Nigeria at the 2015 African Games

Nigeria participated at the 2015 All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. It participated with 573 athletes in 21 sports.[1] Nigeria finished 2nd in the 2015 All-Africa Games medal table.[2]

Nigeria at the 2015 All-Africa Games
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigerian Olympic Committee
in Brazzaville
Competitors	573 in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Funke Oshonaike
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 47 Silver 55 Bronze 42 Total 144
All-Africa Games appearances (overview)
1965 1973 1978 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Youth appearances
2010 2014

Athletics

The following athletes competed for Nigeria in athletics and reached the finals.[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Place	Result	Notes
Ogho-Oghene Egwero	100 metres	2	10.17 seconds
Seye Ogunlewe	100 metres	5	10.45s
Nicholas Imhoaperamhe	100 metres	7	10.52s
Divine Oduduru	200 metres	2	20.45s
Tega Odele	200 metres	3	20.58s
Obinna Metu	200 metres	5	20.74s
Orukpe Erayokan	400 metres	6	45.73s
Tyrone Akins	100m hurdles	3	13.54s
Henry Okorie	400m hurdles	7	50.01s
Samson Idiata	Long Jump	DSQ	7.83 metres	Disqualified for doping
Ezekiel Ewulo	Long Jump	6	7.39m
Tosin Oke	Triple Jump	1	17.00m
Olumide Olamigoke	Triple Jump	2	16.98
Nathaniel Oghenewegba	4x400m Relay	4	3:03.52
Robert Simmonson	4x400m Relay	4	3:03.52
Henry Okorie	4x400m Relay	4	3:03.52
Orukpe Erayokan	4x400m Relay	4	3:03.52
Peter Moreno	Decathlon	7	6281

Women

Athlete	Event	Place	Result	Notes
Cecilia Francis	100 metres	5	11.53 seconds
Ngozi Onwumere	200 metres	2	23.24s
Lawrette Ozoh	200 metres	3	23.37s
Patience Okon George	400 metres	2	50.71s
Adelowe Oluwatosin	400 metres	4	51.82s
Margaret Etim	400 metres	5	52.64s
Abike Egbeniyi	800 metres	8	2:09.36
Amusan Oluwatobiloba	100m hurdles	1	13.15s
Lindsay Lindley Weyinme	100m hurdles	3	13.3s
Amaka Ogoegbunam	400m hurdles	1	55.86s
Ajoke Odumonsu	400m hurdles	2	57.63s
Doreen Amata	High Jump	2	1.85 metres
Motunrayo Sasegbom	High Jump	5	1.80m
Chinazom Amadi	Long Jump	DSQ	6.31m	Disqualified for doping
Eze Brume	Long Jump	4	6.23m
Ibrhaim Blessing	Long Jump	9	5.84m
Ibrhaim Blessing	Triple Jump	2	13.52m
Hope Idhe	Triple Jump	6	12.90m
Claire Uke	Shot Put	2	16.64m
Claire Uke	Discus	1	54.25m
Precious Ogunleye	Discus	4	48.18m
Precious Ogunleye	Hammer Throw	5	58.84m
Kelechi Nwanaga	Javelin	1	52.7m
Cecila Francis	4x100m relay	1	43.1s
Blessing Okagbare	4x100m relay	1	43.1s
Ngozi Onwumere	4x100m relay	1	43.1s
Lawretta Ozoh	4x100m relay	1	43.1s
Rita Ossai	4x400m relay	1	3:27.12
Funke Oladoye	4x400m relay	1	3:27.12
Tosin Adeloye	4x400m relay	1	3:27.12
Patience Okon George	4x400m relay	1	3:27.12

Badminton

The Nigerian National Badminton Team placed third, losing 0-3 to Mauritius in the Semifinal.[4]

The following athletes/teams medaled for Nigeria.[5]

Athlete	Event	Place
Grace Gabriel	Women's Singles	2
Clement Krobakpo	Men's Singles	3
Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	Men's Doubles	3
Enejoh Abah Victor Makanju	Men's Doubles	3
Grace Gabriel Maria Braimoh	Women's Doubles	3

Basketball

The Men's team placed third after losing 60-61 to Egypt, and then beating Mali 57-55 in the third place match.[6] The Women's team placed second after losing 57-73 to Mali in the final.[7]

Beach volleyball

The women's team beat South Africa 2-1 in the Final to claim gold.[8]

Boxing

Cycling

The following athletes placed top ten in cycling for Nigeria.[9][10][11]

Athlete	Event	Place	Time
Gladys Grikpa Tombrapa	Women's Road Race	2	1:45:10
Adejoku Durogbade	Women's Road Race	6	1:45:10
Grikpa Gladys Tombrapa	Women's Time Trial	5	NA
Emmanuel Innocent Akpan Qodiri Ajibade Eyo Effioke Kalizebe Caleb	Men's Team Time Trial	7	NA
Rosemary Marcus Grikpa Gladys Tombrapa Happy Okafor Glory Odiase	Women's Team Time Trial	3	NA

Football

The men's team placed third after beating Congo in the 3rd place match. The game tied 0-0, and Nigeria won 5-3 in the penalty kick shootout.[12] The woman's team placed 4th, losing the 3rd place match to Ivory Coast 1-2.[12]

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Karate

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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