Excitation functions for the production of the 181,182m,182g,183,184g,186 Re and 183,184 Ta radionuclides from proton bombardment on natural tungsten were measured using the stacked-foil Re has remarkable applications in the field of nuclear medicine, whereas the data of 183,184g Re and 183 Ta have potential applications in thin layer activation analysis and biomedical tracer studies, respectively.