Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Nigeria at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Nigeria at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Nigeria
CGF code	NGR
CGA	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	88 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Blessing Okagbare (opening)
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 9 Silver 9 Bronze 6 Total 24
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Nigeria competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 to 15 April 2018.^[1]

Track and field athlete Blessing Okagbare was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Roland Ezuruike	Powerlifting	Men's lightweight	10 April
Gold	Esther Oyema	Powerlifting	Women's lightweight	10 April
Gold	Ndidi Nwosu	Powerlifting	Women's heavyweight	10 April
Gold	Abdulazeez Ibrahim	Powerlifting	Men's heavyweight	10 April
Gold	Oluwatobiloba Amusan	Athletics	Women's 100 m Hurdles	13 April
Gold	Suwaibidu Galadima	Athletics	Men's 100 m T47	13 April
Gold	Odunayo Adekuoroye	Wrestling	Women's -57 kg	13 April
Gold	Blessing Oborududu	Wrestling	Women's -68 kg	13 April
Gold	Aminat Adeniyi	Wrestling	Women's -62 kg	14 April
Silver	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Athletics	Men's Shot Put	9 April
Silver	Bode Abiodun Quadri Aruna Azeez Jamiu Olajide Omotayo Segun Toriola	Table tennis	Men's team	9 April
Silver	Paul Kehinde	Powerlifting	Men's lightweight	10 April
Silver	Lucy Ejike	Powerlifting	Women's lightweight	10 April
Silver	Blessing Onyebuchi	Wrestling	Women's −76 kg	12 April
Silver	Yinka Ajayi Patience Okon George Praise Idamadudu Glory Onome Nathaniel	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 m Relay	14 April
Silver	Faith Obazuaye	Table tennis	Women's TT6-10	14 April
Silver	Melvin Bibo	Wrestling	Men's -86 kg	14 April
Silver	Quadri Aruna	Table tennis	Men's singles	15 April
Bronze	Bose Samuel	Wrestling	Women's −53 kg	12 April
Bronze	Ebikewenimo Welson	Wrestling	Men's −57 kg	12 April
Bronze	Amas Daniel	Wrestling	Men's -65 kg	13 April
Bronze	Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Joy Udo-Gabriel	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m Relay	14 April
Bronze	Yetunde Odunuga	Boxing	Women's −60 kg	14 April
Bronze	Millicent Agboegbulem	Boxing	Women's −75 kg	14 April

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	2	1	5
Boxing	0	0	2	2
Powerlifting	4	2	0	6
Table tennis	0	3	0	3
Wrestling	3	2	3	8
Total	9	9	6	24

Medals by day
Day				Total
5 April	0	0	0	0
6 April	0	0	0	0
7 April	0	0	0	0
8 April	0	0	0	0
9 April	0	2	0	2
10 April	4	2	0	6
11 April	0	0	0	0
12 April	0	1	2	3
13 April	4	0	1	5
14 April	1	3	3	7
15 April	0	1	0	1
Total	9	9	6	24

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	17	20	37
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	4	4	8
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Powerlifting	3	3	6
Table tennis	6	1	7
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Wrestling	6	6	12
Total	51	37	88

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke	100 m	10.19	1 Q	10.24	1 Q	10.35	7
Ogho-Oghene Egwero		10.38	2 Q	10.426	6	did not advance
Seye Ogunlewe		10.20	2 Q	10.20	3 q	10.19	4
Suwaibidu Galadima	100 m T47	—	11.04
Emmanuel Arowolo	200 m	20.99	3 q	21.25	8	did not advance
Orukpe Eraiyokan	400 m	47.19	4	did not advance
Samson Nathaniel		46.41	2 Q	46.61	5	did not advance
Chidi Okezie		45.84 SB	4 Q	47.33	7	did not advance
Oyeniyi Abejoye	110 m hurdles	14.10	7	—	did not advance
Mohamed Rilwan Alowonle	400 m hurdles	49.49	4 q	—	49.80	5
Henry Okorie	400 m hurdles	52.14	7	—	did not advance
Emmanuel Arowolo Ogho-Oghene Egwero Usheoritse Itsekiri Seye Ogunlewe Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke*	4 × 100 m	38.52	3 Q	—	DSQ
Orukpe Eraiyokan Salihu Isah Samson Nathaniel Chidi Okezie	4 × 400 m	DSQ		—	did not advance

* Competed in the heats only.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Shot put	20.66	2 Q	21.14
Eke Kalu	Shot put	17.62	12 q	17.86	12
Stephen Mozia	Discus throw	59.95	6 q	59.58	7
Samuel Kure	Javelin throw	73.49	15	did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Isoken Igbinosun	100 m	11.69	3 Q	11.85	7	did not advance
Jennifer Madu		11.62	3 Q	11.59	5	did not advance
Joy Udo-Gabriel		11.42	2 Q	11.53	4	did not advance
Isoken Igbinosun	200 m	23.54	4 Q	24.03	7	did not advance
Praise Idamadudu	200 m	23.55	4 Q	23.69	7	did not advance
Folasade Abugan	400 m	DSQ		did not advance
Yinka Ajayi		51.71	1 Q	51.81	2 Q	52.26	8
Patience Okon George		DSQ		did not advance
Oluwatobiloba Amusan	100 m hurdles	12.73	1 Q	—	12.68
Grace Ayemoba	100 m hurdles	13.59	5	—	did not advance
Glory Onome Nathaniel	400 m hurdles	56.01	3 Q	—	56.39	6
Rita Ossai	400 m hurdles	DNF		—	did not advance
Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Joy Udo-Gabriel	4 × 100 m	—	42.75
Yinka Ajayi Patience Okon George Praise Idamadudu Glory Onome Nathaniel	4 × 400 m	—	3:25.29
Fadekemi Florence Olude	20 km walk	—	1:49:31	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Precious Okoronkwor	Long jump	6.12	14	did not advance
Blessing Ibrahim	Triple jump	—	13.48	5
Doreen Amata	High jump	—	1.80	10
Kelechi Nwanaga	Javelin throw	—	53.17	6
Goodness Chinasa Duru	Javelin throw F46	—	22.11	4
Queen Obisesan	Hammer throw	—	63.84	5

Basketball

Nigeria has qualified a men's basketball teams of 12 athletes. The team qualified after being ranked in the top three in the Commonwealth (besides the host nation, Australia).^[3]

Men's tournament

Roster

God'sgift Achiuwa
Azuoma Dike
Ike Diogu
Eli Dung
Uchenna Iroegbu
Yakubu Istifanus
Uchechi Ofoegbu
Olalekan Olatunji
Prince Orizu
Musa Usman
Abdul Yahaya
Abdulwahab Yakubu

Pool A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Australia	3	3	0	271	183	+88	6	Semifinals
New Zealand	3	2	1	265	204	+61	5	Semifinals
Canada	3	1	2	197	244	−47	4	Qualifying finals
Nigeria	3	0	3	187	289	−102	3	Qualifying finals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 April 2018
20:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	65–110	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 20–26, 8–31, 22–29
Pts: Dike 15 Rebs: Achiuwa 8 Asts: Ofoegbu, Achiuwa 2		Pts: Abercrombie 21 Rebs: Pledger 10 Asts: Ili, Kenny 6

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Liszka (POL), Kom Njilo (CMR),
Unsworth (GBR)

7 April 2018
14:00

Boxscore

Canada	82–67	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 20–21, 14–15, 25–15
Pts: Diressa, Alleyn 24 Rebs: Tutu 6 Asts: Nissen 4		Pts: Diogu 29 Rebs: Diogu 15 Asts: Iroegbu, Diogu 3

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Boyer (AUS), Kom Njilo (CMR),
Unsworth (GBR)

9 April 2018
21:00

Boxscore

Australia	97–55	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23-17, 25-10, 28-14, 21-14
Pts: Brandt 16 Rebs: Cadee 9 Asts: Sobey 5		Pts: Diogu 19 Rebs: Achiuwa 8 Asts: Ofoegbu 3

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Liszka (POL), Kom Njilo (CMR), Dodds (GBR)

Qualifying finals

10 April 2018
17:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	61–66	Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–17, 18–6, 15–20
Pts: Diogu 24 Rebs: Diogu 15 Asts: Iroegbu, Ofoegbu 4		Pts: Murray 17 Rebs: Murray, Achara 8 Asts: Malcolm 4

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Arnauld Kom Njilo (CMR), Artur Decastro (MOZ)

Boxing

Nigeria participated with a team of 8 athletes (4 men and 4 women)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sikiru Ojo	−56 kg	—	Samuel Addo (GHA) L 1-4	did not advance
Adeola Soyoye	−60 kg	Thadius Katua (PNG) L 1-3	did not advance
Osita Umeh	−69 kg	Manoj Kumar (IND) L 0-5	did not advance
Lukmon Lawal	−81 kg	—	Regarn Simbwa (UGA) L 1-4	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ayisat Oriyomi	−51 kg	—	Carly McNaul (NIR) L ABD	did not advance
Yetunde Odunuga	−60 kg	BYE	Caroline Veyre (CAN) W RSC	Paige Murney (ENG) L 1-4	Did not advance
Itunu Oriola	−69 kg	BYE	Kaye Scott (AUS) L 0-5	did not advance
Millicent Agboegbulem	−75 kg	Salote Huni (TGA) W 5-0	Elizabeth Andiego (KEN) W 5-0	Caitlin Parker (AUS) L 0-5	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Nigeria participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men
Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Tayo Fakiyesi	Qualification	7.650	—		12.475	—		—

Rhythmic

Nigeria participated with 1 athlete (1 woman).

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Jade Faulkner	Qualification	9.800	8.500	9.500	6.000	33.800	24

Table tennis

Nigeria participated with 7 athletes (6 men and 1 woman).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bode Abiodun	Men's singles	Benjamin (SLE) W 4 - 0	Takooa (KIR) W 4 - 0	1 Q	Cathcart (NIR) W 4 - 1	Pitchford (ENG) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Quadri Aruna		Bye				Chan Yook Fo (MRI) W 4 - 0	Pang (SGP) W 4 - 1	Desai (IND) W 4 - 0	Kamal (IND) W 4 - 0	Gao (SGP) L 2 - 4
Segun Toriola		Bye				Wilson (TTO) W 4 - 1	Gnanasekaran (IND) L RET	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bode Abiodun Olajide Omotayo	Men's doubles	Bye	Khawaja / Rameez (PAK) W 3 - 0	Drinkhall / Pitchford (ENG) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Quadri Aruna Segun Toriola	Men's doubles	Bye	Tomlinson / Watson (JAM) W 3 - 0	Choong / Leong (MAS) W 3 - 1	Pang / Poh (SGP) L 1 - 3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bode Abiodun Quadri Aruna Azeez Jamiu Olajide Omotayo Segun Toriola	Men's team	Belize (BIZ) W 3 - 0	Malaysia (MAS) W 3 - 1	1 Q	Bye	Australia (AUS) W 3 - 1	England (ENG) W 3 - 2	India (IND) L 0 - 3

Para-sport

Athletes	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Temitope Ogunsanya	Men's TT6–10	Cogill (RSA) L 0 - 3	Mizrachi (AUS) L 0 - 3	Wilson (ENG) L 0 - 3	4	did not advance
Faith Obazuaye	Women's TT6–10	McDonnell (AUS) W 3 - 0	Sutar (IND) W 3 - 0	Chan (CAN) W 3 - 0	1 Q	Pickard (ENG) W 3 - 0	Tapper (AUS) L 1 - 3

Weightlifting

Nigeria participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).^[4]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Favour Agboro	Men's −62 kg	112	9	156	3	268	5
Michael Anyalewechi	Men's −85 kg	147	3	177	5	324	5
Monica Uweh	Women's −48 kg	66	5	88	4	154	5
Fatima Yakubu	Women's −53 kg	did not finish		did not start

Powerlifting

Nigeria participated with 6 athletes (3 men and 3 women).

Athlete	Event	Result
Roland Ezuruike	Men's lightweight	224.3
Paul Kehinde	Men's lightweight	219.9
Abdulazeez Ibrahim	Men's heavyweight	191.9
Lucy Ejike	Women's lightweight	134.1
Esther Oyema	Women's lightweight	141.6
Ndidi Nwosu	Women's heavyweight	110.4

Wrestling

Nigeria participated with 12 athletes (6 men and 6 women).

Repechage Format

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ebikewenimo Welson	Men's -57 kg	Bye	Etko (SCO) W 4 - 0	Takahashi (CAN) L 0 - 5	Bye	Combrinck (RSA) W 3 - 1
Amas Daniel	Men's -65 kg	van Rensburg (RSA) W 3 - 0	Punia (IND) L 0 - 4	Did not advance	Richards (NZL) W 4 - 0	de Marinis (CAN) W 3 - 1
Ebimienfaghe Assizecourt	Men's -74 kg	Bye	Ali Amzad (BAN) W 4 - 0	Botha (RSA) L 0 - 5	Bye	Dodge (WAL) L 0 - 5	5
Melvin Bibo	Men's -86 kg	Bye	Conteh (SLE) W 5 - 0	Eslami (ENG) W 4 - 0	—	Inam (PAK) L 0 - 3
Soso Tamarau	Men's -97 kg	Bye	Nyamsi Tchouga (CMR) W 4 - 1	Khatri (IND) L 1 - 3	Bye	Kaouslidis (CYP) L 1 - 3	5
Blessing Onyebuchi	Women's -76 kg	—	Pariadhaven (MRI) W 4 - 0	Kiran (IND) W 4 - 0	—	Wiebe (CAN) L 0 - 5

Group Stage Format

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Odunayo Adekuoroye	Women's -57 kg	McDaid (NIR) W 4 - 0	Essombe Tiako (CMR) W 4 - 1	Genave (MRI) W 4 - 0	1 Q	Schaefer (CAN) W 4 - 0	Dhanda (IND) W 3 - 1
Blessing Oborududu	Women's -68 kg	Nthiga (KEN) W 5 - 0	Sultana (BAN) W 5 - 0	—	1 Q	Kakran (IND) W 4 - 1	Lappage (CAN) W 3 - 1

Nordic Format

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin				Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sinivie Boltic	Men's -125 kg	Raza (PAK) L 0 - 5	Jarvis (CAN) L INJ	Kouamen Mbianga (CMR) NP	Malik (IND) L INJ	4
Mercy Genesis	Women's -50 kg	Phogat (IND) L 1 - 3	MacDonald (CAN) L 0 - 4	Kaur (AUS) W 4 - 0	—	3
Bose Samuel	Women's −53 kg	Kumari (IND) L 1 - 3	Holland (AUS) W 4 - 0	Weicker (CAN) L 0 - 4	Dilhani (SRI) W 5 - 0
Aminat Adeniyi	Women's -62 kg	Etane Ngolle (CMR) W 4 - 0	Malik (IND) W 3 - 1	Ford (NZL) W 4 - 0	Fazzari (CAN) W 5 - 0

References

^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Iheakam, Monica (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Okagbare named Nigeria's flag bearer for opening ceremony". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Iheakam, Monica (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Okagbare named Nigeria's flag bearer for opening ceremony". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[3] Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[4] "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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v t e Associations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Boxing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Table tennis

Weightlifting

Powerlifting

Wrestling

See also

References