# Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.
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.
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.

## Athletics (track and field)

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

### 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

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 17.92 | 10 q | 16.82 | 12 |
| Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin | Women's triple jump | 13.11 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé. 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 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Simplice Fotsala | Men's light flyweight | Yafai (GBR) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mahaman Smaila | Men's light welterweight | Gözgeç (TUR) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wilfried Ntsengue | Men's middleweight | Vivas (COL) W 2–1 | Abdin (EGY) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam | Men's light heavyweight | Borges (BRA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Indoor
#### Women's tournament

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

The following was the Cameroonian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Jean-René Akono
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2015–16 club |
| 1 | Stéphanie Fotso Mogoung | 25 September 1987 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 296 cm (117 in) | 259 cm (102 in) | VBC Chamalières |
| 2 | Christelle Tchoudjang (C) | 7 July 1989 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 295 cm (116 in) | 260 cm (100 in) | VBC Chamalières |
| 4 | Raïssa Nasser (L) | 19 August 1994 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 270 cm (110 in) | 265 cm (104 in) | La Rochelle |
| 5 | Théorine Aboa Mbeza | 25 August 1992 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 285 cm (112 in) | 270 cm (110 in) | FAP Yaoundé |
| 6 | Laetitia Moma Bassoko | 9 October 1993 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 312 cm (123 in) | 287 cm (113 in) | VBC Chamalières |
| 7 | Henriette Koulla | 14 September 1992 | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | 67 kg (148 lb) | 275 cm (108 in) | 250 cm (98 in) | Tremblay AC |
| 10 | Berthrade Bikatal | 23 July 1992 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 297 cm (117 in) | 253 cm (100 in) | Nyong-et-Kéllé |
| 11 | Victoire L'or Ngon Ntame | 31 December 1985 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 288 cm (113 in) | 253 cm (100 in) | INJS Yaoundé |
| 12 | Fawziya Abdoulkarim | 1 March 1989 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 67 kg (148 lb) | 292 cm (115 in) | 259 cm (102 in) | Bafia Evolution |
| 13 | Madeleine Bodo Essissima | 29 April 1992 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 275 cm (108 in) | 270 cm (110 in) | FAP Yaoundé |
| 14 | Yolande Amana Guigolo | 15 September 1997 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 275 cm (108 in) | 270 cm (110 in) | Bafia Evolution |
| 15 | Emelda Piata Zessi | 8 April 1997 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 275 cm (108 in) | 270 cm (110 in) | Bafia Evolution |

##### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | MAX | 377 | 272 | 1.386 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 393 | 323 | 1.217 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 384 | 372 | 1.032 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | 347 | 364 | 0.953 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0.214 | 319 | 407 | 0.784 | |
| 6 | Cameroon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 328 | 410 | 0.800 | |

## 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 Championships. The team had to allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Petit Minkoumba | Men's −94 kg | 140 | 16 | 165 | 16 | 305 | 16 |
| Arcangeline Fouodji | Women's −69 kg | 82 | 16 | 105 | 14 | 187 | 14 |

## 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 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.
* 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

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rebecca Muambo | −48 kg | Yankova (BUL) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Joseph Essombe | −53 kg | Bye | Argüello (VEN) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Annabelle Ali | −75 kg | Bye | Weffer (VEN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Manyurova (KAZ) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Németh (HUN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bukina (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 5 |