Botswana has competed in 12 Summer Olympic Games since its debut in 1980. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
Botswana won its inaugural medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Nijel Amos getting a silver in the 800m. The men's 4 × 400 relay team won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In 2024, sprinter Letsile Tebogo won Botswana's first-ever Olympic gold medal after winning the men's 200 metres, also becoming the first African to win the title.
Olympic overview Along with many other African nations, Botswana has yet to compete in a Winter Olympics.
1980 Summer Olympics
Botswana's debut was at the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow. They sent seven men and no women to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics. They did not win a single medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. All athletes participated in athletics.
1984 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics Nijel Amos won a silver medal in the men's 800 m, Botswana's first ever medal.
2016 Summer Olympics
2020 Summer Olympics
2024 Summer Olympics 21 year old Letsile Tebogo won the gold medal in the men's 200m in a time of 19.46s, breaking his own African record set at the 2023 London Athletics Meet. Tebogo subsequently anchored the relay team in the 4 × 400m, in which they won silver in a time of 2:54.53, the third fastest time in history, and a new African record.
Medal tables Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRankRef(s) 7 0 0 0 0 – 7 0 0 0 0 – 8 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – 7 0 0 0 0 – 7 0 0 0 0 – 10 0 0 0 0 – 12 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 1 0 1 69 12 0 0 0 0 – 13 0 0 1 1 86 11 1 1 0 2 55 future event Total 1 2 1 4 102
Medals by sport
List of medalists Botswana has won four medals in its Olympic lifespan, a gold medal, two silver medals, and a bronze medal. Medal Name Games Sport EventDate Athletics Men's 800 metres Isaac MakwalaBayapo NdoriZibane NgoziBaboloki Thebe Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Athletics Men's 200 metres Busang KebinatshipiBayapo NdoriAnthony PeselaLetsile Tebogo Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Flagbearers # Games Season Flag bearer Sport Ref. 1 Moscow 1980 Summer 2 Los Angeles 1984 Summer Official 3 Seoul 1988 Summer Boxing 4 Barcelona 1992 Summer 5 Atlanta 1996 Summer Athletics 6 Sydney 2000 Summer Boxing 7 Athens 2004 Summer Boxing 8 Beijing 2008 Summer Swimming 9 London 2012 Summer Athletics 10 Rio 2016 Summer Athletics 11 Tokyo 2020SummerBoxingAthletics12 Paris 2024SummerAthleticsSwimming
See also Botswana at the Paralympics
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