Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.nigerianoc.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	17 in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 48th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 4
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Alaba Akintola	100 m	10.76	2	10.24	2	21.00

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ineh Oritsemeyiwa	Triple jump	16.34	2	15.51	6	31.85

Girls

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Rosemary Chukuma	100 m	12.03	3	11.17	1	23.20
Favour Ofili	400 m	57.51	13	55.51	5	1:53.02	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Victory George	Long jump	5.58	11	5.71	11	11.29	11

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.^[1]

• Girls' singles – 1 quota

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori	Girls' Singles	Chaiwan (THA) L (1–21, 4–21)	Jiménez (DOM) L (17–21, 9–21)	Ambalangodage (SRI) L (8–21, 9–21)	4	did not advance			9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team Epsilon  Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori (NGR)  Chen Shiau-cheng (TPE)  Fabricio Farias (BRA)  Nguyễn Hải Đăng (VIE)  Tomas Toledano (ESP)  Goh Jin Wei (MAS)  Vlada Gînga (MDA)  Nazlıcan İnci (TUR)	Mixed Teams	Alpha (MIX) L (98–110)	Zeta (MIX) L (89–110)	Delta (MIX) W (110–108)	4Q	Omega (MIX) L (102–110)	did not advance		5

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Adijat Gbadamosi	-51 kg	Bye	Stoeva (BUL) W 4–1	La Piana (ITA) L 0–5
Fatimo Aramokola	-60 kg	Lawson (AUS) L 0–5	did not advance		5

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[2]

• Girls' C1 - 1 boat
• Girls' K1 - 1 boat

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Blessing Toboh Amusar	C1 sprint	2:28.59	9	2:34.37	3	Gonczol (HUN) L 2:32.75	did not advance
	C1 slalom	2:01.24	10	DNF	8	Hein (USA) L DSQ	did not advance
	K1 sprint	1:41.04	11	DSQ	11	did not advance
	K1 slalom	1:23.53	7	Bye		Bello (NGR) W 1:25.00	Lewandowski (GER) L 1:24.21	did not advance
Ayomide Emmanuel Bello	C1 sprint	2:32.35	10	2:25.62	1	Fayzieva (UZB) L 2:23.12	did not advance
	C1 slalom	1:31.18	5	Bye		Marusava (BLR) W 1:35.15	Delassus (FRA) L 1:34.03	did not advance
	K1 sprint	2:11.61	15	2:14.68	8	D'Estefano (ARG) L DSQ	did not advance
	K1 slalom	1:25.73	11	1:29.99	6	Amusar (NGR) L 1:29.12	did not advance

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria received a quota of two athletes to compete by the tripartite committee.^[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Georgia Oboh	Girls' Individual	81 (+11)	25	82 (+12)	163	29	71 (+1)	234	2	234	+24	22
Jordan Thompson	Boys' Individual	101 (+31)	32	87 (+17)	188	32	89 (+19)	277	31	277	+67	31

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Girl	Boy	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Georgia Oboh Jordan Thompson	Mixed team	71 (+1)	30	79 (+9)	25	76	87	163 (+23)	31	313	+33	30

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the African Continental Qualifier.^[4]

• Girls' singles - Esther Oribamise

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Islamiyat Yusuf	Girls' -58 kg	78	4	95	4	173	4

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships Nigeria has two female wrestlers in a qualifying position.^[5][6]

Key:

• VFA – Victory by Fall
• VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
• VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Christianah Ogunsanya	Girls' freestyle −43kg	Martinez (BRA) L 9 – 6 VFA	Vigouroux (FRA) L 0 – 1 VPO	Nazarova (AZE) L 0 – 6 VFA	Shilson (USA) L 0 – 2 VFA	5 Q	Derry (NZL) W WO	9
Sunmisola Balogun	Girls' freestyle −65kg	Nabaina (CMR) W 10 – 0 VSU	Vesso (EST) W 7 – 0 VPO	Chudyk (UKR) L 1 – 2 VPO1	Sghaier (TUN) W 9 – 0 VPO	2 Q	Tamir (MGL) L 4 – 15 VSU1	4