Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
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 (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 Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
team. Notable athletes in the Cameroon team were professional boxers
Mahaman Smaila Mahaman Smaila (born 28 February 1986) is an amateur boxer from Cameroon who competed in the 2008 Olympics at light welterweight but lost his first bout to Cuban Roniel Iglesias. In the 2016 Olympics, he lost his first bout to Batuhan Gözgeç o ...
and Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, who both staged their Olympic comebacks in Rio de Janeiro for nearly a decade, and wrestler
Annabelle Ali Annabelle Laure Ali (born 4 March 1985) is a female freestyle wrestler from Cameroon. She participated in the Women's Freestyle 72 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the 1/8 final to Agnieszka Wieszczek. At the 2012 Summer ...
, 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 Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue (born 23 January 1998) is a Cameroonian professional boxer. As an amateur he competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was defeated by Egypt's Hosam Bakr Abdin in the round of 16. ...
, 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 Ekaterina Borisovna Bukina (russian: Екатерина Борисовна Букина; born 5 May 1987 in Angarsk) is a wrestler from Russia. She is a silver medalist in wrestling for Women's freestyle in the 75 kilogram ...
for the bronze in the women's 75 kg category.


Athletics (track and field)

Cameroonian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ;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


Boxing

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 Mahaman Smaila (born 28 February 1986) is an amateur boxer from Cameroon who competed in the 2008 Olympics at light welterweight but lost his first bout to Cuban Roniel Iglesias. In the 2016 Olympics, he lost his first bout to Batuhan Gözgeç o ...
had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé. 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 The 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held between July 3 and July 8, 2016 in Vargas, Venezuela. Medal table Qualified boxers   Boxer qualif ...
in Vargas, Venezuela.


Judo

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.


Volleyball


Indoor


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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ----


Weightlifting

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. The team had to allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.


Wrestling

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. ;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


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