Namibia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Namibia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NAM
NOC	Namibian National Olympic Committee
in Atlanta
Competitors	8 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Friedhelm Sack
Medals Ranked 55th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
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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.^[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

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