2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Nigeria)
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Nigeria took part in the Summer Olympics forthe 14th timein Beijing in 2008 . The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the table tennis player Bose Kaffo.
On August 17, 2016, the Russian runners Julia Schermoschanskaja , Evgenia Polyakowa , Alexandra Fedoriwa and Julija Guschtschina were stripped of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 meter relay because of doping. The medals of Belgium (now gold), Nigeria (now silver) and Brazil (now bronze) have been gradually adjusted.
badminton
- Women
Boxing
- Men
- Rasheed Lawal (lightweight)
- Dauda Izobo (middleweight)
- Olanrewaju Durodola (heavyweight)
- Onorede Ehwareme (super heavyweight)
Soccer
Men (silver )
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Women
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Weightlifting
- Men
- Felix Ekpo (class up to 77 kg)
- Benedict Uloko (class up to 85 kg)
- Women
- Mariam Usman (class over 75 kg, bronze )
Judo
- Women
- Vivian Yusuf (class up to 78 kg)
athletics
- Men
- 100 m
- 200 m
- Obinna Metu
- 400 m
- 110 m hurdles
- 4 x 100 meter relay
- Onyeabor Nwaogu , Obinna Metu, Chinedu Oriala , Uchenna Emedolu
- Women
- 100 m
- 200 m
- 400 m
- 110 m hurdles
- 4 × 100 m relay (silver )
- 4 × 400 m relay
- high jump
- Long jump
- Blessing Okagbare (silver )
- Triple jump
- Shot put
Taekwondo
- Men
- Isah Mohammad (class up to 68 kg)
- Chika Chukwumerije (class over 80 kg) (bronze )
Table tennis
- Men's singles
- Ladies singles
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doping at the Olympics: IOC recognizes Russia's 2008 relay gold. Spiegel Online, August 17, 2016, accessed August 17, 2016 .