Zambia at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Zambia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors	16 in 3 sports
Officials	5
Medals Rank: 43	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1964* 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 *As Northern Rhodesia
Other related appearances
Rhodesia (1960)

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

Bronze

• Keith Mwila — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

• Dave Lishebo

• Heat — 46.20
• Quarterfinals — 45.57
• Semifinals — 45.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Mutale Mulenga — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Keith Mwila → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Pao-Ming Chung (Taipeh), referee stopped contest in second round
  3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Mamoru Kuroiwa (Japan), 5-0
  4. Semi Finals — Lost to Salvatore Todisco (Italy), 0-5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Star Zulu
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Gustavo Cruz (Nicaragua), 5-0
  3. Third Round — Lost to Maurizio Stecca (Italy), 0-5

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Moses Mwaba
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Defeated Vincent Sarnelli (France), after knock-out in first round
  3. Quarterfinals – Lost to Mohamed Zaoui (Algeria), on points (1:4)

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database