Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TAN
NOC	Tanzania Olympic Committee
in Moscow
Competitors	41 (36 men and 5 women) in 3 sports
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Tanzania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games.

Medalists[]

Silver[]

• Suleiman Nyambui — Athletics, Men's 5,000 metres
• Filbert Bayi — Athletics, Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

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	N/A		13:44.9	7	Did not advance
	10000 m	DNF		Did not advance
Filbert Bayi	3000 m steeplechase	8:21.4	1 Q	N/A		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	N/A		1:51.5	7	Did not advance
Leodigard Martin	10000 m	30:33.4	11	Did not advance
	Marathon	N/A						2:18:21	23
Peter Mwita	100 m	11.07	6	Did not advance
Emmanuel Ndiemandoi	Marathon	N/A						2:16:47	14
Suleiman Nyambui	5000 m	13:45.4	2 Q	N/A		13:30.2	5 Q	13:21.6
	10000 m	DNS		Did not advance
Gidamis Shahanga	Marathon	N/A						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	N/A	Talal Elchawa (SYR) W TKO-2	Hugh Russell (IRL) L 0-5	Did not advance
Geraldi Issaick	Bantamweight	BYE	Jorge Monar (BEN) W 3-2	Ganapathy Manoharan (IND) W TKO-2	Juan Hernández (CUB) L TKO-1	Did not advance		5
Issack Mabushi	Featherweight	BYE	(IRL) L TKO-3	Did not advance
Omari Golaya	Lightweight	N/A	Kalervo Alanenpää (SWE) W 5-0	Kazimierz Adach (POL) L 0-5	Did not advance
William Lyimo	Light Welterweight	N/A	BYE	Khast Jamgan (MGL) W 5-0	Anthony Willis (GBR) L TKO-3	Did not advance		5
Lucas Msomba	Welterweight	N/A	Elio Diaz (VEN) W 4-1	Karl-Heinz Krüger (GDR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Leonidas Njunwa	Light Middleweight	N/A	BYE	Imad Idriss (SYR) W TKO-3	Detlef Kästner (GDR) L 0-5	Did not advance		5
Michael Nassoro	Light Heavyweight	N/A		Slobodan Kacar (YUG) L TKO-2	Did not advance
William Isangura	Heavyweight	N/A		Grzegorz Skrzecz (POL) L KO-1	Did not advance

Field hockey[]

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	5	4	1	0	33	3	9
India	5	3	2	0	39	6	8
Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	30	11	6
Poland	5	2	1	2	19	15	5
Cuba	5	1	0	4	7	42	2
Tanzania	5	0	0	5	3	54	0

20 July India  18 – 0  Tanzania

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21 July Tanzania  0 – 12 Spain

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23 July Tanzania  0 – 4  Cuba

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24 July Soviet Union  11 – 2  Tanzania

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26 July Tanzania  1 – 9  Poland

Classification[]

Fifth place qualifiers[]

26 July Cuba  4 – 1  Tanzania

Team Roster[]

• Leopold Gracias
• Benedict Mendes
• Soter da Silva
• Abraham Sykes
• Yusuf Manwar
• Singh Jaypal
• Mohamed Manji
• Rajabu Rajab
• Jasbir Virdee
• Islam Islam
• Stephen d'Silva
• Frederick Furtado
• Taherali Hassanali
• Anoop Mukundan
• Patrick Toto
• Julias Peter

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