Gabon (GAB)

Gabon formed a National Olympic Committee (NOC) on 9 February 1965. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) postponed recognition three times before they granted provisional recognition on 9 May 1967 at the IOC session in Teheran. After the statutes were modified, the NOC was fully recognized by the IOC at a meeting on 28 December 1967, but Gabon did not compete at the Olympics until 1972. Gabon has since competed at 10 Olympic Games, those of 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. It has never had an athlete compete at the Olympic Winter Games. Gabon athletes have competed in six sports – track & field athletics, boxing, football, judo, swimming, and taekwondo. In 2012 Anthony Obame won the first ever medal for Gabon with silver in men’s heavyweight taekwondo.