Botswana won its inaugural medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Nijel Amos getting a silver in the 800m.

[1] The men's 4 × 400 relay team won a bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

[2] In 2024, sprinter Letsile Tebogo won Botswana's first-ever Olympic gold medal after winning the men's 200 metres, also becoming the first African to win the title.

[3] Along with many other African nations, Botswana has yet to compete in a Winter Olympics.

21 year old Letsile Tebogo won the gold medal in the men's 200m in a time of 19.46s, breaking his own African record set at the 2023 London Athletics Meet.