Nigeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	65 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Mary Onyali
Medals Rank: 32	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 6
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Nigeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The most surprising achievement was Nigeria's gold in football. The team overcame what are usually considered much stronger teams, such as Spain and Brazil to earn the gold.

Medalists

Gold

• Chioma Ajunwa — Athletics, Women's Long Jump

• Abiodun Obafemi, Augustine Okocha, Celestine Babayaro, Daniel Amokachi, Emmanuel Amuneke, Emmanuel Babayaro, Garba Lawal, Joseph Dosu, Nwankwo Kanu, Kingsley Obiekwu, Mobi Obaraku, Uche Okechukwu, Sunday Oliseh, Taribo West, Teslim Fatusi, Tijani Babangida, Victor Ikpeba, and Wilson Oruma — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition

Silver

• Falilat Ogunkoya, Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf and Charity Opara — Athletics, Women's 4x400 metres Relay

Bronze

• Falilat Ogunkoya — Athletics, Women's 400 metres

• Mary Onyali — Athletics, Women's 200 metres

• Duncan Dokiwari — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Udeme Ekpeyong, Clement Chukwu, Ayuba Machem, and Sunday Bada

• Heat — 3:02.73
• Semi Final — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Kehinde Aladefa

• Heat — 49.60s (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Adewale Olukoju

• Qualification — 60.98m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400m Relay

• Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, and Falilat Ogunkoya

• Qualification — 3:23.24
• Final — 3:21.04 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Lade Akinremi

• Qualification — 56.83 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Chioma Ajunwa

• Qualification — 6.81m
• Final — 7.12m (→ Gold Medal)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Kehinde Aweda

• First Round — Lost to Khurshed Khasanov (Tajikstan), 10-20

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Daniel Attah

• First Round — Defeated Lynch Ipera (Papua New Guinea), 14-2
• Second Round — Lost to Janos Nagy (Hungary), 12-14

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Albert Eromosele

• First Round — Lost to Serguei Gorodnychov, Ukraine, 4-18

Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Duncan Dokiwari → (Bronze Medal)

• First Round — Defeated Mohammad Resa (Iran), referee stopped contest in second round
• Second Round — Defeated Sifarish Khan (Pakistan), referee stopped contest in second round
• Quarter Finals — Defeated Adaliat Marnedov (Azerbaijan), referee stopped contest in third round
• Semi Finals — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 6-7

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition:

• Sule Ladipo

• First round — Lost to Jason Stoltenberg (Australia) in two sets: 6-7 3-6

See also

• Nigeria at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Nigeria at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference