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Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Tanzania at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTAN
NOCTanzania Olympic Committee
in Moscow
Competitors41 (36 men and 5 women) in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Suleiman Nyambui Athletics Men's 5000 m 1 Aug
 Silver Filbert Bayi Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 31 July

Athletics

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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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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

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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  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  Barri McGuigan (IRL)
L TKO-3
did not advance
Omari Golaya Lightweight  Kalervo Alanenpää (SWE)
W 5-0
 Kazimierz Adach (POL)
L 0-5
did not advance
William Lyimo Light Welterweight BYE  Khast Jamgan (MGL)
W 5-0
 Anthony Willis (GBR)
L TKO-3
did not advance 5
Lucas Msomba Welterweight  Elio Diaz (VEN)
W 4-1
 Karl-Heinz Krüger (GDR)
L 0-5
did not advance
Leonidas Njunwa Light Middleweight BYE  Imad Idriss (SYR)
W TKO-3
 Detlef Kästner (GDR)
L 0-5
did not advance 5
Michael Nassoro Light Heavyweight  Slobodan Kacar (YUG)
L TKO-2
did not advance
William Isangura Heavyweight  Grzegorz Skrzecz (POL)
L KO-1
did not advance

Field hockey

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Men's Competition

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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
 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

21 July
Tanzania  0 – 12 Spain

23 July
Tanzania  0 – 4  Cuba

24 July
Soviet Union  11 – 2  Tanzania

26 July
Tanzania  1 – 9  Poland
Fifth place match
26 July
Cuba  4 – 1  Tanzania

References

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