Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	69 (61 men and 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Yusuf Alli
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Nigeria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 4x100m 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 4x400m 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 4x400m 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

See also

• Nigeria at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
• Nigeria at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference