Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Nigeria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Olympics. Nigeria missed the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott. The Nigerian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1984. A total of 53 athletes, 30 men and 23 women, competed in 8 sports. Men's basketball was the only team-based sport in which Nigeria was represented at these Olympic Games. Among the eight sports played by the athletes, Nigeria marked its official Olympic debut in slalom canoeing.

Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in London
Competitors	53 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Sinivie Boltic
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Nigerian team featured two Olympic medalists from Beijing: taekwondo jin Chika Chukwumerije, who served as the nation's team captain,[1] and long jumper Blessing Okagbare. Table tennis player Segun Toriola, the oldest member of the team, at age 37, became the first Nigerian athlete to compete in six Olympic games. Toriola's fellow table tennis player Olufunke Oshonaike made her fifth Olympic appearance, making her the nation's oldest and most experienced female athlete. Freestyle wrestler Sinivie Boltic was Nigeria's first male flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 2000.

Nigeria failed to win a single medal for the first time in Olympic history since 1988, after achieving poor athletic performance at these Games. Triple jumper Tosin Oke, the women's sprint relay team (led by Blessing Okagbare), and weightlifter Felix Ekpo qualified successfully for the final rounds of their respective events, but missed out of the medal standings. Following the athletes' lackluster performance, President Goodluck Jonathan "called for a complete overhaul of Nigerian sports administration". A few weeks after the Olympics, the Nigerian athletes, however, were able to recapture the nation's sporting success at the Paralympics, as they had earned a total of twelve medals, including six golds.[2]

Athletics

Nigerian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[3][4]

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
Ogho-Oghene Egwero	100 m	Bye		10.38	6	Did not advance
Peter Emelieze		Bye		10.22	5	Did not advance
Obinna Joseph Metu		Bye		10.35	5	Did not advance
Noah Akwu	200 m	20.67	5	N/A		Did not advance
Amaechi Morton	400 m hurdles	49.34	3 Q	N/A		DSQ		Did not advance
Selim Nurudeen	110 m hurdles	13.51	2 Q	N/A		13.55	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Stanley Gbageke	Long jump	7.59	27	Did not advance
Tosin Oke	Triple jump	16.83	9 q	16.95	7

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Seun Adigun	100 m hurdles	13.56	4	N/A		Did not advance
Gloria Asumnu	100 m	Bye		11.13	3 Q	11.21	5	Did not advance
	200 m	23.43	6	N/A		Did not advance
Regina George	400 m	51.24	1 Q	N/A		51.35	5	Did not advance
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	400 m hurdles	54.93	3 Q	N/A		54.40	1 Q	55.31	8
Blessing Okagbare	100 m	Bye		10.93	1 Q	10.92	1 Q	11.00	8
Omolara Omotosho	400 m	52.11	4 q	N/A		51.41	4	Did not advance
Oludamola Osayomi	100 m	Bye		11.36	4	Did not advance
Christy Udoh	200 m	23.19	5	N/A		Did not advance
Endurance Abinuwa Gloria Asumnu Blessing Okagbare Oludamola Osayomi Christy Udoh*	4 × 100 m relay	42.75	5 q	N/A				42.64	4
Bukola Abogunloko Regina George Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Omolara Omotosho Idara Otu*	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.29	4 q	N/A				DSQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Doreen Amata	High jump	1.90	17	Did not advance
Blessing Okagbare	Long jump	6.34	17	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Uhunoma Osazuwa	Result	13.46	1.77	12.77	24.62	5.74	DNS	—	DNF
	Points	1056	941	712	922	771	0	—

Basketball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Nigeria roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]

Nigeria men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Skinn, Tony 29 – February 8, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ironi Ashkelon F 5 Ibekwe, Ekene 27 – July 19, 1985 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) BBC Bayreuth F 6 Diogu, Ike 28 – September 11, 1983 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Capitanes de Arecibo F 7 Aminu, Al-Farouq 21 – September 21, 1990 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans Hornets G 8 Dagunduro, Ade 26 – May 22, 1986 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Stella Artois Leuven Bears G 9 Oguchi, Chamberlain 26 – April 28, 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Panteras de Miranda F 10 Archibong, Koko 30 – October 5, 1981 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) LTi Giessen 46ers G 11 Oruche, Richard 24 – August 30, 1987 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Académica Coimbra F 12 Ugboaja, Ejike 27 – May 28, 1985 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Jahesh Tarabar Qom G 13 Obasohan, Derrick 31 – April 18, 1981 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Joventut Badalona C 14 Aminu, Alade 24 – September 14, 1987 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Élan Chalon C 15 Oyedeji, Olumide 31 – May 11, 1981 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Qingdao Double Star	Head coach Ayo Bakare Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	589	398	+191	10
France	5	4	1	376	378	−2	9
Argentina	5	3	2	448	424	+24	8
Lithuania	5	2	3	395	399	−4	7
Nigeria	5	1	4	338	456	−118	6
Tunisia	5	0	5	320	411	−91	5

29 July 2012 09:00

Report

Nigeria	60–56	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 13–8, 14–16, 15–25
Pts: Aminu 15 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Skinn 3		Pts: Rzig 18 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 12 Asts: three players 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Marcos Benito (BRA), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

31 July 2012 14:30

Report

Lithuania	72–53	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 20–19, 22–13, 16–13
Pts: Songaila 12 Rebs: Kleiza 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 9		Pts: Diogu, Al. Aminu 12 Rebs: Al. Aminu 11 Asts: Al. Aminu 2

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

2 August 2012 22:15

Report

United States	156–73	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 49–25, 29–20, 41–17, 37–11
Pts: Anthony 37 Rebs: Davis, Love 6 Asts: Williams 11		Pts: Diogu 27 Rebs: Diogu 7 Asts: Aminu 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Elena Chernova (RUS)

4 August 2012 22:15

Report

Nigeria	79–93	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–37, 18–20, 20–19, 22–17
Pts: Diogu 16 Rebs: Diogu 11 Asts: Aminu 5		Pts: Scola 22 Rebs: Nocioni 6 Asts: Ginóbili 8

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

6 August 2012 14:30

Report

France	79–73	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 18–20, 15–24, 23–19
Pts: Batum 23 Rebs: Batum, Diaw 6 Asts: Parker 7		Pts: Oguchi 35 Rebs: Diogu, A. Aminu 7 Asts: four players 2

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Michael Aylen (AUS), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Boxing

Nigeria has so far qualified boxers for the following events[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Muideen Olalekan Akanji	Middleweight	O'Neill (IRL) L 6–15	Did not advance
Lukmon Olaiwola Lawal	Light heavyweight	Al-Matbouli (JOR) L 7–19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edith Agu-Ogoke	Middleweight	Vystropova (AZE) W 14–12	Torlopova (RUS) L 8–18	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Nigeria has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonathan Akinyemi	Men's K-1	104.70	20	146.95	21	104.70	21	Did not advance

Table tennis

Nigeria has so far qualified two men and two women.

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
Quadri Aruna	Men's singles	Bye	Machado (ESP) W 4–2	Vang (TUR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Segun Toriola		Ho (CAN) W 4–1	Persson (SWE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Offiong Edem	Women's singles	Meshref (EGY) L 2–4	Did not advance
Olufunke Oshonaike		Shahsavari (IRI) W 4–3	Tan (ITA) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Nigeria has qualified 2 athletes.[7]

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	Abu-Libdeh (JOR) L 1–13	Did not advance
Chika Chukwumerije	Men's +80 kg	Despaigne (CUB) L 0–1	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Nigeria has qualified the following quota places.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Felix Ekpo	Men's −77 kg	151	7	180	8	331	8
Mariam Usman	Women's +75 kg	129	3	160	DNF	129	DNF

Wrestling

Nigeria has qualified the following quota places.

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
Andrew Dick	−84 kg	Bye	Espinal (PUR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Marsagishvili (GEO) L 0–5 ^VB	Did not advance	18
Sinivie Boltic	−96 kg	Bye	Ceban (MDA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					14

Women'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
Blessing Oborududu	−63 kg	Bye	Michalik (POL) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					19
Amarachi Obiajunwa	−72 kg	Bye	Wang J (CHN) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance					15

See also

• Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Chukwumerije's Team Nigeria Captain". Vanguard. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
2. "Nigeria's success in turning silver into gold". BBC Sports. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
3. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
4. IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 27 September 2011
5. "NGA - Roster". FIBA. 18 July 2012.
6. "Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed". AIBA. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
7. "African Qualification Tournament for 2012 London Olympics". WTF. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

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