Nigeria at the 2015 African Games

Nigeria at the
2015 All-Africa Games
Nigeria at the; 2015 All-Africa Games
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigerian Olympic Committee
in Brazzaville
Competitors	573 in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Funke Oshonaike
Medals; Ranked 2nd	Gold 47 Silver 55 Bronze 42 Total 144
All-Africa Games appearances (overview)
	1965; 1973; 1978; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;
Youth appearances
	2010; 2014;

Nigeria participated at the 2015 All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. It participated with 573 athletes in 21 sports.^[1] Nigeria finished 2nd in the 2015 All-Africa Games medal table.^[2]

Athletics

The following athletes competed for Nigeria in athletics and reached the finals.^[3]

Men
Athlete	Event	Place	Result	Notes
Ogho-Oghene Egwero	100 metres	2	10.17 seconds
Seye Ogunlewe	100 metres	5	10.45s
Nicholas Imhoaperamhe	100 metres	7	10.52s
Divine Oduduru	200 metres	2	20.45s
Tega Odele	200 metres	3	20.58s
Obinna Metu	200 metres	5	20.74s
Orukpe Erayokan	400 metres	6	45.73s
Tyrone Akins	100m hurdles	3	13.54s
Henry Okorie	400m hurdles	7	50.01s
Samson Idiata	Long Jump	DSQ	7.83 metres	Disqualified for doping
Ezekiel Ewulo	Long Jump	6	7.39m
Tosin Oke	Triple Jump	1	17.00m
Olumide Olamigoke	Triple Jump	2	16.98
Nathaniel Oghenewegba	4 × 400 m Relay	4	3:03.52
Robert Simmonson	4 × 400 m Relay	4	3:03.52
Henry Okorie	4 × 400 m Relay	4	3:03.52
Orukpe Erayokan	4 × 400 m Relay	4	3:03.52
Peter Moreno	Decathlon	7	6281

Women
Athlete	Event	Place	Result	Notes
Cecilia Francis	100 metres	5	11.53 seconds
Ngozi Onwumere	200 metres	2	23.24s
Lawrette Ozoh	200 metres	3	23.37s
Patience Okon George	400 metres	2	50.71s
Adelowe Oluwatosin	400 metres	4	51.82s
Margaret Etim	400 metres	5	52.64s
Abike Egbeniyi	800 metres	8	2:09.36
Amusan Oluwatobiloba	100m hurdles	1	13.15s
Lindsay Lindley Weyinme	100m hurdles	3	13.3s
Amaka Ogoegbunam	400m hurdles	1	55.86s
Ajoke Odumonsu	400m hurdles	2	57.63s
Doreen Amata	High Jump	2	1.85 metres
Motunrayo Sasegbom	High Jump	5	1.80m
Chinazom Amadi	Long Jump	DSQ	6.31m	Disqualified for doping
Eze Brume	Long Jump	4	6.23m
Ibrhaim Blessing	Long Jump	9	5.84m
Ibrhaim Blessing	Triple Jump	2	13.52m
Hope Idhe	Triple Jump	6	12.90m
Claire Uke	Shot Put	2	16.64m
Claire Uke	Discus	1	54.25m
Precious Ogunleye	Discus	4	48.18m
Precious Ogunleye	Hammer Throw	5	58.84m
Kelechi Nwanaga	Javelin	1	52.7m
Cecila Francis	4 × 100 m relay	1	43.1s
Blessing Okagbare	4 × 100 m relay	1	43.1s
Ngozi Onwumere	4 × 100 m relay	1	43.1s
Lawretta Ozoh	4 × 100 m relay	1	43.1s
Rita Ossai	4 × 400 m relay	1	3:27.12
Funke Oladoye	4 × 400 m relay	1	3:27.12
Tosin Adeloye	4 × 400 m relay	1	3:27.12
Patience Okon George	4 × 400 m relay	1	3:27.12

Badminton

The Nigerian National Badminton Team placed third, losing 0–3 to Mauritius in the Semifinal.^[4]

The following athletes/teams medaled for Nigeria.^[5]


Athlete	Event	Place
Grace Gabriel	Women's Singles	2
Clement Krobakpo	Men's Singles	3
Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	Men's Doubles	3
Enejoh Abah Victor Makanju	Men's Doubles	3
Grace Gabriel Maria Braimoh	Women's Doubles	3

Basketball

The Men's team placed third after losing 60–61 to Egypt, and then beating Mali 57–55 in the third place match.^[6] The Women's team placed second after losing 57–73 to Mali in the final.^[7]

Beach volleyball

The women's team beat South Africa 2–1 in the Final to claim gold.^[8]

Boxing

Cycling

The following athletes placed top ten in cycling for Nigeria.^[9]^[10]^[11]


Athlete	Event	Place	Time
Gladys Grikpa Tombrapa	Women's Road Race	2	1:45:10
Adejoku Durogbade	Women's Road Race	6	1:45:10
Grikpa Gladys Tombrapa	Women's Time Trial	5	NA
Emmanuel Innocent Akpan Qodiri Ajibade Eyo Effioke Kalizebe Caleb	Men's Team Time Trial	7	NA
Rosemary Marcus Grikpa Gladys Tombrapa Happy Okafor Glory Odiase	Women's Team Time Trial	3	NA

Football

The men's team placed third after beating Congo in the 3rd place match. The game tied 0-0, and Nigeria won 5–3 in the penalty kick shootout.^[12] The woman's team placed 4th, losing the 3rd place match to Ivory Coast 1–2.^[12]

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Karate

Petanque

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Nigeria's contingent to All-Africa Games departs". NOC. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "African Games: Para athletes lead the way as Nigeria unearths more stars in Congo". The Premium Times. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "11 Èmes Jeux Africains Brazzaville 2015" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ "2015 African Continental Championships (Team)". Badminton World Federation.
^ "BWF - 2015 African Continental Championships (Individual) - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Men Basketball XI Africa Games 2015 Brazzaville (CGO) Wednesday 09.09 - Friday 18.09 - Winner Angola". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Women Basketball XI Africa Games 2015 Brazzaville (CGO) Wednesday 09.09 - Friday 18.09 - Winner Mali". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ Tony (13 September 2015). "Nigeria beat South Africa to win women beach volleyball gold". Vanguard News Nigeria. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Ordre d'Arrivée" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Ordre de Depart" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Ordre de Depart" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Jeux Africains Brazzaville 2015 - Resultats". brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[1] "Nigeria's contingent to All-Africa Games departs". NOC. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[premium_times_ng_stars-2] "African Games: Para athletes lead the way as Nigeria unearths more stars in Congo". The Premium Times. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[3] "11 Èmes Jeux Africains Brazzaville 2015" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[4] "2015 African Continental Championships (Team)". Badminton World Federation.

[5] "BWF - 2015 African Continental Championships (Individual) - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[6] "Men Basketball XI Africa Games 2015 Brazzaville (CGO) Wednesday 09.09 - Friday 18.09 - Winner Angola". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[7] "Women Basketball XI Africa Games 2015 Brazzaville (CGO) Wednesday 09.09 - Friday 18.09 - Winner Mali". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[8] Tony (13 September 2015). "Nigeria beat South Africa to win women beach volleyball gold". Vanguard News Nigeria. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[9] "Ordre d'Arrivée" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[10] "Ordre de Depart" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[11] "Ordre de Depart" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[JAB-12] "Jeux Africains Brazzaville 2015 - Resultats". brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

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