Cameroon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	CMR
Cganame:	National Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2018
Flagcaption:	Flag of Cameroon
Website:
Location:	Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors:	40
Sports:	6
Rank:	32
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
App Begin Year:	1998
Start Date:	4 April 2018
End Date:	15 April 2018

Cameroon competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1] It was Cameroon's 6th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. During the games, eight athletes went missing from their accommodation, with them all being reported to the Australian police.^[2] ^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				April 14
				April 9
				April 14

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=150	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	1	6	7
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	5	3	8
Weightlifting	3	2	5
Wrestling	2	4	6
Total	24	16	40

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	Marcel Mayack II	Long jump	7.84	9 q	7.70	11
Triple jump	16.32	6 q	16.80

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang	100 m			did not advance
Fanny Appes Ekanga	12.15	5	did not advance
Marie Eleme	11.88	4	did not advance
Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang	200 m			did not advance
Germaine Abessolo Bivina	23.77 PB	6 q	24.05	8	did not advance
Irene Bell Bonong	24.56	6	did not advance
Germaine Abessolo Bivina Fanny Appes Ekanga Irene Bell Bonong Marie Eleme	4 × 100 m	45.24	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin	Long jump	6.02	15	did not advance
Triple jump	13.45	7

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Cameroon participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman)

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Antoine Owona Ndimako	Men's singles	L 0-2	Colspan=6	did not advance
Stella Ngadjui	Women's singles	L 0-2	Colspan=6	did not advance

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Cameroon qualified a men's basketball team of 12 athletes. The team was invited by FIBA and the CGF.^[4] The country will make its Commonwealth Games debut at the games. Cameroon did not compete in the sport at its only appearance in 2006 in Melbourne.

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

Ebaku Akumenzoh
Christian Ayangma Bemouyime
Simon Bileg II
Felix Bogmis
Pierre Cedric Essome
Arnold Kome
Boseme Mukete Njemo
Kevin Ngwese
Mohaman Aziz Nkene Tsaace
Yannick Seulle
Robert Songolo Ngijol
Franck Yangue

Pool B

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Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Cameroon participated with a team of 8 athletes (5 men and 3 women)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Simplice Fotsala	−49 kg		L 0 - 5	did not advance
Wilfried Ntsengue	−75 kg	W 5 - 0	W 4 - 1	W 5 - 0	W 5 - 0	L 0 - 5
Ulrich Yombo	−81 kg			L	did not advance
Christian Ndzie Tsoye	−91 kg			L	did not advance
Arsene Fokou Fosso	+91 kg		W 5 - 0	L 1 - 4	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Christelle Ndiang	−57 kg		L 0 - 5	did not advance
Aubiege Azangue	−69 kg	L 1 - 4	did not advance
Clotilde Essiane	−75 kg		L 2 - 3	did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification. Cameroon participated with 5 athletes (3 men and 2 women).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Olivier Matam	Men's −62 kg	113	7	145	7	258	8
Donald Nkoh	Men's −85 kg	140	5	186	2	326	4
Petit Minkoumba	Men's −94 kg	142	8	175	6	317	6
Arcangeline Sonkbou	Women's −69 kg	80	9	100	8	180	9
Clementine Noumbissi	Women's −90 kg	101	3	125	3	226

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Cameroon participated with 6 athletes (2 men and 4 women).

Repechage Format

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cedric Nyamsi Tchouga	Men's -97 kg		L 1 - 4	did not advance			8
Danielle Sino Guemde	Women's -76 kg		L 1 - 4	Did not advance		Did not advance	8

Group Stage Format

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joseph Essombe	Women's -57 kg	W 5 - 0	L 1 - 4	W 5 - 0	2 Q	L 1 - 3	L 1 - 4	4
Gaelle Alakame Anzong	Women's -68 kg	L 0 - 4	L 0 - 5		3	did not advance		5

Nordic Format

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin				Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Claude Kouamen Mbianga	Men's -125 kg	L 0 - 4	L	L		5
Berthe Etane Ngolle	Women's -62 kg	L 0 - 4	L 0 - 4	L 0 - 5	L 0 - 3	5

Notes and References

Web site: 71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family . www.gc2018.com/ . Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation . 8 October 2016 . 10 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010110422/https://www.gc2018.com/games/nations-and-territories . dead .
Web site: Commonwealth Games: Eight Cameroon athletes 'desert' team . BBC News . 11 April 2018.
Web site: Cameroon stars reportedly flee Commonwealth Games . Cairns Post. 11 April 2018.
Web site: Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events. Morgan . Liam. 28 July 2017 . Insidethegames.biz . Dunsar Media . 28 July 2017.
Web site: Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. March 2018. www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. 21 March 2018. 22 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322082310/http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/03/Qualification-List-of-the-Gold-Coast-2018-Commonwealth-Games.pdf. dead.