Botswana at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Botswana competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Lucien Josiah
 * Heat &mdash; 11.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
 * Lucien Josiah
 * Heat &mdash; 22.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres
 * Joseph Ramotshabe

Men's 800 metres
 * Langa Mudongo
 * Heat &mdash; 1:52.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres
 * Ishmael Mhaladi
 * Heat &mdash; 3:59.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres
 * Robert Chideka

Men's 10,000 metres
 * Golekane Mosweu
 * Heat &mdash; 30:38.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles
 * Wilfred Kareng
 * Heat &mdash; did not finish (→ did not advance)