Nigeria at the 2014 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	NGR
Cganame:	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2014
Location:	Glasgow, Scotland
Flagbearer:	Maryam Usman^[1]
Rank:	8
Gold:	11
Silver:	11
Bronze:	14
App Begin Year:	1950

Nigeria competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July – 3 August 2014.^[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Monzavous Edwards	100 m	10.40	2 Q	10.30	7	Did not advance
Ogho-Oghene Egwero		10.38	2 Q	10.40	8	Did not advance
		10.28	1 Q	10.13 =SB	3 q	10.17	5
	200 m	21.19	4	Did not advance
Adeseye Ogunlewe		21.11 PB	4	Did not advance
Noah Akwu	400 m	Disqualified		Did not advance
Salihu Isah		47.51	4	Did not advance
Robert Simmons		Did not finish		Did not advance
	800 m	1:50.59	5	Did not advance
	110 metres hurdles	13.75	4	Did not advance
		13.71	3 Q	13.77	7
		14.13	6	Did not advance
	400 metres hurdles	49.62	3 Q	49.65	5
Pgho-Oghene Egwero (Heat Only) Mozavous Edwards Obinna Metu Mark Jelks Ejowvokoghene Oduduru (Final Only)	4 x 100 metres relay	39.11	2 Q	40.17	6
Saihu Isah Robert Simmons (Heat Only) Noah Akwu Orukpe Erayokan (Heat Only) Miles Ukaoma (Final Only) Cristian Morton (Final Only)	4 x 400 metres relay	3:06.66	2 Q	3:04.86	7

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Samson Idiata	Long jump	7.57	14	Did not advance
Hammed Suleman		No Mark		Did not advance
Tosin Oke	Triple jump	16.75 SB	1 Q	16.84 SB
Olu Olamigoke		16.46	5 Q	16.56	4
Stephen Mozia	Shot put	17.76	14	Did not advance
Kenechukwu Ezeofor	Javelin throw	65.71	19	Did not advance
Sunday Ezeh	Discus throw (F42/44)	44.89 PB	6
Richard Okigbazi		39.28 PB

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	100 m	11.43	2 Q	11.25 SB	2 Q	11.41	8
		11.20	1 Q	10.93 SB	1 Q	10.85 GR
		12.00	6	Did not advance
	200 m	22.99	1 Q	22.43	1 Q	22.25
	400 m	52.84	2 Q	51.78 SB	3 q	52.33	5
		53.92	2 Q	53.48	6	Did not advance
		53.02	2 Q	52.34	3	Did not advance
	100 metres hurdles	13.54	3	Did not advance
		13.35	5	Did not advance
	400 metres hurdles	56.85	3 q	Disqualified
Gloria Asumnu Patience Okon George (Heat Only) Dominique Duncan Lawretta Ozoh Blessing Okagbare (Final Only)	4 x 100 metres relay	44.13	1 Q	42.92
Oluwafunke Oladoye (Heat Only) Omolara Omotosho (Heat Only) Regina George Ada Benjamin Patience Okon George (Final Only) Folashade Abugan (Final Only)	4 x 400 metres relay	3:28.28	2 Q	3:24.71

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ese Brume	Long jump	6.29	12 q	6.56
Latifat Balogun	Long jump (F37/38)	3.54	10
Igolukumo Ekioukeowei		2.37	11
Nwanneka Okwelogu	Shot put	15.13 PB	9
Queen Obisesan	Hammer throw	57.16	13	Did not advance

Shooting

Women

Pistol/Small bore

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yetunde Olabode	align=left	10 metre air pistol	Did not start		Did not advance
Adaeze Eziuzor	10 m air rifle	Did not start		Did not advance
Caroline Utho		Did not start		Did not advance
Nora Ekpenyong	25 m pistol	Did not start		Did not advance
Ada Ikevude		Did not start		Did not advance
Evelyn Ebbey-Esugo	50 m rifle prone	Did not start		Did not advance
Caroline Utho		Did not start		Did not advance
Patience Unuigbe	50 m rifle 3 positions	Did not start		Did not advance

Men

Pistol/Small bore

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sesan Abolarin	10 m air rifle	Did not start		Did not advance
Okposo Esugo		Did not start		Did not advance
Elaochi Adoyi	10 m air pistol	Did not start		Did not advance
Samuel Effiong		Did not start		Did not advance
Madu Abdul	25 m rapid fire pistol	Did not start		Did not advance
Kingsley Okereke		Did not start		Did not advance
Charles Adewumni	50 m rifle prone	Did not start		Did not advance
Akeem Animasaun		Did not start		Did not advance
Sesan Abolarin	50 m rifle 3 positions	Did not start		Did not advance
Barau Waziri		Did not start		Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Rasag Tanimowo	56 kg	95	130	225	6
King Kalu	62 kg	105	140	245	14
Yinka Ayenuwa	69 kg	130	171	301
Mamdum Seldum	77 kg	138	Did not finish
Gideon Aigbefoh	85 kg	147	177	324	4
Olusola Friday	94 kg	150	Did not finish
Dung Williams	+105 kg	135	170	305	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Nkechi Opara	48 kg	70	92	162
Chika Amalaha	53 kg	Colspan=4
Ndidi Winifred	58 kg	90	116	206
Olauwatoyin Adesanmi	align=left rowspan=2	63 kg	92	115	207
Obioma Okoli	90	117	207
Itohan Ebireguesele	69 kg	100	122	222
Maryam Usman	+75 kg	125	155	280

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Rolland Ezuruike	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 72 kg	220.2
Paul Kehinde	221
Abdulazeez Ibrahim	Men's +72 kg	197
Esther Oyema	Women's 61 kg	136
Loveline Obiji	align=left rowspan=2	Women's +61 kg	122.4
Bose Omolayo	113.4

Controversy

The youngest female athlete to win a gold medal, Chika Amalaha, failed a dope test and was suspended following her win in the Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 53 kg.^[3]

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ebikweminomo Welson	−57 kg			W 10-0	W 10-0		L 6-2
Amas Daniel	−61 kg		W 11-0	W 11-0	L 2-5		W 14-4
Sampson Clarkson	−65 kg		L 1-3	Did not advance		W 3–2	W 8-0
Melvin Bibo	−74 kg	W 14-4	W 8-0	W 12-0	L 8-4		W 4-0
Andrew Dick	−86 kg			W 10-0	W 10-0		L 4-14
Soso Tamarau	−97 kg		W 10-0	L 2-6	Did not advance	W 6-0	L 2-12	5
Sinivie Boltic	−125 kg			L 2-12	Did not advance

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rosemary Nweke	−48 kg		L 1-7	Did not advance		L 2-13	5
Odunayo Adekuoroye	−53 kg		W 11-0	W 10-0		W 2-0
Ifeoma Nwoye	−55 kg		W 13-2	L 6-4		W 6-0
Aminat Adeniyi	−58 kg		W 10-0	W 11-1		W 10-0
Blessing Oborududu	−63 kg		L 3-6	Did not advance		W 11-2
Hannah Rueben	−69 kg		L 9-18	Did not advance		W 12-2

Notes and References

1. News: Butler . Nick . Osborne . Paul. 23 July 2014 . Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park . Insidethegames . . 23 July 2014 .
2. Web site: The Commonwealth Games Associations. glasgow2014.com/. Glasgow 2014. 21 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140625105221/http://glasgow2014.com/commonwealth-family/commonwealth-games-associations. 25 June 2014. dmy-all.
3. Web site: Press Association . Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Chika Amalaha fails doping test | Sport . The Guardian . 2014-07-29 . 2014-08-13.