Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

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Athletics

Beata Naigambo

Beata Naigambo

Beata Nandjala Naigambo is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:33:17 hours, achieved in April 2008 in Pyongyang....

 won the Nedbank South African Marathon Championships and in the process qualified for 2008 games.
Hilaria Johannes

Hilaria Johannes

Helalia Johannes is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. She represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has won medals at the Military World Games and the All-Africa Games...

 also qualified. Agnes Samaria

Agnes Samaria

Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...

 and Stephan Louw

Stephan Louw

Stephan Louw is a Namibian long jumper.At the 2001 Summer Universiade he won the silver medal in long jump and participated in 4 x 100 metres relay. The Namibian relay team, which consisted of Louw, Sherwin Vries, Thobias Akwenye and Benedictus Botha, finished fourth in a new Namibian record of...

 still need to get through the selection process.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Helalia Johannes	Women's marathon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon The Women's Marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 and 2:42.00...	N/A						2:35:22	40
Stephan Louw Stephan Louw Stephan Louw is a Namibian long jumper.At the 2001 Summer Universiade he won the silver medal in long jump and participated in 4 x 100 metres relay. The Namibian relay team, which consisted of Louw, Sherwin Vries, Thobias Akwenye and Benedictus Botha, finished fourth in a new Namibian record of...	Men's long jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 8.15 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:DNS — Did Not StartNM — No Mark...	7.93 m	13	N/A				Did not advance
Beata Naigambo Beata Naigambo Beata Nandjala Naigambo is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:33:17 hours, achieved in April 2008 in Pyongyang....	Women's marathon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon The Women's Marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 and 2:42.00...	N/A						2:33:29	28
Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...	Women's 800 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinals:-Final:-Splits:...	2:02.18	5	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 1500 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final.-Final:-Splits:...	4:15.80	7	N/A				Did not advance

Boxing

Jafet Uutoni won a gold medal in the first leg of the Olympic qualifiers for African states in Algiers

Algiers

' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

, Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

. At the second round of qualification

2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 24 March to 29 March 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia. It was held at the Gymnasium Hall of the University of Namibia.- Competition System :...

, which was held in Namibia, fellow Namibians Mujandjae Kasuto

Mujandjae Kasuto

Mujandjae Kasuto is a Namibian welterweight boxer. Kasuto competed for Namibia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in boxing after qualifying for the games by winning the gold medal in his division at the qualifying tournament held in Windhoek in March 2008. At the 2008 games, Kasuto lost in the round of...

 (gold medal, welterweight) and Julius Indongo

Julius Indongo

Julius Munyelele Indongo is an amateur Namibian lightweight boxer. Indongo qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning a bronze medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in his native Namibia....

 (bronze medal, lightweight) also qualified for the games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jafet Uutoni	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms ....	Bye	L 5–+5	Did not advance
Julius Indongo Julius Indongo Julius Munyelele Indongo is an amateur Namibian lightweight boxer. Indongo qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning a bronze medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in his native Namibia....	Lightweight	L 2–14	Did not advance
Mujandjae Kasuto Mujandjae Kasuto Mujandjae Kasuto is a Namibian welterweight boxer. Kasuto competed for Namibia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in boxing after qualifying for the games by winning the gold medal in his division at the qualifying tournament held in Windhoek in March 2008. At the 2008 games, Kasuto lost in the round of...	Welterweight	L 5–8	Did not advance

Cycling

Eric Hoffman and Manie Heymans qualified.

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Manie Heymans	Men's cross-country	Did not finish (lapped)

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eric Hoffman	Road race	6:26:17 (+2:28)	22

Shooting

Gaby Ahrens

Gaby Ahrens

Gaby Diana Ahrens is a Namibian sport shooter. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Women's trap event, where she finished in 20th and final place in the qualification round.-References:...

 qualified for the Trap women's competition

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gaby Ahrens Gaby Ahrens Gaby Diana Ahrens is a Namibian sport shooter. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Women's trap event, where she finished in 20th and final place in the qualification round.-References:...	Women's trap	52	20	Did not advance