Namibia at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:NAM
Nocname:Namibian National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:4
Sports:3
Flagbearer Open:Alex Miller & Vera Looser
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

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.[1]

Competitors

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

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics0 1 1
Cycling1 1 2
Swimming1 0 1
Total 2 2 4

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Namibian track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[2]

Track and road events

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Namibia entered one female cyclist to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking.[3]

Mountain biking

Namibian mountain bikers secured one male quota place for the Olympic through the 2023 African Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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)):[4]

Men

Notes and References

  1. News: Call for an urgent sport indaba . Tuerijama . John . . 23 August 2024 .
  2. Web site: Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon. World Athletics. 11 May 2024.
  3. News: Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations. 18 October 2023. International Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification. World Aquatics. 4 June 2023.