Nigeria participated at the 1987 All-Africa Games held at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani in the city of Nairobi, Kenya. It was the fourth time that the country had taken part in the games and expectations were high for the country’s competitors after their second place in the medal table in the previous games held in Algeria. The country did well, achieving third place in the medal table with 23 gold medals. Amongst the winners were Bose Kaffo, who went on to win medals in five subsequent All Africa Games, and Mary Onyali, the first athlete to represent Nigeria at five Olympiads.
Medal summary Nigeria won 60 medals in total.
Medal table Sport Gold Silver BronzeTotal Athletics 14 7 6 27 Boxing 0 1 0 1 Field hockey 0 0 1 1 Football 0 0 0 0 Swimming 0 2 4 6 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Table tennis 4 3 4 11 Taekwondo 3 0 0 3 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Weightlifting 3 3 4 10 Total 23 16 21 60
List of Medalists Gold Medal MedalNameSportEventDateRef Chidi Imo Athletics Men's 100m Tina Iheagwam Athletics Women's 100m Mary Onyali Athletics Women's 200m Innocent Egbunike Athletics Men's 400m Maria Usifo Athletics Women's 100m hurdles Maria Usifo Athletics Women's 400m hurdles Paul Emordi Athletics Men's long jump Beatrice Utondu Athletics Women's long jump Adewale Olukoju Athletics Men's shot put Adewale Olukoju Athletics Men's discus Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Moses UgbusienJoseph FallayeHenry AmikeInnocent Egbunike Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Lawrence Iquaibom Weightlifting 60 kg Emmanuel Oshomah Weightlifting 100 kg Ojadi Aduche Weightlifting +110 kg Atanda Musa Table tennis Men's singles Titus OmotaraAtanda Musa Table tennis Men's doubles Iyabo Akanmu Table tennis Women's doubles Kubrat OwolabiAtanda Musa Table tennis Mixed doubles Dominic Kim Taekwondo Men's lightweight Anthony Ilukhor Taekwondo Men's middleweight Pius Ilukhor Taekwondo Men's heavyweight
Silver Medal MedalNameSportEventDateRef Falilat Ogunkoya Athletics Women's 100m Falilat Ogunkoya Athletics Women's 200m Asmir Okoro Athletics Men's high jump Yusuf Alli Athletics Men's long jump Comfort Igeh Athletics Women's long jump Joseph Taiwo Athletics Men's triple jump Mbanefo Akpom Athletics Men's decathlon Moshood Adeniy Weightlifting 67.5 kg Muyiwa Odusanya Weightlifting 82.5 kg Olusola Awosina Weightlifting 90 kg Martin Nougle Boxing Men's 71kg Titus Omotara Table tennis Men's singles Fatai AdeyemoSule Olaleye Table tennis Men's doubles Bose KaffoTitus Omotara Table tennis Mixed doubles
Bronze Medal MedalNameSportEventDateRef Mary Onyali Athletics Women's 100m Tina Iheagwam Athletics Women's 200m Moses Ugbisie Athletics Men's 400m Eseme Ikpoto Athletics Men's 800m Henry Amike Athletics Men's 400m hurdles Joseph Kio Athletics Men's long jump Mammah Enuwozo Ngozi Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke Jimmy Idogesit Weightlifting 67.5 kg Godfrey Ehineboh Weightlifting 75 kg Joseph Osiobor Weightlifting 90 kg Bartholomew Oluoma Weightlifting 110 kg Nigeria men's national volleyball team Volleyball Volleyball - Men Nigeria men's national field hockey team Field hockey Field hockey - Men
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