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Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Field	Value
NOC	GAB
NOCname	Comité Olympique Gabonais
games	Summer Olympics
year	2012
location	London
competitors	24
sports	5
flagbearer	Ruddy Zang Milama
rank	69
gold	0
silver	1
bronze	0
appearances	auto

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.

The Gabon Olympic Committee () 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
	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):

;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

;Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Rank
Braexir Lemboumba	Bantamweight	Encarnación
L 6–15	Did not advance
Yannick Mbemy	Welterweight	Tüvshinbat
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 ;Group play

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Rank
Audrey Koumba	Women's −78 kg	Ntahonvukiye
W 0020–0000	Joó
L 0000–0100	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Opposition
Result	Rank
Anthony Obame	Men's +80 kg	Thomsen-Fuataga
W 9–2	Despaigne
W 1–0 SDP	Tanrıkulu
W 3–2	Bye}}	Molfetta
L 9–9 SUP

References

Staff. "Gabon – London 2012 Olympics". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
"iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF.
"IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS". IAAF.
(5 May 2012). "Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed". [[International Boxing Association (amateur).

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