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.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 0 1 1Cycling 1 1 2Swimming 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:
Track and road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankHelalia JohannesWomen's marathon 2:38:3668
Cycling
Road Namibia entered one female cyclist to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRankVera LooserWomen's road race4:10:4768
Mountain biking Namibian mountain bikers secured one male quota place for the Olympic through the 2023 African Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa.
AthleteEventTimeRankAlex MillerMen's cross-country
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)):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPhillip Seidler10 km open watercolspan=4
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