Nigeria_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics

Nigeria at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Nigeria at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Atlanta
Competitors	65 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Mary Onyali
Medals; Ranked 32nd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Nigeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Nigeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The most surprising achievement was Nigeria's gold in football. The team overcame what are usually considered much stronger teams, such as Brazil and finally Argentina to earn the gold.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chioma Ajunwa	Athletics	Women's long jump	2 August
Gold	Nigeria national under-23 football team Celestine Babayaro Taribo West Nwankwo Kanu Uche Okechukwu Emmanuel Amunike Tijani Babangida Wilson Oruma Teslim Fatusi Jay-Jay Okocha Victor Ikpeba Abiodun Obafemi Garba Lawal Daniel Amokachi Sunday Oliseh Mobi Oparaku Joseph Dosu	Football	Men's tournament	3 August
Silver	Bisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	3 August
Bronze	Falilat Ogunkoya	Athletics	Women's 400 metres	29 July
Bronze	Mary Onyali	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	1 August
Bronze	Duncan Dokiwari	Boxing	Super heavyweight	2 August

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	19	13	32
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	4	–	4
Football	16	0	16
Judo	1	0	1
Table tennis	2	2	4
Tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Wrestling	4	–	4
Total	49	16	65

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olapade Adeniken	100 metres	10.41	39 Q	10.38	31	Did not advance
Deji Aliu	100 metres	10.34	27 Q	10.26	19	Did not advance
Davidson Ezinwa	100 metres	10.03	1 Q	10.08	6 Q	10.04	6 Q	10.14	6
Francis Obikwelu	200 metres	20.62	17 Q	20.49	10 Q	20.56	12	Did not advance
Seun Ogunkoya	200 metres	20.78	29 Q	21.00	33	Did not advance
Sunday Bada	400 metres	45.19	3 Q	44.88	6 Q	45.30	10	Did not advance
Clement Chukwu	400 metres	45.18	2 Q	45.24	17	Did not advance
Jude Monye	400 metres	46.10	30 q	Did not finish		Did not advance
Steve Adegbite	110 metres hurdles	14.06	49	Did not advance
William Erese	110 metres hurdles	13.98	43	Did not advance
Moses Oyiki	110 metres hurdles	14.04	48	Did not advance
Kehinde Aladefa	400 metres hurdles	49.60	23	N/A		Did not advance
Deji Aliu Davidson Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa Francis Obikwelu	4 x 100 metres relay	39.47	15 q	N/A		Did not finish		Did not advance
Sunday Bada Clement Chukwu Udeme Ekpenyong Ayuba Machem	4 x 400 metres relay	3:02.73	7 q	N/A		Disqualified		Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Festus Igbinoghene	Triple jump	15.95	35	Did not advance
Chima Ugwu	Shot put	18.39	25	Did not advance
Adewale Olukoju	Discus throw	60.98	17	Did not advance
Pius Bazighe	Javelin throw	70.78	32	Did not advance

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chioma Ajunwa	100 metres	11.25	12 Q	11.24	12 Q	11.14	10	Did not advance
Mary Tombiri	100 metres	11.50	29 Q	11.56	27	Did not advance
Mary Onyali	100 metres	11.17	6 Q	11.08	3 Q	11.04	4 Q	11.13	7
Mary Onyali	200 metres	22.42	2 Q	22.37	2 Q	22.16	3 Q	22.38
Calister Ubah	200 metres	23.34	27 q	23.62	29	Did not advance
Bisi Afolabi	400 metres	51.80	11 Q	51.07	7 Q	51.40	13	Did not advance
Falilat Ogunkoya	400 metres	52.65	30 Q	50.65	3 Q	49.57	2 Q	49.10
Fatima Yusuf	400 metres	52.25	21 Q	51.27	12 Q	50.36	6 Q	49.77	6
Ime Akpan	100 metres hurdles	13.11	24 Q	13.02	22	Did not advance
Taiwo Aladefa	100 metres hurdles	13.06	21 Q	13.11	26	Did not advance
Angela Atede	100 metres hurdles	12.88	10 Q	12.85	18	Did not advance
Lade Akinremi	400 metres hurdles	56.83	23	N/A		Did not advance
Chioma Ajunwa Mary Onyali Christy Opara Mary Tombiri	4 x 100 metres relay	43.54	5 Q	N/A				42.56	5
Bisi Afolabi Falilat Ogunkoya Charity Opara Fatima Yusuf	4 x 400 metres relay	3:23.24	2 Q	N/A				3:21.04

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Nigeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Competitors

Results by event

Athletics

Men

Women

Badminton

Boxing

Football

Men's Tournament

Judo

Table Tennis

Men's Singles Tournament

Men's Doubles Tournament

Women's Singles Tournament

Men's Doubles Tournament

Tennis

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Kayode Akinsanya	Singles	Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN)	L 0-15 2-15	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kehinde Aweda	Bantamweight	Khasanov (TJK) L 20-10	Did not advance
Daniel Attah	Featherweight	Ipera (PNG) W 14-2	Nagy (HUN) L 14-12	Did not advance
Albert Eromosele	Light-middleweight	Horodnichov (UKR) L 18-4	Did not advance
Duncan Dokiwari	Super-heavyweight	Samadi (IRI) W RSC	Khan (PAK) W RSC	Məmmədov (AZE) W RSC	Wolfgramm (TGA) L 7-6	Did not advance

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
Nigeria	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6
Japan	3	2	1	4	4	0	6
Hungary	3	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Team	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL
Wenguan Johnny Huang (CAN)	3	3	0	6	0	126	76
Chen Xinhua (GBR)	3	2	1	4	4	142	145
David Zhuang (USA)	3	1	2	3	4	122	126
Sule Olaleye (NGR)	3	0	3	1	6	102	145

Team	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL
Patrick Chila (FRA)	3	3	0	6	2	158	120
Konstantinos Kreanga (GRE)	3	2	1	5	2	133	114
Segun Toriola (NGR)	3	1	2	2	5	98	133
Chetan Baboor (IND)	3	0	3	2	6	132	154

Team	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL
Koji Matsushita / Hiroshi Shibutani	3	3	0	6	0	129	95
Slobodan Grujić / Ilija Lupulesku	3	2	1	4	2	117	115
Sule Olaleye / Segun Toriola	3	1	2	2	4	114	115
Petr Korbel / Josef Plachy	3	0	3	0	6	94	129

Team	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL
Kim Hyon-Hui (PRK)	3	3	0	6	0	128	100
Jie Schöpp (GER)	3	2	1	4	2	120	88
Elena Timina (RUS)	3	1	2	2	4	108	113
Funke Oshonaike (NGR)	3	0	3	0	6	71	126

Team	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL
Dai-Yong Tu (SUI)	3	3	0	6	1	148	95
Lyanne Kosaka (BRA)	3	2	1	4	2	99	105
Emilia Ciosu (ROU)	3	1	2	3	5	151	157
Bose Kaffo (NGR)	3	0	3	1	6	103	144

Team	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL
Irina Palina / Elena Timina	3	3	0	6	0	126	75
Wei Wang / Lily Yip	3	2	1	4	4	130	137
Emily Noor / Huberta Vriesekoop	3	1	2	3	4	122	131
Bose Kaffo / Olufunke Oshonaike	3	0	3	1	6	102	136