Olympic history of Gabon
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Gabon , whose NOK , the Comité Olympique Gabonais , was founded in 1965 andrecognizedby the IOC in1968, has been taking part in the Summer Olympics since 1972. The Games in Montreal in 1976 and in Moscow in 1980 were boycotted by Gabon. No athletes from Landes have taken part in the winter games.
Overview
Gabon was represented for the first time at the 1972 Games in Munich . The first Olympian in his country was the boxer Joseph Mbouroukounda on August 27, 1972. He was also the only Gabonese athlete in Munich.
Gabon boycotted the Montreal Games in 1976 and the Moscow Games in 1980 . In 1976 the call for a boycott of African countries was followed, and in 1980 that of the USA.
1984 in Los Angeles for the first time athletes competed. The shot putter Odette Mistoul was the first woman to take part in the Olympics for Gabon on August 3, 1984. She was able to qualify for the final and was 13th. The 1988 games in Seoul , in which only two participants were sent, were just as unsuccessful as the 1992 games in Barcelona , where judoka were used for the first time. Gabonese participants also had no chance at the games in Atlanta in 1996 .
The participants in Sydney in 2000 , in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008 had no chance, with an athlete competing in Taekwondo for the first time in Beijing.
In 2012 in London , a Gabonese men's soccer team started for the first time. After two draws against South Korea and Switzerland and a defeat against Mexico, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's team was eliminated in the group stage. Anthony Obame was able to win silver in the heavyweight division of the Taekwondo tournament and thus the only medal for his country so far.
In Rio de Janeiro , the Olympic selection was again unsuccessful. For the first time an athlete was used in swimming.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
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| 1896-1968 | not participated | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Matias Moussobou | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1976-1980 | not participated | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | 4th | 2 | 2 | Odette Mistoul | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Gisele Ongollo | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1992 | 5 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1996 | 7th | 6th | 1 | Roger Oyembo | 2 | 4th | 1 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Mélanie Engoang | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2004 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Mélanie Engoang | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 4th | 2 | 2 | Mélanie Engoang | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 21st | 19th | 2 | Ruddy Zang-Milama | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15th | 1 | 1 | 69 | |||
| 2016 | 6th | 4th | 2 | Anthony Obame | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 127 | ||||||||||
Winter games
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List of medal winners
Gold medals
So far (as of 2017) no gold medals
Silver medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline |
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| Anthony Obame | 2012 London | Taekwondo | Heavyweight |
Bronze medals
So far (as of 2017) no bronze medals
Medals by sport
| sport | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Web links
- Gabon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Gabon on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
