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Sporting event delegation
Cameroon at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Cameroon
CGF codeCMR
CGANational Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon
Websitecnosc.com (in French)
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors40 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Cameroon competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. 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.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Wilfried Ntsengue Boxing Men's −75 kg April 14
 Bronze Clementine Noumbissi Weightlifting Women's −90 kg April 9
 Bronze Marcel Mayack II Athletics Men's Triple Jump April 14

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women 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

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Men
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Marcel Mayack II Long jump 7.84 9 q 7.70 11
Triple jump 16.32 6 q 16.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang 100 m DNF 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 DNS 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
Distance Position Distance Position
Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin Long jump 6.02 15 did not advance
Triple jump — 13.45 7

Badminton

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 / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Antoine Owona Ndimako Men's singles  Naim Mohammed (TTO)
L 0-2 		did not advance
Stella Ngadjui Women's singles  Rachael Darragh (NIR)
L 0-2 		did not advance

Basketball

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. 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

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
Roster
Pool B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Scotland 3 3 0 237 198 +39 6 Qualifying finals
 England 3 2 1 246 186 +60 5
 Cameroon 3 1 2 202 231 −29 4
 India 3 0 3 222 292 −70 3
Source:
5 April 2018
20:00
Boxscore
Cameroon  96–87  India
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 24–36, 23–13, 34–11
Pts: Kome 21
Rebs: Tsaace 13
Asts: Ngijol 3		 Pts: At. Singh 23
Rebs: Annadurai 12
Asts: J. Singh 8
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Ryan Jones (NZL)
7 April 2018
20:00
Boxscore
Scotland  63–52  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 15–4, 14–11, 15–25, 19–12
Pts: Murray 25
Rebs: Fraser 9
Asts: Achara, Murray 3		 Pts: Kome 21
Rebs: Yangue 13
Asts: Essome 5
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Jon Chapman (AUS)
8 April 2018
14:00
Boxscore
Cameroon  54–81  England
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 16-17, 14-29, 9-15
Pts: Bogmis 14
Rebs: Yangue 10
Asts: Essome 3		 Pts: Josephs 26
Rebs: Jackman 8
Asts: Thoseby, Tuck 3
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Matthew Beattie (AUS)

Boxing

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
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Simplice Fotsala −49 kg —  Yafai (ENG)
L 0 - 5 		did not advance
Wilfried Ntsengue −75 kg  Anthony (LCA)
W 5 - 0 		 Lawson (GHA)
W 4 - 1 		 Scaife (NZL)
W 5 - 0 		 Docherty (SCO)
W 5 - 0 		 Yadav (IND)
L 0 - 5 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ulrich Yombo −81 kg — Bye  O'Reilly (CAN)
L W/O 		did not advance
Christian Ndzie Tsoye −91 kg — Bye  Nyika (NZL)
L W/O 		did not advance
Arsene Fokou Fosso +91 kg —  Kei (TGA)
W 5 - 0 		 Agnes (SEY)
L 1 - 4 		did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Christelle Ndiang −57 kg Bye  Nicholson (AUS)
L 0 - 5 		did not advance
Aubiege Azangue −69 kg  Eccles (WAL)
L 1 - 4 		did not advance
Clotilde Essiane −75 kg Bye  Thibeault (CAN)
L 2 - 3 		did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Cameroon participated with 5 athletes (3 men and 2 women).

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wrestling

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 / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Cedric Nyamsi Tchouga Men's -97 kg Bye  Tamarau (NGR)
L 1 - 4 		did not advance 8
Danielle Sino Guemde Women's -76 kg —  Kiran (IND)
L 1 - 4 		Did not advance — Did not advance 8
Group Stage Format
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Joseph Essombe Women's -57 kg  Genave (MRI)
W 5 - 0 		 Adekuoroye (NGR)
L 1 - 4 		 McDaid (NIR)
W 5 - 0 		2 Q  Dhanda (IND)
L 1 - 3 		 Schaefer (CAN)
L 1 - 4 		4
Gaelle Alakame Anzong Women's -68 kg  Lappage (CAN)
L 0 - 4 		 Kakran (IND)
L 0 - 5 		— 3 did not advance 5
Nordic Format
Athlete Event Nordic Round Robin Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Claude Kouamen Mbianga Men's -125 kg  Jarvis (CAN)
L 0 - 4 		 Malik (IND)
L INJ 		 Raza (PAK)
L INJ 		 Boltic (NGR)
NP 		5
Berthe Etane Ngolle Women's -62 kg  Malik (IND)
L 0 - 4 		 Adeniyi (NGR)
L 0 - 4 		 Ford (NZL)
L 0 - 5 		 Fazzari (CAN)
L 0 - 3 		5

See also

References

  1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. "Commonwealth Games: Eight Cameroon athletes 'desert' team". BBC News. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. "Cameroon stars reportedly flee Commonwealth Games". Cairns Post. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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