Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	74 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Bose Kaffo
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Nigeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Silver

Nigeria national football team

Olubayo Adefemi		Monday James
Dele Adeleye		Sani Kaita
Oluwafemi Ajilore		Chinedu Obasi
Efe Ambrose		Victor Nsofor Obinna
Victor Anichebe		Peter Odemwingie
Onyekachi Apam		Chibuzor Okonkwo
Emmanuel Ekpo		Solomon Okoronkwo
Ikechukwu Ezenwa		Oladapo Olufemi
Promise Isaac		Ambruse Vanzekin

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Franca Idoko
Gloria Kemasuode
Halimat Ismaila
Oludamola Osayomi
Agnes Osazuwa (heats only)

Athletics

Women's 4×100 m relay

Athletics

Fourteen men and eighteen women qualified to represent Nigeria in athletics.^[1]

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
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Uchenna Emedolu	100 m	10.46	4	Did not advance
Olusoji Fasuba	100 m	10.29	2 Q	10.21	4	Did not advance
James Godday	400 m	45.49	2 Q	N/A		45.24	6	Did not advance
Obinna Joseph Metu	100 m	10.34	2 Q	10.27	6	Did not advance
Obinna Joseph Metu	200 m	20.62	1 Q	20.65	6	Did not advance
Selim Nurudeen	110 m hurdles	13.58	3 Q	13.66	4	Did not advance
Saul Weigopwa	400 m	45.19	2 Q	N/A		45.02	5	Did not advance
Uchenna Emedolu Olusoji Fasuba Obinna Joseph Metu Onyeabor Ngwogu Chinedu Oriala	4×100 m relay	DNF		N/A				Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Folashade Abugan	400 m	51.45	3 Q	N/A		51.30	6	Did not advance
Toyin Augustus	100 m hurdles	13.34	7	N/A		Did not advance
Joy Amechi Eze	400 m	51.97	4 q	N/A		51.87	5	Did not advance
Franca Idoko	100 m	11.61	4 q	11.66	7	Did not advance
Halimat Ismaila	100 m	11.72	4	Did not advance
Gloria Kemasuode	200 m	23.72	6	Did not advance
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	400 m	51.39	3 Q	N/A		52.45	7	Did not advance
Oludamola Osayomi	100 m	11.13	1 Q	11.28	2 Q	11.44	8	Did not advance
Oludamola Osayomi	200 m	23.31	3 Q	23.27	6	Did not advance
Franca Idoko Halimat Ismaila Gloria Kemasuode Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa*	4×100 m relay	43.43	4 q	N/A				43.04
Endurance Abinuwa Folashade Abugan Joy Amechi Eze Oluoma Nwoke Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Gladys Stephen	4×400 m relay	3:24.10	4 q	N/A				3:23.74	7

* Competed in the heats only

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Doreen Amata	High jump	1.89	=16	Did not advance
Vivian Chukwuemeka	Shot put	17.15	24	Did not advance
Chinonye Ohadugha	Triple jump	13.29	30	Did not advance
Blessing Okagbare	Long jump	6.59	12 q	6.91

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Grace Daniel	Women's singles	Ludíková (CZE) L 13–21, 8–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Nigeria qualified four boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All four qualified at the second African continental qualifying tournament.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rasheed Lawal	Lightweight	BYE	Javakhyan (ARM) L 0–12	Did not advance
Dauda Izobo	Light heavyweight	B Samir (GHA) L RSC	Did not advance
Olanrewaju Durodola	Heavyweight	N/A	Acosta (CUB) L 0–11	Did not advance
Onorede Ohwarieme	Super heavyweight	N/A	Jakšto (LTU) L 1–11	Did not advance

Football

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Nigeria squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3] view · talk

Head coach: Samson Siasia

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ambruse Vanzekin	(1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 22)	30	0	Akwa United
2	2DF	Chibuzor Okonkwo	(1988-12-16)16 December 1988 (aged 19)	8	0	Bayelsa United
4	2DF	Onyekachi Apam	(1986-12-30)30 December 1986 (aged 21)	30	1	Nice
5	2DF	Dele Adeleye	(1988-12-25)25 December 1988 (aged 19)	27	0	Sparta Rotterdam
6	3MF	Monday James	(1986-10-19)19 October 1986 (aged 21)	19	0	Bayelsa United
7	4FW	Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi	(1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 22)	25	6	Hoffenheim
8	3MF	Sani Kaita	(1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 22)	25	1	Sparta Rotterdam
9	4FW	Victor Nsofor Obinna	(1987-03-25)25 March 1987 (aged 21)	29	11	Chievo
10	3MF	Promise Isaac (c)	(1987-12-02)2 December 1987 (aged 20)	27	9	Trabzonspor
11	4FW	Solomon Okoronkwo	(1987-03-02)2 March 1987 (aged 21)	6	0	Hertha BSC
12	3MF	Oluwafemi Ajilore	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 23)	3	0	Groningen
13	2DF	Olubayo Adefemi	(1985-08-13)13 August 1985 (aged 22)	27	5	Hapoel Bnei Lod
14	4FW	Peter Odemwingie*	(1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 27)	25	6	Lokomotiv Moscow
15	2DF	Efe Ambrose	(1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (aged 19)	0	0	Kaduna United
16	4FW	Victor Anichebe	(1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 20)	5	2	Everton
17	3MF	Emmanuel Ekpo	(1987-12-20)20 December 1987 (aged 20)	6	3	Columbus Crew
18	1GK	Ikechukwu Ezenwa	(1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 19)	26	0	Ocean Boys
19	3MF	Oladapo Olufemi	(1988-05-11)11 May 1988 (aged 20)	12	0	Boavista

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Netherlands v Nigeria

7 August 2008
19:45

Netherlands	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 52,390
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Nigeria v Japan

10 August 2008
17:00

Nigeria	2–1	Japan
Obinna 58' Anichebe 74'	Report	Toyoda 79'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 42,592
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Nigeria v United States

13 August 2008
17:00

Nigeria	2–1	United States
Isaac 39' Obinna 79'	Report	Kljestan 88' (pen.)

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 48,096
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Quarterfinals

Nigeria v Ivory Coast

16 August 2008
21:00

Nigeria	2–0	Ivory Coast
Odemwingie 44' Obinna 82' (pen.)	Report

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao
Attendance: 28,944
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Semi-finals

Nigeria v Belgium

19 August 2008
18:00

Nigeria	4–1	Belgium
Adefemi 17' Obasi 59', 72' Okonkwo 78'	Report	Ciman 88'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 56,312
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Gold medal game

Nigeria v Argentina

23 August 2008
12:00

Nigeria	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Di María 58'

National Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 89,102
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Final rank

Silver

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Nigeria squad in the women's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4] view · talk

Head coach: Joseph Ladipo

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Precious Dede	(1980-01-18)18 January 1980 (aged 28)	0	Delta Queens
2	2DF	Efioanwan Ekpo	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 24)	4	Pelican Stars
3	2DF	Ayisat Yusuf	(1985-03-06)6 March 1985 (aged 23)	0	KMF Kuopio
4	3MF	Perpetua Nkwocha	(1976-01-03)3 January 1976 (aged 32)	4	Sunnanå SK
5	4FW	Onome Ebi	(1983-05-08)8 May 1983 (aged 25)	0	Bayelsa Queens
6	3MF	Kikelomo Ajayi	(1977-04-28)28 April 1977 (aged 31)	7	Tianjin Teda F.C.
7	3MF	Stella Mbachu	(1978-04-16)16 April 1978 (aged 30)	4	Tianjin Teda F.C.
8	4FW	Ifeanyi Chiejine	(1983-05-17)17 May 1983 (aged 25)	7	Bayelsa Queens
9	3MF	Sarah Michael	(1990-07-22)22 July 1990 (aged 18)	0	Delta Queens
10	2DF	Rita Chikwelu	(1988-03-06)6 March 1988 (aged 20)	0	United Pietarsaari
11	2DF	Lilian Cole	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 23)	0	Delta Queens
12	4FW	Cynthia Uwak	(1986-07-15)15 July 1986 (aged 22)	0	Falköpings KIK
13	4FW	Christie George	(1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (aged 24)	0	Pelican Stars
14	3MF	Faith Ikidi	(1987-02-28)28 February 1987 (aged 21)	0	Linköpings FC
15	3MF	Tawa Ishola	(1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 19)	0	Bayelsa Queens
16	2DF	Ulunma Jerome	(1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 20)	0	Rivers Angels
17	3MF	Edith Eduviere	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 22)	0	FCT Queens
18	1GK	Tochukwu Oluehi	(1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 21)	0	Bayelsa Queens

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Germany	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

North Korea v Nigeria

6 August 2008
19:45

North Korea	1–0	Nigeria
Kim Kyong-hwa 27'	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Attendance: 24,084
Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

Nigeria v Germany

9 August 2008
17:00

Nigeria	0–1	Germany
	Report	Stegemann 65'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Attendance: 19,266
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Nigeria v Brazil

12 August 2008
17:00

Nigeria	1–3	Brazil
Nkwocha 19' (pen.)	Report	Cristiane 34', 35', 45+3'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 51,112
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

Judo

Vivian Yusuf represented Nigeria in Judo.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vivian Yusuf	Women's −78 kg	BYE	Wollert (GER) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yellow Yeiyah	50 m freestyle	24.00	55	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ngozi Monu	50 m freestyle	27.39	52	Did not advance

Table tennis

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Monday Merotohun	Men's singles	Zeng (TUR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Segun Toriola	Men's singles	Zhuang (USA) W 4–3	Monteiro (POR) W 4–3	Saive (BEL) W 4–2	22x20px Oh S-E (KOR) L 3–4	Did not advance
Bose Kaffo	Women's singles	Sang Xu (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance
Cecilia Offiong	Women's singles	Miao (AUS) L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Monday Merotohun Kazeem Nosiru Segun Toriola	Men's team	Group D Japan (JPN) L 0 – 3 Hong Kong (HKG) L 0 – 3 Russia (RUS) W 3 – 2	3	Did not advance
Bose Kaffo Cecilia Offiong Olufunke Oshonaike	Women's team	Group B Singapore (SIN) L 0 – 3 United States (USA) L 0 – 3 Netherlands (NED) L 0 – 3	4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Muhammad Isah Adam and Chika Chukwumerije represented Nigeria in Taekwondo.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Isah Adam Muhammad	Men's −68 kg	Islas (MEX) W 2–2 SUP	López (PER) L 0–3	Did not advance
Chika Chukwumerije	Men's +80 kg	Nguyen V H (VIE) W 3–1	Keita (MLI) W 1–0	Nikolaidis (GRE) L 2–3	BYE	Irgashev (UZB) W 4–3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Felix Ekpo	Men's −77 kg	143	18	182	14	325	15
Benedict Uloko	Men's −85 kg	148	16	191	13	339	13
Mariam Usman	Women's +75 kg	115	=6	150	=2	265	5

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wilson Siewari	−120 kg	BYE	Musuľbes (SVK) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					18

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amarachi Obiajunwa	−72 kg	Bernard (USA) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance					15

References

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↑ "Nigerian Taekwondo team departs for Germany", Xinhua, July 28, 2008

[1] "Metu, Fasuba, Amata make Nigeria's squad for Beijing Olympics", Xinhua, July 6, 2008

[BoxingQualAfrica-2] 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

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[5] "Nigeria's only female judoka for Olympics leaves for overseas training", Xinhua, June 2, 2008

[6] "Nigerian Taekwondo team departs for Germany", Xinhua, July 28, 2008

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Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Football

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

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