Nigeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NGR
Nocname:	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	72
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
Rank:	68
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Nigeria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, because of the African boycott. Nigerian Olympic Committee sent a total of 72 athletes, 24 men and 48 women, to the Games to compete in 10 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Nigeria was represented by more female than male athletes. Women's basketball and women's football were the only team-based sports in which Nigeria had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in men's freestyle wrestling.

Fifteen athletes from the Nigerian team had previously competed in Sydney, including five football players from the women's squad and Olympic silver medalist Enefiok Udo-Obong in the men's 4 × 400 m relay. At age 36, sprinter Mary Onyali-Omagbemi became the first Nigerian athlete to compete in fifth Olympic Games, while table tennis players Segun Toriola and Bose Kaffo followed Onyali's footsteps to fulfill their fourth Olympic bid in Athens. For being the oldest and most experienced athlete of the team, Onyali reprised her role to carry the Nigerian flag in the opening ceremony for the second time since 1996.^[1]

Nigeria left Athens with only two Olympic bronze medals, all from the men's 4 × 100 m relay (led by Deji Aliu) and 4 × 400 m relay teams (led by Udo-Obong).^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Nigerian 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).^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Deji Aliu	align=left rowspan=2	100 m	10.39	1 Q	10.26	5	Did not advance
Uchenna Emedolu	10.22	2 Q	10.15	3 Q	10.35	8	Did not advance
Saul Weigopwa	400 m	45.59	3 q	45.67	6	Did not advance
Deji Aliu Aaron Egbele Uchenna Emedolu Olusoji Fasuba	4 × 100 m relay	38.27	1 Q	38.23
Musa Audu James Godday Enefiok Udo-Obong Saul Weigopwa	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.60	2 Q	3:00.90

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mercy Nku	align=left rowspan=2	100 m	11.37	4 q	11.39	5	Did not advance
Endurance Ojokolo	11.36	2 Q	11.35	5	Did not advance
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	200 m	23.37	6 q	23.75	8	Did not advance
Gloria Kemasuode Mercy Nku Oludamola Osayomi Endurance Ojokolo	4 × 100 m relay	43.00	4 q	43.42	7
Christy Ekpukhon Halimat Ismaila Ngozi Cynthia Nwokocha Gloria Amuche Nwosu	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.78	8	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Classification match (11th–12th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Nigeria sent seven boxers to Athens. Five lost their first matches, while the other two made it to the quarterfinals (one with two wins, the other with a bye and a win) before being defeated.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Effiong Okon	Light flyweight	L	Did not advance
Nestor Bolum	Bantamweight	W 23–17	W	L 14–29	Did not advance
Muideen Ganiyu	Featherweight		W 25–16	L 11–32	Did not advance
Ahmed Sadiq	Lightweight	L	Did not advance
Isaac Ekpo	Light heavyweight	L 11–21	Did not advance
Emmanuel Izonritei	Heavyweight		L 17–30	Did not advance
Gbenga Oluokun	Super heavyweight		L 13–29	Did not advance

Football

See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. The Nigerian team qualified for the Olympics after defeating Ghana on penalties and edging South Africa in a two-leg playoff.^[5]

Roster

Group play

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Quarterfinals

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Nigerian judoka (one man and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chukwuemeka Onyemachi	Men's +100 kg	L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Catherine Ekuta	Women's −57 kg		L 0000–1010	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Eight Nigerian table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Monday Merotohun	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 4–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Segun Toriola	W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance
Peter Akinlabi Kazeem Nosiru	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance
Monday Merotohun Segun Toriola		L 0–4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cecilia Offiong	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 4–1	L 0–4	Did not advance
Olufunke Oshonaike	W 4–0	L 2–4	Did not advance
Offiong Edem Cecilia Offiong	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	L 3–4	Did not advance
Bose Kaffo Olufunke Oshonaike	L 3–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Nigerian taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jacob Obiorah	Men's −80 kg	L 11–16	Did not advance
Chika Chukwumerije	Men's +80 kg	L 0–2	Did not advance
Princess Dudu	Women's +67 kg	L 9–12	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Nigerian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Blessed Udoh	Women's −48 kg	75	=12	105	=6	180	7
Franca Gbodo	Women's −58 kg	95	=6	117.5	=10	212.5	10

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

See also

• Nigeria at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Nigerian Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. News: Odigbo. Uzur. Ministry approves new Olympics role for Onyali. Biafra Nigeria World. 21 July 2004. 28 April 2014.
2. News: Athens 2004: Nigeria takes Bronze in 4×400 relay . Naija.net. 28 August 2004. 28 April 2014.
3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
4. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
5. News: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament. Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 March 2005 . 15 August 2008.