Zambia at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Zambia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.

Zambia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ZAM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Zambia
Website	www.nocz.co.zm
in Los Angeles, United States 28 July–12 August 1984
Competitors	16 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Davison Lishebo
Officials	5
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Rhodesia (1960)

Medalists

Main article: 1984 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Keith Mwila	Boxing	Men's light-flyweight	9 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Davison Lishebo	400 m	46.20	1 Q	45.57	4 Q	45.97	8	Did not advance
Archfell Musango	800 m	1:48.84	39	Did not advance
	1500 m	3:46.99	8	Did not advance
Henry Ngolwe	100 m	10.94	7	Did not advance
	200 m	21.58	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mutale Mulenga	High jump	2.05	28	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keith Mwila	Light Flyweight	—	BYE	Pao-Ming Chung (TPE) W TKO-2	Mamoru Kuroiwa (JPN) W 5-0	Salvatore Todisco (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Patrick Mwamba	Flyweight	—	Ibrahim Bilali (KEN) L 2-3	Did not advance
Star Zulu	Bantamweight	BYE	Gustavo Cruz (NCA) W 5-0	Maurizio Stecca (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Chris Mwamba	Featherweight	BYE	Abraham Mieses (DOM) L 1-4	Did not advance
Jaineck Chinyanta	Lightweight	BYE	Errol Phillip (GRN) W RSC-2	Fahri Sumer (TUR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Dimus Chisala	Light Welterweight	Charles Nwokolo (NGR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Henry Kalunga	Welterweight	BYE	Kamel Abboud (ALG) L 0-5	Did not advance
Christopher Kapopo	Light Middleweight	BYE	Richard Finch (AUS) W 4-1	Abdellah Tibazi (MAR) W 3-2	Frank Tate (USA) L RSC-1	Did not advance		5
Moses Mwaba	Middleweight	—	BYE	Vincent Sarnelli (FRA) W TKO-1	Mohamed Zaoui (ALG) L 1-4	Did not advance		5

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
James Mafuta	−60kg	—	Gino Ciampa (AUS) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Alick Kalwihzi	−71kg	—	Juan Vargas (ESA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Asafu Tembo	−78kg	BYE	Seppo Myllyla (FIN) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database