Djibouti yakapinda muMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ina pakati pekutanga kwayo paMitambo yeOlympic ya1984 muLos Angeles, United States neMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1996 muAtlanta, United States. Djibouti yakaita mutambo wayo wokutanga weOlympic muna 1984, ichitumira vatambi vatatu. Medari imwe chete yeDjibouti pamberi pemitambo iyi yaive yendarira yakapihwa Hussein Ahmed Salah mumarathon evarume
paMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1988 muSeoul, South Korea. Nhamba yepamusoro yeDjibouti yakakwikwidza paMitambo yaive sere pa 1992 Summer Olympics muBarcelona, Spain.