathlete L TKO-2	did not advance
William Isangura	Heavyweight	—		Template:FlagIOCathlete 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
• Jas Jabbal

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Template:FlagIOC	5	4	1	0	33	3	9
Template:FlagIOC	5	3	2	0	39	6	8
Template:FlagIOC	5	3	0	2	30	11	6
Template:FlagIOC	5	2	1	2	19	15	5
Template:FlagIOC	5	1	0	4	7	42	2
Template:FlagIOC	5	0	0	5	3	54	0

20 July India 18 – 0 Template:Fh

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21 July Tanzania 0 – 12 File:Comite Olimpico Espanol Flag.svg Spain

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23 July Tanzania 0 – 4 Template:Fh

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24 July Soviet Union 11 – 2 Template:Fh

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26 July Tanzania 1 – 9 Template:Fh

Fifth place match

26 July Cuba 4 – 1 Template:Fh

References

• sports-reference
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database