 Bhutan, nyika iri kuSouth Asia, yakapinda mumitambo mipfumbamwe yeOlympic pakati pekutanga kwayo mumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1984 muLos Angeles, United States nemitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2016 muRio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nhamba yepamusoro yevatambi veBhutan vanotora chikamu muMitambo yeZhizha ndeye vatanhatu muZhizha reOlympic ra1984 uye muZhizha reOlympic ra1992 muBarcelona, Spain. Bhutan yakakwikwidza kumitambo yeZhizha yeRio kubva musi wa5 kusvika 21 Nyamavhuvhu 2016. Hapana mutambi wechiBhutan akambokunda menduru kumaOlympics. Vatambi vaviri vakasarudzwa kuti vamiririre Bhutan paMitambo yeRio vaive Karma mumutambo wevakadzi wekupfura utauye Kunzang Lenchu mumakwikwi evakadzi ekupfura pfuti yemamita gumi. Pamwe chete nevatambi vaviri, Munyori Mukuru weBhutans Olympic Committee, uye varairidzi vaviri, nhume dzenyika dzakatungamirwa nemugari wenhaka pachigaro cheBhutan Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck. Karma akasarudzwa somutakuri wemureza pamutambo wokuzarura nepo Lenchu akauita pamutambo wokupedzisa. 