Namibia at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:NAM
Nocname:Namibian National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2004
Location:Athens
Competitors:8
Sports:5
Flagbearer:Paulus Ambunda
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1992

Namibia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.

Namibian National Olympic Committee sent a total of eight athletes to the Games, seven men and one woman, to compete in 5 sports. Three of them had previously competed in Sydney, including pistol shooter Friedhelm Sack and mountain biker Mannie Heymans. Sprinter and four-time Olympic silver medalist Frankie Fredericks sought his official comeback to the Games after an eight-year absence with the hopes of adding another medal to his career hardware. Flyweight boxer Paulus Ambunda was appointed by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]

Namibia, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal for the second consecutive time since the previous Games. Being a top favorite for the Namibian team, Fredericks fell short of claiming his third medal in the 200 metres, and thereby missed a chance to climb into the podium on his final Olympic appearance.[2] On August 29, 2004, at the time of the closing ceremony, Fredericks was elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, along with three other athletes.[3]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Namibian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[4] [5]

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
align=left rowspan=2Frankie Fredericks100 m10.121 Q10.174did not advance
200 m20.541 Q20.202 Q20.433 Q20.144
Christie van Wyk100 m10.495did not advance
Women

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Namibia sent two boxers to Athens. Both received a bye in the round of 32, both won their match in the round of 16, and both were defeated in the quarterfinals.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Joseph JermiaLight flyweight
W 29–20

L 11–18
did not advance
Paulus AmbundaFlyweight
W 39–19

L 15–28
did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Mountain biking

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Namibian has qualified a single shooter.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Friedhelm Sack10 m air pistol572=33did not advance
50 m pistol529=41did not advance

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Key
Men's freestyle

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony. Olympics. 13 August 2004. 11 September 2013.
  2. News: Fredericks to quit after final 200. CNN. 24 August 2004. 26 April 2014.
  3. News: Athletics triumphs in IOC Athletes Commission Elections. IAAF. 26 August 2004. 22 April 2014.
  4. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
  5. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.