Cameroon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cameroon at the Olympic Games
Flag of Cameroon – Flag bearers IOC code  CMR NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	17 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Vencelas Dabaya Tientcheu
Medals Rank: 54	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
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Cameroon competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Etone, Françoise MbangoFrançoise Mbango Etone	Athletics	Women's triple jump	August 23

Results by event

Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

• Delphine Bertille Atangana – Round 2, 11.60 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:

• Joseph Batangdon – Round 1: 20.92 s, Round 2: DNS

Women's 400 metres:

• Mireille Nguimgo – Round 1: 51.90 s, Semifinal: 52.21 s
• Hortense Bewouda – Round 1: 52.11 s

Women's 4x400 metre Relay:

• Mireille Nguimgo, Hortense Bewouda, Carole Kaboud Mebam, and Muriel Noah Ahanda – Round 1: 3:29.93 (14th place)

Women's Triple Jump:

• Françoise Mbango Etone – Round 1: 14.61 metres, Final: 15.30 metres (→ Gold Medal)

Boxing

Cameroon sent four boxers to Athens. Three of them lost their first bout, while Hassan won two matches by decision before falling in the quarterfinals. Their combined record was 2-4.

Welterweight (69 kg)

• Willy Bertrand Tankeu
  1. Round of 32 – Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan, walkover

Middleweight (75 kg)

• Hassan Ndam Njikam
  1. Round of 32 – Defeated Juan José Ubaldo of Dominican Republic, by decision (22-22)
  2. Round of 16 – Defeated Andy Lee of Ireland, by decision (27-27)
  3. Quarterfinal – Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov of Russia, 26-13

Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Pierre Celestin Yana
  1. Round of 32 – Lost to Lei Yuping, China, 24-16

Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Carlos Takam
  1. Round of 16 – Lost to Mohamed Aly of Egypt, 32-19

Judo

Men's 60 kg:

• Jean Claude Cameroun – Defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16

Men's 73 kg:

• Bernard Sylvain Mvondo Etoga – Defeated in round of 16

Men's 90 kg:

• Rostand Barry Melaping Tchassem – Defeated in round of 32

Men's 100 kg:

• Franck Martial Moussima Ewane – Defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16

Weightlifting

Women's 69 kg

• Madeleine Yamechi – 7th

Men's 69 kg

• Vencelas Dabaya – 5th

Officials

• President: Colonel Malboum Hamad Kalkaba
• Secretary General: Siegfried Honga