Noc: | NAM |
Nocname: | Namibian National Olympic Committee |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2008 |
Location: | Beijing |
Competitors: | 10 |
Sports: | 4 |
Flagbearer: | Mannie Heymans[1] |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1992 |
Namibia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beata Naigambo received a qualifying berth for the Olympics after winning the Nedbank South African Marathon Championships.[2] Hilaria Johannes also qualified. Agnes Samaria and Stephan Louw still need to get through the selection process.[3]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Helalia Johannes | align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | 2:35:22 | 40 | ||||
Beata Naigambo | 2:33:29 | 28 | ||||||
align=left rowspan="2" | Agnes Samaria | 800 m | 2:02.18 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
1500 m | 4:15.80 | 7 | Did not advance |
See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jafet Uutoni won a gold medal in the first leg of the Olympic qualifiers for African states in Algiers, Algeria. At the second round of qualification, which was held in Namibia, fellow Namibians Mujandjae Kasuto (gold medal, welterweight) and Julius Indongo (bronze medal, lightweight) also qualified for the games.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Jafet Uutoni | Light flyweight | L 5–5+ | Did not advance | |||||
Julius Indongo | Lightweight | L 2–14 | Did not advance | |||||
Mujandjae Kasuto | Welterweight | L 5–8 | Did not advance |
See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Eric Hoffman and Mannie Heymans qualified.[3]
See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Gaby Ahrens qualified for the Trap women's competition[3]