Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Seoul
Competitors	69 (61 men and 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Yusuf Alli
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Nigeria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Results by event[]

Athletics[]

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Victor Edet, Davidson Ezinwa, Abdullahi Tetengi, and Olatunji Olobia

• Heat – 39.15

• Victor Edet, Olapade Adeniken, Isiaq Adeyanju, and Olatunji Olobia

• Semi Final – 39.05 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Sunday Uti, Moses Ugbisie, Henry Amike, and Innocent Egbunike
  1. Heat – 3:06.59
  2. Semi Final – 3:01.13
  3. Final – 3:02.50 (→ 7th place)

Men's Marathon

• Yohanna Waziri — 2"29.14 (→ 60th place)
• Abbas Mohammed — 2"35.26 (→ 70th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Yusuf Ali

• Qualification — 7.73m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Adewale Olukoju

• Qualification — 54.44m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Falilat Ogunkoya, Kehinde Vaughan, Airat Bakare, and Mary Onyali

• Heat — 3:30.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Grace Apiafi

• Qualification – 49.84m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Grace Apiafi

• Qualification — 15.06m (→ did not advance)

Football (soccer)[]

• Preliminary Round (Group D)

• Nigeria — Brazil 0-4
• Nigeria — Yugoslavia 1-3
• Nigeria — Australia 0-1

• Quarter Finals

• Did not advance

• Team Roster

• ( 1.) David Ngodigha
• ( 2.) Emeka Ezeugo
• ( 3.) Andrew Uwe
• ( 4.) Ademola Adeshina
• ( 5.) Chidi Nwanu
• ( 6.) Dahiru Sadi
• ( 7.) Augustine Eguavoen
• ( 8.) Sylvanus Okpala
• ( 9.) Dominic Iorfa
• (10.) Samuel Okwaraji
• (11.) Rashidi Yekini
• (12.) Christian Obi
• (13.) Mike Obiku
• (14.) Bright Omokaro
• (15.) Samson Siasia
• (16.) Osaro Obobaifo
• (17.) Wole Odegbami
• (18.) Ndubuisi Okosieme
• (19.)
• (20.) Henry Nwosu

Head Coach: Manfred Höner

Tennis[]

Men's Singles Competition

• Sadiq Abdullahi
  1. First round — Lost to Javier Sánchez (Spain) 2-6, 5-7, 3-6
• Tony Mmoh
  1. First round — Defeated Wojtek Kowalski (Poland) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
  2. Second round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 6-4, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 1-6
• Nduka Odizor
  1. First round — Lost to Robert Seguso (United States) 4-6, 3-6, 2-6

Weightlifting[]

Men's Lightweight

• Lawrence Iquaibom

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Muyiwa Odusanya

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

• Olusola Awosina

Men's Super-Heavyweight

• Gilberg Ojadi Aduche

See also[]

References[]

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference