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 ever 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 (soccer)	Men's team competition

Results by event

Athletics

Women's competition

Women's 100m

• Myriam Léonie Mani
  1. Round 1 – 11.24
  2. Round 2 – 11.23
  3. Semifinal – 11.40 (did not advance)

Women's 200m

• Myriam Léonie Mani
  1. Round 1 – 22.68
  2. Round 2 – 22.88
  3. Semifinal – 23.47 (did not advance)

Women's 400m

• Claudine Komgang
  1. Round 1 – 51.74
  2. Round 2 – 51.57 (did not advance)
• Mireille Nguimgo
  1. Round 1 – 51.88
  2. Round 2 – 51.08
  3. Semifinal – 52.03 (did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m

• Carine Eyenga, Françoise Mbango, Anne Marie Mouri, Esther Mvondo
  1. Round 1 – 45.82 (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Françoise Mbango
  1. Qualifying – DNS (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Françoise Mbango
  1. Qualifying – 14.13
  2. Final – 13.53 (10th place)

Boxing

Men's 54 kg

• Ngoudjo Herman
  • Round 1 – Lost to Taalaibek Kadiraliev of Kyrgyzstan (did not advance)

Men's 71 kg

• Sakio Bika Mbah
  • Round 1 – Lost to Scott MacIntosh of Canada (did not advance)

Football

Men's tournament

Cameroon v Kuwait

13 September 2000 Match 1	Cameroon	3–2	Kuwait	Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	Alnoudji 37' M'Boma 76' Lauren 86'	Report	Mutairi 63' Mubarak 88'	Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground Attendance: 26,730 Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

United States v Cameroon

16 September 2000 Match 2	United States	1–1	Cameroon	Canberra
20:00 UTC+10	Vagenas 64'	Report	M'Boma 16'	Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 22,379 Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)

Czech Republic v Cameroon

19 September 2000 Match 3	Czech Republic	1–1	Cameroon	Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	Došek 74'	Report	Lauren 24'	Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground Attendance: 23,442 Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Brazil v Cameroon

23 September 2000 Quarterfinals	Brazil	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon	Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10	Ronaldinho 90+4'	Report	M'Boma 17' M'bami  113'	Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground Attendance: 37,332 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Chile v Cameroon

26 September 2000 Semifinals	Chile	1–2	Cameroon	Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10	Abanda 78' (o.g.)	Report	M'Boma 84' Lauren 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 64,338 Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Spain v Cameroon

30 September 2000 Gold Medal Match	Spain	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Cameroon	Sydney
12:00 UTC+10	Xavi 2' García 45+2'	Report	Amaya 53' (o.g.) Eto'o 58'	Stadium: Sydney Olympic Stadium Attendance: 104,098 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Xavi Capdevila Amaya Albelda		M'Boma Eto'o Geremi Lauren Womé

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