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Cameroon at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation
Cameroon at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCMR
NOCCameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cnosc.org (in French)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors6 (2 men and 4 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer Emmanuel Eseme & Richelle Soppi Mbella
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cameroon competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Cameroon did not win any medals.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Judo 0 1 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 0 1 1
Total 2 4 6

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cameroonian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):

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
Track & road events
Athlete Event Preliminary Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emmanuel Eseme Men's 100 m Bye 9.98 SB 2 Q 10.00 4 Did not advance
Linda Angounou Women's 400 m hurdles 55.69 NR 8 55.09 NR 8 Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cameroon qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Richelle Soppi Mbella (women's super-heavyweight , +78 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Richelle Soppi Mbella Women's +78 kg  Sone (JPN)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cameroon sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Giorgio Armani Nguichie Kamseu Kamogne Men's 100 m freestyle 1:03.42 78 Did not advance
Grace Manuela Nguelo'O Women's 50 m freestyle 30.98 66 Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cameroon entered one table tennis player into Paris 2024. Sarah Hanffou qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the second available quota places at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Kigali, Rwanda.

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sarah Hanffou Women's singles  Edghill (GUY)
W 4–1
 Cheng I-c (TPE)
L 0–4
Did not advance

References

  1. "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. "Cameroonian Emmanuel Eseme invites himself under 10 seconds over 100m". Time News. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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