# Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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 |
| Silver | Suleiman Nyambui | Athletics | Men's 5000 m | 1 Aug |
| Silver | Filbert Bayi | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 31 July |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mwalimu Ali | 100 m | 10.86 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mwalimu Ali | 200 m | 21.83 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zakariah Barie | 5000 m | 13:49.4 | 9 Q | — | — | 13:44.9 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zakariah Barie | 10000 m | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Filbert Bayi | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:21.4 | 1 Q | — | — | 8:16.2 | 1 Q | 8:12.4 | |
| David Lukuba | 100 m | 10.74 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| David Lukuba | 200 m | 21.76 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Musa Luliga | 800 m | 1:49.6 | 5 Q | — | — | 1:51.5 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leodigard Martin | 10000 m | 30:33.4 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leodigard Martin | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:18:21 | 23 |
| Peter Mwita | 100 m | 11.07 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | |
| Suleiman Nyambui | 10000 m | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gidamis Shahanga | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:16:47 | 15 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Zakayo Malekwa | Javelin throw | 71.58 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mosi Alli | 100 m | 12.19 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mosi Alli | 200 m | 24.99 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marcellina Emmanuel | 1500 m | 4:26.78 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nzaeli Kyomo | 100 m | 11.77 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nzaeli Kyomo | 200 m | 24.22 | 23 q | 24.59 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mwinga Mwanjala | 800 m | 2:05.2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mwinga Mwanjala | 1500 m | 4:20.84 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lilian Nyiti | 800 m | 2:11.1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | 5 |
| Issack Mabushi | Featherweight | BYE | Barri McGuigan (IRL) L TKO-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Omari Golaya | Lightweight | — | Kalervo Alanenpää (SWE) W 5-0 | Kazimierz Adach (POL) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| William Lyimo | Light Welterweight | — | BYE | Khast Jamgan (MGL) W 5-0 | Anthony Willis (GBR) L TKO-3 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Lucas Msomba | Welterweight | — | Elio Diaz (VEN) W 4-1 | Karl-Heinz Krüger (GDR) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leonidas Njunwa | Light Middleweight | — | BYE | Imad Idriss (SYR) W TKO-3 | Detlef Kästner (GDR) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Michael Nassoro | Light Heavyweight | — | — | Slobodan Kacar (YUG) L TKO-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| William Isangura | Heavyweight | — | — | Grzegorz Skrzecz (POL) L KO-1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did 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 |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 9 |
| India | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 8 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 6 |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 2 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 0 |
* 20 July
| India | 18 – 0 | Tanzania |
* 21 July
| Tanzania | 0 – 12 | Spain |
* 23 July
| Tanzania | 0 – 4 | Cuba |
* 24 July
| Soviet Union | 11 – 2 | Tanzania |
* 26 July
| Tanzania | 1 – 9 | Poland |

#### Fifth place match

* 26 July
| Cuba | 4 – 1 | Tanzania |