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
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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

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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		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
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Shot put	20.66	2 Q	21.14
Eke Kalu		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
		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		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		13.59	5	—	did not advance
Glory Onome Nathaniel	400 m hurdles	56.01	3 Q	—	56.39	6
Rita Ossai		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
		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

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – 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
Canada	3	1	2	197	244	−47	4	Qualifying finals
Nigeria	3	0	3	187	289	−102	3

Source: ^[citation needed]

6 April 2018 20:00 v t e

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)

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7 April 2018 14:00 v t e

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)

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9 April 2018 21:00 v t e

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 v t e

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

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Artistic

Nigeria participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men

Individual Qualification

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

Rhythmic

Nigeria participated with 1 athlete (1 woman).

Individual Qualification

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

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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		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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

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

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Repechage Format

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		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
		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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

See also

• Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics
• Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

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.