1980 Summer Olympics / Participant (Tanzania)

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Tanzania took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a delegation of 41 athletes (36 men and 5 women) in 22 competitions in three sports. The athletes Suleiman Nyambui over 5000 meters and Filbert Bayi over 3000 meters obstacle each won the two only medals in Tanzania with silver at the games.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Emmanuel Mlundwa

  Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Geraldi Issaick

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Isaack Mabushi

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Omari Golaya

  Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• William Lyimo

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Lucas Msomba

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Leonidas Njunwa

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Michael Nassoro

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Willie Isangura

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

hockey

• 6th place

  Jasbir Virdee

  Patrick Toto

  Abraham Sykes

  Jaypal Singh

  Rajabu Rajab

  Julius Peter

  Anoop Mukundan

  Benedict Mendes

  Youssef Manwar

  Mohamed Manji

  Islam Islam

  Taher Ali Hassan Ali

  Leopold Gracias

  Frederick Furtado

  Stephen Da Silva

  Soter Da Silva

athletics

Men

• David Lukuba

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Mwalimu Ally

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Peter Mwita

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Musa Luliga

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Suleiman Nyambui

  5000 m: silver

• Zakariah Barie

  5000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

  10,000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Leodigard Martin

  10,000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Marathon: 23rd place

• Emmanuel Ndiemandoi

  Marathon: 14th place

• Gidamis Shahanga

  Marathon: 15th place

• Filbert Bayi

  3000 m obstacle: silver

• Zakayo Malekwa

  Javelin throw: 16th place

Women

• Nzaeli Kyomo

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Mosi Alli

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Mwinga Mwanjala

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Lilian Nyiti

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Marcellina Emmanuel

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Web links

• Tanzanian Olympic team from 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )