Tanzania at the 2018 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	TAN
Cganame:	Tanzania Olympic Committee
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2018
Location:	Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors:	15
Sports:	4
Flagbearer:	Masoud Mtalaso (opening)
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
App Begin Year:	1966
Start Date:	4 April 2018
End Date:	15 April 2018

Tanzania competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Table tennis athlete Masoud Mtalaso was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=140	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	4	2	6
Boxing	4	0	4
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	2	2	4
Total	11	4	15

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ali Khamis Gulam	100 m	10.76	4	did not advance
200 m	21.43	5	did not advance
Stephano Huche Gwandu	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:33:03	14
Saidi Juma Makula	Did not finish

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Anthony Mwanga	Long jump	7.20	22	did not advance
Triple jump	14.22	19	did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Failuna Matanga	5000 m	16:07.99	15
10000 m	32:22.09	12
Sara Ramadhani Makera	Marathon	2:46:52	9

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Tanzania participated with a team of 4 athletes (4 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ezra Mwanjwango	−56 kg		L 0-5	Colspan=4	did not advance
Kassim Mbundwike	−69 kg		L 0-5	Colspan=4	did not advance
Selemani Kidunda	−75 kg	L 2-3	Colspan=5	did not advance
Haruna Mhando	−91 kg		L 0-5	Colspan=4	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Tanzania participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Hilal Hilal	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.37	37	did not advance
Men's 50 m butterfly	26.32	35	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Tanzania participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Masoud Mtalaso	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 1 - 4	L 0 - 4	3	did not advance
Amoni Tumaini	W 4 - 0	W 4 - 2	1 Q		L 0 - 4	did not advance
Neema Mwaisyula	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 0 - 4	L 2 - 4	3		did not advance
Fathiya Pazi	W 4 - 0	L 0 - 4	2		did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Masoud Mtalaso Amoni Tumaini	Men's doubles		L 1 - 3	did not advance
Neema Mwaisyula Fathiya Pazi	Women's doubles		L 0 - 3	did not advance
Neema Mwaisyula Amoni Tumaini	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed doubles	L 1 - 3	did not advance
Fathiya Pazi Masoud Mtalaso	L 1 - 3	did not advance

See also

• Tanzania at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: 71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family . www.gc2018.com/ . Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation . 8 October 2016.
2. Web site: Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony. Morgan. Liam. 4 April 2018. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 4 April 2018.