Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics: Difference between revisions

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==Athletics (track and field)==

Cameroonian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):<ref>{{cite web |title=iaaf.org – Top Lists |url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html |publisher=IAAF |access-date=18 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf |publisher=[[IAAF]] |access-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

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==Boxing==

Cameroon entered four 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 Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament|2016 African Qualification Tournament]] in [[Yaoundé]].<ref>{{cite news |title=~~Weekend’s~~ finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio |url=http://www.aiba.org/blog/weekends-finalists-confirmed-as-first-boxers-from-african-olympic-qualification-event-secure-quota-places-for-rio/ |publisher=[[International Boxing Association (amateur)|AIBA]] |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> Returning for his second Games from a 12-year absence, light heavyweight boxer [[Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam]] rounded out the Cameroonian roster with his semifinal triumph at the [[2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier]] in [[Vargas, Venezuela]].

Cameroon entered four 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 Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament|2016 African Qualification Tournament]] in [[Yaoundé]].<ref>{{cite news |title= finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio |url=http://www.aiba.org/blog/weekends-finalists-confirmed-as-first-boxers-from-african-olympic-qualification-event-secure-quota-places-for-rio/ |publisher=[[International Boxing Association (amateur)|AIBA]] |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> Returning for his second Games from a 12-year absence, light heavyweight boxer [[Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam]] rounded out the Cameroonian roster with his semifinal triumph at the [[2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier]] in [[Vargas, Venezuela]].

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==Judo==

Cameroon qualified one judoka for the women’s half-heavyweight category (78 kg) at the Games. Vanessa Atangana earned a continental quota spot from the Africa region as Cameroon’s top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913 |title=IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games |date=23 June 2016 |publisher=[[International Judo Federation]] |access-date=24 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707205937/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913 |archive-date=7 July 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

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==Volleyball==

===Indoor===

====Women’s tournament====

{{main ~~article~~|Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women’s tournament}}

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Cameroon women’s volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women’s African qualification|African Olympic Qualifying Tournament]] in [[Yaoundé]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cameroon upset Egypt for Rio 2016 Olympic berth |url=http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/cameroon-upset-egypt-for-rio-2016-olympic?id=58860 |publisher=[[FIVB]] |date=17 February 2016 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref>

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==Weightlifting==

Cameroon 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 Weightlifting Championships|2016 African Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Exciting competitions for the African quota places in Cameroon |url=http://www.iwf.net/2016/05/23/exciting-competitions-for-the-african-quota-places-in-cameroon/ |access-date=26 May 2016 |publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation]] |date=23 May 2016}}</ref> The team had to allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/07/Rio2016_List-of-Athletes-by-Event_20160721_Public.pdf |title=Rio 2016 Weightlifting – List of Athletes by Bodyweight Category |publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation]] |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808155243/http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/07/Rio2016_List-of-Athletes-by-Event_20160721_Public.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==Wrestling==

Cameroon 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 Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Wrestling for Rio 2016 |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/rio-2016 |access-date=19 September 2015 |publisher=[[United World Wrestling]] |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201222421/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/rio-2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links==

* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826090906/https://www.rio2016.com/en/cameroon |date=dmy |title=Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. ”Rio2016.com”.}}

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Sporting event delegation

Cameroon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation’s fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Cameroon Olympic Sports Committee (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun) sent a total of 24 athletes, 5 men and 19 women, to the Games, competing in six different sports. For the second straight time in history, Cameroon was represented by more female than male athletes due to its presence of the women’s volleyball team.^[2]

Notable athletes in the Cameroon team were professional boxers Mahaman Smaila and Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam, who both staged their Olympic comebacks in Rio de Janeiro for nearly a decade, and wrestler Annabelle Ali, who joined triple jumper and double gold medalist Françoise Mbango-Etone as the only Cameroonians to appear in three consecutive editions of the Games. Middleweight boxer Wilfried Ntsengue, the youngest member of the team (aged 18), was the nation’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Cameroon left Rio de Janeiro without a single Olympic medal. Ali narrowly missed out of Cameroon’s first medal of the Games, after losing the match to Russia’s Ekaterina Bukina for the bronze in the women’s 75 kg category.^[3]

Athletics (track and field)

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

Field events

Cameroon entered four 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.^[6] Returning for his second Games from a 12-year absence, light heavyweight boxer Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam rounded out the Cameroonian roster with his semifinal triumph at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.

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
Hortence Atangana	Women’s −78 kg	Pogorzelec (POL) L 000–000 S	Did not advance

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.^[8]

Team roster

The following was the Cameroonian roster in the women’s volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9]^[10]

Head coach: Jean-René Akono

Group play

Cameroon 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.^[11] The team had to allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.^[12]

Cameroon 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.^[13]

Key

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Women’s freestyle

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