Nigerian Olympic Athletes in Athletics*

   Facts about Olympic Athletics
Event Athletes
 Athletics 1952
100 m M NGR Titus Abimola Erinle
Karim Olowu
Edward Ajado
200 m M NGR Edward Ajado
Muslim Arogundade
Rafio Oluwa
4x100 m M NGR Titus Abimola Erinle
Karim Olowu
Rafio Oluwa
Muslim Arogundade
High jump M NGR Nafiu Osagie
Josiah Majekodunmi
Boniface Guobadia
Long jump M NGR Karim Olowu
Sylvanus Williams
 Athletics 1956
100 m M NGR Titus Abimola Erinle
Edward Ajado
Thomas Obi
400 m M NGR Abdul Karim Amu
4x100 m M NGR Titus Abimola Erinle
Edward Ajado
Abdul Karim Amu
Rafio Oluwa
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 Adebayo Olapado
Smart Akraka
Abdul Karim Amu
Jimmy Omagbemi
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 Folu Erinle
Edward Akika
4x100 m M NGR Sydney Asiodu
James Omagbemi
Folu Erinle
Lawrence Okorafor
Abdul Karim Amu
High jump M NGR Samuel Igun
Long jump M NGR Wariboko West
Sunday Akpata
Triple jump M NGR George Ogan
Christian Ohiri
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
Mamman Makama
Musa Dogon-Yaro
Marathon M NGR Martin Ande
4x100 m M NGR Kolawole Abdulai
Benedict Majekodumni
Timon Oyebami
Robert Ojo
4x400 m M NGR David Ejoke
Anthony Egwunyenga
Musa Dogon Yaro
Mamman Makama
Triple jump M NGR Samuel Igun
100 m W NGR Olajumoke Bodunrin
Oyeronke Akindele
200 m W NGR Oyeronke Akindele
400 m W NGR Olajumoke Bodunrin
4x100 m W NGR Janet Omorogbe
Oyeronke Akindele
Mairo Jinadu
Olajumoke Bodunrin
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
Timon Oyebami
James Olakunle
Kolawole Abdulai
4x400 m M NGR Maman Makama
Robert Ojo
Bruce Ijirighwo
Musa Dogonyaro
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
Helen Olaye
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 Samson Oyeledun
Peter Okodogbe
Hammed Adio
200 m M NGR Peter Okodogbe
Hammed Adio
400 m M NGR Hope Ezeigbo
Dele Udo
4x100 m M NGR Kayode Elegbede
Hammed Adio
Samson Oyeledun
Peter Okodogbe
4x400 m M NGR Felix Imadiyi
Dele Udo
Sunday Uti
Hope Ezeigbo
Long jump M NGR Joshua Kio
Kayode Elegbede
Yussuf Alli
100 m W NGR Rufina Uba
Obuzoeme Nsenu
200 m W NGR Rufina Uba
400 m W NGR Gloria Ayanlaja
Mary Akinyemi
Kehinde Vaughan
4x400 m W NGR Mary Akinyemi
Asele Woy
Gloria Ayanlaja
Kehinde Vaughan
 Athletics 1984
100 m M NGR Chidi Imoh
400 m M NGR Innocent Egbunike
Sunday Uti
400 m hurdles M NGR Henry Amike
4x100 m M NGR Lziaq Adeyanju
Eseme Ikpoto
Isiaq Adeyanju
Chidi Imoh
Samson Oyeledun
Lawrence Adegbeingbe
4x400 m M NGR Sunday Uti
Garry Ugbusien
Rotimi Peters
Innocent Egbunike
Long jump M NGR Yussuf Alli
Joshua Kio
Triple jump M NGR Joseph Taiwo
Ajayi Agbebaku
Paul Emordi
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
Isiaq Adeyanju
Chidi Imoh
200 m M NGR Isiaq Adeyanju
Olapade Adeniken
400 m M NGR Innocent Egbunike
Sunday Uti
800 m M NGR Ado Maude
Marathon M NGR Abbas Mohammed
Yohanna Waziri
4x100 m M NGR Abdullah Tetengi
Olapade Adeniken
Davidson Ezinwa
Olatunji Olobia
Victor Edet
Isiaq Adeyanju
4x400 m M NGR Olatunji Olobia
Isiaq Adeyanju
Innocent Egbunike
Moses Ugbisie
Sunday Uti
Henry Amike
Victor Edet
Olapade Adeniken
Long jump M NGR Yussuf Alli
Triple jump M NGR Joseph Taiwo
Discus throw M NGR Adewale Olukoju
200 m W NGR Falilat Ogunkoya
Mary Onyali
400 m W NGR Airat Bakare
100 m hurdles W NGR Maria Usifo
400 m hurdles W NGR Maria Usifo
4x400 m W NGR Mary Onyali
Airat Bakare
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 Davidson Ezinwa
Chidi Imoh
Osmond Ezinwa
Olapade Adeniken
Oluyemi Kayode
4x400 m M NGR Sunday Bada
Emmanuel Okoli
Udeme Ekpeyong
Hassan Bosso
100 m W NGR Charity Opara
Mary Onyali
Beatrice Utondu
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali
4x100 m W NGR Christy Opara-Thompson
Beatrice Utondu
Mary Onyali
Faith Idehen
 Athletics 1996
100 m M NGR Davidson Ezinwa
Deji Aliu
Olapade Adeniken
200 m M NGR Francis Obikwelo
Seun Ogunkoya
Olapade Adeniken
400 m M NGR Clement Chukwu
Jude Monye
Sunday Bada
110 m hurdles M NGR Steve Adegbite
Moses Oyiki
William Erese
400 m hurdles M NGR Kehinde Aladefa
4x100 m M NGR Deji Aliu
Osmond Ezinwa
Davidson Ezinwa
Francis Obikwelo
4x400 m M NGR Ayuba Machem
Clement Chukwu
Udeme Ekpeyong
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
Chioma Ajunwa
Mary Onyali
200 m W NGR Calister Ubah
Mary Onyali
400 m W NGR Fatima Yusuf
Falilat Ogunkoya
Olabisi Afolabi
100 m hurdles W NGR Taiwo Aladefa
Ime Akpan
Angela Atede
400 m hurdles W NGR Lade Akinremi
4x100 m W NGR Mary Tombiri-Shirey
Christy Opara-Thompson
Chioma Ajunwa
Mary Onyali
4x400 m W NGR Olabisi Afolabi
Falilat Ogunkoya
Christy Opara-Thompson
Fatima Yusuf
Long jump W NGR Chioma Ajunwa
 Athletics 2000
100 m M NGR Aliu Deji
Sunday Emmanuel
Seun Ogunkoya
200 m M NGR Uchenna Emedolu
400 m M NGR Sunday Bada
Jude Monye
Nduka Awazie
400 m hurdles M NGR Sylvester Omodiale
4x100 m M NGR Deji Aliu
Uchenna Emedolu
Nnamdi Anusim
Sunday Emmanuel
4x400 m M NGR Enefiok Udo-Obong
Sunday Bada
Nduka Awazie
Clement Chukwu
Jude Monye
Fidelis Gadzama
Shot put M NGR Chima Ugwu
100 m W NGR Mercy Nku
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
Joan Uduak Ekah
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju
Mercy Nku
400 m W NGR Olabisi Afolabi
Charity Opara
Falilat Ogunkoya
100 m hurdles W NGR Glory Alozie
Angela Atede
4x100 m W NGR Glory Alozie
Benedicta Ajudua
Mercy Nku
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
4x400 m W NGR Rosemary Okafor
Doris Jacob
Falilat Ogunkoya
Olabisi Afolabi
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 Deji Aliu
Uchenna Emedolu
Olusoji Fasuba
Aaron Egbele
4x400 m M NGR James Godday
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Musa Audu
Saul Weipogwa
100 m W NGR Mercy Nku
Endurance Ojokolo
200 m W NGR Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
4x100 m W NGR Oludamola Osayomi
Mercy Nku
Gloria Kemasuode
Endurance Ojokolo
4x400 m W NGR Halimat Ismaila
Ngozi Nwokocha
Gloria Nwosu
Christy Ekpukhon
 Athletics 2008
100 m M NGR Olusoji Fasuba
Uchenna Emedolu
Obinna Metu
200 m M NGR Obinna Metu
400 m M NGR Godday James
Saul Weipogwa
110 m hurdles M NGR Selim Nurudeen
4x100 m M NGR Onyeabor Ngwogu
Chinedu Oriala
Obinna Metu
Uchenna Emedolu
100 m W NGR Halimat Ismaila
Oludamola Osayomi
Franca Idoko
200 m W NGR Oludamola Osayomi
Gloria Kemasuode
400 m W NGR Joy Amechi Eze
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Folashade Abugan
100 m hurdles W NGR Olutuyin Augustus
4x100 m W NGR Franca Idoko
Oludamola Osayomi
Agnes Osazuwa
Gloria Kemasuode
Halimat Ismaila
4x400 m W NGR Oluoma Nwoke
Joy Amechi Eze
Folashade Abugan
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
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
Obinna Metu
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 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 Gloria Asumnu
Blessing Okagbare
Oludamola Osayomi
Endurance Abinuwa
Christy Udoh
4x400 m W NGR Omolara Omotosho
Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Bukola Abogunloko
Idara Otu
Regina George Grause
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 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 Olu Olamigoke
Tosin Oke
Shot put M NGR Stephen Mozia
100 m W NGR Gloria Asumnu
Jennifer Madu
Blessing Okagbare
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 Jennifer Madu
Agnes Osazuwa
Gloria Asumnu
Blessing Okagbare
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 Divine Oduduru
Usheoritsei Tsekiri
Enoch Adegoke
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 Patience Okon George
Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha
Ese Brume
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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