Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Nigeria at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Nigeria at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Nigeria
CGF code	NGR
CGA	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors	88 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Blessing Okagbare (opening)
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 9 Silver 9 Bronze 6 Total 24
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Nigeria competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 to 15 April 2018.^[1]

Track and field athlete Blessing Okagbare was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Roland Ezuruike	Powerlifting	Men's lightweight	10 April
Gold	Esther Oyema	Powerlifting	Women's lightweight	10 April
Gold	Ndidi Nwosu	Powerlifting	Women's heavyweight	10 April
Gold		Powerlifting	Men's heavyweight	10 April
Gold	Oluwatobiloba Amusan	Athletics	Women's 100 m Hurdles	13 April
Gold	Suwaibidu Galadima	Athletics	Men's 100 m T47	13 April
Gold	Odunayo Adekuoroye	Wrestling	Women's -57 kg	13 April
Gold	Blessing Oborududu	Wrestling	Women's -68 kg	13 April
Gold	Aminat Adeniyi	Wrestling	Women's -62 kg	14 April
Silver	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Athletics	Men's Shot Put	9 April
Silver	Bode Abiodun Quadri Aruna Olajide Omotayo Segun Toriola	Table tennis	Men's team	9 April
Silver	Paul Kehinde	Powerlifting	Men's lightweight	10 April
Silver	Lucy Ejike	Powerlifting	Women's lightweight	10 April
Silver	Blessing Onyebuchi	Wrestling	Women's −76 kg	12 April
Silver	Yinka Ajayi Patience Okon George Praise Idamadudu Glory Onome Nathaniel	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 m Relay	14 April
Silver	Faith Obazuaye	Table tennis	Women's TT6-10	14 April
Silver	Melvin Bibo	Wrestling	Men's -86 kg	14 April
Silver	Quadri Aruna	Table tennis	Men's singles	15 April
Bronze	Bose Samuel	Wrestling	Women's −53 kg	12 April
Bronze	Ebikewenimo Welson	Wrestling	Men's −57 kg	12 April
Bronze	Amas Daniel	Wrestling	Men's -65 kg	13 April
Bronze	Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Joy Udo-Gabriel	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m Relay	14 April
Bronze	Yetunde Odunuga	Boxing	Women's −60 kg	14 April
Bronze	Millicent Agboegbulem	Boxing	Women's −75 kg	14 April

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	2	1	5
Boxing	0	0	2	2
Powerlifting	4	2	0	6
Table tennis	0	3	0	3
Wrestling	3	2	3	8
Total	9	9	6	24

Medals by day
Day				Total
5 April	0	0	0	0
6 April	0	0	0	0
7 April	0	0	0	0
8 April	0	0	0	0
9 April	0	2	0	2
10 April	4	2	0	6
11 April	0	0	0	0
12 April	0	1	2	3
13 April	4	0	1	5
14 April	1	3	3	7
15 April	0	1	0	1
Total	9	9	6	24

Competitors[]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	17	20	37
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	4	4	8
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Powerlifting	3	3	6
Table tennis	6	1	7
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Wrestling	6	6	12
Total	51	37	88

Athletics[]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke	100 m	10.19	1 Q	10.24	1 Q	10.35	7
Ogho-Oghene Egwero		10.38	2 Q	10.426	6	Did not advance
Seye Ogunlewe		10.20	2 Q	10.20	3 q	10.19	4
Suwaibidu Galadima	100 m T47	N/A	11.04
Emmanuel Arowolo	200 m	20.99	3 q	21.25	8	Did not advance
Orukpe Eraiyokan	400 m	47.19	4	Did not advance
Samson Nathaniel		46.41	2 Q	46.61	5	Did not advance
Chidi Okezie		45.84 SB	4 Q	47.33	7	Did not advance
Oyeniyi Abejoye	110 m hurdles	14.10	7	N/A	Did not advance
Mohamed Rilwan Alowonle	400 m hurdles	49.49	4 q	N/A	49.80	5
	400 m hurdles	52.14	7	N/A	Did not advance
Emmanuel Arowolo Ogho-Oghene Egwero Usheoritse Itsekiri Seye Ogunlewe Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke*	4 × 100 m	38.52	3 Q	N/A	DSQ
Orukpe Eraiyokan Salihu Isah Samson Nathaniel Chidi Okezie	4 × 400 m	DSQ		N/A	Did not advance

* Competed in the heats only.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Shot put	20.66	2 Q	21.14
	Shot put	17.62	12 q	17.86	12
Stephen Mozia	Discus throw	59.95	6 q	59.58	7
	Javelin throw	73.49	15	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	100 m	11.69	3 Q	11.85	7	Did not advance
Jennifer Madu		11.62	3 Q	11.59	5	Did not advance
Joy Udo-Gabriel		11.42	2 Q	11.53	4	Did not advance
	200 m	23.54	4 Q	24.03	7	Did not advance
Praise Idamadudu	200 m	23.55	4 Q	23.69	7	Did not advance
Folasade Abugan	400 m	DSQ		Did not advance
Yinka Ajayi		51.71	1 Q	51.81	2 Q	52.26	8
Patience Okon George		DSQ		Did not advance
Oluwatobiloba Amusan	100 m hurdles	12.73	1 Q	N/A	12.68
	100 m hurdles	13.59	5	N/A	Did not advance
Glory Onome Nathaniel	400 m hurdles	56.01	3 Q	N/A	56.39	6
	400 m hurdles	DNF		N/A	Did not advance
Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Joy Udo-Gabriel	4 × 100 m	N/A	42.75
Yinka Ajayi Patience Okon George Praise Idamadudu Glory Onome Nathaniel	4 × 400 m	N/A	3:25.29
	20 km walk	N/A	1:49:31	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
	Long jump	6.12	14	Did not advance
	Triple jump	N/A	13.48	5
Doreen Amata	High jump	N/A	1.80	10
Kelechi Nwanaga	Javelin throw	N/A	53.17	6
	Javelin throw F46	N/A	22.11	4
Queen Obisesan	Hammer throw	N/A	63.84	5

Basketball[]

Nigeria has qualified a men's basketball teams of 12 athletes. The team qualified after being ranked in the top three in the Commonwealth (besides the host nation, Australia).^[3]

Men's tournament[]

Roster

Azuoma Dike
Ike Diogu
Uchenna Iroegbu
Abdul Yahaya

Pool A

Team v	PLD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Points
Australia	3	3	0	271	183	+88	6
New Zealand	3	2	1	265	204	+61	5
Canada	3	1	2	197	244	-47	4
Nigeria	3	0	3	187	289	-102	3

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the Qualifying finals

6 April 2018
20:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	65–110	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 20–26, 8–31, 22–29
Pts: Dike 15 Rebs: 8 Asts: , 2		Pts: Abercrombie 21 Rebs: Pledger 10 Asts: Ili, Kenny 6

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Liszka (POL), Kom Njilo (CMR),
Unsworth (GBR)

7 April 2018
14:00

Boxscore

Canada	82–67	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 20–21, 14–15, 25–15
Pts: Diressa, 24 Rebs: 6 Asts: 4		Pts: 29 Rebs: 15 Asts: Iroegbu, 3

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Boyer (AUS), Kom Njilo (CMR),
Unsworth (GBR)

9 April 2018
21:00

Boxscore

Australia	97–55	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23-17, 25-10, 28-14, 21-14
Pts: Brandt 16 Rebs: Cadee 9 Asts: Sobey 5		Pts: 19 Rebs: 8 Asts: 3

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Liszka (POL), Kom Njilo (CMR), Dodds (GBR)

Qualifying finals

10 April 2018
17:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	61–66	Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–17, 18–6, 15–20
Pts: Diogu 24 Rebs: Diogu 15 Asts: Iroegbu, 4		Pts: Murray 17 Rebs: Murray, Achara 8 Asts: 4

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Arnauld Kom Njilo (CMR), Artur Decastro (MOZ)

Boxing[]

Nigeria participated with a team of 8 athletes (4 men and 4 women)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−56 kg	N/A	(GHA) L 1-4	Did not advance
	−60 kg	Thadius Katua (PNG) L 1-3	Did not advance
	−69 kg	Manoj Kumar (IND) L 0-5	Did not advance
Lukmon Lawal	−81 kg	N/A	(UGA) L 1-4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−51 kg	N/A	Carly McNaul (NIR) L ABD	Did not advance
Yetunde Odunuga	−60 kg	BYE	Caroline Veyre (CAN) W RSC	Paige Murney (ENG) L 1-4	Did not advance
	−69 kg	BYE	Kaye Scott (AUS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Millicent Agboegbulem	−75 kg	(TGA) W 5-0	Elizabeth Andiego (KEN) W 5-0	Caitlin Parker (AUS) L 0-5	Did not advance

Gymnastics[]

Artistic[]

Nigeria participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men
Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
	Qualification	7.650	N/A		12.475	N/A		N/A

Rhythmic[]

Nigeria participated with 1 athlete (1 woman).

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Jade Faulkner	Qualification	9.800	8.500	9.500	6.000	33.800	24

Table tennis[]

Nigeria participated with 7 athletes (6 men and 1 woman).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bode Abiodun	Men's singles	(SLE) W 4 - 0	(KIR) W 4 - 0	1 Q	(NIR) W 4 - 1	Pitchford (ENG) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Quadri Aruna		Bye				(MRI) W 4 - 0	(SGP) W 4 - 1	Desai (IND) W 4 - 0	Kamal (IND) W 4 - 0	Gao (SGP) L 2 - 4
Segun Toriola		Bye				(TTO) W 4 - 1	Gnanasekaran (IND) L RET	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bode Abiodun Olajide Omotayo	Men's doubles	Bye	/ (PAK) W 3 - 0	Drinkhall / Pitchford (ENG) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Quadri Aruna Segun Toriola	Men's doubles	Bye	/ (JAM) W 3 - 0	/ (MAS) W 3 - 1	/ (SGP) L 1 - 3	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bode Abiodun Quadri Aruna Olajide Omotayo Segun Toriola	Men's team	Belize (BIZ) W 3 - 0	Malaysia (MAS) W 3 - 1	1 Q	Bye	Australia (AUS) W 3 - 1	England (ENG) W 3 - 2	India (IND) L 0 - 3

Para-sport

Athletes	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's TT6–10	(RSA) L 0 - 3	Mizrachi (AUS) L 0 - 3	Wilson (ENG) L 0 - 3	4	Did not advance
Faith Obazuaye	Women's TT6–10	McDonnell (AUS) W 3 - 0	(IND) W 3 - 0	Chan (CAN) W 3 - 0	1 Q	(ENG) W 3 - 0	Tapper (AUS) L 1 - 3

Weightlifting[]

Nigeria participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).^[4]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
	Men's −62 kg	112	9	156	3	268	5
	Men's −85 kg	147	3	177	5	324	5
	Women's −48 kg	66	5	88	4	154	5
	Women's −53 kg	Did not finish		Did not start

Powerlifting[]

Nigeria participated with 6 athletes (3 men and 3 women).

Athlete	Event	Result
Roland Ezuruike	Men's lightweight	224.3
Paul Kehinde	Men's lightweight	219.9
	Men's heavyweight	191.9
Lucy Ejike	Women's lightweight	134.1
Esther Oyema	Women's lightweight	141.6
Ndidi Nwosu	Women's heavyweight	110.4

Wrestling[]

Nigeria participated with 12 athletes (6 men and 6 women).

Repechage Format

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ebikewenimo Welson	Men's -57 kg	Bye	(SCO) W 4 - 0	Takahashi (CAN) L 0 - 5	Bye	(RSA) W 3 - 1
Amas Daniel	Men's -65 kg	(RSA) W 3 - 0	Punia (IND) L 0 - 4	Did not advance	(NZL) W 4 - 0	(CAN) W 3 - 1
	Men's -74 kg	Bye	(BAN) W 4 - 0	(RSA) L 0 - 5	Bye	(WAL) L 0 - 5	5
Melvin Bibo	Men's -86 kg	Bye	(SLE) W 5 - 0	(ENG) W 4 - 0	N/A	Inam (PAK) L 0 - 3
Soso Tamarau	Men's -97 kg	Bye	(CMR) W 4 - 1	Khatri (IND) L 1 - 3	Bye	(CYP) L 1 - 3	5
Blessing Onyebuchi	Women's -76 kg	N/A	(MRI) W 4 - 0	Kiran (IND) W 4 - 0	N/A	Wiebe (CAN) L 0 - 5

Group Stage Format

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Odunayo Adekuoroye	Women's -57 kg	(NIR) W 4 - 0	(CMR) W 4 - 1	(MRI) W 4 - 0	1 Q	(CAN) W 4 - 0	Dhanda (IND) W 3 - 1
Blessing Oborududu	Women's -68 kg	(KEN) W 5 - 0	(BAN) W 5 - 0	N/A	1 Q	Kakran (IND) W 4 - 1	Lappage (CAN) W 3 - 1

Nordic Format

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin				Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sinivie Boltic	Men's -125 kg	(PAK) L 0 - 5	Jarvis (CAN) L INJ	(CMR) NP	Malik (IND) L INJ	4
Mercy Genesis	Women's -50 kg	Phogat (IND) L 1 - 3	MacDonald (CAN) L 0 - 4	(AUS) W 4 - 0	N/A	3
Bose Samuel	Women's −53 kg	Kumari (IND) L 1 - 3	(AUS) W 4 - 0	Weicker (CAN) L 0 - 4	(SRI) W 5 - 0
Aminat Adeniyi	Women's -62 kg	Etane Ngolle (CMR) W 4 - 0	Malik (IND) W 3 - 1	Ford (NZL) W 4 - 0	Fazzari (CAN) W 5 - 0

References[]

^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Iheakam, Monica (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Okagbare named Nigeria's flag bearer for opening ceremony". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Iheakam, Monica (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Okagbare named Nigeria's flag bearer for opening ceremony". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[3] Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[4] "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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v t Associations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Contents

Medalists[]

Competitors[]

Athletics[]

Basketball[]

Men's tournament[]

Boxing[]

Gymnastics[]

Artistic[]

Rhythmic[]

Table tennis[]

Weightlifting[]

Powerlifting[]

Wrestling[]

See also[]

References[]