Tanzania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games.
Suleiman Nyambui — Athletics, Men's 5,000 metres
Filbert Bayi — Athletics, Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
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)
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
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
