Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Gabon competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics; the nation did not participate at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, affected by the African and the American-led boycott, respectively.

Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GAB
NOC	Comité Olympique Gabonais
in London
Competitors	24 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Ruddy Zang Milama[1]
Medals Ranked 69th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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The Gabon Olympic Committee (French: Comité Olympique Gabonais) sent the nation's largest delegation ever to the Games. A total of 24 athletes, 22 men and 2 women, competed in 5 sports. Men's football was the only team sport in which Gabon was represented at these Olympic games. Sprinter Ruddy Zang Milama was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Gabon left London with its first ever Olympic medal. Taekwondo jin Anthony Obame won the silver in the men's super heavyweight division, narrowly losing to Italy's Carlo Molfetta in the final.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Anthony Obame	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg	11 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Gabonese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[2][3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wilfried Bingangoye	100 m	10.89	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ruddy Zang Milama	100 m	Bye		11.14	3 Q	11.31	7	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Gabon has so far qualified boxers for the following events^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Braexir Lemboumba	Bantamweight	Encarnación (DOM) L 6–15	Did not advance
Yannick Mbemy	Welterweight	Tüvshinbat (MGL) L 4–17	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Gabon's men's football team has qualified.

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Gabon squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[5][6]

Coach: Claude Albert Mbourounot

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2012 club
1	1GK	Didier Ovono* (c)	(1983-01-23)23 January 1983 (aged 29)			Le Mans
2	2DF	Muller Dinda	(1995-09-22)22 September 1995 (aged 16)			Cercle Mbéri
3	2DF	Stevy Nzambe	(1991-09-04)4 September 1991 (aged 20)			Marseille
4	3MF	Franck Engonga	(1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 19)			USM Libreville
5	2DF	Bruno Ecuele Manga*	(1988-07-16)16 July 1988 (aged 24)			Lorient
6	2DF	Rémy Ebanega	(1989-11-17)17 November 1989 (aged 22)			Bitam
7	4FW	Allen Nono	(1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 19)			USM Libreville
8	3MF	Alexander N'Doumbou	(1992-01-04)4 January 1992 (aged 20)			Orléans
9	4FW	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	(1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 23)			Saint-Étienne
10	3MF	Lévy Madinda	(1992-06-11)11 June 1992 (aged 20)			Celta Vigo B
11	4FW	Axel Meye	(1995-06-06)6 June 1995 (aged 17)			Bitam
12	3MF	Merlin Tandjigora	(1990-04-06)6 April 1990 (aged 22)			Carquefou
13	3MF	Cédric Boussoughou	(1991-07-20)20 July 1991 (aged 21)			Mangasport
14	3MF	André Biyogo Poko	(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 19)			Bordeaux
15	3MF	Henri Ndong	(1992-08-23)23 August 1992 (aged 19)			Bitam
16	2DF	Emmanuel Ndong	(1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 20)			Sogéa
17	3MF	Jerry Obiang	(1992-06-10)10 June 1992 (aged 20)			Sogéa
18	1GK	Anthony Mfa Mezui	(1991-03-07)7 March 1991 (aged 21)			Metz
21	3MF	Samson Mbingui[7]	(1992-02-09)9 February 1992 (aged 20)			Mangasport

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Gabon	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Gabon	1–1	Switzerland
Aubameyang 45'	Report	Mehmedi 5' (pen.)

26 July 2012 (2012-07-26)

17:15

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 15,748^[8]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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Mexico	2–0	Gabon
Dos Santos 63', 90+2' (pen.)	Report

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)

14:30

Ricoh Arena, Coventry

Attendance: 28,171^[9]

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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South Korea	0–0	Gabon
	Report

1 August 2012 (2012-08-01)

17:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,927^[10]

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Audrey Koumba	Women's −78 kg	Ntahonvukiye (BDI) W 0020–0000	Joó (HUN) L 0000–0100	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anthony Obame	Men's +80 kg	Thomsen-Fuataga (SAM) W 9–2	Despaigne (CUB) W 1–0 SDP	Tanrıkulu (TUR) W 3–2	Bye		Molfetta (ITA) L 9–9 SUP

References

1. Staff. "Gabon – London 2012 Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
3. IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011, retrieved 4 June 2011
4. "Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed". AIBA. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
5. "Aubameyang included in Gabon's Olympic football squad". BBC Sport. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
6. "Men's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 - List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 13 July 2012. p. 4. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
7. Replaced Bruno Ecuele Manga who was not released by his club on the eve of the competition.
8. "Gabon – Switzerland". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
9. "Mexico – Gabon". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
10. "South Korea – Gabon". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

External links

• Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 30 August 2012)
• Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)