Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Nigeria at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of Nigeria.svg
IOC codeNGR
NOCNigeria Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.nigerianoc.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors17 in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 48th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
4
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Nigeria participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Track and road events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
100 m 10.76 2 10.24 2 21.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Triple jump 16.34 2 15.51 6 31.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Girls
Track and road events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Rosemary Chukuma 100 m 12.03 3 11.17 1 23.20 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Favour Ofili 400 m 57.51 13 55.51 5 1:53.02 10
Field events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Long jump 5.58 11 5.71 11 11.29 11

Badminton[]

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[1]

  • Girls' singles – 1 quota
Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Girls' Singles  Chaiwan (THA)
L (1–21, 4–21) 		 Jiménez (DOM)
L (17–21, 9–21) 		  (SRI)
L (8–21, 9–21) 		4 Did not advance 9
Team
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Team Epsilon
  (NGR)
  (TPE)
  (BRA)
  (VIE)
  (ESP)
 Goh Jin Wei (MAS)
  (MDA)
 Nazlıcan İnci (TUR) 		Mixed Teams  Alpha (MIX)
L (98–110) 		 Zeta (MIX)
L (89–110) 		 Delta (MIX)
W (110–108) 		4Q  Omega (MIX)
L (102–110) 		Did not advance 5

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Girls
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
-51 kg Bye   (BUL)
W 4–1 		  (ITA)
L 0–5 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
-60 kg   (AUS)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 5

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.[2]

  • Girls' C1 - 1 boat
  • Girls' K1 - 1 boat
Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
C1 sprint 2:28.59 9 2:34.37 3   (HUN)
L 2:32.75 		Did not advance
C1 slalom 2:01.24 10 DNF 8   (USA)
L DSQ 		Did not advance
K1 sprint 1:41.04 11 DSQ 11 Did not advance
K1 slalom 1:23.53 7 Bye  Bello (NGR)
W 1:25.00 		  (GER)
L 1:24.21 		Did not advance
Ayomide Emmanuel Bello C1 sprint 2:32.35 10 2:25.62 1   (UZB)
L 2:23.12 		Did not advance
C1 slalom 1:31.18 5 Bye   (BLR)
W 1:35.15 		  (FRA)
L 1:34.03 		Did not advance
K1 sprint 2:11.61 15 2:14.68 8   (ARG)
L DSQ 		Did not advance
K1 slalom 1:25.73 11 1:29.99 6   (NGR)
L 1:29.12 		Did not advance

Golf[]

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria received a quota of two athletes to compete by the tripartite committee.[3]

Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Par Rank
81 (+11) 25 82 (+12) 163 29 71 (+1) 234 2 234 +24 22
101 (+31) 32 87 (+17) 188 32 89 (+19) 277 31 277 +67 31
Team
Athletes Event Round 1
(Fourball) 		Round 2
(Foursome) 		Round 3
(Individual Stroke) 		Total
Score Rank Score Rank Girl Boy Total Rank Score Par Rank

Mixed team 71 (+1) 30 79 (+9) 25 76 87 163 (+23) 31 313 +33 30

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the African Continental Qualifier.[4]

  • Girls' singles -

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Girls' -58 kg 78 4 95 4 173 4

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships Nigeria has two female wrestlers in a qualifying position.[5][6]

Key:
  • VFA – Victory by Fall
  • VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
  • VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
  • VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
  • VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score
Girls' freestyle −43kg   (BRA)
L 9 – 6 VFA 		  (FRA)
L 0 – 1 VPO 		  (AZE)
L 0 – 6 VFA 		  (USA)
L 0 – 2 VFA 		5 Q   (NZL)
W WO 		9
Girls' freestyle −65kg   (CMR)
W 10 – 0 VSU 		  (EST)
W 7 – 0 VPO 		  (UKR)
L 1 – 2 VPO1 		 Sghaier (TUN)
W 9 – 0 VPO 		2 Q   (MGL)
L 4 – 15 VSU1 		4

References[]

  1. ^ "Youth Olympic Qualifiers updated 8 June WS" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Qualification and Rankings". IGF. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Rising to the challenge, Esther Oribamise qualifies for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". ITTF. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 African Championships". UWW. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Qualification System: Wrestling" (PDF). UWW. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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