Nigeria_at_the_2008_Summer

Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the Olympic Games

Flag of Nigeria

IOC code NGR

NOC Nigeria Olympic Committee Inc.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Competitors

Flag bearer Bose Kaffo

Medals Gold
0 Silver
1 Bronze
3 Total
4

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Nigeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

1 Medalists
2 Athletics
3 Badminton
4 Boxing
5 Football
- 5.1 Men's Competition
  - 5.1.1 Roster
  - 5.1.2 Results
- 5.2 Women's Competition
  - 5.2.1 Roster
  - 5.2.2 Results
6 Judo
7 Table Tennis
8 Taekwondo
9 Weightlifting
10 Wrestling
11 References

Medalists

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Silver

Nigeria national football team

Olubayo Adefemi		Monday James
Dele Adeleye		Sani Kaita
Oluwafemi Ajilore		Chinedu Obasi
Efe Ambrose		Victor Nsofor Obinna
Victor Anichebe		Peter Odemwingie
Onyekachi Apam		Chibuzor Okonkwo
Emmanuel Ekpo		Solomon Okoronkwo
Ikechukwu Ezenwa		Oladapo Olufemi
Promise Isaac		Ambruse Vanzekin

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Franca Idoko
Gloria Kemasuode
Halimat Ismaila
Oludamola Osayomi
Agnes Osazuwa (heats only)

Athletics

Women's 4x100 metre relay

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Fourteen men and eighteen women qualified to represent Nigeria in athletics.^[1]

men's 100m: Obinna Metu
men's 100m: Olusoji Fasuba
men's 100m: Adetoyi Durotoye
men's 100m: Uchenna Emedolu
men's 100m: Chinedu Oriala
men's 100m: Onyeabor Nwaogu
men's 100m: Deji Aliu
men's 200m: Obinna Metu
men's 400m: Goodday James
men's 400m: Saul Weipogwa
men's 400m: Bola Lawal
men's 400m: Gbenga Awoleye
men's 400m: Victor Isaiah
men's 400m: Femi Ogunode
men's 110m hurdles: Salim Nurudeen
women's 100m: Damola Osayomi
women's 100m: Franca Idoko
women's 100m: Gloria Kemasuode
women's 100m: Agnes Osazuwa
women's 100m: Halimat Ismaila
women's 100m: Kate Aregunmen
women's 200m: Damola Osayomi
women's 200m: Gloria Kemasuode
women's 400m: Folashade Abugan
women's 400m: Joy Eze
women's 400m: Ajoke Odumosu
women's 400m: Oluoma Nwoke
women's 400m: Endurance Abinuwa
women's 400m: Gladys Stephen
women's 4x400m: Abugan, Eze, Odumosu, Nwoke, Abinuwa & Stephen
women's 110m hurdles: Toyin Augustus
women's 110m hurdles: Jessica Ohanaja
women's high jump: Doreen Amata
women's long jump: Blessing Okagbare
women's triple jump: Chinonye Ohadugba
women's shot put: Vivian Chukwuemeka

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Grace Daniel	Singles	Kristína Ludíková (CZE) L 21-13 21-8	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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
Rasheed Lawal	Lightweight		Javakhyan (ARM) L 0-12	Did not advance
Dauda Izobo	Light heavyweight	Samir (GHA) L RSC	Did not advance
Olanrewaju Durodola	Heavyweight		Osmay Acosta (CUB) L 0-11	Did not advance
Onorede Ehwareme	Super heavyweight		Jakšto (LTU) L 1-11	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Roster

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Pld
Goalkeepers
1	Ambruse Vanzekin	Akwa United	July 14, 1986(1986-07-14) (age 22)	2	0	0	0	0
18	Ikechukwu Ezenwa	Ocean Boys	October 16, 1988(1988-10-16) (age 19)	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Chibuzor Okonkwo	Bayelsa United F.C.	December 16, 1988(1988-12-16) (age 19)	2	0	1	0	0
4	Onyekachi Apam	Nice	December 30, 1986(1986-12-30) (age 21)	2	0	2	0	0
5	Dele Adeleye	Sparta Rotterdam	December 25, 1988(1988-12-25) (age 19)	2	0	0	0	0
13	Olubayo Adefemi	Hapoel Bnei Lod	August 13, 1985(1985-08-13) (age 22)	2	0	2	0	0
15	Efe Ambrose	Kaduna United	October 18, 1988(1988-10-18) (age 19)	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	Monday James	Bayelsa United F.C.	October 19, 1986(1986-10-19) (age 22)	0	0	0	0	0
8	Sani Kaita	Sparta Rotterdam	May 2, 1986(1986-05-02) (age 22)	2	0	0	0	0
10	Promise Isaac (C)	Trabzonspor	December 2, 1987(1987-12-02) (age 20)	2	0	0	0	0
12	Oluwafemi Ajilore	Groningen	January 18, 1985(1985-01-18) (age 20)	2	0	0	0	0
17	Emmanuel Ekpo	Columbus Crew	December 20, 1987(1987-12-20)(age 20)	2	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	Chinedu Ogbuke	Hoffenheim	June 1, 1986(1986-06-01) (age 22)	2	0	1	0	0
9	Victor Nsofor Obinna	Chievo	March 25, 1987(1987-03-25) (age 21)	2	1	0	0	0
11	Solomon Okoronkwo	Hertha	March 2, 1987(1987-03-02) (age 21)	2	0	0	0	0
14	Peter Odemwingie^[3]	Lokomotiv Moscow	July 15, 1981(1981-07-15) (age 27)	2	0	0	0	0
16	Victor Anichebe	Everton	April 23, 1988(1988-04-23) (age 20)	2	1	0	0	0
Coach
	Samson Siasia		August 14, 1964(1964-08-14) (age 43)

Results

2008-08-07 19:45	Netherlands	0 – 0	Nigeria	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 52,390 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
		(Report)

2008-08-10 17:00	Nigeria	2 – 1	Japan	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 42,592 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Obinna 58' Anichebe 74'	(Report)	Toyoda 79'

2008-08-13 17:00	Nigeria	2 - 1	USA	Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 48,096 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Isaac 39' Obinna 80'	(Report)	Kljestan 88'

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
USA	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Women's Competition

Roster

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
1	Precious Dede	Delta Queens F.C.	January 18, 1980(1980-01-18) (age 28)	0	0	0	0	0
18	Tochukwu Oluehi	Bayelsa Queens	May 2, 1987(1987-05-02) (age 21)	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Efioanwan Ekpo	Pelican Stars	January 25, 1984(1984-01-25) (age 24)	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ayisat Yusuf	Delta Queens F.C.	March 6, 1985(1985-03-06) (age 23)	0	0	0	0	0
10	Rita Chikwelu	United Pietarsaari	March 6, 1988(1988-03-06) (age 20)	0	0	0	0	0
11	Lilian Cole	Delta Queens F.C.	August 1, 1985(1985-08-01) (age 23)	0	0	0	0	0
16	Ulumma Jerome	Rivers Angels	April 11, 1988(1988-04-11) (age 20)	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	Perpetua Nkwocha	Sunnana SK	January 3, 1976(1976-01-03) (age 32)	0	0	0	0	0
6	Kikelomo Ajayi	Tianjin Teda F.C.	April 28, 1977(1977-04-28) (age 31)	0	0	0	0	0
7	Stella Mbachu	Tianjin Teda F.C.	April 16, 1978(1978-04-16) (age 30)	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sarah Michael	Delta Queens F.C.	July 22, 1990(1990-07-22) (age 18)	0	0	0	0	0
14	Faith Ikidi	Linkopings F.C.	February 28, 1987(1987-02-28) (age 21)	0	0	0	0	0
15	Tawa Ishola	Bayelsa Queens	December 23, 1988(1988-12-23) (age 19)	0	0	0	0	0
17	Edith Eduviere	FCT Queens	June 18, 1986(1986-06-18) (age 21)	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
5	Onome Ebi	Bayelsa Queens	May 8, 1983(1983-05-08) (age 25)	0	0	0	0	0
8	Ifeanyi Chiejine	Bayelsa Queens	May 17, 1983(1983-05-17) (age 25)	0	0	0	0	0
12	Cynthia Uwak	Falkopings	July 15, 1986(1986-07-15) (age 22)	0	0	0	0	0
13	Christie George	Pelican Stars	May 10, 1984(1984-05-10) (age 24)	0	0	0	0	0
Coach
	Joseph Ladipo

Results

2008-08-06 19:45	Korea DPR	1 – 0	Nigeria	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 24,804 Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Kim Kyong-Hwa 27'	Report

2008-08-09 17:00	Nigeria	0 – 1	Germany	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 19,266 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
		Report	Stegemann 65'

2008-08-12 17:00	Nigeria	1 – 3	Brazil	Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 51,112 Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
	Nkwocha 18' (pen.)	Report	Cristiane 33' 35' 45+3'

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Germany	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Korea DPR	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Vivian Yusuf represented Nigeria in Judo. ^[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vivian Yusuf	−78 kg

Table Tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

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
Monday Merotohun	Singles
Segun Toriola	Singles

A third man participated in the team event.

Men's Team

August 13


Nigeria	?–?	Japan
Nigeria	?–?	Hong Kong, China

August 14


Nigeria	?–?	Russia

Team (Group D)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Hong Kong, China	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0

Women

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
Bose Kaffo	Singles	Sang Xu Stephanie (AUS) L 4-1	Did not advance
Cecilia Offiong	Singles	Miao Miao (AUS) L 4-0	Did not advance

Women's Team

August 13


Nigeria	?–?	Netherlands
Nigeria	?–?	Singapore

August 14


Nigeria	?–?	United States

Team (Group B)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Muhammad Isah Adam and Chika Chukwumerije represented Nigeria in Taekwondo.^[5]

Men'

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Muhammad Isah Adam	−68 kg
Chika Chukwumerije	+80 kg

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Felix Ekpo	-77 kg	143		182
Benedict Uloko	-85 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mariam Usman	+75 kg

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Wilson Siewari	−120 kg

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Amarachi Obiajunwa	−72 kg

References

^ "Metu, Fasuba, Amata make Nigeria's squad for Beijing Olympics", Xinhua, July 6, 2008
^ 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named over_age
^ "Nigeria's only female judoka for Olympics leaves for overseas training", Xinhua, June 2, 2008
^ "Nigerian Taekwondo team departs for Germany", Xinhua, July 28, 2008

v • d • e Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China

Africa	Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Chad • Comoros • Congo • DR Congo • Côte d'Ivoire • Djibouti • Egypt • Equatorial Guinea • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea‑Bissau • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • São Tomé‑Príncipe • Senegal • Seychelles • Sierra Leone • Somalia • South Africa • Sudan • Swaziland • Tanzania • Togo • Tunisia • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe

America	Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • Bermuda • Bolivia • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Canada • Cayman Islands • Chile • Colombia • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominica •

Contents

Medalists

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Football

Men's Competition

Roster

Results

Women's Competition

Roster

Results

Judo

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References