Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cameroon at the Olympic Games
Flag of Cameroon IOC code  CMR NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun Website www.cnosc.com (French)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	22 in 6 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
2002 2006 2010 2014

Cameroon is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cameroonian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

• Women's triple jump – 1 quota place (Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cameroon has entered three boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Simplice Fotsala, Wilfried Ntsengue, and 2008 Olympian Mahaman Smaila had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Simplice Fotsala	Light flyweight
Mahaman Smaila	Light welterweight
Wilfried Ntsengue	Middleweight

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hortence Atangana	−78 kg

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Women's tournament

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Cameroon women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Yaoundé.

Team roster

• Women's indoor event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cameroon has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish (for men) and top four (for women), respectively, at the 2016 African Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's
	Women's

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cameroon has qualified three wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.

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	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rebecca Muambo	−48 kg
Joseph Essombe	−53 kg
Annabelle Ali	−75 kg