Tanzania at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

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.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics2 2 4
Judo1 0 1
Swimming1 1 2
Total 4 3 7

Athletics

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]

Track and road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Gabriel Geayalign=left rowspan=2Men's marathon
Alphonce Simbu2:10:0317
Jackline Sakilualign=left rowspan=2Women's marathon
Magdalena Shauri2:31:58 40

Judo

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]

Swimming

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.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Collins SalibokoMen's 100 m freestyle53.3871Did not advance
Sophia LatiffWomen's 50 m freestyle28.4249Did not advance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Road to Paris 2024. World Athletics. 7 July 2024.
  2. Web site: OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (NATIONS). International Judo Federation. 9 July 2024.