Djibouti yakapinda mumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha misere pakati pekutanga kwayo mumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1984 muLos Angeles, United States nemitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2016 muRio de Janeiro. Djibouti yakaita mutambo wayo wokutanga weOlympic muna 1984, ichitumira vatambi vatatu kumitambo. Nhamba huru zvikurusa yavatambi veDjiboutian vanobatanidzwa muMitambo yeZhizha vasere muMitambo ye 1992 muBarcelona, Spain. Mutambi wemarathon Hussein Ahmed Salah ndiye chete mutambi weDjiboutian akahwina menduru, izvo zvaakaita mumarathon ya1988
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