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Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = GAB

| NOCname = Comité Olympique Gabonais

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2012

| flagcaption =

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| location = London

| competitors = 24

| sports = 5

| flagbearer = Ruddy Zang Milama{{cite news |author=Staff |title=Gabon – London 2012 Olympics |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/countries/8662672/Gabon-London-2012-Olympics.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613023949/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/countries/8662672/Gabon-London-2012-Olympics.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2012 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=15 July 2012}}

| rank = 69

| gold = 0

| silver = 1

| bronze = 0

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| appearances = auto

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}}

Gabon competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics; the nation did not participate at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, affected by the African and the American-led boycott, respectively.

The Gabon Olympic Committee ({{langx|fr|Comité Olympique Gabonais}}) sent the nation's largest delegation ever to the Games. A total of 24 athletes, 22 men and 2 women, competed in 5 sports. Men's football was the only team sport in which Gabon was represented at these Olympic games. Sprinter Ruddy Zang Milama was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Gabon left London with its first ever Olympic medal. Taekwondo jin Anthony Obame won the silver in the men's super heavyweight division, narrowly losing to Italy's Carlo Molfetta in the final.

Medalists

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Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

{{silver medal}}Anthony ObameTaekwondoMen's +80 kg11 August

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}

Gabonese 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):{{cite web |title=iaaf.org – Top Lists |url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html |publisher=IAAF |access-date=4 June 2011}}{{citation |title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_EntryStandards_London2012_24135.pdf |publisher=IAAF |access-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428023134/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_EntryStandards_London2012_24135.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2011}}

;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

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Wilfried Bingangoye

|align=left|100 m

|10.89

|3

|colspan=6|Did not advance

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Ruddy Zang Milama

|align=left|100 m

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|11.14

|3 Q

|11.31

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}

Gabon has so far qualified boxers for the following events{{cite web |url=http://www.aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/4729/news.aspx |title=Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed |date=5 May 2012 |publisher=AIBA |access-date=5 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322065056/http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/4729/news.aspx |archive-date=22 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}

;Men

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Braexir Lemboumba

|align=left|Bantamweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Encarnación|DOM|2012 Summer}}
L 6–15

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yannick Mbemy

|align=left|Welterweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tüvshinbat|MGL|2012 Summer}}
L 4–17

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Football

{{main|Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}

Gabon's men's football team has qualified.

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|GAB}}

;Group play

{{Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's group tables|Group B}}

{{#section:Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B|B2}}

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{{#section:Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B|B3}}

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{{#section:Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B|B6}}

Judo

{{main|Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}

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!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|Audrey Koumba

|align=left|Women's −78 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ntahonvukiye|BDI|2012 Summer}}
W 0020–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Joó|HUN|2012 Summer}}
L 0000–0100

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Taekwondo

{{main|Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage

!Bronze Medal

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Anthony Obame

|align=left|Men's +80 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Thomsen-Fuataga|SAM|2012 Summer}}
W 9–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Despaigne|CUB|2012 Summer}}
W 1–0 {{abbr|SDP|Decision by sudden death point}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tanrıkulu|TUR|2012 Summer}}
W 3–2

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Molfetta|ITA|2012 Summer}}
L 9–9 {{tooltip|SUP|Decision by superiority}}

|{{silver2}}

References

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External links

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