Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NGR
Nocname:	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	55 (32 men and 23 women)
Sports:	8
Rank:	38
Gold:	0
Silver:	3
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

Nigeria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				8 August
				8 August
				9 August
				8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	10	4	14
Boxing	9	–	9
Handball	0	16	16
Judo	2	0	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	4	2	6
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Wrestling	5	–	5
Total	32	23	55

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Heat - 3:00.39

• Final - 3:01.71 (→ 5th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• Moses Malagu

• First Round  - Defeated Richard Buttimer (IRL), 12:8

• Second Round  - Lost to Raúl González (CUB), RSC-2

Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• Mohammed Sabo

• First Round  - Defeated Robert Ciba (POL), RSC-3

• Second Round  - Defeated Chatree Suwanyod (THA), 16:7

• Quarterfinals  - Lost to Wayne McCullough (IRL), 13:31

Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)

• Moses Odion

• First Round  - Defeated Janos Petrovics (HUN), 18:8

• Second Round  - Lost to Oscar De La Hoya (USA), 4:16

Men's Light Welterweight ( - 63.5 kg)

• James Mozez

• First Round  - Lost to Arlo Chavez (PHI), 6:12

Men's Welterweight ( - 67 kg)

• Tajudeen Sabitu

• First Round  - Lost to Francisc Vaştag (ROM), 0:9

Men's Light Middleweight ( - 71 kg)

• David Defiagbon

• First Round  - Lost to Raúl Márquez (USA), 7:8

Men's Light Heavyweight ( - 81 kg)

• Jacklord Jacobs

• First Round  - Bye

• Second Round  - Lost to Rostislav Zaulichniy (EUN), 8:16

Men's Heavyweight ( - 91 kg)

• David Izonritei → Silver Medal

• First Round  - Bye

• Second Round  - Defeated Morteza Shiri (IRN), RSC-3 (01:35)

• Quarterfinals  - Defeated Kirk Johnson (CAN), 9:5

• Semifinals  - Defeated David Tua (NZL), 12:7

• Final  - Lost to Félix Savón (CUB), 1:14

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Richard Igbineghu → Silver Medal

• First Round  - Bye

• Second Round  - Defeated Liade Alhassan (GHA), walk-over

• Quarterfinals  - Defeated Gitas Juskevicius (LTU), KO-2

• Semifinals  - Defeated Svilen Rusinov (BUL), 9:7

• Final  - Lost to Roberto Balado (CUB), 2:13

Handball

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Nigeria  - Germany 17-32

• Nigeria  - Unified Team 18-26

• Nigeria  - United States 21-23
• Classification Match

• 7th-8th place: Nigeria  - Spain 17-26 (→ Eighth and last place)
• Team roster

• Angela Ajodo

• Justina Akpulo

• Justina Anyiam

• Uzoma Azuka

• Barbara Diribe

• Eunice Idausa

• Chiaka Lauretta Ihebom

• Mary Ihedioha

• Agustina Nikechi Abi

• Mary Nwachukwu

• Immaculate Nwaogu

• Ngozi Opara

• Auta Olivia Sana

• Mary Soronadi

• Victoria Umunna

• Bridget Yamala Egwolosan
• Head coach: Anthony Atusu

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Musa Bakare

• Heat  - 24.13 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Musa Bakare

• Heat  - 58.36 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Joshua Ikhaghomi

• Heat  - 27.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Joshua Ikhaghomi

• Heat  - 1:00.72 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

See also

• Nigeria at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
• Nigeria at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/NGR/editions/23 Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics