Cameroon at the Olympics

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Cameroon at the
Olympics
Flag of Cameroon.svg
IOC codeCMR
NOCCameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cnosc.org (in French)
Medals
Ranked 83rd
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
  • 2002
  • 2006–2018

Cameroon first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation withdrew from the 1976 Summer Olympics after three days of competition, to join the broad African boycott in response to the participation of New Zealand, who still had sporting links with apartheid South Africa. Cameroon has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on one occasion, in 2002, with a single representative, Isaac Menyoli.

Cameroonian athletes have won a total of six medals, including the gold medal in football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

The Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee was created and recognized by the IOC in 1963.

Medal tables[]

Medals by sport[]

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics2002
Football1001
Boxing0112
Weightlifting0011
Totals (4 sports)3126

List of medalists[]

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Joseph Bessala Mexico 1968 Mexico City Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's welterweight
 Bronze Martin Ndongo-Ebanga United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's lightweight
 Gold
Football team
Australia 2000 Sydney Football pictogram.svg Football Men's competition
 Gold Françoise Mbango Etone Greece 2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's triple jump
 Gold Françoise Mbango Etone China 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's triple jump
 Bronze Madias Nzesso United Kingdom 2012 London Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Women’s 75 kg

See also[]

  • List of flag bearers for Cameroon at the Olympics
  • Category:Olympic competitors for Cameroon
  • Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

External links[]

  • "Cameroon". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Cameroon". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/CMR". olympanalyt.com.
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