1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Zambia)
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Zambia took part in the Summer Olympics for the eighth time at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The team consisted of eight athletes, seven men and one woman. They started in eight competitions in two sports. During the opening ceremony on July 19, 1996, boxer Davis Mwale carried the Zambian flag into the Olympic Stadium.
Medalist
With a silver medal won - the first ever Olympic medal for Zambia - the team finished 61st in the medal table .
silver
- Samuel Matete : athletics , 400 meter hurdles
Attendees
The youngest participant was the athlete Godfrey Siamusiye at 23 years and 310 days, the oldest was Joseph Chongo at 31 years and 177 days.
| Surname | Age | gender | sport | Result (s) |
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| Joseph Chongo | 31 | male | Boxing | 17th place in bantamweight |
| Samuel Matete | 27 | male | athletics | Silver over 400 meter hurdles |
| Boniface Mukuka | 24 | male | Boxing | 9th place in flyweight |
| Charles Mulinga | 28 | male | athletics | 17th place in the second heat over 10,000 meters |
| Davis Mwale | 24 | male | Boxing | 9th place in the light welterweight division |
| Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | 25th | Female | athletics | 5th place in the fourth heat over 400 meters |
| Godfrey Siamusiye | 23 | male | athletics | 10th place in the first intermediate run over a 3000 meter obstacle |
| Denis Zimba | 24 | male | Boxing | 9th place in the lightweight category |
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
- Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )
Web links
- Zambia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
