# Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Nigeria competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation made its debut in 1952, Nigerian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Blessing Oborududu | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 68 kg | August 3 |
| Bronze | Ese Brume | Athletics | Women's long jump | August 3 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of Nigerian competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Badminton | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Total | 25 | 30 | 55 |

## Summary
### Mass disqualification of Nigerian athletes

On 28 July 2021, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced that Nigeria had failed to meet the minimum drug testing requirements as per "Rule 15", which requires at least three no-notice outside of competition blood and urine drug tests no less than three weeks apart for 10 of their athletes. As such, all 10 athletes were disqualified from participating in their events.

### Doping

On 31 July 2021 the Athletics Integrity Unit announced that Blessing Okagbare was provisionally suspended following a positive doping test for Human Growth Hormone from a sample collected outside of competition on 19 July 2021.

## Athletics

Nigerian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Enoch Adegoke | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 9.98 PB | 1 Q | 10.00 | 2 Q | DNF | DNF |
| Usheoritse Itsekiri | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.15 | 3 Q | 10.29 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Divine Oduduru | 100 m | Bye | Bye | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Divine Oduduru | 200 m | 20.36 | 2 Q | — | — | 20.16 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.00 PB | 3 Q | 11.07 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Blessing Okagbare | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.05 | 1 Q | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | 200 m | 22.47 PB | 3 Q | — | — | 22.47 PB | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patience Okon George | 400 m | 52.41 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tobi Amusan | 100 m hurdles | 12.72 | 1 Q | — | — | 12.62 | 1 Q | 12.60 | 4 |
| Tobi Amusan Ese Brume Patience Okon George Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.25 | 6 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Patience Okon George Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Imaobong Nse Uko | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.60 AR | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Men's shot put | 21.16 | 7 q | 19.74 | 12 |
| Ese Brume | Women's long jump | 6.76 | 6 Q | 6.97 | |

## Badminton

Nigeria entered three badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Godwin Olofua and Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (men's doubles), with Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan on the women's side, topped the field of badminton players from Africa to lock the places on the Nigerian squad in their respective events based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan | Women's singles | Azurmendi (ESP) L (10–21, 2–21) | An S-y (KOR) L (3–21, 6–21) | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | Men's doubles | Endo / Watanabe (JPN) L (2–21, 7–21) | Astrup / Rasmussen (DEN) L (7–21, 10–21) | Ivanov / Sozonov (ROC) L (8–21, 10–21) | 4 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | 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 | Australia L 65–84 | Germany L 92–99 | Italy L 71–80 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nigeria women's | Women's tournament | United States L 72–81 | France L 62–87 | Japan L 83–102 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Men's tournament

Nigeria men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the highest-ranked African squad at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.

#### Team roster

A 15-player roster was announced on 6 July 2021. The final squad was released on 20 July 2021.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 226 | +33 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 255 | 239 | +16 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 273 | −16 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 263 | −33 | 3 | |
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| Australia | 84–67 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 20–17, 15–12, 26–15 |||
| Pts: Mills 25 Rebs: Kay 8 Asts: Mills 6 | | Pts: Emegano 12 Rebs: Achiuwa 6 Asts: Agada, Okogie 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Luis Castillo (ESP), Takaki Kato (JPN)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 10:00 v
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 92–99 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 29–26, 24–24, 18–25 |||
| Pts: Nwora 33 Rebs: Nwora 7 Asts: Emegano 6 | | Pts: Voigtmann 19 Rebs: Thiemann 10 Asts: Lô 9 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
* 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Italy | 80–71 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 11–22, 16–24, 24–8 |||
| Pts: Melli 15 Rebs: Vitali 6 Asts: Fontecchio, Pajola 4 | | Pts: Metu 22 Rebs: Metu 10 Asts: Metu 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN)

### Women's tournament

Nigeria women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of two highest-ranked eligible squads from group A at the Belgrade meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, marking the country's recurrence to the sporting event after 16 years.

#### Team roster

A 15-player roster was announced on 6 July 2021. The final roster was released on 19 July 2021.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 223 | +37 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 239 | +6 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 239 | 229 | +10 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 217 | 270 | −53 | 3 | |
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 72–81 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 12–27, 18–26, 22–11 |||
| Pts: Kalu 16 Rebs: Kunaiyi-Akpannah 9 Asts: Amukamara 4 | | Pts: Wilson 19 Rebs: Wilson 13 Asts: Bird 13 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Scott Beker (AUS), Gizella Györgyi (NOR)
* 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| France | 87–62 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 26–15, 23–15, 20–20 |||
| Pts: Gruda 14 Rebs: Gruda, Williams 9 Asts: Duchet 5 | | Pts: Amukamara 11 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Amukamara, Kalu 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Scott Beker (AUS), Luis Castillo (ESP), Samir Abaakil (MAR)
* 2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 10:00 v
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 83–102 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 16–21, 19–33, 26–18 |||
| Pts: Macaulay 18 Rebs: Chidom, Elonu 7 Asts: Nyingifa 8 | | Pts: Hayashi 23 Rebs: Akaho 7 Asts: Machida 15 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Andreia Silva (BRA), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

## Canoeing
### Sprint

Nigeria qualified a single boat (women's C-1 200 m) for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco, marking the country's Olympic debut in this sporting discipline.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ayomide Emmanuel Bello | Women's C-1 200 m | 47.539 | 3 QF | 47.326 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Nigeria entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Uche Eke booked a spot in the men's individual all-around and apparatus events by winning the bronze medal at the 2021 African Gymnastics Championships in Cairo, Egypt. This marks the country's Olympic debut in gymnastics.

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Uche Eke | All-around | 12.833 | 12.866 | 11.900 | 13.433 | 12.233 | 11.500 | 74.765 | 58 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Nigeria qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing third in the B-final and securing the last of five berths available at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Esther Toko | Women's single sculls | 8:58.49 | 5 R | 9:07.54 | 4 SE/F | Bye | Bye | 9:07.70 | 3 FE | 8:42.78 | 30 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Swimming

Nigeria received a universality invitation from FINA to send a top-ranked female swimmer in her respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Abiola Ogunbanwo | Women's 100 m freestyle | 59.74 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Nigeria entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Olajide Omotayo, along with Olympic veterans Offiong Edem and Olufunke Oshonaike, scored a semifinal victories to occupy the available spots each in the men's and women's singles, respectively, at the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tunis, Tunisia. For Oshonaike, she set a historic record by becoming the first ever African woman to participate in seven editions of the Summer Olympic Games.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Quadri Aruna | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Bye | Tsuboi (BRA) L 2–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Olajide Omotayo | Men's singles | Bye | Apolónia (POR) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Offiong Edem | Women's singles | Bye | Madarász (HUN) W 4–1 | Zhang (USA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Olufunke Oshonaike | Women's singles | Liu (USA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Nigeria entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time since London 2012. Elizabeth Anyanacho secured a spot in the women's welterweight category (67 kg) with a top two finish at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Elizabeth Anyanacho | Women's −67 kg | Tatar (TUR) L 7–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling

Nigeria qualified five wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book an Olympic berth in the women's freestyle 57 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while four additional licenses were awarded to the Nigerian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ekerekeme Agiomor | Men's −86 kg | Punia (IND) L 1–4 $^{SP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Adijat Idris | Women's −50 kg | Livach (UKR) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Odunayo Adekuoroye | Women's −57 kg | Nichita (MDA) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Aminat Adeniyi | Women's −62 kg | Koliadenko (UKR) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Blessing Oborududu | Women's −68 kg | Manolova (AZE) W 4–1 $^{SP}$ | Zhumanazarova (KGZ) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Soronzonbold (MGL) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Mensah (USA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | |