Nigeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Nigeria at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   NGR
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
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 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Contents 1 Results by event 1.1 Boxing 1.2 Football (soccer) 1.2.1 Men's team competition 2 Reference

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Nureni Gbadamosi
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (5-0)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• William Azanor
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Tsacho Andreikovski (Bulgaria) after knock-out in first round

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Christopher Ossai
  1. First Round — Lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Peter Aydele
  1. First Round — Lost to Farouk Chanchoun Jawad (Iraq) on points (0-5)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Solomon Ataga
  1. First Round — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) after knock-out in first round

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Men's team competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Kuwait (1-3)
• Drew with Czechoslovakia (1-1)
• Lost to Colombia (0-1)

• Quarter Finals

• Did not advance

Team Roster

• Best Ogedegbe
• Moses Effiong
• David Adiele
• Sylvanus Okpala
• Leotis Boateng
• John Orlando
• Tunde Bamidele
• Isima Okey
• Shefiu Mohamed
• Alloysius Atuegbu
• Henry Nwosu
• Felix Owolabi
• Mudashiru Lawal
• Adokie Amiesimaka
• Emmanuel Osigwe
• Ikhana Kadiri

[edit] Reference

• Official Olympic Reports

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