Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the Olympic Games
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	(as of 9 Oct 2011) 17 in 3 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Nigeria is scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Nigerian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[1][2]

Qualified three (or more) athletes at the A Standard

• None

Qualified two athletes at the A Standard

• Men's 100 m
• Women's 100 m
• Women's 200 m

Qualified one athlete at the A Standard

• Men's 400 m hurdles
• Men's triple jump
• Women's high jump
• Women's long jump

Qualified one (or more) athletes at the B Standard

• Women's 100 m hurdles
• Women's 400 m hurdles

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Nigeria has so far qualified two men and two women.

Men

• Quadri Aruna
• Segun Toriola

Women

• Offiong Edem
• Olufunke Oshonaike

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Nigeria has so far qualified the following quota places.

• Men's Freestyle -96kg

Reference

1. ^ "iaaf.org - Top Lists". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
2. ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS, IAAF, http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_EntryStandards_London2012_24135.pdf, retrieved 27 September 2011 

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