List of Nigerian records in athletics
Men

List of Nigerian records in athletics

Section Title: Men
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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref

100 m	9.85 (+1.7 m/s)	Olusoji Fasuba	12 May 2006	Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix	Qatar Doha, Qatar

200 m	19.84 (+1.7 m/s)	Francis Obikwelu	25 August 1999	World Championships	Spain Seville, Spain

19.76 (+0.8 m/s)	Divine Oduduru	20 April 2019	Michael Johnson Invitational	United States Waco, United States

400 m	44.17	Innocent Egbunike	19 August 1987	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland

800 m	1:45.91	Ado Maude	9 September 1992	Italy Bologna, Italy

1500 m	3:42.85	Ado Maude	19 July 1991	Italy Cesenatico, Italy

3000 m	8:13.01	Ibrahim Kabir	13 June 1986	West Germany Lage, West Germany

5000 m	14:15.50	Timon Gunem	19 June 1993	Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria

10000 m	29:04.5	Itsifamus Choolon	7 June 1998	Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria

Half marathon	1:10:43	Umaru Mohammed	5 May 2002	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

Marathon	2:16:06	Mohamed Abbas	11 November 1990	Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria

110 m hurdles	13.27 (+0.6 m/s)	Antwon Hicks	7 July 2016	Warri Relays & Olympic Trials	Nigeria Sapele, Nigeria

400 m hurdles	48.50	Henry Amike	31 August 1987	World Championships	Italy Rome, Italy

3000 m steeplechase	8:55.78	Soudi Hamajam	14 June 2013	Nigeria Warri, Nigeria

High jump	2.27 m	Anthony Idiata	9 September 1998	Greece Rhodes, Greece

18 September 1999	All-Africa Games	South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa

Pole vault	4.60 m	Peter Moreno	24 May 2015	United Kingdom Bedford, United Kingdom

11 July 2015	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

4.60 m	14 September 2015	African Games	Republic of the Congo Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Long jump	8.27 m (-0.4 m/s)	Yusuf Alli	8 August 1989	Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria

Triple jump	17.26 m (+1.5 m/s)	Ajayi Agbebaku	8 July 1983	Canada Edmonton, Canada

Shot put	21.76 m	Stephen Mozia	19 July 2016	Grand Prix	Czech Republic Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

21.77 m	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	28 April 2019	Grand Premio Brazil	Brazil Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Discus throw	67.80 m	Adewale Olukoju	11 May 1991	Modesto Relays	United States Modesto, United States

Hammer throw	66.92 m	Christian Okoye	22 March 1986	United States Westwood, United States

Javelin throw	81.08 m	Pius Bazighe	16 June 1999	Athens Grand Prix	Greece Athens, Greece

Decathlon	7252 pts	Peter Moreno	27–28 May 2017	England Athletics U20/Senior Combined Events Championships	United Kingdom Bedford, United Kingdom

20 km walk (road)	1:31:27	Elegbede Bamidele	14 March 2015	AFN All Comers Meeting	Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria

1:25:42 #	Kazeem Adeyemi	3 July 2008	Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria

50 km walk (road)	6:00:16	Charles Arosanyin	3 June 2002	United Kingdom Bradford, United Kingdom

4 × 100 m relay	37.94	Nigeria Osmond Ezinwa Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa	9 August 1997	World Championships	Greece Athens, Greece

37.91 X	Nigeria Innocent Asonze Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa Deji Aliu	29 August 1999	World Championships	Spain Seville, Spain

4 × 200 m relay	1:24.43	Nigeria Divine Oduduru Nicholas Imhoaperamhe Robert Simmons Orukpe Erayokan	25 April 2015	Penn Relays	United States Philadelphia, United States

4 × 400 m relay	2:58.68	Nigeria Clement Chukwu Jude Monye Sunday Bada Enefiok Udo-Obong	30 September 2000	Olympic Games	Australia Sydney, Australia

Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)	3:16.27	Nigeria Orukpe Erayokan (200 m) Robert Simmons (200 m) Chidi Okezie (400 m) Sean Obinwa (800 m)	29 April 2017	Penn Relays	United States Philadelphia, United States

Sentence(s)

Pius Bazighe sets 81.08 meters on June 16, 1999 at a meet in Athens, Greece, making it the Nigerian record.

final_sentence: Pius Bazighe sets 81.08 meters on June 16, 1999 at a meet in Athens, Greece, making it the Nigerian record.