Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Nigeria competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. Since the nation made its debut in 1952, Nigerian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.

Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	77 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Olufunke Oshonaike[1]
Medals Ranked 78th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Nigeria Olympic Committee fielded a squad of 77 athletes, 51 men and 26 women, to compete in ten sports at the Games.^[2] It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics since 2000, increasing by a third of its full roster size at London 2012. Among the sports represented by the nation's athletes, Nigeria marked its Olympic debut in rowing, as well as its return to swimming and men's football after an eight-year hiatus. Apart from the men's football squad, Nigeria also returned to the Olympic scene in men's basketball for the second consecutive time.^[3]

Topping the list of most experienced athletes on the Nigerian roster were table tennis players Segun Toriola, who set a record as Africa's first ever athlete to feature in seven Olympics, and Olufunke Oshonaike, who became the first female from her country to compete at her sixth consecutive Games.^[4] Other notable Nigerian competitors also included sprinter and 2008 bronze medalist Blessing Okagbare, British-born slalom kayaker Jonathan Akinyemi, basketball players Chamberlain Oguchi and Alade Aminu, and weightlifting veteran Mariam Usman (women's +75 kg). Football midfielder John Obi Mikel was named the captain of the Nigerian squad, while Oshonaike acted as both his assistant and the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[2][1]

Nigeria left Rio de Janeiro with only a bronze medal won by the men's football squad (captained by Mikel), scoring a 3–2 triumph over the Hondurans.^[5][6]

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Nigeria Olympic football team Daniel Akpeyi Muenfuh Sincere Kingsley Madu Shehu Abdullahi Saturday Erimuya William Troost-Ekong Aminu Umar Oghenekaro Etebo Imoh Ezekiel John Obi Mikel Junior Ajayi Popoola Saliu Umar Sadiq Azubuike Okechukwu Ndifreke Udo Stanley Amuzie Usman Mohammed Emmanuel Daniel Football Men's tournament August 20

Medals by sport/discipline Sport Total Football 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 1 1 Medals by day Day Total August 20 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 1 1 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 0 1 1 Female 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 1 1

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Nigerian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[7][8]

Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, 2016, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) had selected a list of 27 athletes for the Games, featuring long jumper, sprinter, and Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Blessing Okagbare.^[9]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ogho-Oghene Egwero	100 m	Bye		10.37	6	Did not advance
Seye Ogunlewe		Bye		10.26	4	Did not advance
Tega Odele	200 m	21.25	8	—		Did not advance
Ejowvokoghene Oduduru		20.34	2 Q	—		20.59	7	Did not advance
Orukpe Erayokan	400 m	47.42	7	—		Did not advance
Antwon Hicks	110 m hurdles	13.70	4 Q	—		14.26	7	Did not advance
Miles Ukaoma	400 m hurdles	49.84	5	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gloria Asumnu	100 m	Bye		11.55	5	Did not advance
Jennifer Madu		Bye		11.61	5	Did not advance
Blessing Okagbare	100 m	Bye		11.16	2 Q	11.09	3	Did not advance
	200 m	22.71	1 Q	—		22.69	5	Did not advance
Margaret Bamgbose	400 m	51.43	3 q	—		51.92	7	Did not advance
Patience Okon George		51.83	2 Q	—		52.52	8	Did not advance
Omolara Omotosho		53.22	5	—		Did not advance
Oluwatobiloba Amusan	100 m hurdles	12.99	5 q	—		12.91	3	Did not advance
Amaka Ogoegbunam	400 m hurdles	56.96	4	—		Did not advance
Gloria Asumnu Jennifer Madu Blessing Okagbare Agnes Osazuwa Peace Uko	4 × 100 m relay	42.55	2 Q	—				43.21	8

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tosin Oke	Triple jump	16.47	23	Did not advance
Olu Olamigoke		16.10	32	Did not advance
Stephen Mozia	Shot put	18.98	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ese Brume	Long jump	6.67	3 Q	6.81	5
Doreen Amata	High jump	1.89	27	Did not advance
Nwanneka Okwelogu	Shot put	16.67	29	Did not advance
Chinwe Okoro	Discus throw	58.85	14	Did not advance

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Uhunoma Osazuwa	Result	13.75	1.77	13.15	24.67	5.72	33.42	DSQ	4916	29
	Points	1014	941	737	917	765	542	0

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Nigeria men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the AfroBasket 2015 in Tunisia.^[10]

Team roster

The following is the Nigeria roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[11] Captain Olumide Oyedeji quit the squad due to personal problems.^[12]

Nigeria men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Ben Uzoh 28 – (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Unattached PG 5 Michael Umeh 31 – (1984-09-18)18 September 1984 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Ironi Nahariya F/C 6 Ike Diogu 32 – (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers G/F 7 Ebi Ere 35 – (1981-08-02)2 August 1981 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Capitanes de Arecibo PG 8 Josh Akognon 30 – (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Dinamo Sassari G/F 9 Chamberlain Oguchi 30 – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Anwil Włocławek G/F 10 Stan Okoye 25 – (1991-04-10)10 April 1991 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Pallacanestro Trapani C 11 Andy Ogide 28 – (1987-10-01)1 October 1987 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Migdal HaEmek G 12 Michael Gbinije 24 – (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Syracuse Orange C 13 Shane Lawal 29 – (1986-10-08)8 October 1986 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) FC Barcelona Lassa F/C 14 Alade Aminu 28 – (1987-09-14)14 September 1987 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Hapoel Eilat B.C. F/C 15 Ekene Ibekwe 31 – (1985-07-19)19 July 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CEZ Nymburk	Head coach Will Voigt Assistant coach(es) John Kirk Bryant Mathias Eckhoff Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	3	2	400	407	−7	8[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	3	2	432	357	+75	8[a]
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	392	428	−36	8[a]
4	Argentina	5	3	2	441	428	+13	8[a]
5	Brazil (H)	5	2	3	411	407	+4	7
6	Nigeria	5	1	4	392	441	−49	6

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. In games among the four teams at 3–2, Croatia and Spain were 2–1 while Argentina and Lithuania were 1–2. Croatia beat Spain 72–70, and Lithuania beat Argentina 81–73.

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 22:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	66–94	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 16–28, 19–22, 16–22
Pts: Diogu 15 Rebs: Diogu 13 Asts: Gbinije, Umeh 3		Pts: Campazzo 19 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Campazzo, Ginóbili 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,425 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Damir Javor (SLO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 19:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	89–80	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 23–25, 29–13, 24–26
Pts: Mačiulis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 7 Asts: Kalnietis 12		Pts: Diogu 19 Rebs: Diogu 7 Asts: Ere 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,785 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Anne Panther (GER)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 19:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	87–96	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 30–18, 25–22, 21–31
Pts: Oguchi 24 Rebs: Diogu 7 Asts: Uzoh 7		Pts: Gasol 16 Rebs: Reyes 9 Asts: Llull 5

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,999 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX), Duan Zhu (CHN)

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 22:30

Boxscore

Croatia	76–90	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 11–22, 17–27, 20–20
Pts: Bogdanović 28 Rebs: Simon 6 Asts: Ukić 4		Pts: Umeh 19 Rebs: Diogu 12 Asts: Ere 6

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,720 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Damir Javor (SLO), Scott Beker (AUS)

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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 14:15

Boxscore

Nigeria	69–86	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–27, 21–17, 17–27
Pts: Akognon 16 Rebs: Aminu 7 Asts: four players 2		Pts: Nenê 19 Rebs: Nenê 7 Asts: Huertas 11

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,173 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Nigeria has entered one boxer to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Efe Ajagba had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Efe Ajagba	Men's super heavyweight	Bye	Paul (TTO) W KO	Dychko (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

Nigeria has qualified one canoeist in the men's K-1 class by obtaining a top finish at the 2015 African Canoe Slalom Championships in Sagana, Kenya.^[14][15]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonathan Akinyemi	Men's K-1	107.49	20	104.59	19	104.59	20	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Nigeria men's football team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal.^[16][17]

Team roster

The following is the Nigerian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[18]

Head coach: Samson Siasia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Daniel Akpeyi*	(1986-08-03)3 August 1986 (aged 30)	3	0	Chippa United
2	2DF	Seth Sincere	(1998-04-28)28 April 1998 (aged 18)	25	0	Rhapsody
3	2DF	Kingsley Madu	(1995-12-12)12 December 1995 (aged 20)	3	0	AS Trenčín
4	2DF	Shehu Abdullahi	(1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 23)	9	0	União da Madeira
5	2DF	Saturday Erimuya	(1998-01-10)10 January 1998 (aged 18)	6	1	Kayseri Erciyesspor
6	2DF	William Troost-Ekong	(1993-09-01)1 September 1993 (aged 22)	6	0	Haugesund
7	4FW	Aminu Umar	(1995-03-06)6 March 1995 (aged 21)	9	2	Osmanlıspor
8	3MF	Peter Etebo	(1995-11-09)9 November 1995 (aged 20)	19	11	Feirense
9	4FW	Imoh Ezekiel (c)	(1993-10-24)24 October 1993 (aged 22)	6	0	Anderlecht
10	3MF	Mikel John Obi*	(1987-04-22)22 April 1987 (aged 29)	6	1	Chelsea
11	4FW	Junior Ajayi	(1996-01-29)29 January 1996 (aged 20)	19	10	Al Ahly
12	3MF	Saliu Popoola	(1994-08-07)7 August 1994 (aged 21)	8	0	Seraing United
13	4FW	Umar Sadiq	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 19)	6	4	Roma
14	3MF	Azubuike Okechukwu	(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 19)	24	1	Yeni Malatyaspor
15	2DF	Ndifreke Udo	(1998-08-15)15 August 1998 (aged 17)	18	0	Abia Warriors
16	2DF	Stanley Amuzie	(1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 20)	18	0	Olhanense
17	3MF	Mohammed Usman	(1994-03-02)2 March 1994 (aged 22)	19	1	União da Madeira
18	1GK	Emmanuel Daniel	(1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 22)	25	0	Enugu Rangers

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Quarter-finals
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)

22:00 (21:00 UTC–4)

Nigeria	5–4	Japan
Sadiq 6' Etebo 10', 42', 52' (pen.), 66'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Koroki 9' (pen.) Minamino 12' Asano 70' Suzuki 90+5'

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 29,996^[19]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)

19:00 (18:00 UTC–4)

Sweden	0–1	Nigeria
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Sadiq 40'

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 23,892^[20]

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)

19:00

Colombia	2–0	Nigeria
Gutiérrez 4' Pabón 63' (pen.)	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 36,702^[21]

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

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Quarterfinal

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)

16:00

Nigeria	2–0	Denmark
Mikel 15' Umar 59'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 30,307^[22]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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Semifinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)

16:00

Nigeria	0–2	Germany
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Klostermann 9' Petersen 89'

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 35,562^[23]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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Bronze medal match

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)

13:00

Honduras	2–3	Nigeria
Lozano 71' Pereira 86'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Sadiq 34', 56' Umar 49'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 9,091^[24]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Nigeria has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games at the 2015 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chierika Ukogu	Women's single sculls	8:35.34	3 QF	Bye		7:54.44	5 SC/D	8:18.55	4 FD	7:44.76	20

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Nigeria has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics, signifying its return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.^[25][26][27]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Samson Opuakpo	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.85	59	Did not advance
Rechael Tonjor	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:21.43	42	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Nigeria has entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Olympic veterans Quadri Aruna and Olufunke Oshonaike secured places each in the men's and women's singles by virtue of a top four finish at the 2015 All-Africa Games.^[28] Meanwhile, Segun Toriola and Offiong Edem took the remaining spots on the Nigerian team by virtue of their top 2 finish respectively at the African Qualification Tournament in Khartoum, Sudan. For Toriola, he has become the fourth table tennis player and the first ever African athlete to appear in seven editions of the Summer Olympic Games.^[29][30]

Abiodun Bode was awarded the third spot to build the men's team for the Games as the top African nation in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[31]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Quadri Aruna	Men's singles	Bye		Wang Y (SVK) W 4–1	Chuang C-y (TPE) W 4–0	Boll (GER) W 4–2	Ma L (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Segun Toriola		Bye	Prokopcov (CZE) W 4–2	Niwa (JPN) L 2–40	Did not advance
Bode Abiodun Quadri Aruna Segun Toriola	Men's team	—				China (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Offiong Edem	Women's singles	Yee (FIJ) W 4–0	Pavlovich (BLR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Olufunke Oshonaike		Sahakian (LIB) W 4–3	Diaz (PUR) L 2–4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Nigeria has qualified one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top four national finish at the 2016 African Championships.^[32] The team must allocate this place by June 20, 2016.^[33]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mariam Usman	Women's +75 kg	115	11	150	8	265	9

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Nigeria has qualified a total of seven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spot in the women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while the majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Nigerian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.^[34][35]

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Decision by points – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amas Daniel	−65 kg	Bye	Iakobishvili (GEO) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					17
Soso Tamarau	−97 kg	Bye	Ibragimov (UZB) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance					19

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mercy Genesis	−48 kg	Bye	Matkowska (POL) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					14
Odunayo Adekuoroye	−53 kg	Bye	S Mattsson (SWE) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance					17
Aminat Adeniyi	−58 kg	Bye	Olli (FIN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					16
Blessing Oborududu	−63 kg	Bye	Soronzonbold (MGL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					14
Hannah Rueben	−69 kg	Bye	Yeats (CAN) L 1–4 SP	Did not advance					14

See also

• Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics