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 Silver Bronze Total 0 2 0 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

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• David Lukuba

• Heat — 10.74 (→ did not advance)

• Mwalimu Ali

• Heat — 10.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• David Lukuba

• Heat — 21.76 (→ did not advance)

• Mwalimu Ali

• Heat — 21.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Musa Luliga

• Heat — 1:49.6
• Semifinals — 1:51.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Suleiman Nyambui

• Heat — 13:45.4
• Semi Final — 13:30.2
• Final — 13:21.6 (→ Silver Medal)

• Zakariah Barie

• Heat — 13:49.4
• Semi Final — 13:44.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Leodigard Martin

• Heat — 30:33.4 (→ did not advance)

• Suleiman Nyambui

• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

• Zakariah Barie

• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Emmanuel Ndiemandoi

• Final — 2:16:47 (→ 14th place)

• Gidamis Shahanga

• Final — 2:16:47 (→ 15th place)

• Leodigard Martin

• Final — 2:18:21 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Filbert Bayi

• Heat — 8:21.4
• Semifinals — 8:16.2
• Final — 8:12.4 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Zakayo Malekwa

• Qualification — 71.58 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Nzaeli Kyomo

• Heat — 11.77 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Mwinga Mwanjala

• Heat — 2:05.2 (→ did not advance)

• Lilian Nyiti

• Heat — 2:11.1 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Mwinga Mwanjala

• Heat — 4:20.9 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Emmanuel Mlundwa

• First Round — Defeated Talal Elchawa (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second round
• Second Round — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Geraldi Issaick

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Jorge Monar (Ecuador) on points (3-2)
• Third Round — Defeated Ganapathy Manoharan (India) after referee stopped contest in second round
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Issack Mabushi

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Barri McGuigan (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Omari Golaya

• First Round — Defeated Kalervo Alanenpää (Sweden) on points (5-0)
• Second Round — Lost to Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• William Lyimo

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Khast Jamgan (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) after knock-out in third round

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Leonidas Njunwa

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated to Imad Idriss (Syria) after disqualification in third round
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Detlef Kästner (East Germany) on points (5-0)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• William Isangura

• First Round — Lost to Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after referee stopped contest in first round

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Tanzania — India 0-18
• Tanzania — Spain 0-12
• Tanzania — Cuba 0-4
• Tanzania — Soviet Union 2-11
• Tanzania — Poland 1-9

• Classification Match

• 5th-6th place: Tanzania — Cuba 1-4 → 6th place

• Team Roster:

• Leopold Gracias
• BenedictMendes
• 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

References