Nigeria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Olympics. Nigeria missed the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott. The Nigerian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1984. A total of 53 athletes, 30 men and 23 women, competed in 8 sports. Men's basketball was the only team-based sport in which Nigeria was represented at these Olympic Games. Among the eight sports played by the athletes, Nigeria marked its official Olympic debut in slalom canoeing.
The Nigerian team featured two Olympic medalists from Beijing: taekwondo jin Chika Chukwumerije, who served as the nation's team captain, and long jumper Blessing Okagbare. Table tennis player Segun Toriola, the oldest member of the team, at age 37, became the first Nigerian athlete to compete in six Olympic games. Toriola's fellow table tennis player Olufunke Oshonaike made her fifth Olympic appearance, making her the nation's oldest and most experienced female athlete. Freestyle wrestler Sinivie Boltic was Nigeria's first male flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 2000.
Nigeria failed to win a single medal for the first time in Olympic history since 1988, after achieving poor athletic performance at these Games. Triple jumper Tosin Oke, the women's sprint relay team (led by Blessing Okagbare), and weightlifter Felix Ekpo qualified successfully for the final rounds of their respective events, but missed out of the medal standings. Following the athletes' lackluster performance, President Goodluck Jonathan "called for a complete overhaul of Nigerian sports administration". A few weeks after the Olympics, the Nigerian athletes, however, were able to recapture the nation's sporting success at the Paralympics, as they had earned a total of twelve medals, including six golds.
Athletics
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):
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankOgho-Oghene Egwero100 mcolspan=2 10.386did not advancePeter Emeliezecolspan=2 10.225did not advanceObinna Joseph Metucolspan=2 10.355did not advanceNoah Akwu200 m20.675colspan=2 did not advanceAmaechi Morton400 m hurdles49.343 Qcolspan=2 did not advanceSelim Nurudeen110 m hurdles13.512 Qcolspan=2 13.555did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionStanley GbagekeLong jump7.5927did not advanceTosin OkeTriple jump16.839 q16.957
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSeun Adigun100 m hurdles13.564colspan=2 did not advanceGloria Asumnu100 mcolspan=2 11.133 Q11.215did not advance200 m23.436colspan=2 did not advanceRegina George400 m51.241 Qcolspan=2 51.355did not advanceMuizat Ajoke Odumosu400 m hurdles54.933 Qcolspan=2 54.401 Q55.318Blessing Okagbare100 mcolspan=2 10.931 Q10.921 Q11.008Omolara Omotosho400 m52.114 qcolspan=2 51.414did not advanceOludamola Osayomi100 mcolspan=2 11.364did not advanceChristy Udoh200 m23.195colspan=2 did not advanceEndurance AbinuwaGloria AsumnuBlessing OkagbareOludamola OsayomiChristy Udoh*4 × 100 m relay42.755 qcolspan=4 42.644Bukola AbogunlokoRegina GeorgeMuizat Ajoke OdumosuOmolara OmotoshoIdara Otu*4 × 400 m relay3:26.294 qcolspan=4
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionDoreen AmataHigh jump1.9017did not advanceBlessing OkagbareLong jump6.3417did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankUhunoma OsazuwaResult13.461.7712.7724.625.74—Points10569417129227710—
Basketball
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Boxing
Nigeria has so far qualified boxers for the following events
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMuideen Olalekan AkanjiMiddleweightL 6–15did not advanceLukmon Olaiwola LawalLight heavyweightL 7–19did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEdith OgokeMiddleweightW 14–12L 8–18did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Nigeria has qualified boats for the following events
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankJonathan AkinyemiMen's K-1104.7020146.9521104.7021did not advance
Table tennis
Nigeria has so far qualified two men and two women.
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankQuadri ArunaMen's singlesW 4–2L 2–4did not advanceSegun ToriolaW 4–1L 1–4did not advanceOffiong EdemWomen's singles L 2–4did not advanceOlufunke Oshonaike W 4–3L 0–4did not advance
Taekwondo
Nigeria has qualified 2 athletes.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIsah Adam MuhammadMen's −68 kgL 1–13did not advanceChika ChukwumerijeMen's +80 kgL 0–1did not advance
Weightlifting
Nigeria has qualified the following quota places.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankFelix EkpoMen's −77 kg151718083318Mariam UsmanWomen's +75 kg1293160129
Wrestling
Nigeria has qualified the following quota places.
Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAndrew Dick−84 kgL 1–3 did not advanceL 0–5 Did not advance18Sinivie Boltic−96 kgL 1–3 did not advance14
Women's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBlessing Oborududu−63 kgL 0–3 did not advance19Amarachi Obiajunwa−72 kgL 0–5 did not advance15
See also Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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