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 Suleiman Nyambui Athletics Men's 5000 m Filbert Bayi Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMwalimu Ali100 m10.86 6did not advance200 m21.835did not advanceZakariah Barie5000 m13:49.49 Qcolspan=2 13:44.97did not advance10000 mDNFdid not advanceFilbert Bayi3000 m steeplechase8:21.41 Qcolspan=2 8:16.2 1 Q8:12.4 David Lukuba100 m10.74 5did not advance200 m21.764did not advanceMusa Luliga800 m1:49.65 Qcolspan=2 1:51.57did not advanceLeodigard Martin 10000 m30:33.411did not advanceMarathoncolspan=6 2:18:2123Peter Mwita100 m 11.076did not advanceEmmanuel NdiemandoiMarathoncolspan=6 2:16:4714Suleiman Nyambui5000 m13:45.42 Qcolspan=2 13:30.25 Q13:21.610000 mDNSdid not advanceGidamis ShahangaMarathoncolspan=6 2:16:47 15
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionZakayo MalekwaJavelin throw71.5816did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMosi Alli100 m12.197did not advance200 m24.9927did not advanceMarcellina Emmanuel1500 m4:26.7811did not advanceNzaeli Kyomo100 m11.77 6did not advance200 m24.2223 q24.598did not advanceMwinga Mwanjala800 m2:05.25did not advance1500 m4:20.8410did not advance Lilian Nyiti800 m2:11.1 5did not advance
Boxing
Men AthleteEvent1 Round 2 Round 3 Round QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEmmanuel MlundwaFlyweightW TKO-2L 0-5did not advanceGeraldi IssaickBantamweightW 3-2W TKO-2L TKO-1did not advance5Issack MabushiFeatherweightL TKO-3did not advanceOmari GolayaLightweightW 5-0L 0-5did not advanceWilliam LyimoLight WelterweightW 5-0L TKO-3did not advance5Lucas MsombaWelterweightW 4-1L 0-5did not advance Leonidas NjunwaLight MiddleweightW TKO-3L 0-5did not advance5Michael NassoroLight Heavyweightcolspan=2 L TKO-2did not advanceWilliam IsanguraHeavyweightcolspan=2 L KO-1did not advance
Field hockey
Men's Competition 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 5 4 1 0 33 3 9 5 3 2 0 39 6 8 5 3 0 2 30 11 6 5 2 1 2 19 15 5 5 1 0 4 7 42 2 5 0 0 5 3 54 0
Fifth place match
References
sports-reference Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database