Cameroon at the Olympics
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Cameroon first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation withdrew from the 1976 Summer Olympics after three days of competition, to join the broad African boycott in response to the participation of New Zealand, who still had sporting links with apartheid South Africa. Cameroon has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on one occasion, in 2002, with a single representative, Isaac Menyoli.
Cameroonian athletes have won a total of five medals, including the gold medal in football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
The National Olympic Committee for Cameroon was created in 1963.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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| 1964 Tokyo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1968 Mexico City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 1972 Munich | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1976 Montreal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1980 Moscow | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1984 Los Angeles | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| 1988 Seoul | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992 Barcelona | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 Atlanta | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000 Sydney | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| 2004 Athens | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| 2008 Beijing | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| 2012 London | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 74 | |
Medals by Winter Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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| 2002 Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2006 Turin | did not participate | |||||
| 2010 Vancouver | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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 Silver | Joseph Bessala |  1968 Mexico |  Boxing | Men's welterweight |
 Bronze | Martin Ndongo-Ebanga |  1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Men's lightweight |
 Gold |
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 2000 Sydney |  Football | Men's competition |
| Gold | Françoise Mbango Etone |  2004 Athens |  Athletics | Women's triple jump |
| Gold | Françoise Mbango Etone |  2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's triple jump |
See also
- Category:Olympic competitors for Cameroon
- Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- "Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-19.