Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cameroon at the
2016 Summer Olympics

IOC code

CMR

NOC

Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun

Website

www.cnosc.com (French)

in Rio de Janeiro

Competitors

24 in 6 sports

Flag bearer

Wilfried Ntsengue^[1]

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	0	0

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Cameroon Olympic Sports Committee (French: 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.^[2]

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.^[1]

Like the previous Games, Cameroon left Rio de Janeiro without a single Olympic medal for the second consecutive time. 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.^[3]

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cameroonian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[4]^[5]

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

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Auriol Dongmo	Shot put	17.92	10 q	16.82	12
Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin	Triple jump	13.11	36	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cameroon has 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.^[6] 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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Simplice Fotsala	Men's light flyweight	Yafai (GBR) L 0–3	Did not advance
Mahaman Smaila	Men's light welterweight	Gözgeç (TUR) L 0–3	Did not advance
Wilfried Ntsengue	Men's middleweight	Vivas (COL) W 2–1	Abdin (EGY) L 0–3	Did not advance
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	Men's light heavyweight	Borges (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cameroon has 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.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hortence Atangana	Women's −78 kg	Pogorzelec (POL) L 000–000 S	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.^[8]

Team roster

The following is the Cameroonian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9]^[10]

Head coach: Jean-René Akono

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2015–16 club
01 !1	Fotso Mogoung, StéphanieStéphanie Fotso Mogoung	000000001987-09-25-000025 September 1987	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	259 cm (102 in)	VBC Chamalières
02 !2	Tchoudjang, ChristelleChristelle Tchoudjang (C)	000000001989-07-07-00007 July 1989	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	260 cm (100 in)	VBC Chamalières
04 !4	Nasser, RaïssaRaïssa Nasser (L)	000000001994-08-19-000019 August 1994	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	270 cm (110 in)	265 cm (104 in)	La Rochelle
05 !5	Aboa Mbeza, ThéorineThéorine Aboa Mbeza	000000001992-08-25-000025 August 1992	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	285 cm (112 in)	270 cm (110 in)	FAP Yaoundé
06 !6	Moma Bassoko, LaetitiaLaetitia Moma Bassoko	000000001993-10-09-00009 October 1993	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	287 cm (113 in)	VBC Chamalières
07 !7	Koulla, HenrietteHenriette Koulla	000000001992-09-14-000014 September 1992	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	250 cm (98 in)	Tremblay AC
10	Bikatal, BerthradeBerthrade Bikatal	000000001992-07-23-000023 July 1992	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	297 cm (117 in)	253 cm (100 in)	Nyong-et-Kéllé
11	L'or Ngon Ntame, VictoireVictoire L'or Ngon Ntame	000000001985-12-31-000031 December 1985	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	288 cm (113 in)	253 cm (100 in)	INJS Yaoundé
12	Abdoulkarim, FawziyaFawziya Abdoulkarim	000000001989-03-01-00001 March 1989	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	292 cm (115 in)	259 cm (102 in)	Bafia Evolution
13	Bodo Essissima, MadeleineMadeleine Bodo Essissima	000000001992-04-29-000029 April 1992	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	270 cm (110 in)	FAP Yaoundé
14	Amana Guigolo, YolandeYolande Amana Guigolo	000000001997-09-15-000015 September 1997	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Bafia Evolution
15	Piata Zessi, EmeldaEmelda Piata Zessi	000000001997-04-08-00008 April 1997	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Bafia Evolution

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	5	5	0	15	15	0	—	377	272	1.386	Quarter-finals
2	Russia	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	393	323	1.217
3	South Korea	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	384	372	1.032
4	Japan	5	2	3	6	7	9	0.778	347	364	0.953
5	Argentina	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	319	407	0.784
6	Cameroon	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	328	410	0.800

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

6 August 2016
15:00

Brazil	3–0	Cameroon
(25–14, 25–21, 25–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,890
Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Liu Jiang (CHN)

8 August 2016
11:35

Japan	3–0	Cameroon
(25–20, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,400
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)

10 August 2016
17:05

Russia	3–0	Cameroon
(25–19, 25–22, 25–23) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,396
Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)

12 August 2016
11:35

Argentina	3–2	Cameroon
(19–25, 25–19, 26–28, 25–21, 15–13) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,345
Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Arturo di Giacomo (BEL)

14 August 2016
11:35

South Korea	3–0	Cameroon
(25–15, 25–22, 25–20) Result Statistics

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,893
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cameroon has 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.^[11] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Petit Minkoumba	Men's −94 kg	140	16	165	16	305	16
Arcangeline Fouodji	Women's −69 kg	82	16	105	14	187	14

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cameroon has 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.^[13]

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rebecca Muambo	−48 kg	Yankova (BUL) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance						16
Joseph Essombe	−53 kg	Bye	Argüello (VEN) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance					16
Annabelle Ali	−75 kg	Bye	Weffer (VEN) W 3–0 ^PO	Manyurova (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Németh (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Bukina (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	5

References

1 2 "Agé de 18 ans, le boxeur Wilfried Seyi désigné porte-étendard du Cameroun aux JO" [At age 18, boxer Wilfried Seyi assigned as Cameroons flag bearer at the Olympics] (in French). L'ouverture sur le Cameroun. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
↑ "Cameroun : 24 athlètes aux jeux Olympiques de Rio" [Cameroon: 24 athletes at the Rio Olympics] (in French). Camer Post. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
↑ Kaifa, David (18 August 2016). "JO 2016: tristes issues pour Annabel Laure Ali et Isabelle Sambou" [2016 Olympics: Sad exits for Isabelle Sambou and Annabel Laure Ali] (in French). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
↑ "Weekend's finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio". AIBA. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
↑ "IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "Cameroon upset Egypt for Rio 2016 Olympic berth". FIVB. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
↑ "JO : La liste des 12 joueuses sélectionnées" [Olympic Games: The list of 12 players selected] (in French). Fédération Camerounaise de Volley-Ball. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
↑ "Cameroon FIVB Olympic Profile". FIVB. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "Exciting competitions for the African quota places in Cameroon". International Weightlifting Federation. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
↑ "Rio 2016 Weightlifting – List of Athletes by Bodyweight Category" (pdf). International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Others	Independent Olympic Athletes Refugee Olympic Team

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