Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Beijing
Competitors	74 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Bose Kaffo
Medals Ranked 59th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 5
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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 Dele Adeleye Oluwafemi Ajilore Efe Ambrose Victor Anichebe Onyekachi Apam Emmanuel Ekpo Ikechukwu Ezenwa Promise Isaac Monday James Sani Kaita Chinedu Obasi Victor Nsofor Obinna Peter Odemwingie Chibuzor Okonkwo Solomon Okoronkwo Oladapo Olufemi Ambruse Vanzekin	Football	Men's tournament
Silver	Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa (heats only)	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay
Silver	Blessing Okagbare	Athletics	Women's long jump
Bronze	Chika Chukwumerije	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
Bronze	Mariam Usman	Weightlifting	Women's +75kg

Athletics

Main article: 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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Uchenna Emedolu	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
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	DNF		—				Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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	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
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
		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

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Main article: 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
		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	—	Acosta (CUB) L 0–11	Did not advance
Onorede Ohwarieme	Super heavyweight	—	Jakšto (LTU) L 1–11	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

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

Head coach: Samson Siasia

No.	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	TSG 1899 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

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 August 2008

19:45

Netherlands	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 52,390

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

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)

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

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

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

23 August 2008

12:00

Nigeria	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Di María 58'

Beijing National Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 89,102

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Source for cards:^[4]

Team details

Nigeria GK 1 Ambruse Vanzekin DF 5 Dele Adeleye DF 4 Onyekachi Apam  68' DF 2 Chibuzor Okonkwo DF 13 Olubayo Adefemi MF 8 Sani Kaita MF 12 Ajilore Oluwafemi MF 11 Solomon Okoronkwo  64' FW 9 Victor Obinna  51' FW 14 Peter Odemwingie FW 10 Isaac Promise (c)  70' Substitutes: FW 16 Victor Anichebe  64' MF 17 Emmanuel Ekpo  70' Manager: Samson Siasia Argentina GK 18 Sergio Romero DF 4 Pablo Zabaleta DF 2 Ezequiel Garay DF 12 Nicolás Pareja DF 3 Luciano Monzón  81' MF 11 Ángel Di María  88' MF 14 Javier Mascherano MF 5 Fernando Gago MF 10 Juan Román Riquelme (c)  82' FW 15 Lionel Messi  90' FW 16 Sergio Agüero  79' Substitutes: MF 7 José Sosa  79' MF 8 Ever Banega  88' FW 9 Ezequiel Lavezzi  90' Manager: Sergio Batista

Final rank

 Silver

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Joseph Ladipo

Nigeria named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[5][6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Precious Dede	(1980-01-18)18 January 1980 (aged 28)			Delta Queens
2	2DF	Efioanwan Ekpo	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 24)			Pelican Stars
3	2DF	Ayisat Yusuf	(1985-03-06)6 March 1985 (aged 23)			KMF Kuopio
4	3MF	Perpetua Nkwocha	(1976-01-03)3 January 1976 (aged 32)			Sunnanå SK
5	4FW	Onome Ebi	(1983-05-08)8 May 1983 (aged 25)			Bayelsa Queens
6	3MF	Florence Ajayi	(1977-04-28)28 April 1977 (aged 31)			Tianjin TEDA
7	3MF	Stella Mbachu	(1978-04-16)16 April 1978 (aged 30)			Tianjin TEDA
8	4FW	Ifeanyi Chiejine	(1983-05-17)17 May 1983 (aged 25)			Bayelsa Queens
9	3MF	Sarah Michael	(1990-07-22)22 July 1990 (aged 18)			Delta Queens
10	2DF	Rita Chikwelu	(1988-03-06)6 March 1988 (aged 20)			United Pietarsaari
11	2DF	Lilian Cole	(1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 23)			Delta Queens
12	4FW	Cynthia Uwak	(1986-07-15)15 July 1986 (aged 22)			Falköpings KIK
13	4FW	Christie George (captain)	(1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (aged 24)			Pelican Stars
14	3MF	Faith Ikidi	(1987-02-28)28 February 1987 (aged 21)			Linköpings FC
15	3MF	Tawa Ishola	(1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 19)			Bayelsa Queens
16	2DF	Ulunma Jerome	(1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 20)			Rivers Angels
17	3MF	Edith Eduviere	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 22)			FCT Queens
18	1GK	Tochukwu Oluehi	(1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 21)			Bayelsa Queens

Group play

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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)

9 August 2008

17:00

Nigeria	0–1	Germany
	Report	Stegemann 65'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 19,266

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

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

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Vivian Yusuf represented Nigeria in Judo.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		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

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Women

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

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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		Zhuang (USA) W 4–3	Monteiro (POR) W 4–3	Saive (BEL) W 4–2	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		Miao (AUS) L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		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

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Muhammad Isah Adam and Chika Chukwumerije represented Nigeria in Taekwondo.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
		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
		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

See also

• Nigeria at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Nigeria at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

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