Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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.

Competitors74 in 10 sports

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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

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Folashade Abugan	400 m	51.45	3 Q	N/a		51.30	6	Did not advance
Toyin Augustus	100 m hurdles	13.34	7	N/a		Did not advance
Joy Amechi Eze	400 m	51.97	4 q	N/a		51.87	5	Did not advance
Franca Idoko	100 m	11.61	4 q	11.66	7	Did not advance
Halimat Ismaila	100 m	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	N/a		52.45	7	Did not advance
Oludamola Osayomi	100 m	11.13	1 Q	11.28	2 Q	11.44	8	Did not advance
Oludamola Osayomi	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	N/a				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	N/a				3:23.74	7

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

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

Medalists

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	Bye	Javakhyan (ARM) L 0–12	Did not advance
Dauda Izobo	Light heavyweight	B Samir (GHA) L RSC	Did not advance
Olanrewaju Durodola	Heavyweight	N/a	Acosta (CUB) L 0–11	Did not advance
Onorede Ohwarieme	Super heavyweight	N/a	Jakšto (LTU) L 1–11	Did not advance

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	2DF	Monday James	(1986-10-19)19 October 1986 (aged 21)	19	0	Bayelsa United
7	4FW	Chinedu 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 Obinna	(1987-03-25)25 March 1987 (aged 21)	29	11	Chievo
10	4FW	Isaac Promise (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

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	Qualified for the quarterfinals
3	United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	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

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	Qualified for the quarterfinals
3	North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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

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