Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Nigeria at the; 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	77 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Olufunke Oshonaike
Medals; Ranked 78th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Nigeria competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. Since the nation made its debut in 1952, Nigerian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.

Nigeria Olympic Committee fielded a squad of 77 athletes, 51 men and 26 women, to compete in ten sports at the Games.^[2] It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics since 2000, increasing by a third of its full roster size at London 2012. Among the sports represented by the nation's athletes, Nigeria marked its Olympic debut in rowing, as well as its return to swimming and men's football after an eight-year hiatus. Apart from the men's football squad, Nigeria also returned to the Olympic scene in men's basketball for the second consecutive time.^[3]

Topping the list of most experienced athletes on the Nigerian roster were table tennis players Segun Toriola, who set a record as Africa's first ever athlete to feature in seven Olympics, and Olufunke Oshonaike, who became the first female from her country to compete at her sixth consecutive Games.^[4]^[5] Other notable Nigerian competitors also included sprinter and 2008 bronze medalist Blessing Okagbare, British-born slalom kayaker Jonathan Akinyemi, basketball players Chamberlain Oguchi and Alade Aminu, and weightlifting veteran Mariam Usman (women's +75 kg). Football midfielder John Obi Mikel was named the captain of the Nigerian squad, while Oshonaike acted as both his assistant and the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[2]^[1]

Nigeria left Rio de Janeiro with only a bronze medal won by the men's football squad (captained by Mikel), scoring a 3–2 triumph over the Hondurans.^[6]^[7]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Nigeria Olympic football team Daniel Akpeyi Muenfuh Sincere Kingsley Madu Shehu Abdullahi Saturday Erimuya William Troost-Ekong Aminu Umar Oghenekaro Etebo Imoh Ezekiel John Obi Mikel Junior Ajayi Popoola Saliu Umar Sadiq Azubuike Okechukwu Ndifreke Udo Stanley Amuzie Usman Mohammed Emmanuel Daniel	Football	Men's tournament	August 20

Medals by sport/discipline
Sport				Total
Football	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1

Medals by day
Day				Total
August 20	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	0	1	1
Female	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	1	1

Athletics (track and field)

Nigerian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[8]^[9]

Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, 2016, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) had selected a list of 27 athletes for the Games, featuring long jumper, sprinter, and Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Blessing Okagbare.^[10]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ogho-Oghene Egwero	100 m	Bye		10.37	6	Did not advance
Seye Ogunlewe	100 m	Bye		10.26	4	Did not advance
Tega Odele	200 m	21.25	8	—		Did not advance
Ejowvokoghene Oduduru	200 m	20.34	2 Q	—		20.59	7	Did not advance
Orukpe Erayokan	400 m	47.42	7	—		Did not advance
Antwon Hicks	110 m hurdles	13.70	4 Q	—		14.26	7	Did not advance
Miles Ukaoma	400 m hurdles	49.84	5	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gloria Asumnu	100 m	Bye		11.55	5	Did not advance
Jennifer Madu	100 m	Bye		11.61	5	Did not advance
Blessing Okagbare	100 m	Bye		11.16	2 Q	11.09	3	Did not advance
Blessing Okagbare	200 m	22.71	1 Q	—		22.69	5	Did not advance
Margaret Bamgbose	400 m	51.43	3 q	—		51.92	7	Did not advance
Patience Okon George		51.83	2 Q	—		52.52	8	Did not advance
Omolara Omotosho		53.22	5	—		Did not advance
Oluwatobiloba Amusan	100 m hurdles	12.99	5 q	—		12.91	3	Did not advance
Amaka Ogoegbunam	400 m hurdles	56.96	4	—		Did not advance
Gloria Asumnu Jennifer Madu Blessing Okagbare Agnes Osazuwa Peace Uko	4 × 100 m relay	42.55	2 Q	—				43.21	8

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tosin Oke	Triple jump	16.47	23	Did not advance
Olu Olamigoke	Triple jump	16.10	32	Did not advance
Stephen Mozia	Shot put	18.98	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ese Brume	Long jump	6.67	3 Q	6.81	5
Doreen Amata	High jump	1.89	27	Did not advance
Nwanneka Okwelogu	Shot put	16.67	29	Did not advance
Chinwe Okoro	Discus throw	58.85	14	Did not advance

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Uhunoma Osazuwa	Result	13.75	1.77	13.15	24.67	5.72	33.42	DSQ	4916	29
Uhunoma Osazuwa	Points	1014	941	737	917	765	542	0	4916	29

Basketball

Men's tournament

Nigeria men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the AfroBasket 2015 in Tunisia.^[11]

Team roster

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Group play

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Boxing

Nigeria has entered one boxer to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Efe Ajagba had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Efe Ajagba	Men's super heavyweight	Bye	Paul (TTO) W KO	Dychko (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Nigeria has qualified one canoeist in the men's K-1 class by obtaining a top finish at the 2015 African Canoe Slalom Championships in Sagana, Kenya.^[13]^[14]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonathan Akinyemi	Men's K-1	107.49	20	104.59	19	104.59	20	Did not advance

Football

Men's tournament

Nigeria men's football team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal.^[15]^[16]

Team roster

Template:2016 Summer Olympics Nigeria men's football team roster

Group play

Group B of the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played from 4 to 10 August 2016, and included Colombia, Japan, Nigeria and Sweden. The top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.^[17]

All times are BRT (UTC−3). For matches in Manaus, which is in AMT (UTC−4), local times are listed in parentheses.^[18]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Olympic appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
B1	Sweden	UEFA	UEFA Under-21 Championship 1st place	24 June 2015	10th	1992	Gold medal (1948)
B2	Colombia	CONMEBOL	CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off winners	29 March 2016	5th	1992	Group stage (1968, 1972, 1980, 1992)
B3	Nigeria	CAF	Africa U-23 Cup of Nations 1st place	9 December 2015	7th	2008	Gold medal (1996)
B4	Japan	AFC	AFC U-23 Championship 1st place	26 January 2016	10th	2012	Bronze medal (1968)

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Quarter-finals
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Quarter-finals
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Sweden vs Colombia

4 August 2016

19:00 (18:00 UTC–4)

Sweden	2–2	Colombia
Ishak 43' Ajdarević 62'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Gutiérrez 17' Pabón 75' (pen.)

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 29,996^[19]

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Sweden^[19]

Colombia^[19]


GK	1	Andreas Linde
DF	2	Adam Lundqvist
DF	3	Alexander Milošević
DF	4	Joakim Nilsson
DF	5	Pa Konate
MF	6	Abdul Khalili
MF	7	Simon Tibbling
MF	8	Alexander Fransson
MF	9	Robin Quaison	78'
MF	11	Astrit Ajdarević (c)	90+1'
FW	12	Mikael Ishak	86'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Ken Sema	78'
MF	10	Muamer Tanković	86'
FW	21	Valmir Berisha	90+1'
Manager:
Håkan Ericson


GK	1	Cristian Bonilla
DF	2	William Tesillo
DF	3	Deivy Balanta	48'
DF	4	Deiver Machado
DF	13	Helibelton Palacios	50'
MF	12	Andrés Felipe Roa		65'
MF	14	Sebastián Pérez	83'
MF	15	Wílmar Barrios
FW	8	Dorlan Pabón
FW	9	Miguel Borja		65'
FW	10	Teófilo Gutiérrez (c)
Substitutions:
FW	11	Harold Preciado		65'
MF	16	Kevin Balanta		65'
Manager:
Carlos Restrepo

Assistant referees:
Abdullah Al-Shalwai (Saudi Arabia)
Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth official:
Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Nigeria vs Japan

4 August 2016

22:00 (21:00 UTC–4)

Nigeria	5–4	Japan
Sadiq 6' Etebo 10', 42', 52' (pen.), 66'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Koroki 9' (pen.) Minamino 12' Asano 70' Suzuki 90+5'

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 29,996^[20]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Nigeria^[20]

Japan^[20]


GK	12	Daniel Akpeyi
DF	2	Seth Muenfuh Sincere
DF	4	Shehu Abdullahi
DF	6	William Troost-Ekong
DF	16	Stanley Amuzie	7'
MF	9	Imoh Ezekiel		78'
MF	10	John Obi Mikel (c)		87'
MF	14	Azubuike Okechukwu
MF	17	Usman Mohammed		73'
FW	8	Oghenekaro Etebo
FW	13	Umar Sadiq
Substitutions:
DF	3	Kingsley Madu		73'
DF	15	Ndifreke Udo		78'
MF	12	Popoola Saliu		87'
Manager:
Samson Siasia


GK	1	Masatoshi Kushibiki
RB	2	Sei Muroya
CB	6	Tsukasa Shiotani
CB	5	Naomichi Ueda
LB	4	Hiroki Fujiharu
DM	3	Wataru Endō
CM	8	Ryota Oshima
CM	7	Riki Harakawa (c)	53'
RW	18	Takumi Minamino
LW	10	Shoya Nakajima	76'
CF	13	Shinzo Koroki	71'
Substitutions:
FW	16	Takuma Asano	53'
FW	11	Musashi Suzuki	71'
MF	9	Shinya Yajima	76'
Manager:
Makoto Teguramori

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Cano (France)
Nicolas Danos (France)
Fourth official:
Diego Haro (Peru)

Sweden vs Nigeria

7 August 2016

19:00 (18:00 UTC–4)

Sweden	0–1	Nigeria
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Sadiq 40'

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 23,892^[21]

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Sweden^[21]

Nigeria^[21]


GK	1	Andreas Linde
DF	2	Adam Lundqvist	60'	81'
DF	3	Alexander Milošević
DF	4	Joakim Nilsson
DF	5	Pa Konate
MF	6	Abdul Khalili
MF	7	Simon Tibbling
MF	8	Alexander Fransson		62'
MF	9	Robin Quaison		69'
MF	11	Astrit Ajdarević (c)
FW	12	Mikael Ishak
Substitutions:
MF	17	Ken Sema	79'	62'
MF	10	Muamer Tanković		69'
DF	13	Jacob Une Larsson		81'
Manager:
Håkan Ericson


GK	18	Emmanuel Daniel
DF	2	Seth Muenfuh Sincere
DF	4	Shehu Abdullahi		88'
DF	6	William Troost-Ekong
DF	16	Stanley Amuzie
MF	9	Imoh Ezekiel
MF	10	John Obi Mikel (c)		80'
MF	14	Azubuike Okechukwu
MF	17	Usman Mohammed
FW	8	Oghenekaro Etebo
FW	13	Umar Sadiq		74'
Substitutions:
FW	7	Aminu Umar	79'	74'
DF	3	Kingsley Madu		80'
DF	15	Ndifreke Udo		88'
Manager:
Samson Siasia

Assistant referees:
Simon Lount (New Zealand)
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Fourth official:
Diego Haro (Peru)

Japan vs Colombia

7 August 2016

22:00 (21:00 UTC–4)

Japan	2–2	Colombia
Asano 67' Nakajima 74'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Gutiérrez 59' Fujiharu 65' (o.g.)

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 26,603^[22]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Japan^[22]

Colombia^[22]


GK	12	Kosuke Nakamura
RB	2	Sei Muroya	39'
CB	6	Tsukasa Shiotani
CB	5	Naomichi Ueda
LB	4	Hiroki Fujiharu	53'	80'
CM	3	Wataru Endō (c)	31'
CM	14	Yosuke Ideguchi	22'	62'
RM	9	Shinya Yajima		62'
LM	10	Shoya Nakajima
CF	13	Shinzo Koroki
CF	16	Takuma Asano
Substitutions:
MF	8	Ryota Oshima		62'
MF	18	Takumi Minamino		62'
DF	15	Masashi Kamekawa		80'
Manager:
Makoto Teguramori


GK	1	Cristian Bonilla
DF	2	William Tesillo	23'
DF	3	Deivy Balanta
DF	4	Deiver Machado
DF	5	Felipe Aguilar		46'
MF	14	Sebastián Pérez		46'
MF	15	Wílmar Barrios
MF	16	Kevin Balanta	76'	77'
FW	8	Dorlan Pabón
FW	9	Miguel Borja
FW	10	Teófilo Gutiérrez (c)
Substitutions:
FW	7	Arley Rodríguez		46'
DF	13	Helibelton Palacios		46'
MF	6	Jefferson Lerma		77'
Manager:
Carlos Restrepo

Assistant referees:
Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)
Nikolay Golubev (Russia)
Fourth official:
Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Japan vs Sweden

10 August 2016

19:00

Japan	1–0	Sweden
Yajima 65'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 17,821^[23]

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Japan^[23]

Sweden^[23]


GK	12	Kosuke Nakamura
RB	2	Sei Muroya
CB	6	Tsukasa Shiotani
CB	5	Naomichi Ueda
LB	15	Masashi Kamekawa
CM	3	Wataru Endō (c)
CM	8	Ryota Oshima
RM	18	Takumi Minamino	57'
LM	10	Shoya Nakajima
CF	13	Shinzo Koroki	77'
CF	16	Takuma Asano	61'
Substitutions:
MF	9	Shinya Yajima	57'
FW	11	Musashi Suzuki	61'
MF	14	Yosuke Ideguchi	77'
Manager:
Makoto Teguramori


GK	1	Andreas Linde
DF	2	Adam Lundqvist
DF	3	Alexander Milošević	26'
DF	5	Pa Konate
DF	13	Jacob Une Larsson
MF	6	Abdul Khalili
MF	7	Simon Tibbling
MF	8	Alexander Fransson		46'
MF	9	Robin Quaison		72'
MF	11	Astrit Ajdarević (c)
FW	12	Mikael Ishak		83'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Muamer Tanković		46'
MF	17	Ken Sema		72'
FW	21	Valmir Berisha		83'
Manager:
Håkan Ericson

Assistant referees:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)
Fourth official:
Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Colombia vs Nigeria

10 August 2016

19:00

Colombia	2–0	Nigeria
Gutiérrez 4' Pabón 63' (pen.)	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 36,702^[24]

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Colombia^[24]

Nigeria^[24]


GK	1	Cristian Bonilla
DF	2	William Tesillo
DF	3	Deivy Balanta
DF	13	Helibelton Palacios
DF	17	Cristian Borja
MF	12	Andrés Felipe Roa
MF	15	Wílmar Barrios		78'
MF	16	Kevin Balanta	70'	72'
FW	8	Dorlan Pabón		86'
FW	10	Teófilo Gutiérrez (c)
FW	11	Harold Preciado
Substitutions:
MF	6	Jefferson Lerma		72'
MF	14	Sebastián Pérez		78'
DF	4	Deiver Machado		86'
Manager:
Carlos Restrepo


GK	1	Daniel Akpeyi	62'
DF	2	Seth Muenfuh Sincere
DF	3	Kingsley Madu		80'
DF	6	William Troost-Ekong	43'
DF	15	Ndifreke Udo
MF	10	John Obi Mikel (c)
MF	12	Popoola Saliu		70'
MF	14	Azubuike Okechukwu	52'
FW	7	Aminu Umar		70'
FW	8	Oghenekaro Etebo
FW	13	Umar Sadiq
Substitutions:
FW	9	Imoh Ezekiel		70'
MF	17	Usman Mohammed		70'
DF	16	Stanley Amuzie		80'
Manager:
Samson Siasia

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Miguel Hernández (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

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External links

Football – Men, Rio2016.com
Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com

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Quarterfinal

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Semifinal

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Bronze medal match

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Rowing

Nigeria has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games at the 2015 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chierika Ukogu	Women's single sculls	8:35.34	3 QF	Bye		7:54.44	5 SC/D	8:18.55	4 FD	7:44.76	20

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Nigeria has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics, signifying its return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Samson Opuakpo	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.85	59	Did not advance
Rechael Tonjor	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:21.43	42	Did not advance

Table tennis

Nigeria has entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Olympic veterans Quadri Aruna and Olufunke Oshonaike secured places each in the men's and women's singles by virtue of a top four finish at the 2015 All-Africa Games.^[4] Meanwhile, Segun Toriola and Offiong Edem took the remaining spots on the Nigerian team by virtue of their top 2 finish respectively at the African Qualification Tournament in Khartoum, Sudan. For Toriola, he has become the fourth table tennis player and the first ever African athlete to appear in seven editions of the Summer Olympic Games.^[5]^[6]

Abiodun Bode was awarded the third spot to build the men's team for the Games as the top African nation in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Quadri Aruna	Men's singles	Bye		Wang Y (SVK) W 4–1	Chuang C-y (TPE) W 4–0	Boll (GER) W 4–2	Ma L (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Segun Toriola	Men's singles	Bye	Prokopcov (CZE) W 4–2	Niwa (JPN) L 2–40	Did not advance
Bode Abiodun Quadri Aruna Segun Toriola	Men's team	—				China (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Offiong Edem	Women's singles	Yee (FIJ) W 4–0	Pavlovich (BLR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Olufunke Oshonaike	Women's singles	Sahakian (LIB) W 4–3	Diaz (PUR) L 2–4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Nigeria has qualified one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top four national finish at the 2016 African Championships.^[8] The team must allocate this place by June 20, 2016.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mariam Usman	Women's +75 kg	115	11	150	8	265	9

Wrestling

Nigeria has qualified a total of seven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spot in the women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while the majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Nigerian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.^[10]^[11]

Key:

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Decision by points – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amas Daniel	−65 kg	Bye	Iakobishvili (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					17
Soso Tamarau	−97 kg	Bye	Ibragimov (UZB) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance					19

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mercy Genesis	−48 kg	Bye	Matkowska (POL) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					14
Odunayo Adekuoroye	−53 kg	Bye	S Mattsson (SWE) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance					17
Aminat Adeniyi	−58 kg	Bye	Olli (FIN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					16
Blessing Oborududu	−63 kg	Bye	Soronzonbold (MGL) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					14
Hannah Rueben	−69 kg	Bye	Yeats (CAN) L 1–4 ^SP	Did not advance					14

References

^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "Men's Final Entry List" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Women's Final Entry List" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ Odutola, Bowale (18 September 2015). "Quadri, Oshonaike qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". The Eagle Online. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ Marshall, Ian (18 February 2016). "Rio Place Booked Segun Toriola Stands Alone in Africa". ITTF. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ "Table Tennis: Toriola makes historic 7th Olympic Games". Nigeria: The News Journal. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ "Team Quota Places for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Exciting competitions for the African quota places in Cameroon". International Weightlifting Federation. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 Weightlifting – List of Athletes by Bodyweight Category" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ Eludini, Tunde (2 April 2016). "Wrestling: Four Nigerian women qualify for Rio Olympics". Premium Times. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

External links

Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

[flag-bearer-1] "Elegant Funke Oshonaike is Team Nigeria's flag bearer". Nigeria Olympic Committee. 1 August 2016.

[NGR-Olympics-2] Sulola, Remi (26 July 2016). "Mikel to captain of 78-man Team Nigeria to Olympics". The Cable. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[3] "Nigeria head to Olympics with nine AfroBasket 2015 champions". FIBA. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[4] "ITTF recognizes Nigerian Segun Toriola's Olympic feat". Nigeria: The News Journal. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[5] "ITTF recognizes Nigerian Segun Toriola's Olympic feat". Nigeria: The News Journal. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[6] Okeleji, Oluwashina (20 August 2016). "Olympics 2016: Nigeria beat Honduras to win men's football bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[7] "Rio Olympics review: Team Nigeria, 77 athletes, one medal". Nigerian Tribune. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[8] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[9] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[10] Hendy, Iheoma (14 July 2016). "Full List Of Nigerian Athletes Set For Rio 2016 Olympics". Buzz Nigeria. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[11] "Nigeria beat Angola in AfroBasket 2015 Final to win first-ever continental title". FIBA Africa. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[12] "Weekend's finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio". AIBA. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[13] Obalola, Nurudeen (10 November 2015). "Akinyemi Qualifies For Rio Olympics, Calls For NSC Support". Complete Sports. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[14] "Three more nations enter the Rio race". International Canoe Federation. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[15] "U23 Cup of Nations: Nigeria and Algeria clinch final and Rio place". BBC Sport. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[16] "Nigeria, Algeria to represent Africa at Rio 2016". FIFA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[regulations-17] "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2015.

[18] "Match Schedule Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016.

[SWE_vs_COL-19] "Match Report: SWE vs COL" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

[NGR_vs_JPN-20] "Match Report: NGR vs JPN" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[SWE_vs_NGA-21] "Match Report: SWE vs NGA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[JPN_vs_COL-22] "Match Report: JPN vs COL" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[JPN_vs_SWE-23] "Match Report: JPN vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[COL_vs_NGA-24] "Match Report: COL vs NGA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[25] "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[26] "Men's Final Entry List" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[27] "Women's Final Entry List" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[28] Odutola, Bowale (18 September 2015). "Quadri, Oshonaike qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". The Eagle Online. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[29] Marshall, Ian (18 February 2016). "Rio Place Booked Segun Toriola Stands Alone in Africa". ITTF. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[30] "Table Tennis: Toriola makes historic 7th Olympic Games". Nigeria: The News Journal. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[31] "Team Quota Places for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[32] "Exciting competitions for the African quota places in Cameroon". International Weightlifting Federation. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[33] "Rio 2016 Weightlifting – List of Athletes by Bodyweight Category" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[34] "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[35] Eludini, Tunde (2 April 2016). "Wrestling: Four Nigerian women qualify for Rio Olympics". Premium Times. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

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