# Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Nigeria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| Boxing | 7 | – | 7 |
| Football | 17 | – | 17 |
| Judo | 3 | – | 3 |
| Table tennis | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Tennis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | – | 4 |
| Wrestling | 6 | – | 6 |
| Total | 62 | 8 | 70 |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Olapade Adeniken | 100 metres | 10.56 | 42 Q | 10.30 | 13 Q | 10.33 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Isiaq Adeyanju | 100 metres | 10.45 | 22 Q | 10.32 | 14 q | 10.60 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chidi Imoh | 100 metres | 10.62 | 44 Q | 11.44 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Olapade Adeniken | 200 metres | 20.77 | 8 Q | 20.92 | 16 Q | 20.67 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Isiaq Adeyanju | 200 metres | 21.10 | 25 Q | 21.01 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Innocent Egbunike | 400 metres | 46.02 | 11 Q | 45.02 | 7 Q | 44.74 | 8 Q | 44.72 | 5 |
| Sunday Uti | 400 metres | 47.08 | 30 Q | 45.33 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ado Maude | 800 metres | 1:50.48 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abbas Mohamed | Marathon | — | 2:35:26 | 70 |
| Yohanna Waziri | Marathon | — | 2:29:14 | 60 |
| Victor Edet Olapade Adeniken Isiaq Adeyanju Olatunji Olobia Davidson Ezinwa (*) Abdullahi Tetengi (*) | 4 × 100 metres relay | 39.15 | 6 Q | — | 39.05 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sunday Uti Moses Ugbisien Henry Amike Innocent Egbunike | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:06.59 | 10 Q | — | 3:01.13 | 4 Q | 3:02.50 | 7 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Yusuf Alli | Long jump | 7.73 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joseph Taiwo | Triple jump | 16.42 | 9 q | 16.46 | 9 |
| Adewale Olukoju | Discus throw | 54.44 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Falilat Ogunkoya | 200 metres | 23.12 | 14 Q | 22.88 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mary Onyali | 200 metres | 22.82 | 4 Q | 22.89 | 13 Q | 22.43 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Airat Bakare | 400 metres | 52.83 | 17 Q | 52.86 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Usifo | 100 metres hurdles | 13.50 | 20 q | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maria Usifo | 400 metres hurdles | 55.99 | 18 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Falilat Ogunkoya Kehinde Vaughan Airat Bakare Mary Onyali | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:30.21 | 9 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Grace Apiafi | Shot put | 15.06 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grace Apiafi | Discus throw | 49.84 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohammed Sabo | Bantamweight | Bye | Lowey (IRL) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anthony Konyegwachie | Featherweight | Dumitrescu (ROU) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Blessing Onoko | Lightweight | Lubulwa (UGA) W RSC R3 | Hegazi (EGY) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liasu Braimoh | Light welterweight | Bye | Jeon (KOR) L RSC R3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adewale Adegbusi | Welterweight | Bye | Joseph (ANT) W KO | Martínez (ESP) W 5–0 | Dydak (POL) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Osmond Imadiyi | Light heavyweight | — | Kanika (ZAI) W KO | Škaro (YUG) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ovwigbo Uba | Super heavyweight | — | Bye | Schnieders (FRG) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Football
### Summary

Key:
* A.E.T – After extra time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Nigeria men's | Men's tournament | Brazil L 0–4 | Yugoslavia L 1–3 | Australia L 0–1 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Team roster

Head coach: Manfred Höner
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| 1 | GK | David Ngodiga | 23 October 1962 | 25 | ? | Flash Flamingoes | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Emeka Ezeugo | 16 December 1965 | 22 | ? | Enugu Rangers | 2 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Andrew Uwe | 12 October 1967 | 20 | ? | Leventis United | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | Ademola Adeshina | 4 June 1964 | 24 | ? | SC Lokeren | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Chidi Nwanu | 1 January 1967 | 21 | ? | ACB Lagos | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Dahiru Sadi | 10 December 1965 | 22 | ? | Ranchers Bees | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Augustine Eguavoen | 19 August 1965 | 23 | ? | K.A.A. Gent | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sylvanus Okpala | 5 May 1961 | 27 | ? | CS Marítimo | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Dominic Iorfa | 1 October 1962 | 25 | ? | Ranchers Bees | 2 | 0 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Samuel Okwaraji | 19 March 1964 | 24 | ? | VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 0 | 259 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Rashidi Yekini | 23 October 1964 | 23 | ? | Africa Sports | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Christian Obi | 2 January 1967 | 21 | ? | Julius Berger FC | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Bright Omokaro | 24 February 1965 | 23 | ? | Flash Flamingoes | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Osaro Obobaifo | 1 August 1966 | 22 | ? | K.F.C. Winterslag | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Mike Obiku | 24 September 1968 | 19 | ? | Iwuanyanwu Nationale | 2 | 0 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | Samson Siasia | 14 August 1967 | 21 | ? | SC Lokeren | 3 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Wole Odegbami | 5 October 1962 | 25 | ? | JIB Rock Strikers | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ndubuisi Okosieme | 28 September 1966 | 21 | ? | El-Kanemi Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Jude Agada | 22 October 1965 | 22 | ? | Enugu Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Henry Nwosu | 14 June 1963 | 25 | ? | ACB Lagos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Majemite Omagbaluwaje | 65 kg | Bye | Ioannou (CYP) W Waza-ari | Carabetta (FRA) L Yusei-gachi | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mamudu Adamu | 78 kg | Metsola (FIN) L Chui | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| West Iqiebor | 86 kg | Bye | Carmona (BRA) L Hansoku-goshi | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yomi Bankole | Singles | Lo (HKG) L 0–3 | Wu (TPE) L 0–3 | Harczi (HUN) W 3–2 | Choy (MRI) W 3–0 | Ali (IRQ) W 3–1 | Ding (AUT) L 0–3 | Chen (CHN) L 1–3 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Atanda Musa | Singles | Miyazaki (JPN) L 0–3 | López (VEN) W 3–0 | Haberl (AUS) W 3–1 | Ghorpade (IND) W 3–1 | Grubba (POL) L 0–3 | Primorac (YUG) W 3–1 | Roßkopf (FRG) L 2–3 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fatai Adeyemo Yomi Bankole | Doubles | Ahn / Yoo (KOR) L 0–2 | Kano / Kawai (BRA) W 2–1 | Grubba / Kucharski (POL) L 0–2 | Lo / Vong (HKG) L 0–2 | Roßkopf / Fetzner (FRG) L 0–2 | Gambra / Núñez (CHI) L 1–2 | Saito / Watanabe (JPN) L 0–2 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Atanda Musa Titus Omotara | Doubles | Huang / Wu (TPE) L 0–2 | Ng / Pintea (CAN) L 0–2 | Gatien / Birocheau (FRA) L 0–2 | Choy / Hosnani (MRI) W 2–0 | Mazunov / Rozenberh (URS) W 2–0 | Jiang / Xu (CHN) L 0–2 | Lupulesku / Primorac (YUG) L 2–1 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Iyabo Akanmu | Singles | Hong (KOR) L 0–3 | Bátorfi (HUN) L 0–3 | Nemes (FRG) L 0–3 | Díaz (CHI) L 1–3 | Kloppenburg (NED) L 1–3 | — | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kuburat Owolabi | Singles | Hoshino (JPN) L 1–3 | Fazlić (YUG) L 0–3 | Nolten (FRG) L 2–3 | Liyau (PER) W 3–2 | Hyun (KOR) L 0–3 | — | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Iyabo Akanmu Kuburat Owolabi | Doubles | Bulatova / Kovtun (URS) L 0–2 | Perkučin / Fazlić (YUG) L 0–2 | Bátorfi / Urbán (HUN) L 0–2 | Chang / Lin (TPE) L 0–2 | Mok / Hui (HKG) L 0–2 | Bisiach / Tepper (AUS) W 2–0 | Hyun / Yang (KOR) L 0–2 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sadiq Abdullahi | Singles | Seguso (USA) L 4–6, 3–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tony Mmoh | Singles | Kowalski (POL) W 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 | Schapers (NED) L 6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 6–4, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nduka Odizor | Singles | Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 2–6, 5–7, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tony Mmoh Nduka Odizor | Doubles | Bye | Forget / Leconte (FRA) L 3–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Lawrence Iquaibom | 67.5 kg | 125.0 | 14 | 160.0 | 11 | 285.0 | 12 |
| Muyiwa Odusanya | 82.5 kg | 150.0 | 9 | 170.0 | 11 | 320.0 | 9 |
| Olusola Awosina | 90 kg | 140.0 | 14 | 192.5 | 7 | 332.5 | 12 |
| Gilbert Ojadi Aduche | +110 kg | NM | NM | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Wrestling
### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Amos Ojo Adekunle | 48 kg | Şükrüoğlu (TUR) L 1–8 | Delgado (COL) L 6–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Garba Lame | 52 kg | Stecyk (POL) L Fall | Seyhanlı (TUR) L 1–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Monday Eguabor | 74 kg | Westendorf (GDR) L 1–4 | Sofiadi (BUL) L 0–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Victor Kodei | 82 kg | Doyle (GBR) W 15–9 | Rodríguez (PUR) W Fall | Zayar (SYR) W 7–1 | Schultz (USA) L Fall | Tambovtsev (URS) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christian Iloanusi | 90 kg | Ota (JPN) L 6–12 | Maruwala (PAK) L Passivity | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jackson Bidei | 100 kg | Sezgin (TUR) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |