Nigeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Medalists

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"

!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

|-align=left

| || Chioma Ajunwa || Athletics || Women's long jump || 2 August

|-align=left

| || Nigeria national under-23 football team || Football || Men's tournament || 3 August

|-align=left

| || Bisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya || Athletics || Women's 4 × 400 metres relay || 3 August

|-align=left

| || Falilat Ogunkoya || Athletics || Women's 400 metres || 29 July

|-align=left

| || Mary Onyali || Athletics || Women's 200 metres || 1 August

|-align=left

| || Duncan Dokiwari || Boxing || Super heavyweight || 2 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

| align=left|Athletics

| 19 || 13 || 32

| align=left|Badminton

| 1 || 1 || 2

| align=left|Boxing

| 4 || – || 4

| align=left|Football

| 16 || 0 || 16

| align=left|Judo

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Table tennis

| 2 || 2 || 4

| align=left|Tennis

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Weightlifting

| 1 || – || 1

| align=left|Wrestling

| 4 || – || 4

! Total || 49 || 16 || 65

Results by event

Athletics

Men

;Track and road events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athletes

!rowspan=2|Events

!colspan=2|Heat Round 1

!colspan=2|Heat Round 2

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|Olapade Adeniken

|100 metres

|align=center|10.41

|align=center|39 Q

|align=center|10.38

|align=center|31

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Deji Aliu

|100 metres

|align=center|10.34

|align=center|27 Q

|align=center|10.26

|align=center|19

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Davidson Ezinwa

|100 metres

|align=center|10.03

|align=center|1 Q

|align=center|10.08

|align=center|6 Q

|align=center|10.04

|align=center|6 Q

|align=center|10.14

|align=center|6

|Francis Obikwelu

|200 metres

|align=center|20.62

|align=center|17 Q

|align=center|20.49

|align=center|10 Q

|align=center|20.56

|align=center|12

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Seun Ogunkoya

|200 metres

|align=center|20.78

|align=center|29 Q

|align=center|21.00

|align=center|33

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Sunday Bada

|400 metres

|align=center|45.19

|align=center|3 Q

|align=center|44.88

|align=center|6 Q

|align=center|45.30

|align=center|10

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Clement Chukwu

|400 metres

|align=center|45.18

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center|45.24

|align=center|17

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Jude Monye

|400 metres

|align=center|46.10

|align=center|30 q

|align=center colspan=2|Did not finish

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Steve Adegbite

|110 metres hurdles

|align=center|14.06

|align=center|49

|align=center colspan=6|Did not advance

|William Erese

|110 metres hurdles

|align=center|13.98

|align=center|43

|align=center colspan=6|Did not advance

|Moses Oyiki

|110 metres hurdles

|align=center|14.04

|align=center|48

|align=center colspan=6|Did not advance

|Kehinde Aladefa

|400 metres hurdles

|align=center|49.60

|align=center|23

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Deji Aliu Davidson Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa Francis Obikwelu

|4 x 100 metres relay

|align=center|39.47

|align=center|15 q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center colspan=2|Did not finish

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Sunday Bada Clement Chukwu Udeme Ekpenyong Ayuba Machem

|4 x 400 metres relay

|align=center|3:02.73

|align=center|7 q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center colspan=2|Disqualified

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

;Field events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|Festus Igbinoghene

|Triple jump

|align=center|15.95

|align=center|35

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Chima Ugwu

|Shot put

|align=center|18.39

|align=center|25

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Adewale Olukoju

|Discus throw

|align=center|60.98

|align=center|17

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Pius Bazighe

|Javelin throw

|align=center|70.78

|align=center|32

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

Women

;Track and road events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athletes

!rowspan=2|Events

!colspan=2|Heat Round 1

!colspan=2|Heat Round 2

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|Chioma Ajunwa

|100 metres

|align=center|11.25

|align=center|12 Q

|align=center|11.24

|align=center|12 Q

|align=center|11.14

|align=center|10

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Mary Tombiri

|100 metres

|align=center|11.50

|align=center|29 Q

|align=center|11.56

|align=center|27

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|rowspan=2|Mary Onyali

|100 metres

|align=center|11.17

|align=center|6 Q

|align=center|11.08

|align=center|3 Q

|align=center|11.04

|align=center|4 Q

|align=center|11.13

|align=center|7

|200 metres

|align=center|22.42

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center|22.37

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center|22.16

|align=center|3 Q

|align=center|22.38

|align=center|Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Calister Ubah

|200 metres

|align=center|23.34

|align=center|27 q

|align=center|23.62

|align=center|29

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Bisi Afolabi

|400 metres

|align=center|51.80

|align=center|11 Q

|align=center|51.07

|align=center|7 Q

|align=center|51.40

|align=center|13

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Falilat Ogunkoya

|400 metres

|align=center|52.65

|align=center|30 Q

|align=center|50.65

|align=center|3 Q

|align=center|49.57

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center|49.10

|align=center|Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Fatima Yusuf

|400 metres

|align=center|52.25

|align=center|21 Q

|align=center|51.27

|align=center|12 Q

|align=center|50.36

|align=center|6 Q

|align=center|49.77

|align=center|6

|Ime Akpan

|100 metres hurdles

|align=center|13.11

|align=center|24 Q

|align=center|13.02

|align=center|22

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Taiwo Aladefa

|100 metres hurdles

|align=center|13.06

|align=center|21 Q

|align=center|13.11

|align=center|26

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Angela Atede

|100 metres hurdles

|align=center|12.88

|align=center|10 Q

|align=center|12.85

|align=center|18

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Lade Akinremi

|400 metres hurdles

|align=center|56.83

|align=center|23

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Chioma Ajunwa Mary Onyali Christy Opara Mary Tombiri

|4 x 100 metres relay

|align=center|43.54

|align=center|5 Q

|align=center colspan=4|N/A

|align=center|42.56

|align=center|5

|Bisi Afolabi Falilat Ogunkoya Charity Opara Fatima Yusuf

|4 x 400 metres relay

|align=center|3:23.24

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center colspan=4|N/A

|align=center|3:21.04

|align=center|Image:Silver medal icon.svg

;Field events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|Chioma Ajunwa

|Long jump

|align=center|6.81

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center|7.12

|align=center|Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Badminton

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round of 64

!colspan="2"|Round of 32

!colspan="2"|Round of 16

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="3"|Final

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Rank

|Kayode Akinsanya

|Singles

|align=center|

|align=center|L 0-15 2-15

|align=center colspan=11|Did not advance

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round of 64

!colspan="2"|Round of 32

!colspan="2"|Round of 16

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="3"|Final

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Rank

|Obiageli Olorunsola

|Singles

|align=center colspan=2|bye

|align=center|

|align=center|L 0-15 0-15

|align=center colspan=9|Did not advance

;Mixed

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round of 64

!colspan="2"|Round of 32

!colspan="2"|Round of 16

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="3"|Final

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Rank

|Obiageli Olorunsola Kayode Akinsanya

|Doubles

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

| Olsen, Jakobsen (DEN)

|L 1-15 2-15

|align=center colspan=9|Did not advance

Boxing

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final

!Opposition Result

|Kehinde Aweda

|Bantamweight

|align=center| L 20-10

|colspan=4 align=center |Did not advance

|Daniel Attah

|Featherweight

|align=center| W 14-2

|align=center| L 14-12

|colspan=3 align=center |Did not advance

|Albert Eromosele

|Light-middleweight

|align=center| L 18-4

|colspan=4 align=center |Did not advance

|Duncan Dokiwari

|Super-heavyweight

|align=center| W RSC

|align=center| L 7-6 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|align=center|Did not advance

Football

Men's Tournament

;Group Stage – Group C

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=150|Team

!width=20|

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|

|3||2||0||1||4||2||+2||6

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|

|3||2||0||1||3||1||+2||6

|align=left|

|3||2||0||1||4||4||0||6

|align=left|

|3||0||0||3||3||7||−4||0

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;Quarterfinal

;Semifinal

;Gold medal match

;Team roster

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

Judo

;Men

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!Athlete

!Event

!Result

|Suleman Musa

|Half-Middleweight

|21

Table Tennis

Men's Singles Tournament

;Group Stage - Group M

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=200|Team

!width=20|

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|

|3||3||0||6||0||126||76

|align=left|

|3||2||1||4||4||142||145

|align=left|

|3||1||2||3||4||122||126

|align=left|

|3||0||3||1||6||102||145

;Group Stage - Group P

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=200|Team

!width=20|

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|

|3||3||0||6||2||158||120

|align=left|

|3||2||1||5||2||133||114

|align=left|

|3||1||2||2||5||98||133

|align=left|

|3||0||3||2||6||132||154

Men's Doubles Tournament

;Group Stage - Group H

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=200|Team

!width=20|

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left| Koji Matsushita / Hiroshi Shibutani

|3||3||0||6||0||129||95

|align=left| Slobodan Grujić / Ilija Lupulesku

|3||2||1||4||2||117||115

|align=left| Sule Olaleye / Segun Toriola

|3||1||2||2||4||114||115

|align=left| Petr Korbel / Josef Plachy

|3||0||3||0||6||94||129

Women's Singles Tournament

;Group Stage - Group I

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=200|Team

!width=20|

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|

|3||3||0||6||0||128||100

|align=left|

|3||2||1||4||2||120||88

|align=left|

|3||1||2||2||4||108||113

|align=left|

|3||0||3||0||6||71||126

;Group Stage - Group P

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=200|Team

!width=20|

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|

|3||3||0||6||1||148||95

|align=left|

|3||2||1||4||2||99||105

|align=left|

|3||1||2||3||5||151||157

|align=left|

|3||0||3||1||6||103||144

Men's Doubles Tournament

;Group Stage - Group H

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=200|Team

!width=20|

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left| Irina Palina / Elena Timina

|3||3||0||6||0||126||75

|align=left| Wei Wang / Lily Yip

|3||2||1||4||4||130||137

|align=left| Emily Noor / Huberta Vriesekoop

|3||1||2||3||4||122||131

|align=left| Bose Kaffo / Olufunke Oshonaike

|3||0||3||1||6||102||136

Tennis

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round of 64

!colspan="2"|Round of 32

!colspan="2"|Round of 16

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="3"|Final

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Rank

|Sule Ladipo

|Singles

|align=center|

|align=center|L 64-77 3-6

|align=center colspan=11|Did not advance

Weightlifting

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athletes

!rowspan=2|Events

!colspan=2|Snatch

!colspan=2|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|Mojisola Oluwa

|-70 kg

|align=center|140.0

|align=center|18

|align=center|170.0

|align=center|=17

|align=center|310.0

|align=center|18

Wrestling

;Greco-Roman

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final

!Repechage Round 1

!Repechage Round 2

!Repechage Round 3

!Repechage Round 4

!Repechage Round 5

!Bronze Medal Bout

!Opposition Result

|Tiebiri Godswill

|-52 kg

|align=center| L 11-0

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

|align=center|N/A

|align=center| L 4-0

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

;Freestyle

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final

!Repechage Round 1

!Repechage Round 2

!Repechage Round 3

!Repechage Round 4

!Repechage Round 5

!Bronze Medal Bout

!Opposition Result

|Isaac Jacob

|-48 kg

|align=center| L 4-0

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

|align=center| W 3-0

|align=center| W Default

|align=center| L 7-6

|align=center colspan=3| Did not advance

|Ibo Oziti

|-68 kg

|align=center| L 11-0

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

|align=center| L 1-0

|align=center colspan=5| Did not advance

|Victor Kodei

|-90 kg

|align=center| L 6-1

|align=center colspan=4| Did not advance

|align=center| W 10-0

|align=center| W 7-0

|align=center| W 7-4

|align=center| W 7-0

|align=center| L 10-0

|align=center| L Fall

References

Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
sports-reference

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