1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Nigeria)
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Nigeria took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 36 athletes (31 men and 5 women) in 18 competitions in three sports. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Gabriel Ogun
- Light flyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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John Dadigi
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Dele Jonathan
- Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Fidelis Onye Som
- Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle
- Light Heavyweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals
Soccer
- eliminated in the group stage
athletics
- Men
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Kola Abdulai
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Robert Ojo
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals
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David Ejoke
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Musa Dogonyaro
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Mamman Makama
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Anthony Egwunyenga
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Martin Ande
- Marathon: 54th place
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Timon Oyebami
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Benedict Majekodunmi
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Samuel Igun
- Triple jump: 28th place
- Women
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Oyeronke Akindele
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Jumoke Bodunrin
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Janet Omorogbe
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Mairo Jinadu
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Violet Odogwu
- Long jump: 9th place
Web links
- Nigerian Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )