| Nigeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NGR |
| NOC | Nigeria Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Atlanta | |
| Competitors | 65 in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Mary Onyali |
| Medals Ranked 32nd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Chioma Ajunwa | Athletics | Women's long jump | 2 August |
| Gold | Nigeria national under-23 football team | 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 |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Chioma Ajunwa | Long jump | 6.81 | 2 Q | 7.12 | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Rank | ||
| Kayode Akinsanya | Singles |  Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN) | L0-15 2-15 | Did not advance | ||||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Rank | ||
| Obigeli Olorunsola | Singles | bye |  Bang (KOR) | L0-15 0-15 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Rank | ||
| Obigeli Olorunsola Kayode Akinsanya | Doubles | N/A |  Olsen, Jakobsen (DEN) | L1-15 2-15 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)W14-2 |  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)WRSC |  Khan (PAK)WRSC |  Məmmədov (AZE)WRSC |  Wolfgramm (TGA)L 7-6 | Did not advance |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
 Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
 Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
 Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Mexico  | 0 – 2 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Okocha  20'C. Babayaro 84' |
| Nigeria | 4 – 3 (ASDET) | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto Carlos 20' (o.g.) Ikpeba 78'Kanu 90',  94' | Report | Flavio Conceição 1', 38' Bebeto 28' |
| Athlete | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Suleman Musa | Half-Middleweight | 21 |
| 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 |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Rank | ||
| Sule Ladipo | Singles |  Stoltenberg (AUS) | L64-773-6 | Did not advance | ||||||||||
| Athletes | Events | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Mojisola Oluwa | -70 kg | 140.0 | 18 | 170.0 | =17 | 310.0 | 18 |
| Athlete | 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 | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Tiebiri Godswill | -52 kg |  Anev (BUL)L 11-0 | Did not advance | N/A |  Vartanovas (LTU)L 4-0 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | 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 | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Isaac Jacob | -48 kg |  Vila (CUB)L 4-0 | Did not advance |  Ramírez (GUA)W3-0 |  Torgovkin (KGZ)W Default | Corduneanu (ROU) L 7-6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ibo Oziti | -68 kg | Zazirov (UKR) L 11-0 | Did not advance | Fallah (IRI) L 1-0 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Victor Kodei | -90 kg | Khadem (IRI) L 6-1 | Did not advance |  Betancourt (PUR)W10-0 | Bianco (CAN) W7-0 | Bacsa (HUN) W7-4 | Kim (KOR) W7-0 |  Lohyňa (SVK)L 10-0 | Tedieiev (UKR) L Fall | |||
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