Namibia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Namibia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Jonas Junius
Flag bearer (closing)Beatrice Masilingi
Medals
Ranked 77th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)

Namibia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Christine Mboma Athletics Women's 200 metres August 3

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 3 4
Boxing 1 0 1
Cycling 2 2 4
Rowing 0 1 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Total 5 6 11

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Namibian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

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 & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tomas Hilifa Rainhold Men's marathon — 2:18:28 42
Beatrice Masilingi Women's 200 m 22.63 2 Q 22.40 2 Q 22.28 6
Christine Mboma 22.11
NR
 		1 Q 21.97
NR
 		2 Q 21.81
NR
 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Helalia Johannes Women's marathon — 2:31:22 11

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Namibia entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian

Jonas Junius scored an outright semifinal victory to secure a spot in the men's lightweight division at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal.[4]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jonas Junius
 Men's lightweight Bye  Garside (AUS)
L 0–5 		Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Namibia entered one rider (

UCI World Ranking.[6]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Tristan de Lange Men's road race Did not finish
Vera Looser Women's road race Did not finish

Mountain biking

Namibia entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's cross-country race, respectively, by virtue of their best individual ranking at the 2019 African Championships.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Alex Miller Men's cross-country 1:34:26 31
Michelle Vorster Women's cross-country LAP (3 laps) 36

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Namibia qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of five berths available at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia, marking the country's debut in the sport.[7][8]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maike Diekmann Women's single sculls 7:56.37 3 QF Bye 8:21.69 5 SC/D 7:40.77 3 FC 7:52.17 18

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Namibia entered one swimmer to compete at the Games for the first time since

Sydney 2000. Phillip Seidler finished fourteenth in the men's 10 km open water to secure the remaining slot for Africa at the 2021 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setúbal, Portugal.[9]

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Phillip Seidler Men's 10 km open water 1:53:14.1 16

See also

References

  1. Olympics
    . 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. IAAF
    . Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Boxing Olympic Qualification – Dakar: Day 7 As It Happened". Olympic Channel. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. ^ Schütz, Helge (19 July 2021). "De Lange replaces Craven in Olympic team". namibian.com. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. UCI
    . 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. International Rowing Federation
    . 16 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Aviron: les Algériens Boudina et Aït Daoud qualifiés pour les JO-2020" [Rowing: Algerians Boudina and Aït Dad qualified for the 2020 Olympics] (in French). Algeria Press Service. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  9. FINA
    . 21 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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