Kammala wannan jumla: Filbert Bayi, wanda daga bisani ya karya tarihin duniya a mita 1500, ya lashe lambar zinare ta farko a kasar a
A shekara ta 1973. Sauran 'yan wasan zinare sun hada da Samwel Mwera wanda ya doke Mbulaeni Mulaudzi a tseren mita 800 na maza a 2003. Kodayake kasar ba ta lashe lambar yabo a kowane wasanni ba, 'yan wasan Tanzania sun sami jimillar lambobin yabo ashirin da hudu, ciki har da zinare hudu da azurfa goma.