Namibia at the 2000 Summer Olympics


Namibia was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia by the Namibian National Olympic Committee.
In total, 11 athletes including nine men and two women represented Namibia in six different sports including athletics, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, shooting and swimming.
This was the first Olympics since Namibia made their debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain that they did not win a medal.

Background

Namibia made their Olympic debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. At both previous Olympic appearances – in 1992 and the subsequent 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States – Namibia had won two silver medals.

Competitors

In total, 11 athletes represented Namibia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia across six different sports.
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics516
Boxing11
Cycling101
Gymnastics011
Shooting101
Swimming101
Total9211

Athletics

In total, six Namibian athletes participated in the athletics eventsStephan Louw in the men's long jump, Elizabeth Mongudhi in the women's marathon, Willie Smith in the men's 400 m hurdles, Luketz Swartbooi men's marathon, Sherwin Vries in the men's 100 m and Christie van Wyk in the men's 200 m.
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women

Boxing

In total, one Namibian athlete participated in the boxing events – Paulus Ali Nuumbembe in the welterweight category.

Cycling

In total, one Namibian athlete participated in the cycling events – Mannie Heymans in the men's cross-country.
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mannie HeymansMen's cross-country2:20:31.9426

Gymnastics

In total, one Namibian athlete participated in the gymnastics eventsGharde Geldenhuys in the women's artistic individual all-around.

Shooting

In total, one Namibian athletes participated in the shooting events – Friedhelm Sack in the men's 10 m air pistol and the men's 50 metre pistol.

Swimming

In total, one Namibian athlete participated in the swimming events – Jörg Lindemeier in the men's 100 m breaststroke.