Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Nigeria first participated in the Summer Olympic Games in the 1952 Helsinki Games,^[1] but this was the nation's debut appearance at a Winter Olympic Games.^[2] The chef de mission for the Nigerian contingent was Gbenga Elegbeleye and Dr David Olusoga Ogbolu.^[3] The Nigerian delegation to Pyeongchang consisted of four women: bobsledders Seun Adigun, Akuoma Omeoga, and Ngozi Onwumere, and skeleton racer Simidele Adeagbo.^[4] Onwumere was chosen as the flag bearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony, and Adeagbo was selected to carry the flag for the closing ceremony.^[5][6]

Nigeria qualified a team of three athletes in the two-women bobsleigh competition through the quota for continental representation.^[7] Seun Adigun was the driver of the sled, while Akuoma Omeoga and Ngozi Onwumere served as breakwomen, only one of which could be in the sled at a time.^[1] All three were former track and field athletes,^[8] and all were born in the United States.^[9] Adigun participated in all four runs, while Omeoga participated in the first two runs, and Onwumere in the last two runs.^[10] On 20 February, the first two heats were held, and the Nigerian sled posted times of 52.21 seconds and 52.55 seconds.^[11] After the first two heats, they were roughly 3.5 seconds behind the leader.^[12] The next day, in the third and fourth runs, their times were 52.31 seconds and 52.53 seconds respectively.^[11] Their final time was 3 minutes and 29.60 seconds, which placed them 19th (after one sled from the Olympic Athletes from Russia was disqualified for doping).^[13]

* – Denotes the driver of each sled