1980 Summer Olympics / Participant (Nigeria)

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Nigeria took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a delegation of 44 athletes (38 men and 6 women) in 22 competitions in five sports. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Nureni Gbadamosi

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• William Azanor

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Christopher Ossai

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Ayodele Peters

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Roland Omoruyi

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Adeoye Adetunji

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• John Martins

  Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Solomon Ataga

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

Soccer

• eliminated in the group stage

  Adokie Amiesimaka

  Aloysius Atuegbu

  Best Ogedegbe

  David Adiele

  Emmanuel Osuigwe

  Felix Owolabi

  Tunde Bamidele

  Henry Nwosu

  Kadiri Ikhana

  Okey Isima

  John Orlando

  Leotis Boateng

  Muda Lawal

  Moses Effiong

  Segun Odegbami

  Sheifu Mohamed

  Sylvanus Okpala

Weightlifting

• Sydney Ikebaku

  Featherweight: 14th place

• Sampson Cosmas

  Middleweight: 14th place

athletics

Men

• Peter Okodogbe

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 7th place

• Hammed Adio

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 7th place

• Samson Oyeledun

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 7th place

• Dele Udo

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Hope Eziebo

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Kayode Elegbede

  4 x 100 meter relay: 7th place

  Long jump: 11th place

• Felix Imadiyi

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Sunday Uti

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Yusuf Alli

  Long jump: 24th place

• Joshua Kio

  Long jump: 13th place

Women

• Rufina Uba

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Oguzoeme Nsenu

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Mary Akinyemi

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Gloria Ayanlaja

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Kehinde Vaughan

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Asele Woy

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

Wrestling

• Augustine atasia

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

Web links

• Nigerian Olympic team from 1980 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )