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Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

which were held in Beijing

Beijing

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, People's Republic of China

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from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event
Nigeria national football team Nigeria national football team The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...	Football Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...	Men's competition Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...
Chika Chukwumerije Chika Chukwumerije Chika Chukwumerije is a male taekwondo practitioner from Nigeria. The son of Nigerian politician Uche Chukwumerije, Chika first drew attention in 2003 during the qualifiers for the 2003 All-Africa Games, where he eventually won a bronze medal in the Heavyweight Male category...	Taekwondo Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 20 to August 23 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. 128 Taekwondo practitioners, 64 men and 64 women, competed in 8 events...	Men's +80 kg
Blessing Okagbare Blessing Okagbare Blessing Okagbare is a Nigerian long and triple jumper and short sprinter.In May 2007, at the All-Africa Games trials in Lagos, she established a Nigerian record of 14.13 metres in the triple jump. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she won the silver medal in the long jump and finished fourth in the...	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Women's long jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying performance 6.75 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.Q - Qualified by right / q - Qualified by result / NM - No Mark / NR - National Record / SB - Season Best / DQ - Disqualified-Final:...
Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Gloria Kemasuode Gloria Kemasuode Ubiebor is a female track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Nigeria.... Halimat Ismaila Halimat Ismaila Halimat Ismaila is a Nigerian athlete who won a bronze medal in 4x100 metre relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.... Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Bolanle Osayomi is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Olympic bronze medal with Nigeria in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics... Agnes Osazuwa Agnes Osazuwa Agnes Osazuwa is a female track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.Osazuwa represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay together with Gloria Kemasuode, Oludamola Osayomi and Ene Franca Idoko she also took part in the... (heats only)	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Women's 4x100 metre relay Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x100 metre relay The Women's 4x100 metre relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 and 22 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period...

Athletics

Fourteen men and eighteen women qualified to represent Nigeria in athletics.

men's 100m: Obinna Metu
Obinna Metu
Joseph Obinna Metu is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Leverkusen....
men's 100m: Olusoji Fasuba
Olusoji Fasuba
Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds....
men's 100m: Adetoyi Durotoye
men's 100m: Uchenna Emedolu
Uchenna Emedolu
Uchenna Emedolu is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second...
men's 100m: Chinedu Oriala
Chinedu Oriala
Chinedu Oriala is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.Oriala represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Obinna Metu, Onyeabor Ngwogu and Uchenna Emedolu...
men's 100m: Onyeabor Nwaogu
men's 100m: Deji Aliu
Deji Aliu
Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....
men's 200m: Obinna Metu
Obinna Metu
Joseph Obinna Metu is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Leverkusen....
men's 400m: Goodday James
men's 400m: Saul Weipogwa
men's 400m: Bola Lawal
men's 400m: Gbenga Awoleye
men's 400m: Victor Isaiah
men's 400m: Femi Ogunode
men's 110m hurdles: Salim Nurudeen
women's 100m: Damola Osayomi
women's 100m: Franca Idoko
women's 100m: Gloria Kemasuode
Gloria Kemasuode
Gloria Kemasuode Ubiebor is a female track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Nigeria....
women's 100m: Agnes Osazuwa
Agnes Osazuwa
Agnes Osazuwa is a female track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.Osazuwa represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay together with Gloria Kemasuode, Oludamola Osayomi and Ene Franca Idoko she also took part in the...
women's 100m: Halimat Ismaila
Halimat Ismaila
Halimat Ismaila is a Nigerian athlete who won a bronze medal in 4x100 metre relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
women's 100m: Kate Aregunmen
women's 200m: Damola Osayomi
women's 200m: Gloria Kemasuode
women's 400m: Folashade Abugan
Folashade Abugan
Folashade Abugan is a female Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was the 400 m bronze medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games and improved to the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships, where she set a personal best time of 50.89 seconds...
women's 400m: Joy Eze
Joy Eze
Joy Eze is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 51.20 seconds, set during the 2007 All-Africa Games....
women's 400m: Ajoke Odumosu
women's 400m: Oluoma Nwoke
women's 400m: Endurance Abinuwa
women's 400m: Gladys Stephen
women's 4x400m: Abugan, Eze, Odumosu, Nwoke, Abinuwa & Stephen
women's 110m hurdles: Toyin Augustus
Toyin Augustus
Olutoyin "Toyin" Augustus is a Nigerian hurdler who competes in the 100 metres hurdles.She began her career with a win at the African Championships in Athletics in 2006, easily beating the opposition to the 100 m hurdles title. She went on to represent Africa at the 2006 IAAF World Cup, where...
women's 110m hurdles: Jessica Ohanaja
women's high jump: Doreen Amata
Doreen Amata
Doreen Amata is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event.Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 2007 All-Africa...
women's long jump: Blessing Okagbare
Blessing Okagbare
Blessing Okagbare is a Nigerian long and triple jumper and short sprinter.In May 2007, at the All-Africa Games trials in Lagos, she established a Nigerian record of 14.13 metres in the triple jump. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she won the silver medal in the long jump and finished fourth in the...
women's triple jump: Chinonye Ohadugba
women's shot put: Vivian Chukwuemeka
Vivian Chukwuemeka
Vivian Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian shot putter and two-time Olympian. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has won three consecutive titles at the All-Africa Games from 1999 to 2007. She was the African Champion in the event in 2002, 2006 and 2008...

Badminton

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Grace Daniel	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	L 21-13 21-8	Did not advance

Boxing

Nigeria qualified four boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All four qualified at the second African continental qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rasheed Lawal Rasheed Lawal Rasheed Olawale Lawal is a Nigerian amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in the lightweight division.At the 2007 All-Africa Games he lost to Herbert Nkabiti at junior welterweight and went down a division...	Lightweight		L 0-12	Did not advance
Dauda Izobo Dauda Izobo -Career:Izobo qualified for the 2008 Olympics at Light-heavyweight at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.He lost his semi-final to Bastir Samir , but defeated Domfack Adjoufack to win the third spot.-External links:**...	Light heavyweight	L RSC	Did not advance
Olanrewaju Durodola	Heavyweight		L 0-11	Did not advance
Onorede Ehwareme Onorede Ehwareme Onorede Ehwareme also Onorede Ohwarieme is an amateur boxer from Nigeria. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the super heavyweight division....	Super heavyweight Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Super heavyweight The super heavyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the heaviest class. Super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms ....		L 1-11	Did not advance

Team roster and tournament results

№	Pos	GP	Min	G	S	F
1	GK	6	540				2
2	D	5	450	1	13	7	2
4	D	5	450			9	4
5	D	6	540		1	2
6	M	2	102		2	3
7	F	5	289	2	13	5	1
8	M	6	540		6	8
9	F	6	527	3	21	7	1
10	M	6	322	1	6	6
11	F	6	427		10	8
12	M	6	487		9	8	2
13	D	5	450	1	5	8	2
14	F	6	434	1	18	8
15	D	2	180			1
16	F	5	114	1	8	4
17	M	6	88		2	5
18	GK	0
19	M	0
Team totals		6	540	10	114	90	14	0	0

Legend:

Source: BOCOG

Head coach: Samson Siasia

Samson Siasia

Samson Siasia is a former football striker from Nigeria and the former head coach of the Nigerian Men National football team from 2010 to 2011.-Club career:...

Match results

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	4	2
7
	3	1	2	0	3	2
5
	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Roster

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
1	Precious Dede Precious Dede Precious Uzoaru Dede is a Nigerian female football goalkeeper with Delta Queens FC and Nigeria women's national football team....	Delta Queens F.C.	January 18, 1980 (age 28)	0	0	0	0	0
18	Tochukwu Oluehi Tochukwu Oluehi Tochukwu Oluehi is a Nigerian female goalkeeper with Bayelsa Queens and the Nigeria women's national football team.-References:...	Bayelsa Queens	May 02, 1987 (age 21)	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Efioanwan Ekpo Efioanwan Ekpo Efioanwan Ekpo is a Nigerian female footballer. A member of the Nigeria women's national football team, Ekpo competed at the 2003 World Cup, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2006 African Championship, 2007 World Cup and 2008 Summer Olympics....	Pelican Stars	January 25, 1984 (age 24)	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ayisat Yusuf	Delta Queens F.C.	March 06, 1985 (age 23)	0	0	0	0	0
10	Rita Chikwelu Rita Chikwelu Rita Chikwelu is a Nigerian female professional football player for Finnish Naisten Liiga club FC United Pietarsaari. She is also a member of the Nigeria women's national football team ....	United Pietarsaari	March 06, 1988 (age 20)	0	0	0	0	0
11	Lilian Cole	Delta Queens F.C.	August 01, 1985 (age 23)	0	0	0	0	0
16	Ulunma Jerome Ulunma Jerome Ulunma Jerome is a football defender who plays for Piteå of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Jerome has also made several appearances for the Nigeria women's national football team. Her debut was in the Damallsvenskan on 13 April 2011 against Linköping.-External links:*...	Rivers Angels	April 11, 1988 (age 20)	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	Perpetua Nkwocha Perpetua Nkwocha Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha is a Nigerian female professional footballer, who currently plays for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Sunnanå SK...	Sunnana SK	January 03, 1976 (age 32)	0	0	0	0	0
6	Kikelomo Ajayi	Tianjin Teda F.C.	April 28, 1977 (age 31)	0	0	0	0	0
7	Stella Mbachu	Tianjin Teda F.C.	April 16, 1978 (age 30)	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sarah Michael	Delta Queens F.C.	July 22, 1990 (age 18)	0	0	0	0	0
14	Faith Ikidi Faith Ikidi Faith Ikidi , in Nigeria soccer Defender currently playing for Pitea IF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She plays in the Nigeria women's national football team.-References:...	Linkopings F.C.	February 28, 1987 (age 21)	0	0	0	0	0
15	Tawa Ishola	Bayelsa Queens	December 23, 1988 (age 19)	0	0	0	0	0
17	Edith Eduviere	FCT Queens	June 18, 1986 (age 21)	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
5	Onome Ebi	Bayelsa Queens	May 08, 1983 (age 25)	0	0	0	0	0
8	Ifeanyi Chiejine	Bayelsa Queens	May 17, 1983 (age 25)	0	0	0	0	0
12	Cynthia Uwak Cynthia Uwak Cynthia Uwak is a Nigerian football striker who currently is playing for PK-35 Vantaa in the Women's League in Finland. Uwak previously played for 1. FC Saarbrücken in the Women's Bundesliga , FC United of Jakobstad and Olympique Lyonnais...	Falkopings	July 15, 1986 (age 22)	0	0	0	0	0
13	Christie George	Pelican Stars	May 10, 1984 (age 24)	0	0	0	0	0
Coach
	Joseph Ladipo

Results

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3
Team
	3	2	1	0	5	2
7
	3	2	1	0	2	0
7
	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Judo

Vivian Yusuf represented Nigeria in Judo.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vivian Yusuf	−78 kg		L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Table Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Monday Merotohun	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles The Men's singles table tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 and the finals took place on August 23....	L 2-4	Did not advance
Segun Toriola Segun Toriola Segun Moses Toriola, born 18 September 1974 in Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria is a Nigerian professional table tennis player.He is the youngest of nine brothers....	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles The Men's singles table tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 and the finals took place on August 23....	W 4-3	W 4-3	W 4-2	L 3-4	Did not advance

A third man participated in the team event.

Men's Team
August 13

	0–3
	0–3

August 14

3–2

Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
6	3	3	0	9	0
5	3	2	1	6	4
4	3	1	2	3	8
3	3	0	3	3	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bose Kaffo Bose Kaffo Bose Kaffo, born 14 December 1972 in Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria is a Nigerian professional table tennis player who competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008....	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....	L 4-1	Did not advance
Cecilia Offiong	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....	L 4-0	Did not advance

Women's Team
August 13

	0–3
	0–3

August 14

0–3

Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
6	3	3	0	9	0
5	3	2	1	6	4
4	3	1	2	4	6
3	3	0	3	0	9

Taekwondo

Muhammad Isah Adam and Chika Chukwumerije

Chika Chukwumerije

Chika Chukwumerije is a male taekwondo practitioner from Nigeria. The son of Nigerian politician Uche Chukwumerije, Chika first drew attention in 2003 during the qualifiers for the 2003 All-Africa Games, where he eventually won a bronze medal in the Heavyweight Male category...

represented Nigeria in Taekwondo.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze Medal Contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Muhammad Isah Adam	−68 kg Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 68 kg The men's 68 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place in the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium on August 21. A total of 16 men competed in the event, limited to fighters whose body weight is less than 68 kilograms...	W 3-1	L 0-3	Did not advance
Chika Chukwumerije Chika Chukwumerije Chika Chukwumerije is a male taekwondo practitioner from Nigeria. The son of Nigerian politician Uche Chukwumerije, Chika first drew attention in 2003 during the qualifiers for the 2003 All-Africa Games, where he eventually won a bronze medal in the Heavyweight Male category...	+80 kg	W 3-1	W 1-0	L 2-3	W 4-3

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Felix Ekpo Felix Ekpo Felix Ekpo is a Nigerian weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category. His personal best is 335 kg.He won overall gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games, with a total of 333 kg....	-77 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 77 kg The men's 77 kg weightlifting event was the fourth lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...	143.0	18	182.0	14	325.0	15
Benedict Uloko Benedict Uloko Benedict Uloko is a Nigerian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category.He competed at the 2007 All-Africa Games, but did not finish.At the 2008 African Championships he won overall gold with a total of 341 kg....	-85 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 85 kg The men's 85 kg weightlifting event was the fifth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters...	148.0	16	191.0	13	339.0	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mariam Usman Mariam Usman Mariam Usman is a Nigerian weightlifter. She competes in the +75 kg category.-Biography:Usman won overall silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games, with a total of 248 kg....	+75 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's +75 kg The women's +75 kg weightlifting event was the heaviest women's event at the weightlifting competition, allowing competitors with over 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on August 16, starting at 19:00....	115.0	=6	150.0	=2	265.0	5

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Place
Yellow Yeiyah Yellow Yeiyah Yellow Yeiyah, last names also seen as two words "Yei Yah", is an Olympic swimmer from Nigeria. He swam for Nigeria at the 2008 Olympics....	Men's 50m freestyle	Heat 6	24.00	55

Ngozi Monu Ngozi Monu Ngozi Rosalin Monu is a Nigerian swimmer. Monu is the most prolific female swimmer from Nigeria. She focuses on the 50m & 100m freestyle event. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics...	Women's 50m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	Heat 6	27.39	52

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Wilson Siewari	−120 kg		' L 0-3, 0-6	Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Amarachi Obiajunwa Amarachi Obiajunwa Amarachi Obiajunwa is a female freestyle wrestler from Nigeria who participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. She lost in the 1/8 of final with Ali Bernard from USA.-External links:*...	−72 kg		' L F	Did not advance

Medalists

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Team roster and tournament results

Match results

Roster

Results

Judo

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Swimming

Wrestling

See also