Nigeria at the Olympics

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Nigeria Olympic history
Medals
Ranked 74th
Gold 3 Silver 11 Bronze13 Total27

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Medals by sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 2 5 7 14
Football 1 1 1 3
Boxing 0 3 3 6
Weightlifting 0 1 1 2
Wrestling 0 1 0 1
Taekwondo 0 0 1 1
Totals (6 entries) 3 11 13 27

[Bell]

QUESTION...what happened to the female hurdles champion?
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[joao]

QUESTION...what happened to the female hurdles champion?
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Nigeria happened to her in faraway Paris.

[Undertaker]

Nigeria Olympic history
Medals
Ranked 74th
Gold 3 Silver 11 Bronze13 Total27

What about Paris 2024?

Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0!

[return2k2]

Man, even poor country like India has 7 medals, Mexico has 5 medals, Jamaica has 6 medals, South Africa has 6 medals,
but a whole oil rich giant of Africa like Nigeria has = 0 medals. Unbelievable!

UPDATED: It’s Official: Nigeria finishes Paris Olympic Games with no medal

Link: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/n ... medal.html

byTunde Eludini August 10, 2024 Reading Time: 2 mins read

For the eighth time in Olympic history, Nigeria’s athletes will return home empty-handed, as Team Nigeria concluded its Paris 2024 Olympic campaign without a single medal on Saturday.

88 athletes featured across 12 sports for Nigeria at the Paris Olympic Games.


On Saturday, Hannah Reuben, Nigeria’s last hope, lost her second-round women’s freestyle wrestling match 5-2 to Mongolia’s Davaanasan Amar Enkh, sealing the country’s worst Olympic outing since London 2012.

Nigeria’s Olympic struggles date back to Helsinki in 1952, with subsequent disappointments in Melbourne in 1956, Rome in 1960, and a brief respite at Tokyo in 1964, where Nojeem Mayegun won Nigeria’s first Olympic medal. The drought continued in Mexico City in 1968, Moscow in 1980, and Seoul in 1988, before the latest disappointment in Paris.



Fruitful outings
After breaking the jinx at the 1964 Tokyo Games, Nigeria’s next Olympic medal was another bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Dangote Refinery
However, the country boycotted the 1976 Olympics in Canada.

Nigeria won two medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics – a silver and a bronze.

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This was followed by a remarkable performance at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where the country won three silver and one bronze medal.

The 1996 Atlanta Olympics remains Nigeria’s best outing, with two gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.


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This success was followed by a gold and two silver medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

In 2004, Nigeria won two bronze medals in Greece but improved its performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with three silver and two bronze medals.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Nigeria won a solitary bronze medal in men’s football before claiming a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021.

Audience Survey
Paris Positives
Despite the lack of medals in Paris, there are positives to build upon as the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games countdown begins.

Nigeria showed improvement in athletics, with six finalists, up from four in Tokyo 2020 and two in Rio 2016.

Favour Ofili, inexplicably excluded from the 100m event, made history as the first Nigerian woman to reach the 200m final since Mary Onyali achieved the feat at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.

Also, 18-year-old Samuel Ogazi became the first Nigerian man to reach the 400m final since Innocent Egbunike’s 1988 feat at the Seoul Olympics.

The Long Jump Trio of Ese Brume, Ruth Usoro, and Prestina Ochonogor also made history as the first time three Nigerians reached the final in one event.



Additionally, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi finished sixth in the Shot Put event final, a notable achievement.

These achievements and a handful of others offer hope for Nigeria’s Olympic future as the country will try to build on them and break its medal drought in Los Angeles in 2028.

[Bell]

Man, even poor country like India has 7 medals, Mexico has 5 medals, Jamaica has 6 medals, South Africa has 6 medals,
but a whole oil rich giant of Africa like Nigeria has = 0 medals. Unbelievable!

UPDATED: It’s Official: Nigeria finishes Paris Olympic Games with no medal

Link: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/n ... medal.html

byTunde Eludini August 10, 2024 Reading Time: 2 mins read

For the eighth time in Olympic history, Nigeria’s athletes will return home empty-handed, as Team Nigeria concluded its Paris 2024 Olympic campaign without a single medal on Saturday.

88 athletes featured across 12 sports for Nigeria at the Paris Olympic Games.


On Saturday, Hannah Reuben, Nigeria’s last hope, lost her second-round women’s freestyle wrestling match 5-2 to Mongolia’s Davaanasan Amar Enkh, sealing the country’s worst Olympic outing since London 2012.

Nigeria’s Olympic struggles date back to Helsinki in 1952, with subsequent disappointments in Melbourne in 1956, Rome in 1960, and a brief respite at Tokyo in 1964, where Nojeem Mayegun won Nigeria’s first Olympic medal. The drought continued in Mexico City in 1968, Moscow in 1980, and Seoul in 1988, before the latest disappointment in Paris.



Fruitful outings
After breaking the jinx at the 1964 Tokyo Games, Nigeria’s next Olympic medal was another bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Dangote Refinery
However, the country boycotted the 1976 Olympics in Canada.

Nigeria won two medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics – a silver and a bronze.

Nigerians need credible journalism. Help us report it.
PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth, meticulously researched news and information.

It’s essential to acknowledge that news production incurs expenses, and we take pride in never placing our stories behind a prohibitive paywall.

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This was followed by a remarkable performance at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where the country won three silver and one bronze medal.

The 1996 Atlanta Olympics remains Nigeria’s best outing, with two gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.


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This success was followed by a gold and two silver medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

In 2004, Nigeria won two bronze medals in Greece but improved its performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with three silver and two bronze medals.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Nigeria won a solitary bronze medal in men’s football before claiming a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021.

Audience Survey
Paris Positives
Despite the lack of medals in Paris, there are positives to build upon as the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games countdown begins.

Nigeria showed improvement in athletics, with six finalists, up from four in Tokyo 2020 and two in Rio 2016.

Favour Ofili, inexplicably excluded from the 100m event, made history as the first Nigerian woman to reach the 200m final since Mary Onyali achieved the feat at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.

Also, 18-year-old Samuel Ogazi became the first Nigerian man to reach the 400m final since Innocent Egbunike’s 1988 feat at the Seoul Olympics.

The Long Jump Trio of Ese Brume, Ruth Usoro, and Prestina Ochonogor also made history as the first time three Nigerians reached the final in one event.



Additionally, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi finished sixth in the Shot Put event final, a notable achievement.

These achievements and a handful of others offer hope for Nigeria’s Olympic future as the country will try to build on them and break its medal drought in Los Angeles in 2028.

NO POSITIVE TAKEAWAYS HERE...a country like Nigeria cannot settle for "positive takeaways". Tangible results are what they should be looking for when you see the myriad of nations that are leaving with concrete accomplishments.

It's not like the country lacks capable athletes. Outside Nigeria, children with one or more Nigerian parents are some of the most successful athletes so Nigeria must look inward for the explanation of its international barreness. If I was asked, I'd do a deep dive into its organizational structure for its effectiveness or lack of.

Nigeria likes to be seen as a responsible member of the international community and therefore sends out squad sizes that are more a reflection of how it sees itself in the world rather than the likelihood of success. I think in future the bar should be raised sending out only those with realistic chances of tangible success.
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[TonyTheTigerKiller]

Man, even poor country like India has 7 medals, Mexico has 5 medals, Jamaica has 6 medals, South Africa has 6 medals,
but a whole oil rich giant of Africa like Nigeria has = 0 medals. Unbelievable!

UPDATED: It’s Official: Nigeria finishes Paris Olympic Games with no medal

Link: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/n ... medal.html

byTunde Eludini August 10, 2024 Reading Time: 2 mins read

For the eighth time in Olympic history, Nigeria’s athletes will return home empty-handed, as Team Nigeria concluded its Paris 2024 Olympic campaign without a single medal on Saturday.

88 athletes featured across 12 sports for Nigeria at the Paris Olympic Games.


On Saturday, Hannah Reuben, Nigeria’s last hope, lost her second-round women’s freestyle wrestling match 5-2 to Mongolia’s Davaanasan Amar Enkh, sealing the country’s worst Olympic outing since London 2012.

Nigeria’s Olympic struggles date back to Helsinki in 1952, with subsequent disappointments in Melbourne in 1956, Rome in 1960, and a brief respite at Tokyo in 1964, where Nojeem Mayegun won Nigeria’s first Olympic medal. The drought continued in Mexico City in 1968, Moscow in 1980, and Seoul in 1988, before the latest disappointment in Paris.



Fruitful outings
After breaking the jinx at the 1964 Tokyo Games, Nigeria’s next Olympic medal was another bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Dangote Refinery
However, the country boycotted the 1976 Olympics in Canada.

Nigeria won two medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics – a silver and a bronze.

Nigerians need credible journalism. Help us report it.
PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth, meticulously researched news and information.

It’s essential to acknowledge that news production incurs expenses, and we take pride in never placing our stories behind a prohibitive paywall.

Will you support our newsroom with a modest donation to help maintain our commitment to free, accessible news?

YES, I’LL DONATE TODAY xDo this later
This was followed by a remarkable performance at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where the country won three silver and one bronze medal.

The 1996 Atlanta Olympics remains Nigeria’s best outing, with two gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.


Join the Premium Times WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You.
Open in WhatsApp
This success was followed by a gold and two silver medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

In 2004, Nigeria won two bronze medals in Greece but improved its performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with three silver and two bronze medals.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Nigeria won a solitary bronze medal in men’s football before claiming a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021.

Audience Survey
Paris Positives
Despite the lack of medals in Paris, there are positives to build upon as the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games countdown begins.

Nigeria showed improvement in athletics, with six finalists, up from four in Tokyo 2020 and two in Rio 2016.

Favour Ofili, inexplicably excluded from the 100m event, made history as the first Nigerian woman to reach the 200m final since Mary Onyali achieved the feat at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.

Also, 18-year-old Samuel Ogazi became the first Nigerian man to reach the 400m final since Innocent Egbunike’s 1988 feat at the Seoul Olympics.

The Long Jump Trio of Ese Brume, Ruth Usoro, and Prestina Ochonogor also made history as the first time three Nigerians reached the final in one event.



Additionally, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi finished sixth in the Shot Put event final, a notable achievement.

These achievements and a handful of others offer hope for Nigeria’s Olympic future as the country will try to build on them and break its medal drought in Los Angeles in 2028.

NO POSITIVE TAKEAWAYS HERE...a country like Nigeria cannot settle for "positive takeaways". Tangible results are what they should be looking for when you see the myriad of nations that are leaving with concrete accomplishments.

It's not like the country lacks capable athletes. Outside Nigeria, children with one or more Nigerian parents are some of the most successful athletes so Nigeria must look inward for the explanation of its international barreness. If I was asked, I'd do a deep dive into its organizational structure for its effectiveness or lack of.

Nigeria likes to be seen as a responsible member of the international community and therefore sends out squad sizes that are more a reflection of how it sees itself in the world rather than the likelihood of success. I think in future the bar should be raised sending out only those with realistic chances of tangible success.
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Nigeria actually does send only athletes who have, at least, a small chance of winning. In the old days, we used to send upto 200 athletes or more, most of whom didn’t have a prayer of winning. Nowadays, we send athletes who can compete, even if they’re not winning medals… and I do agree there is much to look forward to, with a handful of our teenage athletes performing quite creditably. It is upto the powers that be to keep encouraging them to increase their productivity.

My real gripe is that in some events, we don’t seem to be making any effort to develop good athletes. Consider that Tobi Amusan has been around for quite some time yet we have no young women capable of challenging her; unlike in the long jump where I was happy to see 3 Nigerian women in the finals of that event


Cheers.

[sayala]

IOC is to blame.

IOC profit in one Olympics cycle is over $7 billion. None of that money goes to athletes. It goes to officials in each IOC member country.

Whereas Olympic hopefuls are left destitute with no funding for preparation or coaches or equipment or Medical Insurance or travel expenses or .......

The officials receiving the money are corrupt, Look what they did to Favor Ofili. IOC knows that the officials are corrupt. In fact they want them to be corrupt, not whistleblowers.

Developing countries perform consistently well only in events that require very little funding and competition.

[bret- hart]

Poor trash performance due to corruption. The NOC chairman needs to be removed and the Sports minister needs to step down.