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Zimbabwe at the Olympics

Field	Value
NOC	ZIM
NOCname	Zimbabwe Olympic Committee
games	Olympics
website
rank	86
gold	3
silver	4
bronze	1
summerappearances
winterappearances
seealso	RHO (1928-1964)

Zimbabwe participated for the first time at the Olympic Games under its current name in 1980, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Previously, it competed at the Games under the name Rhodesia in 1928, 1960 and 1964. The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi marked Zimbabwe's first participation at the Winter Olympic Games, with Luke Steyn, the Zimbabwean born athlete participating in alpine skiing.

Zimbabwean athletes have won a total of eight medals – three golds, four silvers and one bronze – in two sports. Seven medals were won by swimmer and current IOC President, Kirsty Coventry in 2004 and 2008; the remaining medal was the result of a victory by the women's national field hockey team in 1980.

The National Olympic Committee for Zimbabwe was created in 1934 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 1980.

History

Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) first participated as Rhodesia in the Olympic Games in 1928. Rhodesia was then absent until 1960 when the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland competed under the name of Rhodesia in Rome. Southern Rhodesia then competed alone under the banner of Rhodesia once again and for the last time in 1964. The country thus always competed as a British territory. It was unable to take part in the 1968 Games in Mexico, due to the Mexican government's interpretation of regulations on passports. It never successfully competed following Ian Smith's declaration of an independent Rhodesian republic in 1970. Although it returned to the Games in 1972, Rhodesia was expelled by the International Olympic Committee four days before the opening ceremony, under pressure from other African countries, which did not recognise the legitimacy of the Rhodesian state and threatened a boycott. The invitation which had been extended to Rhodesia was withdrawn by the IOC, by 36 votes to 31 with three abstentions. Rhodesia remained out of the 1976 Summer Olympics after the IOC inspected the country's sporting facilities and groups and found them underwhelming, voting for their expulsion from the committee.

The country's successor state, Zimbabwe, made its Olympic début in 1980. Until 2012, Zimbabwe had always been the penultimate nation marching in the parade of nations ahead the host country, it is now ahead of the next host country before the hosts that began in 2020, exception was made in 2016 when Refugee Olympic Team was ahead of the host country at the time, Brazil.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Total	Rank	Total	3	4
Gold	Silver	Bronze
	2	0	0	0	0	–
	did not participate
	14	0	0	0	0	–
	29	0	0	0	0	–
	did not participate
	42	1	0	0	1	23
	15	0	0	0	0	–
	29	0	0	0	0	–
	19	0	0	0	0	–
	13	0	0	0	0	–
	16	0	0	0	0	–
	12	1	1	1	3	49
	13	1	3	0	4	38
	7	0	0	0	0	–
	31	0	0	0	0	–
	5	0	0	0	0	–
	7	0	0	0	0	–
	future event

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Total	Rank	Total	0	0
Gold	Silver	Bronze
	1	0	0	0	0	–
	did not participate
	future event

Medals by sport

List of medalists

Medal	Games	Sport	Event
	Field hockey team]]	Arlene Boxhall
Liz Chase
Sandra Chick
Gillian Cowley
Patricia Davies
Sarah English
Maureen George
Ann Grant
Susan Huggett
Patricia McKillop
Brenda Phillips
Christine Prinsloo
Sonia Robertson
Anthea Stewart
Helen Volk
Linda Watson }}
		[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	20px]] Swimming	Women's 200-metre backstroke
		[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	20px]] Swimming	Women's 200-metre backstroke
		[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	20px]] Swimming	Women's 100-metre backstroke
		[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	20px]] Swimming	Women's 400-metre individual medley
		[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	20px]] Swimming	Women's 100-metre backstroke
		[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	20px]] Swimming	Women's 200-metre individual medley
		[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	20px]] Swimming	Women's 200-metre individual medley

References

"A captain recalls: Zimbabwe’s golden moment".
"THE ZIMBABWE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE".
[http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic reports] {{webarchive. link. (22 June 2006)
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/22/newsid_3549000/3549444.stm "1972: Rhodesia out of Olympics"], BBC
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19720823&id=FgsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1790,5361674 "Rhodesia expelled"], ''Montreal Gazette'', 23 August 1972
[https://books.google.com/books?id=uCN1CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA654 ''Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement'']

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