Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NGR
Nocname:	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	74
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Bose Kaffo
Rank:	59
Gold:	0
Silver:	3
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

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
	Nigeria national football team		Men's tournament
	Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa (heats only)		Women's 4 × 100 m relay
			Women's long jump
			Men's +80 kg
			Women's +75kg

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Uchenna Emedolu	align=left rowspan=2	100 m	10.46	4	Did not advance
Olusoji Fasuba	10.29	2 Q	10.21	4	Did not advance
James Godday	400 m	45.49	2 Q	45.24	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Obinna Joseph Metu	100 m	10.34	2 Q	10.27	6	Did not advance
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	45.02	5	Did not advance
Oluwunmi Aje Uchenna Emedolu Olusoji Fasuba Obinna Joseph Metu Onyeabor Ngwogu Chinedu Oriala	4 × 100 m relay			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Folashade Abugan	400 m	51.45	3 Q	51.30	6	Did not advance
Toyin Augustus	100 m hurdles	13.34	7	Did not advance
Joy Amechi Eze	400 m	51.97	4 q	51.87	5	Did not advance
Franca Idoko	align=left rowspan=2	100 m	11.61	4 q	11.66	7	Did not advance
Halimat Ismaila	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	52.45	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Oludamola Osayomi	100 m	11.13	1 Q	11.28	2 Q	11.44	8	Did not advance
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	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	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

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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		L 0–12	Did not advance
Dauda Izobo	Light heavyweight	L	Did not advance
Olanrewaju Durodola	Heavyweight		L 0–11	Did not advance
Onorede Ohwarieme	Super heavyweight		L 1–11	Did not advance

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

Gold medal game

Final rank

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Vivian Yusuf represented Nigeria in Judo.^[3]

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Monday Merotohun	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 2–4	Did not advance
Segun Toriola	W 4–3	W 4–3	W 4–2	L 3–4	Did not advance
Bose Kaffo	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 1–4	Did not advance
Cecilia Offiong	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 L 0 – 3 L 0 – 3 W 3 – 2	3	Did not advance
Bose Kaffo Cecilia Offiong Olufunke Oshonaike	Women's team	Group B L 0 – 3 L 0 – 3 L 0 – 3	4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Muhammad Isah Adam and Chika Chukwumerije represented Nigeria in Taekwondo.^[4]

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	W 2–2	L 0–3	Did not advance
Chika Chukwumerije	Men's +80 kg	W 3–1	W 1–0	L 2–3		W 4–3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Key:

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

Men's freestyle

Women's freestyle

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20090709005402/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/06/content_8498669.htm "Metu, Fasuba, Amata make Nigeria's squad for Beijing Olympics"
Web site: 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament . 2008-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208092739/http://www.aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/581/news.aspx . 2012-02-08 . dead .
https://web.archive.org/web/20090706090948/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/02/content_8302639.htm "Nigeria's only female judoka for Olympics leaves for overseas training"
https://web.archive.org/web/20080824171247/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/28/content_8796908.htm "Nigerian Taekwondo team departs for Germany"