Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Barcelona
Competitors	55 (32 men and 23 women) in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 38th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Nigeria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	David Izonritei	Boxing	Heavyweight	8 August
Silver	Olapade Adeniken Davidson Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa Chidi Imoh Oluyemi Kayode	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	8 August
Silver	Richard Igbineghu	Boxing	Super heavyweight	9 August
Bronze	Faith Idehen Mary Onyali Christy Opara-Thompson Beatrice Utondu	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	10	4	14
Boxing	9	–	9
Handball	0	16	16
Judo	2	0	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	4	2	6
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Wrestling	5	–	5
Total	32	23	55

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Olapade Adeniken	100 metres	10.36	8 Q	10.22	6 Q	10.28	7 Q	10.12	6
Davidson Ezinwa		10.31	7 Q	10.38	16 Q	10.23	6 Q	10.26	8
Chidi Imoh		10.47	15 Q	10.21	5 Q	10.30	9	Did not advance
Olapade Adeniken	200 metres	20.79	8 Q	20.47	8 Q	20.39	7 Q	20.50	5
Oluyemi Kayode		20.42	2 Q	20.22	3 Q	20.23	5 Q	20.67	7
Sunday Bada	400 metres	45.38	5 Q	45.34	12 Q	45.36	10	Did not advance
Innocent Egbunike		46.51	35	Did not advance
Oluyemi Kayode Chidi Imoh Olapade Adeniken Davidson Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa (heats only)	4 × 100 metres relay	38.98	3 Q	—	38.21	2 Q	37.98
Udeme Ekpenyong Emmanuel Okoli Hassan Bosso Sunday Bada	4 × 400 metres relay	3:00.39	4 q	—	3:01.71	5

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mary Onyali	100 metres	11.37	8 Q	11.28	8 Q	11.30	8 Q	11.15	7
Christy Opara-Thompson		11.39	9 Q	11.42	12 Q	11.47	13	Did not advance
Beatrice Utondu		11.30	6 Q	11.31	9 Q	11.53	14	Did not advance
Mary Onyali	200 metres	23.06	9 Q	22.60	11 Q	22.60	9	Did not advance
Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	4 × 100 metres relay	42.39	2 Q	—	42.81

Results by event

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Moses Malagu

• First Round – Defeated Richard Buttimer (IRL), 12:8
• Second Round – Lost to Raúl González (CUB), RSC-2

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Mohammed Sabo

• First Round – Defeated Robert Ciba (POL), RSC-3
• Second Round – Defeated Chatree Suwanyod (THA), 16:7
• Quarterfinals – Lost to Wayne McCullough (IRL), 13:31

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Moses Odion

• First Round – Defeated Janos Petrovics (HUN), 18:8
• Second Round – Lost to Oscar De La Hoya (USA), 4:16

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• James Mozez

• First Round – Lost to Arlo Chavez (PHI), 6:12

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Tajudeen Sabitu

• First Round – Lost to Francisc Vaştag (ROM), 0:9

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• David Defiagbon

• First Round – Lost to Raúl Márquez (USA), 7:8

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Jacklord Jacobs

• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Lost to Rostislav Zaulichniy (EUN), 8:16

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• David Izonritei → Silver Medal

• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Defeated Morteza Shiri (IRN), RSC-3 (01:35)
• Quarterfinals – Defeated Kirk Johnson (CAN), 9:5
• Semifinals – Defeated David Tua (NZL), 12:7
• Final – Lost to Félix Savón (CUB), 1:14

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Richard Igbineghu → Silver Medal

• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Defeated Liade Alhassan (GHA), walk-over
• Quarterfinals – Defeated Gitas Juskevicius (LTU), KO-2
• Semifinals – Defeated Svilen Rusinov (BUL), 9:7
• Final – Lost to Roberto Balado (CUB), 2:13

Handball

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Nigeria – Germany 17-32
• Nigeria – Unified Team 18-26
• Nigeria – United States 21-23

• Classification Match

• 7th-8th place: Nigeria – Spain 17-26 (→ Eighth and last place)

• Team roster

• Angela Ajodo
• Justina Akpulo
• Justina Anyiam
• Uzoma Azuka
• Barbara Diribe
• Eunice Idausa
• Chiaka Lauretta Ihebom
• Mary Ihedioha
• Agustina Nikechi Abi
• Mary Nwachukwu
• Immaculate Nwaogu
• Ngozi Opara
• Auta Olivia Sana
• Mary Soronadi
• Victoria Umunna
• Bridget Yamala Egwolosan

• Head coach: Anthony Atusu

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Musa Bakare

• Heat – 24.13 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Musa Bakare

• Heat – 58.36 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Joshua Ikhaghomi

• Heat – 27.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Joshua Ikhaghomi

• Heat – 1:00.72 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

See also

• Nigeria at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
• Nigeria at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

References

1. Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference