Nigeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| Nigeria at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: NGR | ||||
| 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||
| Medals Rank: 32 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 3 |
Total 6 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
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.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] Gold
- Chioma Ajunwa — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Abiodon Obafemi, Augustine Okocha, Celestine Babayaro, Daniel Amokachi, Emmanuel Amunike, 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
[edit] Silver
- Falilat Ogunkoya, Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf and Charity Opara — Athletics, Women's 4x400 metres Relay
[edit] Bronze
- Falilat Ogunkoya — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
- Mary Onyali — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
- Duncan Dokiwari — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Kehinde Aladefa
- Heat — 49.60s (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
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- Qualification — 60.98m (→ did not advance)
[edit] 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 (> 91kg)
- 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
[edit] Tennis
Men's Singles Competition:
- Sule Ladipo
- First round — Lost to Jason Stoltenberg (Australia) in two sets: 6-7 3-6
[edit] References
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