Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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)
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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

Medalists

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Zakayo Malekwa	Javelin throw	71.58	16	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mosi Alli	100 m	12.19	7	did not advance
Mosi Alli	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
Nzaeli Kyomo	200 m	24.22	23 q	24.59	8	did not advance
Mwinga Mwanjala	800 m	2:05.2	5	did not advance
Mwinga Mwanjala	1500 m	4:20.84	10	did not advance
Lilian Nyiti	800 m	2:11.1	5	did not advance

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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