Namibia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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.

Namibia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NAM
NOC	Namibian National Olympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	11 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Maike Diekmann Jonas Junius
Flag bearer (closing)	Beatrice Masilingi
Medals Ranked 77th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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
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 (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.^[5] 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.^[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

• Namibia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
3. "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. 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. "Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". UCI. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
7. "Africa goes for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic qualification". 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. "Phillip Seidler makes historic Olympic qualification for Namibia". FINA. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.