Botswana at the Olympics


Botswana has competed in 11 Summer Olympics, and their first Olympic game was at the 1980 Summer Olympics. They have never participated in a Winter Olympics.
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 [Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|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.

2012 Summer Olympics

Nijel Amos won a silver medal in the men's 800 m, Botswana's first ever medal.

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.

List of medalists

Botswana has won four medals in its Olympic lifespan, a gold medal, two silver medals, and a bronze medal.
MedalNameGamesSportEventDate
AthleticsMen's 800 metres
Isaac Makwala
Bayapo Ndori
Zibane Ngozi
Baboloki Thebe		 AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
AthleticsMen's 200 metres
Busang Kebinatshipi
Bayapo Ndori
Anthony Pesela
Letsile Tebogo		 AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay