Namibia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Namibia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNAM
NOCNamibian National Olympic Committee
in Atlanta
Competitors8 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Friedhelm Sack
Medals
Ranked 55th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Namibia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Frankie Fredericks Athletics Men's 100 metres 27 July
 Silver Frankie Fredericks Athletics Men's 200 metres 1 August

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 1 3
Boxing 2 2
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Total 6 2 8

Athletics[edit]

Men[edit]

Track and road events
Athletes Events Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Frankie Fredericks 100 metres 10.32 21 Q 9.93 1 Q 9.94 2 Q 9.89
200 metres 20.59 14 Q 20.38 4 Q 19.98 1 Q 19.68
Joseph Tjitunga Marathon N/A 2:27:52 76

Women[edit]

Track and road events
Athletes Events Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Elizabeth Mongudhi Marathon N/A 2:56:19 59

Boxing[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Joseph Benhard Light-flyweight  Lozano (ESP)
L 10-2
Did not advance
Sackey Shivute Middleweight  Crawford (AUS)
L 12-3
Did not advance

Shooting[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete Events Qualification Final Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Friedhelm Sack 10 metre air pistol 583 =5 97.2 7 680.2 8

Swimming[edit]

Men[edit]

Athletes Events Heat Finals
Time Rank Time Rank
Jörg Lindemeier 100 m breaststroke 1:05.50 35 Did not advance

Women[edit]

Athletes Events Heat Finals
Time Rank Time Rank
Monica Dahl 50 m freestyle 26.76 36 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 57.95 32 Did not advance

References[edit]