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| Gabon at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GAB |
| NOC | Comité Olympique Gabonais |
| in Atlanta | |
| Competitors | 7 in 3 sports |
| Flag bearer | Roger Oyembo [1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Gabon competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Patrick Mocci-Raoumbé | 100 m | 10.87 | 86 | did not advance | |||||
| Antoine Boussombo | 200 m | 21.06 | 56 | did not advance | |||||
| Patrick Mocci-Raoumbé Antoine Boussombo Charles Tayot Eric Ebang Zué | 4 × 100 m | 39.97 | 21 | N/A | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Guy-Elie Boulingui | Flyweight |  Ballo (INA)L 6-2 | Did not advance | |||
| Julio Mboumba | Lightweight |  Doroftei (ROM)L (RSC-2) | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Mélanie Engoang | −66 kg | BYE |  Aneta Szczepańska (POL)L 0000–1000 | did not advance | BYE |  Rowena Sweatman (GBR)L 0000–1000 | did not advance | 9 | ||
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