Cameroon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cameroon at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Cameroon at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CMR
NOC	Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cnosc.org (in French)
in London
Competitors	33 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Annabelle Ali
Medals; Ranked 79th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Cameroon competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics.

Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun sent a total of 33 athletes to the Games, 10 men and 23 women, to compete in 9 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Cameroon was represented by more female than male athletes because of its presence in women's football. Freestyle wrestler and All-African Games gold medalist Annabelle Ali was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Cameroon left London with a bronze medal, after winning gold medals in athletics and football for three successive games. Seven of its athletes "defected" while participating in the Olympics,^[2] including the reserve goalkeeper Drusille Ngako, swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue and boxers Thomas Essomba, Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo and Serge Ambomo.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Madias Nzesso	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg	3 August

Athletics

Cameroonian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Idrissa Adam	100 m	Bye		DNF		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Delphine Atangana	100 m	11.71	1 Q	11.82	7	Did not advance

Boxing

Cameroon has qualified boxers for the following events^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Thomas Essomba	Light flyweight	Daraa (MAR) W 13–10	Barnes (IRL) L 10–15	Did not advance
Yhyacinthe Mewoli Abdon	Lightweight	Gaibnazarov (UZB) L 6–11	Did not advance
Serge Ambomo	Light welterweight	Sener (TUR) L 10–19	Did not advance
Christian Donfack Adjoufack	Light heavyweight	Kolling (GER) L 6–15	Did not advance
Blaise Yepmou Mendouo	Super heavyweight	—	Arjaoui (MAR) L 6–15	Did not advance

Football

Cameroon has qualified a women's team.

Women's team – 18 players

Women's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Carl Enow

Cameroon named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Annette Ngo Ndom	(1985-06-02)2 June 1985 (aged 27)	13	0	Louves Minproff
2	2DF	Christine Manie	(1984-05-04)4 May 1984 (aged 28)	40	6	Negrea Reșița
3	4FW	Ajara Nchout	(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 19)	15	2	Energy Voronezh
4	3MF	Yvonne Leuko	(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 20)	3	0	Montigny-le-Bretonneux
5	2DF	Augustine Ejangue	(1989-01-19)19 January 1989 (aged 23)	22	0	Energy Voronezh
6	3MF	Francine Zouga	(1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 24)	23	3	FSG Aïre-le-Lignon
7	4FW	Gabrielle Onguéné	(1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 23)	0	0	Louves Minproff
8	3MF	Raissa Feudjio	(1995-10-29)29 October 1995 (aged 16)	11	0	Lorema
9	4FW	Madeleine Ngono Mani	(1983-10-16)16 October 1983 (aged 28)	42	26	EA Guingamp
10	3MF	Bébéy Beyene	(1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 20)	22	1	Louves Minproff
11	4FW	Adrienne Iven	(1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 29)	12	2	Louves Minproff
12	3MF	Francoise Bella (captain)	(1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 29)	53	7	Rivers Angels
13	2DF	Claudine Meffometou	(1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 22)	8	0	Franck Rollycek
14	2DF	Bibi Medoua	(1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 18)	19	0	Locomotive de Yaoundé
15	2DF	Ysis Sonkeng	(1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 22)	30	0	Louves Minproff
16	3MF	Jeannette Yango	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 19)	20	1	Katowice
17	4FW	Gaëlle Enganamouit	(1992-06-09)9 June 1992 (aged 20)	17	2	Spartak Subotica
18	1GK	Reine Sosso	(1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 19)	11	0	Franck Rollycek

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	5	0	+5	9	Qualified for the quarter-finals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	6	1	+5	6
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: IOC

25 July 2012

18:45

Cameroon	0–5	Brazil
	Report	Francielle 7' Costa 10' Marta 73' (pen.), 88' Cristiane 78'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 30,847^[8]

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

28 July 2012

17:15

Great Britain	3–0	Cameroon
Stoney 18' J. Scott 23' Houghton 82'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 31,141^[9]

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

31 July 2012

19:45

New Zealand	3–1	Cameroon
Smith 43' Sonkeng 49' (o.g.) Gregorius 62'	Report	Onguéné 75'

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry

Attendance: 11,425^[10]

Referee: Christina Pedersen (Norway)

Judo

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
Dieudonne Dolassem	Men's −90 kg	Liparteliani (GEO) L 0003–0101	Did not advance

Rowing

Cameroon has qualified the following boats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Etia Ndoumbe	Single sculls	7:29.77	6 R	7:24.15	5 SE/F	Bye		7:58.48	5 FF	7:46.23	32

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Cameroon has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Edingue Ekane	50 m freestyle	27.87	54	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antoinette Guedia Mouafo	50 m freestyle	29.28	53	Did not advance

Table tennis

One Cameroon athlete qualified to participate.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Hanffou	Women's singles	Moumjoghlian (LIB) W 4–0	Xian (FRA) L 1–4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Two weightlifters from Cameroon qualified for the Olympics; 1 man and 1 woman. Madias Nzesso originally finished sixth in her event, but after all three medalists were disqualified for doping offenses, she was promoted to a bronze medal.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Frederic Fokejou Tefot	Men's +105 kg	160	17	202	16	362	16
Madias Nzesso	Women's −75 kg	115	3	131	3	246

Wrestling

Cameroon qualified one athlete through a quota place.

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Annabelle Ali	−72 kg	Bye	Soloniaina (MAD) W 5–0 ^VT	Zlateva (BUL) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Marzaliuk (BLR) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	7

References

^ Mabu, Marty (25 May 2012). "London Olympics: Cameroon's Flag Bearer Elected/Female National Team Travels to Ghana" Archived 9 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cameroon Radio & Television. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
^ "7 Cameroon athletes 'defect' at London Olympics: report". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
^ "London Olympics: Cameroon athletes 'abscond'". BBC News. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012, retrieved 4 June 2011
^ "Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed". AIBA. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
^ "Cameroon – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Cameroon – Brazil". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ "Great Britain – Cameroon". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "New Zealand – Cameroon". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "FINA Universality Places" (PDF). FINA. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ "Qualifers [sic] From Africa For Olympic Games London 2012" (PDF). ITTF. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

External links

Cameroon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
Cameroon at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

[1] Mabu, Marty (25 May 2012). "London Olympics: Cameroon's Flag Bearer Elected/Female National Team Travels to Ghana" Archived 9 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cameroon Radio & Television. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[2] "7 Cameroon athletes 'defect' at London Olympics: report". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

[3] "London Olympics: Cameroon athletes 'abscond'". BBC News. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

[4] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[5] IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012, retrieved 4 June 2011

[6] "Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed". AIBA. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[7] "Cameroon – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[8] "Cameroon – Brazil". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

[9] "Great Britain – Cameroon". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[10] "New Zealand – Cameroon". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[11] "FINA Universality Places" (PDF). FINA. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

[ittf-12] "Qualifers [sic] From Africa For Olympic Games London 2012" (PDF). ITTF. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

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