- Cameroon at the Olympics
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 ofNew Zealand , who still had sporting links withapartheid South Africa . Cameroon has also participated in theWinter Olympic Games on one occasion, in 2002, with a single representative,Isaac Menyoli .Cameroonian athletes have won a total of five medals, including the gold medal in
football at the 2000 Summer Olympics .The
National Olympic Committee for Cameroon was created in 1963.Medalists
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