Juma Mnyampanda

Juma Mnyampanda (born 17 November 1967) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Career Mnyampanda achieved his first international podium at the 1985 African Cross Country Championships, placing as the 14th scorer in the senior 12 km race to help Tanzania win the bronze medal.

The following year at the inaugural World Athletics U20 Championships, Mnyampanda won silver medals in both the 10,000 m and since-discontinued 20 km run, along with a fifth-place finish in the 5000 m. He qualified for his first senior global championship at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, where he placed 12th in his 5000 m heat and did not advance.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Mnyampanda was seeded in the 3rd 5000 m heat. He ran 14:05.09 to finish 15th and did not qualify for the finals.

In August 1989, Mnyampanda finished runner-up at the Stockholmsloppet half-marathon.

He participated in the 1989 and 1990 East and Central African Championships, winning bronze in the 1989 5000 m, silver in the 1990 5000 m, and gold in the 1990 10,000 m. Mnyampanda finished as the 2nd Tanzanian behind Juma Ikangaa, however his time and place of 2:16:49 for 18th was not fast enough to make the 1992 Tanzanian Olympic team.

At the 1994 Stockholm Marathon, Mnyampanda was in runner-up position on the homestretch, but he was out-run by Anders Szalkai before the finish and ultimately placed 3rd, winning US$4,200 of prize money.