Noc: | TAN |
Nocname: | Tanzania Olympic Committee |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2024 |
Location: | Paris, France |
Competitors: | 7 |
Sports: | 3 |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
Tanzania competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1964 under the name Tanganyika, Tanzanian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for Montreal 1976 as part of the Congolese-led boycott.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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Athletics | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Total | 4 | 3 | 7 |
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Tanzanian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | |||
Gabriel Geay | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's marathon | ||
Alphonce Simbu | 2:10:03 | 17 | ||
Jackline Sakilu | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's marathon | ||
Magdalena Shauri | 2:31:58 | 40 |
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Tanzania qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Andrew Thomas Mlugu (men's 73 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.[2]
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Tanzania sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Collins Saliboko | Men's 100 m freestyle | 53.38 | 71 | Did not advance | ||||
Sophia Latiff | Women's 50 m freestyle | 28.42 | 49 | Did not advance |