Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Nigeria national football team Template:CompactTable	Football	Men's tournament
Silver	Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa (heats only)	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze	Chika Chukwumerije	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
Bronze	Blessing Okagbare	Athletics	Women's long jump

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Fourteen men and eighteen women qualified to represent Nigeria in athletics.

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

Men

Track & road events

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

Women

Track & road events

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

* Competed in the heats only

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Nigeria qualified four boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All four qualified at the second African continental qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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	—	Acosta (CUB) L 0–11	Did not advance
Onorede Ohwarieme	Super heavyweight	—	Jakšto (LTU) L 1–11	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

Gold medal game

Final rank

 Silver

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

Group play

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Vivian Yusuf represented Nigeria in Judo.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vivian Yusuf	Women's −78 kg	Bye	Wollert (GER) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ngozi Monu	50 m freestyle	27.39	52	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Monday Merotohun	Men's singles	Zeng (TUR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Segun Toriola		Zhuang (USA) W 4–3	Monteiro (POR) W 4–3	Saive (BEL) W 4–2	Oh S-E (KOR) L 3–4	Did not advance
Bose Kaffo	Women's singles	Sang Xu (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance
Cecilia Offiong		Miao (AUS) L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Monday Merotohun Kazeem Nosiru Segun Toriola	Men's team	Group D  Japan (JPN) L 0 – 3  Hong Kong (HKG) L 0 – 3  Russia (RUS) W 3 – 2	3	Did not advance
Bose Kaffo Cecilia Offiong Olufunke Oshonaike	Women's team	Group B  Singapore (SIN) L 0 – 3  United States (USA) L 0 – 3  Netherlands (NED) L 0 – 3	4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Muhammad Isah Adam and Chika Chukwumerije represented Nigeria in Taekwondo.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Isah Adam Muhammad	Men's −68 kg	Islas (MEX) W 2–2 SUP	López (PER) L 0–3	Did not advance
Chika Chukwumerije	Men's +80 kg	Nguyen V H (VIE) W 3–1	Keita (MLI) W 1–0	Nikolaidis (GRE) L 2–3	Bye	Irgashev (UZB) W 4–3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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	5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wilson Siewari	−120 kg	Bye	Musuľbes (SVK) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					18

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amarachi Obiajunwa	−72 kg	Bernard (USA) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance					15

See also

• Nigeria at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Nigeria at the 2010 Commonwealth Games