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 metresFilbert Bayi — Athletics, Men's 3,000 metres SteeplechaseMen's 100 metres
David LukubaHeat — 10.74 (→ did not advance)Mwalimu AliHeat — 10.86 (→ did not advance)Men's 200 metres
David LukubaHeat — 21.76 (→ did not advance)Mwalimu AliHeat — 21.83 (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
Musa LuligaHeat — 1:49.6Semifinals — 1:51.5 (→ did not advance)Men's 5,000 metres
Suleiman NyambuiHeat — 13:45.4Semi Final — 13:30.2Final — 13:21.6 (→ Silver Medal)Zakariah BarieHeat — 13:49.4Semi Final — 13:44.9 (→ did not advance)Men's 10,000 metres
Leodigard MartinHeat — 30:33.4 (→ did not advance)Suleiman NyambuiHeat — did not finish (→ did not advance)Zakariah BarieHeat — did not finish (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
Emmanuel NdiemandoiFinal — 2:16:47 (→ 14th place)Gidamis ShahangaFinal — 2:16:47 (→ 15th place)Leodigard MartinFinal — 2:18:21 (→ 23rd place)Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Filbert BayiHeat — 8:21.4Semifinals — 8:16.2Final — 8:12.4 (→ Silver Medal)Men's Javelin Throw
Zakayo MalekwaQualification — 71.58 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)Women's 100 metres
Nzaeli KyomoHeat — 11.77 (→ did not advance)Women's 800 metres
Mwinga MwanjalaHeat — 2:05.2 (→ did not advance)Lilian NyitiHeat — 2:11.1 (→ did not advance)Women's 1,500 metres
Mwinga MwanjalaHeat — 4:20.9 (→ did not advance)Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Emmanuel MlundwaFirst Round — Defeated Talal Elchawa (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second roundSecond Round — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Geraldi IssaickFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Defeated Jorge Monar (Ecuador) on points (3-2)Third Round — Defeated Ganapathy Manoharan (India) after referee stopped contest in second roundQuarter Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Issack MabushiFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Lost to Barri McGuigan (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Omari GolayaFirst 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 LyimoFirst Round — ByeSecond 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 NjunwaFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Defeated to Imad Idriss (Syria) after disqualification in third roundQuarter Finals — Lost to Detlef Kästner (East Germany) on points (5-0)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
William IsanguraFirst Round — Lost to Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after referee stopped contest in first roundPreliminary RoundTanzania — India 0-18Tanzania — Spain 0-12Tanzania — Cuba 0-4Tanzania — Soviet Union 2-11Tanzania — Poland 1-9Classification Match5th-6th place: Tanzania — Cuba 1-4 → 6th placeTeam Roster:Leopold GraciasBenedictMendesSoter da SilvaAbraham SykesYusuf ManwarSingh JaypalMohamed ManjiRajabu RajabJasbir VirdeeIslam IslamStephen d'SilvaFrederick FurtadoTaherali HassanaliAnoop MukundanPatrick TotoJulias Peter 
