Cameroon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Cameroon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CMR
NOC	Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cnosc.org (in French)
in Sydney
Competitors	34
Medals Ranked 50th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Cameroon competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The men's football team won the nation's first Olympic gold medal.

Medalists

Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Patrice Abanda Nicolas Alnoudji Clément Beaud Daniel Bekono Serge Branco Joël Epalle Lauren Samuel Eto'o Carlos Kameni Modeste M'bami Patrick Mboma Albert Meyong Serge Mimpo Daniel Ngom Kome Aaron Nguimbat Geremi Njitap Patrick Suffo Pierre Wome	Football	Men's team competition

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joseph Batangdon	100 metres	10.45	38 Q	10.52	37	Did not advance
Serge Bengono		10.35	20 Q	10.46	34	Did not advance
Joseph Batangdon	200 metres	20.70	13 Q	20.55	18	Did not advance
Alfred Moussambani Serge Bengono Joseph Batangdon Benjamin Sirimou	4 × 100 metres relay	39.62	24	—		Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Myriam Mani	100 metres	11.24	8 Q	11.23	11 Q	11.40	13	Did not advance
	200 metres	22.68	4 Q	22.88	10 Q	23.47	16	Did not advance
Claudine Komgang	400 metres	51.74	8 Q	51.57	18	Did not advance
Mireille Nguimgo		51.88	14 Q	51.08	11 Q	52.03	14	Did not advance
Esther Mvondo Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng Carine Eyanga Françoise Mbango	4 × 100 metres relay	45.82	24	—	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Françoise Mbango	Triple jump	14.13	11 q	13.53	10

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Herman Ngoudjo	Bantamweight	Kadyraliyev (KGZ) L RSC-R3	Did not advance
Sakio Bika Mbah	Light middleweight	MacIntosh (CAN) L 5–8	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Head Coach: Jean-Paul Akono

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Daniel Bekono	(1978-05-31)31 May 1978 (aged 22)		Canon Yaounde
2	4FW	Albert Meyong	(1980-10-19)19 October 1980 (aged 19)		Vitória de Setúbal
3	2DF	Pierre Womé	(1979-03-26)26 March 1979 (aged 21)		Bologna
4	2DF	Serge Mimpo*	(1974-02-06)6 February 1974 (aged 26)		Panachaiki
5	2DF	Patrice Abanda	(1978-08-03)3 August 1978 (aged 22)		Aris
6	3MF	Clément Beaud	(1980-12-07)7 December 1980 (aged 19)		Tonnerre Yaoundé
7	3MF	Nicolas Alnoudji	(1979-12-09)9 December 1979 (aged 20)		Tonnerre Yaoundé
8	2DF	Geremi	(1978-12-20)20 December 1978 (aged 21)		Real Madrid
9	4FW	Samuel Eto'o	(1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 19)		Mallorca
10	4FW	Patrick M'Boma*	(1970-11-15)15 November 1970 (aged 29)		Parma
11	3MF	Daniel Kome	(1980-05-19)19 May 1980 (aged 20)		Levante
12	2DF	Lauren	(1977-01-19)19 January 1977 (aged 23)		Arsenal
13	2DF	Aaron Nguimbat	(1978-03-13)13 March 1978 (aged 22)		Canon Yaoundé
14	4FW	Patrick Suffo	(1978-01-17)17 January 1978 (aged 22)		Sheffield United
15	3MF	Joël Epalle	(1978-02-20)20 February 1978 (aged 22)		Ethnikos Piraeus
16	3MF	Modeste M'bami	(1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 17)		Sedan
17	2DF	Serge Branco	(1980-10-11)11 October 1980 (aged 19)		Eintracht Braunschweig
18	1GK	Carlos Kameni	(1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 16)		Le Havre

• Stand-by players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
20	3MF	Georges Mbida Messi	(1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 19)		Canon Yaoundé

Group play

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jean-Claude Cameroun	−66 kg	Baglayev (KAZ) L	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Judith Esseng Abolo	−52 kg	Tignola (FRA) L	Did not advance
Françoise Nguele	−57 kg	Bye	Pekli (AUS) L	Did not advance

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site