# Cameroon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Cameroon competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics.
Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun sent a total of 33 athletes to the Games, 10 men and 23 women, to compete in 9 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Cameroon was represented by more female than male athletes because of its presence in women's football. Freestyle wrestler and All-African Games gold medalist Annabelle Ali was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Seven of its athletes "defected" while participating in the Olympics, including the reserve goalkeeper Drusille Ngako, swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue and boxers Thomas Essomba, Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo and Serge Ambomo.
Cameroon won with a bronze medal due to medals reallocation after all of the original medalists stripped for doping, after winning gold medals in athletics and football for three successive games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Madias Nzesso | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg | 3 August |

## Athletics

Cameroonian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

### 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Idrissa Adam | 100 m | Bye | Bye | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Delphine Atangana | 100 m | 11.71 | 1 Q | 11.82 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Cameroon has qualified boxers for the following events

### Men

| 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 |
| Thomas Essomba | Light flyweight | Daraa (MAR) W 13–10 | Barnes (IRL) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yhyacinthe Mewoli Abdon | Lightweight | Gaibnazarov (UZB) L 6–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Serge Ambomo | Light welterweight | Sener (TUR) L 10–19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christian Donfack Adjoufack | Light heavyweight | Kolling (GER) L 6–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Blaise Yepmou Mendouo | Super heavyweight | — | Arjaoui (MAR) L 6–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Football

Cameroon has qualified a women's team.
* Women's team – 18 players

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

Head coach: Carl Enow
Cameroon named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Annette Ngo Ndom | (1985-06-02)2 June 1985 (aged 27) | 13 | 0 | Louves Minproff |
| 2 | 2DF | Christine Manie | (1984-05-04)4 May 1984 (aged 28) | 40 | 6 | Negrea Reșița |
| 3 | 4FW | Ajara Nchout | (1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 19) | 15 | 2 | Energy Voronezh |
| 4 | 3MF | Yvonne Leuko | (1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Montigny-le-Bretonneux |
| 5 | 2DF | Augustine Ejangue | (1989-01-19)19 January 1989 (aged 23) | 22 | 0 | Energy Voronezh |
| 6 | 3MF | Francine Zouga | (1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 24) | 23 | 3 | FSG Aïre-le-Lignon |
| 7 | 4FW | Gabrielle Onguéné | (1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Louves Minproff |
| 8 | 3MF | Raissa Feudjio | (1995-10-29)29 October 1995 (aged 16) | 11 | 0 | Lorema |
| 9 | 4FW | Madeleine Ngono Mani | (1983-10-16)16 October 1983 (aged 28) | 42 | 26 | EA Guingamp |
| 10 | 3MF | Bébéy Beyene | (1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 20) | 22 | 1 | Louves Minproff |
| 11 | 4FW | Adrienne Iven | (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 29) | 12 | 2 | Louves Minproff |
| 12 | 3MF | Francoise Bella (captain) | (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 29) | 53 | 7 | Rivers Angels |
| 13 | 2DF | Claudine Meffometou | (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 22) | 8 | 0 | Franck Rollycek |
| 14 | 2DF | Bibi Medoua | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 18) | 19 | 0 | Locomotive de Yaoundé |
| 15 | 2DF | Ysis Sonkeng | (1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 22) | 30 | 0 | Louves Minproff |
| 16 | 3MF | Jeannette Yango | (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 19) | 20 | 1 | Katowice |
| 17 | 4FW | Gaëlle Enganamouit | (1992-06-09)9 June 1992 (aged 20) | 17 | 2 | Spartak Subotica |
| 18 | 1GK | Reine Sosso | (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 19) | 11 | 0 | Franck Rollycek |

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |

## Judo

| 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 |
| Dieudonne Dolassem | Men's −90 kg | Liparteliani (GEO) L 0003–0101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Cameroon has qualified the following boats.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Paul Etia Ndoumbe | Single sculls | 7:29.77 | 6 R | 7:24.15 | 5 SE/F | Bye | Bye | 7:58.48 | 5 FF | 7:46.23 | 32 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Swimming

Cameroon has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Paul Edingue Ekane | 50 m freestyle | 27.87 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Antoinette Guedia Mouafo | 50 m freestyle | 29.28 | 53 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

One Cameroon athlete qualified to participate.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sarah Hanffou | Women's singles | Moumjoghlian (LIB) W 4–0 | Xian (FRA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Two weightlifters from Cameroon qualified for the Olympics; 1 man and 1 woman. Madias Nzesso originally finished sixth in her event, but after all three medalists were disqualified for doping offenses, she was promoted to a bronze medal.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Frederic Fokejou Tefot | Men's +105 kg | 160 | 17 | 202 | 16 | 362 | 16 |
| Madias Nzesso | Women's −75 kg | 115 | 3 | 131 | 3 | 246 | |

## Wrestling

Cameroon qualified one athlete through a quota place.
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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 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 |
| Annabelle Ali | −72 kg | Bye | Soloniaina (MAD) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Zlateva (BUL) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Marzaliuk (BLR) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | 7 |