2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Botswana)
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Botswana took part inthe 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the ninth participation in the Summer Olympics. The Botswana National Olympic Committee nominated four athletes in two sports.
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Amantle Montsho .
The 800m runner Nijel Amos took second place in the final and thus won the first Olympic medal for Botswana since it first participated in 1980.
Medals
Medal table
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| 1 | athletics | - | 1 | - | 1 |
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Medalist
silver
| Surname | sport | competition |
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| Nijel Amos | athletics | 800 m men |
Participants by sport
Boxing
| Athletes | competition | 1 round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | rank | |||||
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| opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | |||
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| Oteng Oteng | Fly weight up to 52 kg |
J. Cintron Ocasio
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12:14 | eliminated | 32 | |||||||
athletics
Running and walking
| Athletes | competition | leader | Semifinals | final | rank | |||
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| time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | |||
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| Amantle Montsho | 400 m | 50.40 s | 1 | 50.15 s | 1 | 49.75 s | 4th | 4th |
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| Isaac Makwala | 400 m | 45.67 s | 25th | eliminated | 25th | |||
| Nijel Amos | 800 m | 1: 45.90 min | 1 | 1: 44.54 min | 2 | 1: 41.73 min | 2 | silver
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Web links
- Botswana - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed October 8, 2012 .
- BOTSWANA. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed October 8, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Country: Botswana. london2012.com, accessed July 19, 2012 .
- ↑ LONDON 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers. (PDF; 160 kB) IOC, accessed on October 19, 2012 (English).
