Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1988 Summer Olympics 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 |
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Nigeria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
Results by event
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
- Heat – 3:06.59
- Semi Final – 3:01.13
- 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
- Qualification — 54.44m (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x400m Relay
- Falilat Ogunkoya, Kehinde Vaughan, Airat Bakare, and Mary Onyali
- Heat — 3:30.21 (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
- Qualification – 49.84m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
- Qualification — 15.06m (→ did not advance)
Football (soccer)
- Preliminary Round (Group D)
- 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.) Jude Agada
- (20.) Henry Nwosu
Head Coach: Manfred Hoener d.THeofanis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Sadiq Abdullahi
- First round — Lost to Javier Sánchez (Spain) 2-6, 5-7, 3-6
- Tony Mmoh
- First round — Defeated Wojtek Kowalski (Poland) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Second round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 6-4, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 1-6
- Nduka Odizor
- First round — Lost to Robert Seguso (United States) 4-6, 3-6, 2-6
See also
- Nigeria at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Nigeria at the 1990 Commonwealth Games