Namibia at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NAM
Nocname:	Namibian National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	8
Sports:	4
Flagbearer:	Friedhelm Sack
Rank:	55
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				27 July
				1 August

Competitors

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Boxing	2	–	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	6	2	8

Athletics

See main article: article and 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	align=center colspan=6	N/A	2:27:52	76

Women

Track and road events

Boxing

See main article: article and 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	L 10-2	Did not advance
Sackey Shivute	Middleweight	L 12-3	Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/NAM/editions/24 Namibia at the 1996 Summer Olympics