Namibia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Namibia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNAM
NOCNamibian National Olympic Committee
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors4 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Alex Miller & Vera Looser
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Namibia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics, since the nation's official debut at 1992.

In what was widely seen as a "poor representation", Namibia only sent four athletes to the 2024 Games and won no medals. A former Athletics Namibia (AN) president blamed the country's bad performance on a lack of proper preparation, opining that athletics in Namibia "is kind of a hobby" due to a lack of sports development programmes.[1]

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 1 1
Cycling 1 1 2
Swimming 1 0 1
Total 2 2 4

Athletics

Namibian track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[2]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Helalia Johannes Women's marathon 2:38:36 68

Cycling

Road

Namibia entered one female cyclist to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking.[3]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Vera Looser Women's road race 4:10:47 68

Mountain biking

Namibian mountain bikers secured one male quota place for the Olympic through the 2023 African Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Alex Miller Men's cross-country DNF

Swimming

Namibian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[4]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Phillip Seidler 10 km open water DNF

References

  1. ^ Tuerijama, John (23 August 2024). "Call for an urgent sport indaba". The Namibian.
  2. ^ "Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.