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Namibia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation
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

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

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

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

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

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Women

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

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