| Noc: | BOT |
| Nocname: | Botswana National Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Olympics |
| Rank: | 104 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
Botswana has competed in 11 Summer Olympics, and their first Olympic game was at the 1980 Summer Olympics. They have never participated in a Winter Olympics.
Botswana won its inaugural medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Nijel Amosgetting a silver in the 800m.[1] The men's 4 × 400 relay team won a bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.[2]
In 2024, sprinter Letsile Tebogo won Botswana's first-ever Olympic gold medal after winning the men's 200 metres, also becoming the first African to win the title.[3]
Along with many other African nations, Botswana has yet to compete in a Winter Olympics.[4]
See main article: Botswana at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Botswana's debut was at the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow. They sent seven men and no women to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[5] They did not win a single medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. All athletes participated in athletics.[6]
Nijel Amos won a silver medal in the men's 800 m, Botswana's first ever medal.
21 year old Letsile Tebogo won the gold medal in the men's 200m in a time of 19.46s, breaking his own African record set at the 2023 London Athletics Meet.[7] Tebogo subsequently anchored the relay team in the 4 × 400m, in which they won silver in a time of 2:54.53, the third fastest time in history, and a new African record.[8]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank | Ref(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [9] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [10] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [11] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [12] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [13] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [14] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [15] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [16] | |||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | [17] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | [18] | |||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 86 | [19] | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | ||||
| Future Event | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 102 | |||
Botswana has won four medals in its Olympic lifespan, a gold medal, two silver medals, and a bronze medal.
| Games | Season | Flag bearer | Sport | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 |  Paris 2024 | Summer | Letsile Tebogo | Athletics | |
| Maxine Egner | Swimming | ||||
| 11 |  Tokyo 2020 | Boxing | [20] | ||
| Athletics | |||||
| 10 |  Rio 2016 | Athletics | [21] | ||
| 9 |  London 2012 | Athletics | |||
| 8 |  Beijing 2008 | Swimming | |||
| 7 | Athens 2004 | Boxing | |||
| 6 |  Sydney 2000 | Boxing | |||
| 5 |  Atlanta 1996 | Athletics | |||
| 4 | Barcelona 1992 | ||||
| 3 |  Seoul 1988 | Boxing | |||
| 2 | Los Angeles 1984 | Official | |||
| 1 | Moscow 1980 |