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. This was the fifth time that Zimbabwe had competed at an Olympic Games with the first three as Rhodesia. 15 competitors, 12 men and 3 women, took part in 18 events in 5 sports.

Background

Zimbabwe first competed at the 1928 games in

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as Rhodesia. Before the 1984 edition, they had participated in four Summer Olympics before this edition. They were meant to enter the 1972 Olympics in Munich but the invitation was removed by the IOC after the African countries threaten to boycott the games. Zimbabwe would send 15 competitors to the 1984 games with the most being the sport of Athletics with 6 athletes coming from that sport. Zephaniah Ncube who competed in the Athletics was the flag bearer for Zimbabwe at the 1984 Olympics.

Athletics

Men's 200 metres * Christopher Madzokere :* Heat – 22.75 (did not advance) Men's 400 metres * Christopher Madzokere :* Heat – 48.49 (did not advance) Men's 800 metres * Tapfumaneyi Jonga :* Heat – 1:49.59 (did not advance) Men's 1,500 metres * Tapfumaneyi Jonga :* Heat – 3:40.42 (advance to semi final) :* Semi final – 3:41.80 (Rank 11 did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres * Zephaniah Ncube :* Heat – 13:46.33 :* Semifinals – 13:53.25 (did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres * Zephaniah Ncube :* Qualifying Heat – 28:28.53 :* Final – 28:31.61 (11th place) Men's Marathon * Patrick Nyambarito – 2:37:18 (67th place) * Tommy Lazarus – did not finish (no ranking) Women's Discus Throw * Mariette Van Heerden :* Qualification – 50.54 m (did not advance)

Boxing

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. The round of 16 match was held three days later with Louis Gomis being his opponent. He would win in a clean sweep before going on to lose in the quarter-finals three days later against Mexican boxer Héctor López. The other two boxers had first up loses. Ambrose Mlilo competed in the light middleweight division, where he would lose in the opening round of the competition to

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from West Germany while in the middleweight division, Arigoma Chiponda lost to Tom Corr from Ireland in a clean sweep.

Diving

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Sailing

Mixed One Person Dinghy * Guy Grossmith Rank 23

Shooting

Men's Air Rifle (10 metres) * Dennis Hardman Rank 49 Points: 548, (90,90,92,92,95,89) Men's Small–Bore Rifle Three Positions (50 metres) * Dennis Hardman Rank 43 Points: 1101, Standing 340 (83,86,82,89), Kneeling 371 (91,91,96,93), Prone 390 (98,97,98,97) Men's Small-Bore Rifle Prone (50 metres) * Dennis Hardman Rank 67 Points: 569 (94,95,93,94,95,98) Mixed Trap * Clive Conolly Rank 22 Points: 181 Mixed Skeet * Bob Warren-Codrington Rank 62 Points: 167

References

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