Tanzania at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Tanzania at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | TAN | ||||||||
| NOC | Tanzania Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 6 in 3 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Zakia Mrisho Mohamed | ||||||||
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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, except 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 only in athletics, boxing, and swimming. Half of the team have competed in Beijing, including marathon runner Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, who eventually became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Tanzania, however, failed to win its first ever Olympic medal 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.
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):
Tanzania has so far qualified boxers for the following events
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