Djibouti yakapinda mumitambo mishanu yemaOlympic pakati pekutanga kwayo mumitambo yemaOlympic ya1984 muLos Angeles, United States of America nemitambo yemaOlympic ya2008 muBeijing. Djibouti yakaita mutambo wayo wokutanga weOlympic muna 1984, ichitumira vatambi vatatu kumitambo. Nhamba huru zvikurusa yavatambi veDjiboutian vanobatanidzwa mumitambo yezhizha vasere mumitambo ya 1992 muBarcelona, Spain. Mumhanyi mumwe chete wekuDjibouti ndiye akambokunda menduru kumaOlympics, ndiye Hussein Ahmed Salah, mumhanyi wemarathon, uyo akahwina menduru yebronze mumarathon muna 1988
. Vatambi vaviri vanobva kuDjibouti vakasarudzwa kukwikwidza mumitambo yeBeijing; Mahamoud Farah mumakwikwi emamita 1500 uye Fathia Ali Bouraleh mumakwikwi emamita 100.