Zimbabwe at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Zimbabwe competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Zimbabwe at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ZIM
NOC	Zimbabwe Olympic Committee
Website	www.zoc.co.zw
in Atlanta
Competitors	13 (12 men and 1 woman) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Tendai Chimusasa
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	0	6
Boxing	2	–	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Diving	1	0	1
Swimming	0	1	1
Tennis	2	0	2
Total	12	1	13

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men—Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tawanda Chiwira	400 metres	45.89	22 Q	45.38	20	did not advance
Savieri Ngidhi	800 metres	1:46.46	15 q	—		1:46.78	13	did not advance
Tendai Chimusasa	Marathon	—						2:16:31	13
Ken Harnden	400 metres hurdles	48.54	4 q	—		48.61	12	did not advance
Julius Masvanise	400 metres hurdles	50.16	37	—		did not advance
Julius Masvanise Tawanda Chiwira Savieri Ngidhi Ken Harnden	4 x 400 metres relay	3:13.35	28	—		did not advance

Men—Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa	Triple jump	14.47	42	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Arson Mapfumo	Flyweight	Recaido (PHI) L 13-2	Did not advance
Alexander Kwangwari	Light-middleweight	Simagunsong (INA) L 12-1	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Timothy Jones	Road race	did not finish

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Evan Stewart	3 m springboard	361.53	11 Q	567.96	13	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Athletes	Events	Heat		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teresa Moodie	50 m freestyle	27.38	43	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.59	38	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:08.23	40	did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Byron Black	Singles	Raoux (FRA) W 6-3 3-6 6-2	Ferreira (RSA) L 2-6 5-7	did not advance
Wayne Black	Singles	Szymanski (VEN) W 64-77 6-4 6-3	Philippoussis (AUS) L 4-6 2-6	did not advance
Byron Black Wayne Black	Doubles	—	Lee, Yoon (KOR) W 6-4 6-2	Goellner, Prinosil (GER) L 6-4 1-6 5-7	did not advance