Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 55 (32 men and 23 women) in 8 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 38 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 4 |
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Nigeria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Contents
Medalists
Silver
- Oluyemi Kayode, Olapade Adeniken, Davidson Ezinwa, Chidi Imoh, and Osmond Ezinwa (heats) — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
- David Izonritei — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Richard Igbineghu — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
Bronze
- Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Mary Onyali and Christy Opara Thompson — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 4x400m Relay
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- Heat — 3:00.39
- Final — 3:01.71 (→ 5th place)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
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- First Round – Defeated Richard Buttimer (IRL), 12:8
- Second Round – Lost to Raúl González (CUB), RSC-2
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- First Round – Lost to Arlo Chavez (PHI), 6:12
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
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- First Round – Lost to Francisc Vaştag (ROM), 0:9
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
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- First Round – Lost to Raúl Márquez (USA), 7:8
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
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- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Lost to Rostislav Zaulichniy (EUN), 8:16
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
- David Izonritei → Silver Medal
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- 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
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- 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
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Nigeria – Germany 17-32
- Nigeria – Unified Team 18-26
- Nigeria – United States 21-23
- Classification Match
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- 7th-8th place: Nigeria – Spain 17-26 (→ Eighth and last place)
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Anthony Atusu
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
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- Heat – 24.13 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
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- Heat – 58.36 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
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- Heat – 27.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
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- Heat – 1:00.72 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
