Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

first participated at the

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in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation withdrew from the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...

after three days of competition, to join the broad African boycott in response to the participation of

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, who still had sporting links with

apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

. Cameroon has also participated in the

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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 football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics started on 15 September. The men's tournament is played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulatio ...

. The

Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee The Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee (french: Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun, abbreviated as CNOSC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Cameroon and a part of the International Olympic ...

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by sport

List of medalists

See also

External links