Olympic history of Tanzania

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Tanzania , whose NOK , the Tanzania Olympic Committee , was founded in 1968 andrecognizedby the IOC in the same year, first took part in the 1964 Summer Olympic Games. In 1976 Tanzania joined the call to boycott the Montreal Games. So far, no athletes have been sent to the Winter Games.

Overview

The 5000 m final in Moscow in 1980 with the three medalists in the front: Nyambui (649) won silver, Yifter (191) became Olympic champion, Maaninka (208) won bronze

Four athletes formed the first Tanzanian Olympic team in Tokyo in 1964 . The first Olympians on October 14, 1964 were the 800-meter runner Hassan Dyamwale and the 10,000-meter runner Pascal Mfyomi . In 1968 in Mexico City , a Tanzanian boxer took part for the first time. Tanzania followed calls for a boycott by African countries and stayed away from the 1976 Games in Montreal .

In Moscow 1980 , the largest Tanzanian Olympic team to date was sent with 41 participants. For the first time a Tanzanian national hockey team took part in the Olympic tournament. In addition, Tanzanian women were sent to the Olympic Games for the first time. The first Olympic athletes were the two 800-meter runners Mwinga Mwanjala and Lilian Nyiti on July 24, 1980 . In Moscow, Tanzania celebrated winning its first Olympic medals. The first medal winner was Filbert Bayi , who won silver over the 3000 meter obstacle course. A little later, Suleiman Nyambui won silver in the 5000 meter run.

A sixth place in the men's marathon by Juma Ikangaa was Tanzania's best result in 1984 in Los Angeles . In 1988 in Seoul , Ikangaa finished seventh. In Barcelona 1992 Andrew Sambu was able to qualify for the final over 5000 meters, there he finished 10th. Marko Hhawu achieved the only top result in Atlanta in 1996 with 12th place in the final race over 10,000 meters.

In 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens only athletes were used. In Athens, Fabiano Joseph was tenth in the 10,000 meter final. Tanzanian swimmers competed for the first time in Beijing in 2008 . Joseph finished ninth in the 10,000 meter run, which this time was carried out in one lap

After an unsuccessful participation in London in 2012 , Alphonce Felix Simbu won 5th place in the marathon in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 . For the first time a Tanzanian judoka competed.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports					Medals
	total	m	w										total	rank
1896-1960	not participated
1964	4th	4th	0		4th
1968	4th	4th	0		3	1
1972	15th	15th	0	Claver Kamanya	7th	8th
1976	not participated
1980	41	36	5		16	9	16				2		2	28
1984	18th	16	2	Michael Nassoro	12	6th
1988	10	10	0	Ikaji Salum	6th	4th
1992	9	9	0		4th	5
1996	7th	6th	1	Ikaji Salum	5	2
2000	4th	3	1	Restituta Joseph	4th
2004	8th	6th	2	Restituta Joseph	4th
2008	9	7th	2	Fabiano Joseph	7th			2
2012	6th	4th	2	Zakia Mrisho	3	1		2
2016	7th	5	2	Andrew Thomas Mlugu	4th			2	1
total										0	2	0	2	107

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w
1924-2018	not participated
total						0	0	0

List of medal winners

Gold medals

So far (as of 2017) no gold medals.

Silver medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline
Filbert Bayi	1980 Moscow	athletics	3000 meters obstacle
Suleiman Nyambui	1980 Moscow	athletics	5000 meters

Bronze medals

So far (as of 2017) no bronze medals.

Medals by sport

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
athletics	0	2	0	2
total	0	2	0	2

Web links

• Tanzania in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• https://web.archive.org/web/20151025033208/https://www.olympic.org/tanzania%7CID=tanzania%7CNAME=Tansania