Sprinter William Dralu entered the 100m and 200m events. He was eliminated in the heats of both events after recording times of 10.92 and 21.87. Fulgence Rwabu took part in the marathon, placing 59th out of 62 runners who finished the race. Two other track and field athletes, Silver Ayoo and Vitus Ashaba were both eliminated in the heats of their respective events. Ayoo placed seventh in his heat for the 400m while Ashaba placed eighth and tenth in his heats for the 1500m and 3000m steeplechase. Triple jumper Abraham Munabi failed to progress past the qualifying round of his event, placing 22nd.