Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
competed in the
Olympic Games
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for the first time at the
1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow
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,
USSR
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Results by event
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
Men's 100 metres
*
Lucien Josiah
** Heat — 11.15 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
*
Lucien Josiah
** Heat — 22.45 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
*
Joseph Ramotshabe
Men's 800 metres
*
Langa Mudongo
** Heat — 1:52.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
*
Ishmael Mhaladi
** Heat — 3:59.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
*
Robert Chideka
Men's 10,000 metres
*
Golekane Mosweu
** Heat — 30:38.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
*
Wilfred Kareng
** Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
See also
*
Botswana at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
References
Official Olympic Reportssports-reference
Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980
Olympics
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