Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

Nigeria at the
1992 Summer Olympics

IOC code| NGR
NOC| Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website| www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Barcelona
Competitors| 55 (32 men and 23 women) in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 38th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Nigeria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Silver | David Izonritei | Boxing | Heavyweight | 8 August
Silver | Olapade Adeniken
Davidson Ezinwa
Osmond Ezinwa
Chidi Imoh
Oluyemi Kayode | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 8 August
Silver | Richard Igbineghu | Boxing | Super heavyweight | 9 August
Bronze | Faith Idehen
Mary Onyali
Christy Opara-Thompson
Beatrice Utondu | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 8 August

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 10 | 4 | 14
Boxing | 9 | – | 9
Handball | 0 | 16 | 16
Judo | 2 | 0 | 2
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2
Table tennis | 4 | 2 | 6
Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1
Wrestling | 5 | – | 5
Total | 32 | 23 | 55

## Results by event

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### Athletics

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Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

* Udeme Ekpeyong, Emmanuel Okoli, Hassan Bosso, and Sunday Bada

* Heat -- 3:00.39
* Final -- 3:01.71 (→ 5th place)

### Boxing

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Men's Flyweight (- 51 kg)

* Moses Malagu

* First Round - Defeated Richard Buttimer (IRL), 12:8
* Second Round - Lost to Raúl González (CUB), RSC-2

Men's Bantamweight (- 54 kg)

* Mohammed Sabo

* First Round - Defeated Robert Ciba (POL), RSC-3
* Second Round - Defeated Chatree Suwanyod (THA), 16:7
* Quarterfinals - Lost to Wayne McCullough (IRL), 13:31

Men's Lightweight (- 60 kg)

* Moses Odion

* First Round - Defeated Janos Petrovics (HUN), 18:8
* Second Round - Lost to Oscar De La Hoya (USA), 4:16

Men's Light Welterweight (- 63.5 kg)

* James Mozez

* First Round - Lost to Arlo Chavez (PHI), 6:12

Men's Welterweight (- 67 kg)

* Tajudeen Sabitu

* First Round - Lost to Francisc Vaştag (ROM), 0:9

Men's Light Middleweight (- 71 kg)

* David Defiagbon

* First Round - Lost to Raúl Márquez (USA), 7:8

Men's Light Heavyweight (- 81 kg)

* Jacklord Jacobs

* First Round - Bye
* Second Round - Lost to Rostislav Zaulichniy (EUN), 8:16

Men's Heavyweight (- 91 kg)

* David Izonritei →  Silver Medal

* First Round - Bye
* Second Round - Defeated Morteza Shiri (IRN), RSC-3 (01:35)
* Quarterfinals - Defeated Kirk Johnson (CAN), 9:5
* Semifinals - Defeated David Tua (NZL), 12:7
* Final - Lost to Félix Savón (CUB), 1:14

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

* Richard Igbineghu →  Silver Medal

* First Round - Bye
* Second Round - Defeated Liade Alhassan (GHA), walk-over
* Quarterfinals - Defeated Gitas Juskevicius (LTU), KO-2
* Semifinals - Defeated Svilen Rusinov (BUL), 9:7
* Final - Lost to Roberto Balado (CUB), 2:13

### Handball

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#### Women's Team Competition

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* Preliminary round (group A)

* Nigeria - Germany 17-32
* Nigeria - Unified Team 18-26
* Nigeria - United States 21-23

* Classification Match

* 7th-8th place: Nigeria - Spain 17-26 (→ Eighth and last place)

* Team roster

* Angela Ajodo
* Justina Akpulo
* Justina Anyiam
* Uzoma Azuka
* Barbara Diribe
* Eunice Idausa
* Chiaka Lauretta Ihebom
* Mary Ihedioha
* Agustina Nikechi Abi
* Mary Nwachukwu
* Immaculate Nwaogu
* Ngozi Opara
* Auta Olivia Sana
* Mary Soronadi
* Victoria Umunna
* Bridget Yamala Egwolosan

* Head coach: Anthony Atusu

### Swimming

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Men's 50m Freestyle

* Musa Bakare

* Heat - 24.13 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

* Musa Bakare

* Heat - 58.36 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

* Joshua Ikhaghomi

* Heat - 27.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

* Joshua Ikhaghomi

* Heat - 1:00.72 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

## See also

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* Nigeria at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
* Nigeria at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

## References

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1. ^ Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* sports-reference

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