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Nigerian Olympic Athletes in Athletics*

   Facts about Olympic Athletics
Event Athletes
 Athletics 1952
100 m M NGR Edward Ajado
Karim Olowu
Titus Abimola Erinle
200 m M NGR Muslim Arogundade
Edward Ajado
Rafio Oluwa
4x100 m M NGR Muslim Arogundade
Rafio Oluwa
Titus Abimola Erinle
Karim Olowu
High jump M NGR Nafiu Osagie
Josiah Majekodunmi
Boniface Guobadia
Long jump M NGR Sylvanus Williams
Karim Olowu
 Athletics 1956
100 m M NGR Edward Ajado
Thomas Obi
Titus Abimola Erinle
400 m M NGR Abdul Karim Amu
4x100 m M NGR Rafio Oluwa
Abdul Karim Amu
Titus Abimola Erinle
Edward Ajado
High jump M NGR Vincent Gabriel
Julius Chigbolu
Long jump M NGR Rafio Oluwa
Karim Olowu
Triple jump M NGR Paul Engo
Peter Esiri
 Athletics 1960
200 m M NGR James Omagbemi
400 m M NGR Abdul Karim Amu
110 m hurdles M NGR Saka Oloko
4x100 m M NGR Smart Akraka
Jimmy Omagbemi
Adebayo Olapado
Abdul Karim Amu
High jump M NGR Samuel Igun
Pole vault M NGR Owen Okundaye
Long jump M NGR John Oladipo Oladitan
Triple jump M NGR Samuel Igun
 Athletics 1964
200 m M NGR David Ejoke
110 m hurdles M NGR Edward Akika
Folu Erinle
4x100 m M NGR Folu Erinle
James Omagbemi
Sydney Asiodu
Abdul Karim Amu
Lawrence Okorafor
High jump M NGR Samuel Igun
Long jump M NGR Wariboko West
Sunday Akpata
Triple jump M NGR Christian Ohiri
George Ogan
100 m W NGR Claridge Ahanotu
200 m W NGR Claridge Ahanotu
High jump W NGR Amelia Okoli
 Athletics 1968
100 m M NGR Robert Ojo
Kolawole Abdulai
200 m M NGR David Ejoke
400 m M NGR Anthony Egwunyenga
Musa Dogon-Yaro
Mamman Makama
Marathon M NGR Martin Ande
4x100 m M NGR Timon Oyebami
Robert Ojo
Benedict Majekodumni
Kolawole Abdulai
4x400 m M NGR Anthony Egwunyenga
David Ejoke
Musa Dogon Yaro
Mamman Makama
Triple jump M NGR Samuel Igun
100 m W NGR Oyeronke Akindele
Olajumoke Bodunrin
200 m W NGR Oyeronke Akindele
400 m W NGR Olajumoke Bodunrin
4x100 m W NGR Olajumoke Bodunrin
Oyeronke Akindele
Mairo Jinadu
Janet Omorogbe
Long jump W NGR Violet Odogwu
 Athletics 1972
100 m M NGR Benedict Majekodumni
Kolawole Abdulai
400 m M NGR Robert Ojo
Bruce Ijirighwo
800 m M NGR Jaiye Abidoye
1500 m M NGR Jaiye Abidoye
110 m hurdles M NGR Adeola Aboyade-Cole
400 m hurdles M NGR Gladstone Agbamu
4x100 m M NGR Rux Bazunu
James Olakunle
Kolawole Abdulai
Timon Oyebami
4x400 m M NGR Musa Dogonyaro
Maman Makama
Robert Ojo
Bruce Ijirighwo
Triple jump M NGR Samuel Igun
Shot put M NGR Cyril Okonkwo
100 m W NGR Emilia Edet
200 m W NGR Helen Olaye
100 m hurdles W NGR Emilia Edet
4x100 m W NGR Emilia Edet
Ashanti Obi
Modupe Oshikoya
Helen Olaye
High jump W NGR Nnenna Njoku
Long jump W NGR Modube Oshikoya
Pentathlon W NGR Modube Oshikoya
 Athletics 1980
100 m M NGR Samson Oyeledun
Hammed Adio
Peter Okodogbe
200 m M NGR Hammed Adio
Peter Okodogbe
400 m M NGR Hope Ezeigbo
Dele Udo
4x100 m M NGR Hammed Adio
Samson Oyeledun
Kayode Elegbede
Peter Okodogbe
4x400 m M NGR Dele Udo
Hope Ezeigbo
Sunday Uti
Felix Imadiyi
Long jump M NGR Yussuf Alli
Kayode Elegbede
Joshua Kio
100 m W NGR Rufina Uba
Obuzoeme Nsenu
200 m W NGR Rufina Uba
400 m W NGR Mary Akinyemi
Kehinde Vaughan
Gloria Ayanlaja
4x400 m W NGR Gloria Ayanlaja
Asele Woy
Kehinde Vaughan
Mary Akinyemi
 Athletics 1984
100 m M NGR Chidi Imoh
400 m M NGR Sunday Uti
Innocent Egbunike
400 m hurdles M NGR Henry Amike
4x100 m M NGR Eseme Ikpoto
Samson Oyeledun
Isiaq Adeyanju
Chidi Imoh
Lawrence Adegbeingbe
Lziaq Adeyanju
4x400 m M NGR Garry Ugbusien
Rotimi Peters
Innocent Egbunike
Sunday Uti
Long jump M NGR Yussuf Alli
Joshua Kio
Triple jump M NGR Paul Emordi
Ajayi Agbebaku
Joseph Taiwo
Marathon W NGR Lfeoma Mbanugo
100 m hurdles W NGR Maria Usifo
400 m hurdles W NGR Maria Usifo
 Athletics 1988
100 m M NGR Olapade Adeniken
Chidi Imoh
Isiaq Adeyanju
200 m M NGR Olapade Adeniken
Isiaq Adeyanju
400 m M NGR Innocent Egbunike
Sunday Uti
800 m M NGR Ado Maude
Marathon M NGR Yohanna Waziri
Abbas Mohammed
4x100 m M NGR Abdullah Tetengi
Olatunji Olobia
Davidson Ezinwa
Victor Edet
Isiaq Adeyanju
Olapade Adeniken
4x400 m M NGR Henry Amike
Isiaq Adeyanju
Olatunji Olobia
Innocent Egbunike
Victor Edet
Sunday Uti
Moses Ugbisie
Olapade Adeniken
Long jump M NGR Yussuf Alli
Triple jump M NGR Joseph Taiwo
Discus throw M NGR Adewale Olukoju
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali
Falilat Ogunkoya
400 m W NGR Airat Bakare
100 m hurdles W NGR Maria Usifo
400 m hurdles W NGR Maria Usifo
4x400 m W NGR Airat Bakare
Falilat Ogunkoya
Kehinde Vaughan
Mary Onyali
Shot put W NGR Grace Apiafi
Discus throw W NGR Grace Apiafi
 Athletics 1992
100 m M NGR Olapade Adeniken
Chidi Imoh
Davidson Ezinwa
200 m M NGR Olapade Adeniken
Oluyemi Kayode
400 m M NGR Sunday Bada
Innocent Egbunike
4x100 m M NGR Chidi Imoh
Olapade Adeniken
Osmond Ezinwa
Davidson Ezinwa
Oluyemi Kayode
4x400 m M NGR Sunday Bada
Udeme Ekpeyong
Emmanuel Okoli
Hassan Bosso
100 m W NGR Beatrice Utondu
Mary Onyali
Charity Opara
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali
4x100 m W NGR Mary Onyali
Beatrice Utondu
Christy Opara-Thompson
Faith Idehen
 Athletics 1996
100 m M NGR Davidson Ezinwa
Olapade Adeniken
Deji Aliu
200 m M NGR Seun Ogunkoya
Olapade Adeniken
Francis Obikwelo
400 m M NGR Jude Monye
Clement Chukwu
Sunday Bada
110 m hurdles M NGR Steve Adegbite
Moses Oyiki
William Erese
400 m hurdles M NGR Kehinde Aladefa
4x100 m M NGR Osmond Ezinwa
Francis Obikwelo
Davidson Ezinwa
Deji Aliu
4x400 m M NGR Sunday Bada
Ayuba Machem
Clement Chukwu
Udeme Ekpeyong
Triple jump M NGR Festus Igbinoghene
Shot put M NGR Chima Ugwu
Discus throw M NGR Adewale Olukoju
Javelin throw M NGR Pius Bazighe
100 m W NGR Chioma Ajunwa
Mary Tombiri-Shirey
Mary Onyali
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali
Calister Ubah
400 m W NGR Fatima Yusuf
Olabisi Afolabi
Falilat Ogunkoya
100 m hurdles W NGR Taiwo Aladefa
Angela Atede
Ime Akpan
400 m hurdles W NGR Lade Akinremi
4x100 m W NGR Christy Opara-Thompson
Chioma Ajunwa
Mary Tombiri-Shirey
Mary Onyali
4x400 m W NGR Falilat Ogunkoya
Fatima Yusuf
Olabisi Afolabi
Christy Opara-Thompson
Long jump W NGR Chioma Ajunwa
 Athletics 2000
100 m M NGR Seun Ogunkoya
Aliu Deji
Sunday Emmanuel
200 m M NGR Uchenna Emedolu
400 m M NGR Jude Monye
Nduka Awazie
Sunday Bada
400 m hurdles M NGR Sylvester Omodiale
4x100 m M NGR Uchenna Emedolu
Nnamdi Anusim
Deji Aliu
Sunday Emmanuel
4x400 m M NGR Fidelis Gadzama
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Sunday Bada
Clement Chukwu
Jude Monye
Nduka Awazie
Shot put M NGR Chima Ugwu
100 m W NGR Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
Mercy Nku
Joan Uduak Ekah
200 m W NGR Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju
Mercy Nku
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
400 m W NGR Olabisi Afolabi
Falilat Ogunkoya
Charity Opara
100 m hurdles W NGR Glory Alozie
Angela Atede
4x100 m W NGR Benedicta Ajudua
Mercy Nku
Glory Alozie
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
4x400 m W NGR Rosemary Okafor
Falilat Ogunkoya
Olabisi Afolabi
Doris Jacob
Charity Opara
Long jump W NGR Patience Itanyi
Shot put W NGR Vivian Chukwuemeka
 Athletics 2004
100 m M NGR Uchenna Emedolu
Deji Aliu
400 m M NGR Saul Weipogwa
4x100 m M NGR Uchenna Emedolu
Deji Aliu
Olusoji Fasuba
Aaron Egbele
4x400 m M NGR Saul Weipogwa
Enefiok Udo-Obong
James Godday
Musa Audu
100 m W NGR Mercy Nku
Endurance Ojokolo
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
4x100 m W NGR Gloria Kemasuode
Endurance Ojokolo
Oludamola Osayomi
Mercy Nku
4x400 m W NGR Ngozi Nwokocha
Gloria Nwosu
Halimat Ismaila
Christy Ekpukhon
 Athletics 2008
100 m M NGR Obinna Metu
Uchenna Emedolu
Olusoji Fasuba
200 m M NGR Obinna Metu
400 m M NGR Saul Weipogwa
Godday James
110 m hurdles M NGR Selim Nurudeen
4x100 m M NGR Chinedu Oriala
Obinna Metu
Uchenna Emedolu
Onyeabor Ngwogu
100 m W NGR Franca Idoko
Oludamola Osayomi
Halimat Ismaila
200 m W NGR Gloria Kemasuode
Oludamola Osayomi
400 m W NGR Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Folashade Abugan
Joy Amechi Eze
100 m hurdles W NGR Olutuyin Augustus
4x100 m W NGR Franca Idoko
Gloria Kemasuode
Agnes Osazuwa
Halimat Ismaila
Oludamola Osayomi
4x400 m W NGR Folashade Abugan
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Joy Amechi Eze
Oluoma Nwoke
High jump W NGR Doreen Amata
Long jump W NGR Blessing Okagbare
Triple jump W NGR Chinonyelum Ohadugha
Shot put W NGR Vivian Chukwuemeka
 Athletics 2012
100 m M NGR Obinna Metu
Ogho-Oghene Egwero
Peter Emelieze
200 m M NGR Noah Akwu
110 m hurdles M NGR Selim Nurudeen
400 m hurdles M NGR Amaechi Morton
Long jump M NGR Stanley Gbagbeke
Triple jump M NGR Tosin Oke
100 m W NGR Gloria Asumnu
Oludamola Osayomi
Blessing Okagbare
200 m W NGR Christy Udoh
Gloria Asumnu
400 m W NGR Regina George Grause
Omolara Omotosho
100 m hurdles W NGR Seun Adigun
400 m hurdles W NGR Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
4x100 m W NGR Gloria Asumnu
Christy Udoh
Oludamola Osayomi
Endurance Abinuwa
Blessing Okagbare
4x400 m W NGR Bukola Abogunloko
Idara Otu
Regina George Grause
Omolara Omotosho
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
High jump W NGR Doreen Amata
Long jump W NGR Blessing Okagbare
Heptathlon W NGR Uhunoma Osazuwa
 Athletics 2016
100 m M NGR Seye Ogunlewe
Ogho-Oghene Egwero
200 m M NGR Ejowvokoghene Oduduru
Tega Odele
400 m M NGR Orukpe Eraiyokan
110 m hurdles M NGR Antwon Hicks
400 m hurdles M NGR Miles Ukaoma
Triple jump M NGR Olu Olamigoke
Tosin Oke
Shot put M NGR Stephen Mozia
100 m W NGR Jennifer Madu
Blessing Okagbare
Gloria Asumnu
200 m W NGR Blessing Okagbare
400 m W NGR Omolara Omotoso
Patience Okon George
Margaret Bamgbose
100 m hurdles W NGR Tobi Amusan
400 m hurdles W NGR Amaka Ogoegbunam
4x100 m W NGR Blessing Okagbare
Jennifer Madu
Gloria Asumnu
Agnes Osazuwa
High jump W NGR Doreen Amata
Long jump W NGR Ese Brume
Shot put W NGR Nwanneka Okwelogu
Discus throw W NGR Chinwe Okoro
Heptathlon W NGR Uhunoma Osazuwa
 Athletics 2020
100 m M NGR Enoch Adegoke
Usheoritsei Tsekiri
Divine Oduduru
200 m M NGR Divine Oduduru
Shot put M NGR Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
100 m W NGR Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha
Blessing Okagbare
200 m W NGR Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha
400 m W NGR Patience Okon George
100 m hurdles W NGR Tobi Amusan
4x100 m W NGR Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha
Tobi Amusan
Patience Okon George
Ese Brume
Long jump W NGR Ese Brume
4x400 m Mixed  NGR Samson Nathaniel
Imaobong Nse Uko
Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli
Patience Okon George
* The list above only shows a selection of Nigerian athletics athletes - All possible medalists are included in the list.
This information about Nigerian athletics athletes at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database
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