Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Nigeria at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   NGR
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004

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

Contents 1 Results by event 1.1 Athletics 1.2 Football (soccer) 1.3 Tennis 2 Reference

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 4x100m 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 4x400m 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

1. Qualification — 7.73m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Adewale Olukoju

• Qualification — 54.44m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400m Relay

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

1. Heat — 3:30.21 (→ did not advance)

[edit] 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 Ezeogu
• ( 3.) Andrew Uwe
• ( 4.) Ademola Adeshina
• ( 5.) Chidi Nwanu
• ( 6.) Saidi Dairu
• ( 7.) Augustine Eguavoen
• ( 8.) Sylvanus Okpala
• ( 9.) Dominic Jorfa
• (10.) Samuel Okwaraji
• (11.) Rashidi Yekini
• (12.) Christian Obi
• (13.) Mike Obiku
• (14.) Bright Omokaro
• (15.) Samson Siasia
• (16.) Osaro Obobaifo
• (17.) Wole Dofgbami
• (18.) Ndubuissi Okosieme
• (19.) Jude Agada
• (20.) Henry Nwosu

Head Coach: Manfred Hoener

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Sadiq Abdullahi
  1. First round — Lost to Javier Sanchez (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

[edit] Reference

• Official Olympic Reports

Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea

Afghanistan • Algeria • American Samoa • Andorra • Angola • Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Aruba • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Bahrain • Bangladesh • Barbados • Belgium • Belize • Benin • Bermuda • Bhutan • Bolivia • Botswana • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Brunei • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • Burma • Cameroon • Canada • Cayman Islands • Central African Republic • Chad • Chile • China • Chinese Taipei • Colombia • Congo • Cook Islands • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Djibouti • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Equatorial Guinea • Fiji • Finland • France • Gabon • Gambia • East Germany • West Germany • Ghana • Great Britain • Greece • Grenada • Guam • Guatemala • Guinea • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Iraq • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kenya • South Korea • Kuwait • Laos • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Malawi • Malaysia • Maldives • Mali • Malta • Mauritania • Mauritius • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Mozambique • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Niger • Nigeria • Norway • Oman • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Qatar • Romania • Rwanda • Saint Vincent‑Grenadines • Samoa • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Singapore • Solomon Islands • Somalia • Soviet Union • Spain • Sri Lanka • Sudan • Suriname • Swaziland • Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Thailand • Togo • Tonga • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Uganda • United Arab Emirates • United States • Uruguay • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • North Yemen • South Yemen • Yugoslavia • Zaire • Zambia • Zimbabwe