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Namibia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Namibia IOC code  NAM NOC Namibian National Olympic Committee
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	8 (7 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Paulus Ambunda
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
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1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Namibia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Results by event

Athletics

Namibia's only ever Olympic medal winner, Frankie Fredericks, came just a tenth of a second short of winning his third medal in the 200 metres, but even his season best time was not fast enough to beat the three Americans ahead of him. Fredericks also fell just two-hundredths of a second short of qualifying for the semifinal in the 100 metres, another event in which he had won two Olympic medals.

Agnes Samaria also found herself on the wrong end of close finish, just a tenth-and-a-half of a second from making the Women's 800 metres final.

Men's 100 metres:

• Frankie Fredericks
  • Round 1: 10.12 s (1st in heat 1, Qualified, 7th overall) (Season Best)
  • Round 2: 10.17 s (4th in heat 1, did not advance, 15th overall)

• Christie van Wyk
  • Round 1: 10.49 s (5th in heat 9, did not advance, 48th overall)

Men's 200 metres:

• Frankie Fredericks
  • Round 1: 20.54 s (1st in heat 3, Qualified, 8th overall)
  • Round 2: 20.20 s (2nd in heat 1, Qualified, 3rd overall)
  • Semifinal: 20.43 s (3rd in semifinal 1, Qualified, 6th overall)
  • Final: 20.14 s (4th overall) (Season Best)

Women's 800 metres:

• Agnes Samaria
  • Round 1: 2:00.05 (2nd in heat 2, Qualified, 2nd overall)
  • Semifinal: 1:59.37 (5th in semifinal 1, did not advance, 8th overall)

Boxing

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. Namibia's combined record was 2-2, with no medals earned.

Light Flyweight (48kg):

• Joseph Jermia
  • Round of 32: Bye
  • Round of 16: Defeated Peter Wakefield of Australia (29 - 20)
  • Quarterfinal: Lost to Sergey Kazakov of Russia (18 - 11)

Flyweight (51kg):

• Paulus Ambunda
  • Round of 32 - Bye
  • Round of 16 - Defeated Jonny Mendoza of Venezuela (39 - 19)
  • Quarterfinal - Lost to Rustamhodza Rahimov of Germany (15 - 28)

Cycling

Mountain Bike

Heymans finished well behind, but did manage to remain on the lead lap.

Men's Cross-Country:

• Mannie Heymans
  • 2:28:28 (29th place, 13:26 behind)

Shooting

Sack finished last in the 50 metre pistol, but had a much better finish in the 10 metre event.

Men's 50 metre Pistol:

• Friedhelm Sack
  • Qualification: 529 points (T-41st overall, did not advance)

Men's 50 metre Air Pistol:

• Friedhelm Sack
  • Qualification: 572 points (T-33rd overall, did not advance)

Wrestling

Namibia's lone wrestler in Athens lost both his matches and did not advance from his pool.

Men's 96 kg:

• Nicolaas Jacobs
  • Pool 3
    • Lost to Rustam Aghayev of Azerbaijan (Fall; 1:13)
    • Lost to Islam Bairamukov of Kazakhstan (1 - 7)
  • 3rd in pool, did not advance (1 TP, 1 CP, 18th overall)

Officials

• President: Agnes Tjongarero
• Secretary General: Daan Nel

References

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad

• Wallechinsky, David; Jamie Loucky (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics : 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1845133306.