Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Cameroon competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

See main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Myriam Léonie Mani	100 m	10.50	3 Q	10.08	6	Did not advance
Carole Kaboud Mebam	400 m hurdles	57.81	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Françoise Mbango Etone[2]	Triple jump	14.50	6 Q	15.39
Georgina Toth	Hammer throw		—	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Cameroon qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Mulema qualified in the welterweight class at the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament.^[3] Essomba and Mahaman both qualified at the second continental tournament.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Thomas Essomba	Light flyweight	L 3–9	Did not advance
Mahaman Smaila	Light welterweight	L 1–15	Did not advance
Joseph Mulema	Welterweight	W 17–2	L 4–9	Did not advance

Football

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women's freestyle

Notes and References

1. News: 2008-07-28. Cameroon Olympic Team Receives National Blessing. www.postnewsline.com.
2. http://www.lemessager.net/details_articles.php?code=3&code_art=24435 Les sportifs camerounais engagés à Beijing 2008
3. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=876 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
4. Web site: 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament . 2008-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208092739/http://www.aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/581/news.aspx . 2012-02-08 . dead .