Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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silver=2
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rank=28

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

Medalists

Silver

*Suleiman Nyambui — Athletics, Men's 5,000 metres
*Filbert Bayi — Athletics, Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Results by event

=Athletics=

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 Javelin Throw
* Zakayo Malekwa:* Qualification — 71.58 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

=Boxing=

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 Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
*William Isangura
*# First Round — Lost to Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after referee stopped contest in first round

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*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

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]