- Source: Zimbabwe at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Zimbabwe competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 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 Amsterdam, Netherlands 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
Zimbabwe was represented by three athletes in the boxing at the 1984 Olympics, each of them competing in their first Olympics. 25 year old boxer, Ndaba Dube competed in the bantamweight division. He won his opening match on 2 August against fellow African Amon Neequaye. 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 Manfred Zielonka from West Germany while in the middleweight division, Arigoma Chiponda lost to Tom Corr from Ireland in a clean sweep.
Diving
Women
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
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