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Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

{{use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = CMR

| NOCname = Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2016

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.cnosc.org }} {{in lang|fr}}

| location = Rio de Janeiro

| competitors = 24

| sports = 6

| flagbearer = Wilfried Ntsengue{{cite news |title=Agé de 18 ans, le boxeur Wilfried Seyi désigné porte-étendard du Cameroun aux JO |trans-title=At age 18, boxer Wilfried Seyi assigned as Cameroons flag bearer at the Olympics |language=fr |url=https://www.237online.com/article-32075-ag-eacute--de-18-ans-le-boxeur-wilfried-seyi-d-eacute-sign-eacute--porte-eacute-tendard-du-cameroun-aux-jo.html |publisher=L'ouverture sur le Cameroun |date=16 July 2016 |access-date=16 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717155143/https://www.237online.com/article-32075-ag-eacute--de-18-ans-le-boxeur-wilfried-seyi-d-eacute-sign-eacute--porte-eacute-tendard-du-cameroun-aux-jo.html |archive-date=17 July 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}

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| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1964

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| summerappearances =

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}}

Cameroon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Cameroon Olympic Sports Committee ({{langx|fr|Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun}}) sent a total of 24 athletes, 5 men and 19 women, to the Games, competing in six different sports. For the second straight time in history, Cameroon was represented by more female than male athletes due to its presence of the women's volleyball team.{{cite news |title=Cameroun : 24 athlètes aux jeux Olympiques de Rio |trans-title=Cameroon: 24 athletes at the Rio Olympics |language=fr |url=http://www.camerpost.com/cameroun-24-athletes-aux-jeux-olympiques-de-rio/ |publisher=Camer Post |date=22 July 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921062950/http://www.camerpost.com/cameroun-24-athletes-aux-jeux-olympiques-de-rio/ |archive-date=21 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}

Notable athletes in the Cameroon team were professional boxers Mahaman Smaila and Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, who both staged their Olympic comebacks in Rio de Janeiro for nearly a decade, and wrestler Annabelle Ali, who joined triple jumper and double gold medalist Françoise Mbango-Etone as the only Cameroonians to appear in three consecutive editions of the Games. Middleweight boxer Wilfried Ntsengue, the youngest member of the team (aged 18), was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

Cameroon left Rio de Janeiro without a single Olympic medal. Ali narrowly missed out of Cameroon's first medal of the Games, after losing the match to Russia's Ekaterina Bukina for the bronze in the women's 75 kg category.{{cite news |first=David |last=Kaifa |title=JO 2016: tristes issues pour Annabel Laure Ali et Isabelle Sambou |trans-title=2016 Olympics: Sad exits for Isabelle Sambou and Annabel Laure Ali |language=fr |url=http://www.rfi.fr/sports/20160819-jo-2016-lutte-libre-tristes-issues-cameroun-annabel-laure-ali-senegal-isabelle-sambo |publisher=Radio France Internationale |date=18 August 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016}}

Athletics (track and field)

{{main article|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Cameroonian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):{{cite web |title=iaaf.org – Top Lists |url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html |publisher=IAAF |access-date=18 April 2015}}{{cite web |title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf |publisher=IAAF |access-date=18 April 2015}}

;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

;Field events

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Auriol Dongmo

|align=left|Women's shot put

|17.92

|10 q

|16.82

|12

align=center

|align=left|Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin

|align=left|Women's triple jump

|13.11

|36

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Boxing

{{main article|Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Cameroon entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Simplice Fotsala, Wilfried Ntsengue, and 2008 Olympian Mahaman Smaila had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé.{{cite news |title=Weekend’s finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio |url=http://www.aiba.org/blog/weekends-finalists-confirmed-as-first-boxers-from-african-olympic-qualification-event-secure-quota-places-for-rio/ |publisher=AIBA |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016}} Returning for his second Games from a 12-year absence, light heavyweight boxer Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam rounded out the Cameroonian roster with his semifinal triumph at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Simplice Fotsala

|align=left|Men's light flyweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yafai|GBR|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Mahaman Smaila

|align=left|Men's light welterweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gözgeç|TUR|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Wilfried Ntsengue

|align=left|Men's middleweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Vivas|COL|2016 Summer}}
W 2–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Abdin|EGY|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam

|align=left|Men's light heavyweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Borges|BRA|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Judo

{{main article|Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Cameroon qualified one judoka for the women's half-heavyweight category (78 kg) at the Games. Vanessa Atangana earned a continental quota spot from the Africa region as Cameroon's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913 |title=IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games |date=23 June 2016 |publisher=International Judo Federation |access-date=24 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707205937/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913 |archive-date=7 July 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Hortence Atangana

|align=left|Women's −78 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pogorzelec|POL|2016 Summer}}
L 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Volleyball

{{main article|Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

=Indoor=

==Women's tournament==

{{main article|Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

Cameroon women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Yaoundé.{{cite news |title=Cameroon upset Egypt for Rio 2016 Olympic berth |url=http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/cameroon-upset-egypt-for-rio-2016-olympic?id=58860 |publisher=FIVB |date=17 February 2016 |access-date=17 February 2016}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|CMR}}

;Group play

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A2}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A10}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A13}}

Weightlifting

{{main article|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Cameroon qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish (for men) and top four (for women), respectively, at the 2016 African Championships.{{cite news |title=Exciting competitions for the African quota places in Cameroon |url=http://www.iwf.net/2016/05/23/exciting-competitions-for-the-african-quota-places-in-cameroon/ |access-date=26 May 2016 |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |date=23 May 2016}} The team had to allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/07/Rio2016_List-of-Athletes-by-Event_20160721_Public.pdf |title=Rio 2016 Weightlifting – List of Athletes by Bodyweight Category |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808155243/http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/07/Rio2016_List-of-Athletes-by-Event_20160721_Public.pdf |url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Petit Minkoumba

|align=left|Men's −94 kg

|140

|16

|165

|16

|305

|16

align=center

|align=left|Arcangeline Fouodji

|align=left|Women's −69 kg

|82

|16

|105

|14

|187

|14

Wrestling

{{main article|Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Cameroon qualified three wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.{{cite news |title=Wrestling for Rio 2016 |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/rio-2016 |access-date=19 September 2015 |publisher=United World Wrestling |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201222421/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/rio-2016 |url-status=dead }}

;Key

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

;Women's freestyle

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Qualification

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size: 95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Rebecca Muambo

|align=left|−48 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yankova|BUL|2016 Summer}}
L 0–4 ST

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|16

align=center

|align=left|Joseph Essombe

|align=left|−53 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Argüello|VEN|2016 Summer}}
L 0–5 VT

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|16

align=center

|align=left|Annabelle Ali

|align=left|−75 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Weffer|VEN|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Manyurova|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|Did not advance

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Németh|HUN|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bukina|RUS|2016 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|5

References

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External links

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