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. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Christine Mboma Athletics Women's 200 metres
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 3 4Boxing 1 0 1Cycling 2 2 4Rowing 0 1 1Swimming 1 0 1 Total 5 6 11
Athletics
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):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankTomas Hilifa RainholdMen's marathoncolspan=4 2:18:2842Beatrice MasilingiWomen's 200 m22.632 Q22.402 Q22.286Christine Mboma22.11 NR1 Q21.97 NR2 Q21.81 NRHelalia JohannesWomen's marathoncolspan=4 2:31:2211
Boxing
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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJonas JuniusMen's lightweightL 0–5Did not advance
Cycling
Road Namibia entered one rider (Dan Craven) to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by finishing in the top two, not yet qualified, at the 2019 African Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He was replaced by Tristan de Lange after Craven tested positive for Covid-19. An additional spot was awarded to a Namibian cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of a top 100 individual finish in the UCI World Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRankTristan de LangeMen's road raceDid not finishVera LooserWomen's road raceDid 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.
AthleteEventTimeRankAlex MillerMen's cross-country1:34:2631Michelle VorsterWomen's cross-country (3 laps)36
Rowing
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.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaike DiekmannWomen's single sculls7:56.373 QFcolspan=2 8:21.695 SC/D7:40.773 FC7:52.1718 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
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.
AthleteEventFinalTimeRankPhillip SeidlerMen's 10 km open water1:53:14.116
See also Namibia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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