Tanzania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Tanzania at the Olympic Games
Flag of Tanzania IOC code  TAN NOC Tanzania Olympic Committee
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	41
Medals Rank: 28	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 0	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Tanzania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Silver 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Hockey 2.3.1 Men's team competition 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

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

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Emmanuel Mlundwa
  1. First Round — Defeated Talal Elchawa (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second Round — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Geraldi Issaick
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Jorge Monar (Ecuador) on points (3-2)
  3. Third Round — Defeated Ganapathy Manoharan (India) after referee stopped contest in second round
  4. Quarter Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Issack Mabushi
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Barri McGuigan (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Omari Golaya
  1. First Round — Defeated Kalervo Alanenpää (Sweden) on points (5-0)
  2. Second Round — Lost to Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• William Lyimo
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Khast Jamgan (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) after knock-out in third round

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• William Isangura
  1. First Round — Lost to Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after referee stopped contest in first round

[edit] Hockey

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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