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Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
NGR

Flag bearer
  
Yusuf Alli

Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Nigeria Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org

Competitors
  
69 (61 men and 8 women) in 8 sports

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Nigeria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Contents

Athletics

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Victor Edet, Davidson Ezinwa, Abdullahi Tetengi, and Olatunji Olobia
  • Heat – 39.15
  • Victor Edet, Olapade Adeniken, Isiaq Adeyanju, and Olatunji Olobia
  • Semi Final – 39.05 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Sunday Uti, Moses Ugbisie, Henry Amike, and Innocent Egbunike
    1. Heat – 3:06.59
    2. Semi Final – 3:01.13
    3. Final – 3:02.50 (→ 7th place)

    • Men's Marathon

  • Yohanna Waziri — 2"29.14 (→ 60th place)
  • Abbas Mohammed — 2"35.26 (→ 70th place)

    • Men's Long Jump

  • Yusuf Ali
  • Qualification — 7.73m (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Discus Throw

  • Adewale Olukoju
  • Qualification — 54.44m (→ did not advance)


    • Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Falilat Ogunkoya, Kehinde Vaughan, Airat Bakare, and Mary Onyali
  • Heat — 3:30.21 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Discus Throw

  • Grace Apiafi
  • Qualification – 49.84m (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Shot Put

  • Grace Apiafi
  • Qualification — 15.06m (→ did not advance)

    • Football (soccer)

  • Preliminary Round (Group D)
  • Nigeria — Brazil 0-4
  • Nigeria — Yugoslavia 1-3
  • Nigeria — Australia 0-1
  • Quarter Finals
  • Did not advance
  • Team Roster
  • ( 1.) David Ngodigha
  • ( 2.) Emeka Ezeugo
  • ( 3.) Andrew Uwe
  • ( 4.) Ademola Adeshina
  • ( 5.) Chidi Nwanu
  • ( 6.) Dahiru Sadi
  • ( 7.) Augustine Eguavoen
  • ( 8.) Sylvanus Okpala
  • ( 9.) Dominic Iorfa
  • (10.) Samuel Okwaraji
  • (11.) Rashidi Yekini
  • (12.) Christian Obi
  • (13.) Mike Obiku
  • (14.) Bright Omokaro
  • (15.) Samson Siasia
  • (16.) Osaro Obobaifo
  • (17.) Wole Odegbami
  • (18.) Ndubuisi Okosieme
  • (19.) Jude Agada
  • (20.) Henry Nwosu

    • Head Coach: Manfred Hoener d.THeofanis

    Tennis

    Men's Singles Competition

  • Sadiq Abdullahi
    1. First round — Lost to Javier Sánchez (Spain) 2-6, 5-7, 3-6
  • Tony Mmoh
    1. First round — Defeated Wojtek Kowalski (Poland) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
    2. Second round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 6-4, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 1-6
  • Nduka Odizor
    1. First round — Lost to Robert Seguso (United States) 4-6, 3-6, 2-6

    • Weightlifting

    Men's Lightweight

  • Lawrence Iquaibom

    • Men's Light-Heavyweight

  • Muyiwa Odusanya

    • Men's Middle-Heavyweight

  • Olusola Awosina

    • Men's Super-Heavyweight

  • Gilberg Ojadi Aduche

    • References

    Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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