Cameroon at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Cameroon at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Cameroon.svg
IOC code CMR
NOC Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.cnosc.org  (in French)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors12 in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Joseph Essombe
Albert Mengue Ayissi
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cameroon competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Boxing 303
Judo 022
Swimming 112
Table tennis 011
Weightlifting 022
Wrestling 011
Total5712

Athletics

Cameroon received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male athlete to the Olympics. [2]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Emmanuel Eseme Men's 200 m 20.654Did not advance

Boxing

Cameroon entered three male boxers into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Wilfried Ntsengue (men's middleweight), along with rookies Albert Mengue (men's welterweight) and Maxime Yegnong (men's super heavyweight), secured their spots by advancing to the final match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Albert Mengue Men's welterweight Flag of Swaziland.svg  Dlamini  (SWZ)
WRSC		Flag of Ireland.svg  Walsh  (IRL)
L 0–5		Did not advance
Wilfried Ntsengue Men's middleweight Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Tshama  (COD)
L 2–3		Did not advance
Maxime Yegnong Men's super heavyweight ByeRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  Veriasov  (ROC)
L 0–5		Did not advance

Judo

Cameroon qualified two female judoka for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Hortence Atangana was selected among the top 18 judoka of the women's heavyweight (+78 kg) category based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while 2019 African Games bronze medalist Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina (women's middleweight, 70 kg) accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [4]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina Women's –70 kg Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim S-y  (KOR)
L 00–10		Did not advance
Hortence Atangana Women's +78 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Sayit  (TUR)
L 00–01		Did not advance

Swimming

Cameroon received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [5]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Charly Ndjoume Men's 50 m freestyle 27.2264Did not advance
Norah Elisabeth Milanesi Women's 50 m freestyle 26.4144Did not advance

Table tennis

Cameroon entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in eight years. London 2012 Olympian Sarah Hanffou scored a semifinal victory to occupy one of the four available spots in the women's singles at the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tunis, Tunisia. [6]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Sarah Hanffou Women's singles Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Trifonova  (BUL)
L 1–4		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Cameroon entered two female weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga (women's 76 kg) and Clementine Meukeugni (women's 87 kg) topped the list of weightlifters from Africa in their respective weight categories based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga Women's –76 kg 91121111120211
Clementine Meukeugni Women's –87 kg 99121251022411

Wrestling

Cameroon qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 53 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia. [7]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Joseph Essombe Women's –53 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Mukaida  (JPN)
L 0–4 ST		Did not advanceFlag of Poland.svg  Zasina  (POL)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Bat-Ochir  (MGL)
L 1–4 ST		5

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