Tanzania at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:TAN
Nocname:Tanzania Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2012
Location:London
Competitors:6
Sports:3
Flagbearer:Zakia Mrisho Mohamed
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Tanzania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics. Tanzania did not compete at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, because of the African boycott.

The Tanzanian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 2000. A total of six athletes, four men and two women, competed in athletics, boxing, and swimming. Half of the team previously competed in Beijing, including marathon runner Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Tanzania did not win any medals, continuing a medal-less streak that has lasted since the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where steeplechase runner Filbert Bayi, and long-distance runner Suleiman Nyambui won silver for each of their respective sporting events.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Tanzanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[1]

Key
Men
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Faustine Mussaalign=left rowspan=2Marathon2:17:3933
Samson Ramadhani2:24:5366
Women

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Tanzania has so far qualified boxers for the following events[2]

Men

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men
Women

Notes and References

  1. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
  2. Web site: Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed. 5 May 2012. AIBA. 5 May 2012.