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Nigerian Olympic Athletes in Athletics*

   Facts about Olympic Athletics
Event Athletes
 Athletics 1952
100 m M NGR Titus Abimola Erinle
Edward Ajado
Karim Olowu
200 m M NGR Edward Ajado
Muslim Arogundade
Rafio Oluwa
4x100 m M NGR Titus Abimola Erinle
Rafio Oluwa
Karim Olowu
Muslim Arogundade
High jump M NGR Josiah Majekodunmi
Nafiu Osagie
Boniface Guobadia
Long jump M NGR Sylvanus Williams
Karim Olowu
 Athletics 1956
100 m M NGR Titus Abimola Erinle
Thomas Obi
Edward Ajado
400 m M NGR Abdul Karim Amu
4x100 m M NGR Titus Abimola Erinle
Rafio Oluwa
Abdul Karim Amu
Edward Ajado
High jump M NGR Julius Chigbolu
Vincent Gabriel
Long jump M NGR Karim Olowu
Rafio Oluwa
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 Jimmy Omagbemi
Adebayo Olapado
Abdul Karim Amu
Smart Akraka
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 Sydney Asiodu
James Omagbemi
Folu Erinle
Abdul Karim Amu
Lawrence Okorafor
High jump M NGR Samuel Igun
Long jump M NGR Sunday Akpata
Wariboko West
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 Musa Dogon-Yaro
Mamman Makama
Anthony Egwunyenga
Marathon M NGR Martin Ande
4x100 m M NGR Timon Oyebami
Benedict Majekodumni
Robert Ojo
Kolawole Abdulai
4x400 m M NGR Anthony Egwunyenga
Musa Dogon Yaro
David Ejoke
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 Janet Omorogbe
Olajumoke Bodunrin
Oyeronke Akindele
Mairo Jinadu
Long jump W NGR Violet Odogwu
 Athletics 1972
100 m M NGR Kolawole Abdulai
Benedict Majekodumni
400 m M NGR Bruce Ijirighwo
Robert Ojo
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 James Olakunle
Kolawole Abdulai
Timon Oyebami
Rux Bazunu
4x400 m M NGR Robert Ojo
Musa Dogonyaro
Maman Makama
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 Helen Olaye
Emilia Edet
Ashanti Obi
Modupe Oshikoya
High jump W NGR Nnenna Njoku
Long jump W NGR Modube Oshikoya
Pentathlon W NGR Modube Oshikoya
 Athletics 1980
100 m M NGR Peter Okodogbe
Hammed Adio
Samson Oyeledun
200 m M NGR Hammed Adio
Peter Okodogbe
400 m M NGR Hope Ezeigbo
Dele Udo
4x100 m M NGR Peter Okodogbe
Hammed Adio
Kayode Elegbede
Samson Oyeledun
4x400 m M NGR Sunday Uti
Dele Udo
Felix Imadiyi
Hope Ezeigbo
Long jump M NGR Kayode Elegbede
Yussuf Alli
Joshua Kio
100 m W NGR Obuzoeme Nsenu
Rufina Uba
200 m W NGR Rufina Uba
400 m W NGR Mary Akinyemi
Gloria Ayanlaja
Kehinde Vaughan
4x400 m W NGR Gloria Ayanlaja
Mary Akinyemi
Asele Woy
Kehinde Vaughan
 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 Lawrence Adegbeingbe
Lziaq Adeyanju
Samson Oyeledun
Chidi Imoh
Eseme Ikpoto
Isiaq Adeyanju
4x400 m M NGR Garry Ugbusien
Sunday Uti
Rotimi Peters
Innocent Egbunike
Long jump M NGR Joshua Kio
Yussuf Alli
Triple jump M NGR Paul Emordi
Joseph Taiwo
Ajayi Agbebaku
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 Isiaq Adeyanju
Chidi Imoh
Olapade Adeniken
200 m M NGR Isiaq Adeyanju
Olapade Adeniken
400 m M NGR Sunday Uti
Innocent Egbunike
800 m M NGR Ado Maude
Marathon M NGR Yohanna Waziri
Abbas Mohammed
4x100 m M NGR Olapade Adeniken
Olatunji Olobia
Victor Edet
Davidson Ezinwa
Abdullah Tetengi
Isiaq Adeyanju
4x400 m M NGR Isiaq Adeyanju
Moses Ugbisie
Henry Amike
Olatunji Olobia
Sunday Uti
Olapade Adeniken
Victor Edet
Innocent Egbunike
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
Mary Onyali
Falilat Ogunkoya
Kehinde Vaughan
Shot put W NGR Grace Apiafi
Discus throw W NGR Grace Apiafi
 Athletics 1992
100 m M NGR Chidi Imoh
Davidson Ezinwa
Olapade Adeniken
200 m M NGR Oluyemi Kayode
Olapade Adeniken
400 m M NGR Sunday Bada
Innocent Egbunike
4x100 m M NGR Osmond Ezinwa
Oluyemi Kayode
Olapade Adeniken
Chidi Imoh
Davidson Ezinwa
4x400 m M NGR Hassan Bosso
Sunday Bada
Emmanuel Okoli
Udeme Ekpeyong
100 m W NGR Charity Opara
Mary Onyali
Beatrice Utondu
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali
4x100 m W NGR Mary Onyali
Faith Idehen
Christy Opara-Thompson
Beatrice Utondu
 Athletics 1996
100 m M NGR Deji Aliu
Davidson Ezinwa
Olapade Adeniken
200 m M NGR Seun Ogunkoya
Francis Obikwelo
Olapade Adeniken
400 m M NGR Sunday Bada
Clement Chukwu
Jude Monye
110 m hurdles M NGR Steve Adegbite
William Erese
Moses Oyiki
400 m hurdles M NGR Kehinde Aladefa
4x100 m M NGR Osmond Ezinwa
Francis Obikwelo
Deji Aliu
Davidson Ezinwa
4x400 m M NGR Udeme Ekpeyong
Clement Chukwu
Ayuba Machem
Sunday Bada
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 Mary Tombiri-Shirey
Mary Onyali
Chioma Ajunwa
200 m W NGR Calister Ubah
Mary Onyali
400 m W NGR Olabisi Afolabi
Fatima Yusuf
Falilat Ogunkoya
100 m hurdles W NGR Angela Atede
Ime Akpan
Taiwo Aladefa
400 m hurdles W NGR Lade Akinremi
4x100 m W NGR Christy Opara-Thompson
Mary Onyali
Chioma Ajunwa
Mary Tombiri-Shirey
4x400 m W NGR Fatima Yusuf
Christy Opara-Thompson
Falilat Ogunkoya
Olabisi Afolabi
Long jump W NGR Chioma Ajunwa
 Athletics 2000
100 m M NGR Seun Ogunkoya
Sunday Emmanuel
Aliu Deji
200 m M NGR Uchenna Emedolu
400 m M NGR Nduka Awazie
Sunday Bada
Jude Monye
400 m hurdles M NGR Sylvester Omodiale
4x100 m M NGR Nnamdi Anusim
Deji Aliu
Sunday Emmanuel
Uchenna Emedolu
4x400 m M NGR Fidelis Gadzama
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Jude Monye
Sunday Bada
Nduka Awazie
Clement Chukwu
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 Falilat Ogunkoya
Charity Opara
Olabisi Afolabi
100 m hurdles W NGR Angela Atede
Glory Alozie
4x100 m W NGR Benedicta Ajudua
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
Mercy Nku
Glory Alozie
4x400 m W NGR Doris Jacob
Olabisi Afolabi
Falilat Ogunkoya
Rosemary Okafor
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 Aaron Egbele
Deji Aliu
Olusoji Fasuba
Uchenna Emedolu
4x400 m M NGR Musa Audu
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Saul Weipogwa
James Godday
100 m W NGR Endurance Ojokolo
Mercy Nku
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
4x100 m W NGR Mercy Nku
Endurance Ojokolo
Gloria Kemasuode
Oludamola Osayomi
4x400 m W NGR Christy Ekpukhon
Halimat Ismaila
Gloria Nwosu
Ngozi Nwokocha
 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
Onyeabor Ngwogu
Uchenna Emedolu
100 m W NGR Franca Idoko
Halimat Ismaila
Oludamola Osayomi
200 m W NGR Oludamola Osayomi
Gloria Kemasuode
400 m W NGR Folashade Abugan
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Joy Amechi Eze
100 m hurdles W NGR Olutuyin Augustus
4x100 m W NGR Franca Idoko
Agnes Osazuwa
Gloria Kemasuode
Oludamola Osayomi
Halimat Ismaila
4x400 m W NGR Folashade Abugan
Oluoma Nwoke
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Joy Amechi Eze
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 Ogho-Oghene Egwero
Peter Emelieze
Obinna Metu
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 Oludamola Osayomi
Blessing Okagbare
Gloria Asumnu
200 m W NGR Gloria Asumnu
Christy Udoh
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 Endurance Abinuwa
Blessing Okagbare
Oludamola Osayomi
Christy Udoh
Gloria Asumnu
4x400 m W NGR Idara Otu
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Regina George Grause
Omolara Omotosho
Bukola Abogunloko
High jump W NGR Doreen Amata
Long jump W NGR Blessing Okagbare
Heptathlon W NGR Uhunoma Osazuwa
 Athletics 2016
100 m M NGR Ogho-Oghene Egwero
Seye Ogunlewe
200 m M NGR Tega Odele
Ejowvokoghene Oduduru
400 m M NGR Orukpe Eraiyokan
110 m hurdles M NGR Antwon Hicks
400 m hurdles M NGR Miles Ukaoma
Triple jump M NGR Tosin Oke
Olu Olamigoke
Shot put M NGR Stephen Mozia
100 m W NGR Blessing Okagbare
Jennifer Madu
Gloria Asumnu
200 m W NGR Blessing Okagbare
400 m W NGR Margaret Bamgbose
Patience Okon George
Omolara Omotoso
100 m hurdles W NGR Tobi Amusan
400 m hurdles W NGR Amaka Ogoegbunam
4x100 m W NGR Gloria Asumnu
Jennifer Madu
Blessing Okagbare
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
Divine Oduduru
Usheoritsei Tsekiri
200 m M NGR Divine Oduduru
Shot put M NGR Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
100 m W NGR Blessing Okagbare
Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha
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 Ese Brume
Patience Okon George
Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha
Tobi Amusan
Long jump W NGR Ese Brume
4x400 m Mixed  NGR Samson Nathaniel
Imaobong Nse Uko
Patience Okon George
Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli
* 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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