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| Cameroon at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CMR |
| NOC | Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 87th |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Winter appearances | |
Cameroon first participated at theOlympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in everySummer Olympic Games since then. The nation withdrew from the1976 Summer Olympics after three days of competition, to join the broad African boycott in response to the participation ofSouth Africa, which still had sporting links withapartheidSouth Africa. Cameroon also participated in theWinter Olympic Games on one occasion, in 2002, with a single representative,Isaac Menyoli.
Cameroonian athletes have won six medals, including the gold medal infootball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
TheCameroon Olympic and Sports Committee was created and recognized by the IOC in 1963.
Medals by Summer Games[edit]
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| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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 Athletics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Boxing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event | Ref. |
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 Silver | Joseph Bessala | 1968 Mexico City |  Boxing | Men's welterweight | |
 Bronze | Martin Ndongo-Ebanga | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Men's lightweight | |
 Gold | || | 2000 Sydney |  Football | Men's competition | |
| Gold | Françoise Mbango Etone | 2004 Athens |  Athletics | Women's triple jump | [1] |
| Gold | Françoise Mbango Etone | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's triple jump | [2] |
| Bronze | Madias Nzesso | 2012 London |  Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg |
| Male teams | |
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| Mixed teams | |
