Nigeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Victor Edet, Davidson Ezinwa, Abdullahi Tetengi, and Olatunji Olobia

• Heat – 39.15

• Victor Edet, Olapade Adeniken, Isiaq Adeyanju, and Olatunji Olobia

• Semi Final – 39.05 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Sunday Uti, Moses Ugbisie, Henry Amike, and Innocent Egbunike
  1. Heat – 3:06.59
  2. Semi Final – 3:01.13
  3. Final – 3:02.50 (→ 7th place)

Men's Marathon

• Yohanna Waziri — 2"29.14 (→ 60th place)
• Abbas Mohammed — 2"35.26 (→ 70th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Yusuf Ali

• Qualification — 7.73m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Adewale Olukoju

• Qualification — 54.44m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Falilat Ogunkoya, Kehinde Vaughan, Airat Bakare, and Mary Onyali

• Heat — 3:30.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Grace Apiafi

• Qualification – 49.84m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Grace Apiafi

• Qualification — 15.06m (→ did not advance)

Football (soccer)

• Preliminary Round (Group D)

• Nigeria — Brazil 0-4
• Nigeria — Yugoslavia 1-3
• Nigeria — Australia 0-1

• Quarter Finals

• Did not advance

• Team Roster

• ( 1.) David Ngodigha
• ( 2.) Emeka Ezeugo
• ( 3.) Andrew Uwe
• ( 4.) Ademola Adeshina
• ( 5.) Chidi Nwanu
• ( 6.) Dahiru Sadi
• ( 7.) Augustine Eguavoen
• ( 8.) Sylvanus Okpala
• ( 9.) Dominic Iorfa
• (10.) Samuel Okwaraji
• (11.) Rashidi Yekini
• (12.) Christian Obi
• (13.) Mike Obiku
• (14.) Bright Omokaro
• (15.) Samson Siasia
• (16.) Osaro Obobaifo
• (17.) Wole Odegbami
• (18.) Ndubuisi Okosieme
• (19.) Jude Agada
• (20.) Henry Nwosu

Head Coach: Manfred Hoener d.THeofanis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Sadiq Abdullahi
  1. First round — Lost to Javier Sánchez (Spain) 2-6, 5-7, 3-6
• Tony Mmoh
  1. First round — Defeated Wojtek Kowalski (Poland) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
  2. Second round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 6-4, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 1-6
• Nduka Odizor
  1. First round — Lost to Robert Seguso (United States) 4-6, 3-6, 2-6

Weightlifting

Men's Lightweight

• Lawrence Iquaibom

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Muyiwa Odusanya

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

• Olusola Awosina

Men's Super-Heavyweight

• Gilberg Ojadi Aduche