Namibia competed at the

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in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. Namibian National Olympic Committee sent a total of eight athletes to the Games, seven men and one woman, to compete in 5 sports. Three of them had previously competed in Sydney, including pistol shooter Friedhelm Sack and mountain biker

Mannie Heymans Johannes Frederick “Mannie” Heymans (born 15 July 1971) is a Namibian cyclist. He was born in Krugersdorp, South Africa. Personal Heymans moved to Namibia in 1984 while the country was still occupied by his native South Africa. A rugby player ...

. Sprinter and four-time Olympic silver medalist

Frankie Fredericks Frank "Frankie" Fredericks (born 2 October 1967) is a former track and field athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games (two in 1992 and two in 1996), making him Namibia's only ...

sought his official comeback to the Games after an eight-year absence with the hopes of adding another medal to his career hardware. Flyweight boxer

Paulus Ambunda Paulus Natangwe Ambunda (born 6 August 1980) is a Namibian boxer who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he held the WBO bantamweight title in 2013, and twice the IBO bantamweight title in 2015 and in 2018. Amateur care ...

was appointed by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Namibia, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal for the second consecutive time since the previous Games. Being a top favorite for the Namibian team, Fredericks fell short of claiming his third medal in the 200 metres, and thereby missed a chance to climb into the podium on his final Olympic appearance. On August 29, 2004, at the time of the closing ceremony, Fredericks was elected to the

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, along with three other athletes.

Athletics

Namibian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). ;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 ;Men ;Women

Boxing

Namibia sent two boxers to Athens. Both received a bye in the round of 32, both won their match in the round of 16, and both were defeated in the quarterfinals.

Cycling

Mountain biking

Shooting

Namibian has qualified a single shooter. ;Men

Wrestling

;Key * - Victory by Fall. * - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. * - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points. ;Men's freestyle

References

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
{{Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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