Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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| Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TAN |
| NOC | Tanzania Olympic Committee |
| in Moscow | |
| Competitors | 41 (36 men and 5 women) in 3 sports |
| Medals Ranked 28th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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 |
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 Silver |
Suleiman Nyambui | Athletics | Men's 5000 m | 1 Aug |
| Silver |
Filbert Bayi | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 31 July |
Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Mwalimu Ali | 100 m | 10.86 | 6 | did not advance | |||||||
| 200 m | 21.83 | 5 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Zakariah Barie | 5000 m | 13:49.4 | 9 Q | — | 13:44.9 | 7 | did not advance | ||||
| 10000 m | DNF | did not advance | |||||||||
| Filbert Bayi | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:21.4 | 1 Q | — | 8:16.2 | 1 Q | 8:12.4 |
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| David Lukuba | 100 m | 10.74 | 5 | did not advance | |||||||
| 200 m | 21.76 | 4 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Musa Luliga | 800 m | 1:49.6 | 5 Q | — | 1:51.5 | 7 | did not advance | ||||
| Leodigard Martin | 10000 m | 30:33.4 | 11 | did not advance | |||||||
| Marathon | — | 2:18:21 | 23 | ||||||||
| Peter Mwita | 100 m | 11.07 | 6 | did not advance | |||||||
| Emmanuel Ndiemandoi | Marathon | — | 2:16:47 | 14 | |||||||
| Suleiman Nyambui | 5000 m | 13:45.4 | 2 Q | — | 13:30.2 | 5 Q | 13:21.6 |
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| 10000 m | DNS | did not advance | |||||||||
| Gidamis Shahanga | Marathon | — | 2:16:47 | 15 | |||||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Zakayo Malekwa | Javelin throw | 71.58 | 16 | did not advance | |
- Women
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Mosi Alli | 100 m | 12.19 | 7 | did not advance | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 200 m | 24.22 | 23 q | 24.59 | 8 | did not advance | ||||
| Mwinga Mwanjala | 800 m | 2:05.2 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
| 1500 m | 4:20.84 | 10 | did not advance | ||||||
| Lilian Nyiti | 800 m | 2:11.1 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
Boxing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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| 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 | |||||
Field hockey
Men's Competition
- Team Roster
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- 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
- Preliminary round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 Spain
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 9 |
| India
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 8 |
 Soviet Union
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 6 |
| Poland
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 |
| Cuba
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 2 |
 Tanzania
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 0 |
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- Fifth place match
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