Botswana's long Olympics journey

The number of participants since 1980 has been steadily increasing, but ironically, dropped to the lowest in 2012. The expectation would be that, the more the athletes, the brighter the medal prospects. However, in 2012, with just four athletes at the games, Botswana made history by winning a first ever medal through Amos.

When Botswana started competing at the Olympics, held in Moscow in 1980, seven athletes took part. According to the Olympians database, among the athletes was Lucien Josiah, who failed to make it past the heats as he ran 11.15 seconds. In the men’s 200m Josiah also failed to clear the first hurdle as he ran 22.45.