Tanzania at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tanzania at the Olympics
IOC code	TAN
NOC	Tanzania Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 123rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 2 0 2
Summer appearances
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Tanzania first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games except for the boycotted 1976 Games and has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

Tanzanian athletes have won a total of two medals, both in athletics.

The National Olympic Committee for Tanzania was created in 1968, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.

The résumé of Olympic events in which Tanzania has officially participated has been a static entity for most of the country's Olympic career, at least until recently. The country has in recent years began to diversify the body of its participating athletes. Tanzania introduced itself to the Olympic swimming community at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, with its first team, which included the nation's first female athlete competing in a sport outside the country's familiar realm of athletics. Tanzania also included female swimming its team sent to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Despite the diversification of the nation's Olympic participation, the athlete body of the country's Olympic team nevertheless remains small.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1964 Tokyo	4	0	0	0	0	-
1968 Mexico City	4	0	0	0	0	-
1972 Munich	15	0	0	0	0	-
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow	41	0	2	0	2	28
1984 Los Angeles	18	0	0	0	0	-
1988 Seoul	10	0	0	0	0	-
1992 Barcelona	9	0	0	0	0	-
1996 Atlanta	7	0	0	0	0	-
2000 Sydney	4	0	0	0	0	-
2004 Athens	8	0	0	0	0	-
2008 Beijing	10	0	0	0	0	-
2012 London	6	0	0	0	0	-
2016 Rio de Janeiro	7	0	0	0	0	-
2020 Tokyo	3	0	0	0	0	-
2024 Paris	7	0	0	0	0	-
2028 Los Angeles	future event
Total		0	2	0	2	126

Medals by sport

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Nyambui, SuleimanSuleiman Nyambui	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
2 Silver	Bayi, FilbertFilbert Bayi	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

See also

In Spanish: Tanzania en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Tanzania at the Olympics