Nigerian Olympic Athletes in Athletics*

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