Nigeria competed in the 2003 All-Africa Games held at the National Stadium in the city of Abuja. It was the eighth time that the country had taken part in the games and expectations were high for the competitors as they were playing on home soil. 2003 was the second time that Nigeria hosted the games, as the 1973 All-Africa Games had been held in Lagos thirty years before. The country did extremely well and achieved a commanding first place in the medal table. The team left with a total of 240 medals, of which 85 were gold medals and 90 silver, a tally that remained unmatched until 2019.
Competitors Nigeria fielded a team of 303 athletes at the games, far more than any other nation. Of these, 164 were men and 139 women. Amongst the games records that were broken were a time of 9.95 for Deji Aliu in the 100 metres and a put of by Vivian Chukwuemeka. Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, whose medal tally before the games included gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and multiple honours at previous Africa Games, added to her total in the 100 and 200 metres, as well as participating in the 4×100 m relay team that broke the game record with a time of 43.04. Within the team games, there were also individual achievements. Godwin Unegbe achieved the highest number of points in the basketball tournament. In baseball, Jimmy Kolawale led the field in runs and was named best hitter of the games. In chess, Odion Aikhoje and Bunmi Olape both performed well, achieving medals at the second and third boards respectively.
Medal summary Nigeria won 240 medals in total, substantially more than in previous years and more than the total in the previous two competitions combined. This was the highest number of medals won in the competition until 2019, when the record was beaten by Egypt.
Medal table Sport Gold Silver BronzeTotal Athletics 13 14 6 33 Badminton 3 4 3 10 Baseball 0 1 0 1 Basketball 1 0 1 2 Boxing 4 3 0 1 Chess 0 0 1 1 Cycling 1 0 0 1 Field hockey 0 1 0 1 Football 1 1 0 2 Gymnastics 0 0 0 0 Handball 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 0 4 4 Karate 0 2 2 4 Softball 0 1 0 1 Squash 0 0 0 0 Swimming 0 1 1 2 Table tennis 6 4 4 14 Taekwondo 0 2 3 5 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Weightlifting 7 9 3 19 Wrestling 9 2 3 14 Total 85 90 65 240
List of Medalists Gold Medal MedalNameSportEventDateRef Deji Aliu Athletics Men's 100m Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Athletics Women's 100m Uchenna Emedolu Athletics Men's 200m Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Athletics Women's 200m Grace Ebor Athletics Women's 800m Angela Atede Athletics Women's 100m hurdles Osita Okeagu Athletics Men's 400m hurdles Omolade Akinremi Athletics Women's 400m hurdles Nkeka Ukuh Athletics Women's high jump Esther Aghatise Athletics Women's long jump Vivian Chukwuemeka Athletics Women's shot put Chinedu OdozorEmem EdemEndurance OjokoloMary Onyali-Omagbemi Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Bisi AfolabiDoris JacobGlory NwosuRosemary Onochie Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Ocholi Edicha Badminton Men’s singles Grace Daniel Badminton Women’s singles Ibrahim AdamuOrobosa Okuonghae Badminton Men’s doubles Aisha MohammedAlaba RafiuBola SolajaEzinne JamesFunmilayo OjelabiJuliana NegeduMactabene AmachreeMary ChinweokwuMfon UdokaNguveren IvorhePatricia ChukwumaShola Ogunade Basketball Women’s basketball Ahmed Sadiq Boxing 60 kg Davidson Emenogu Boxing 64 kg Emmanuel Izonritei Boxing 91 kg Gbenga Oloukun Boxing +91 kg Ego Uzoho Cycling Women’s time trial Nigeria women's national football team Football Women’s Tajudeen Agunbiade Table tennis Men's open standing Chinedu Njoku Table tennis Men's open sitting Maimuna Habib Table tennis Women's open standing Funke OshonaikeMonday Merotohun Table tennis Mixed doubles Bode AbiodunKazeem NosiruMonday MerotohunMoses ToriolaPeter Akinlabi Table tennis Men’s team Bosede KaffoCecilia OttuEdem OffiongFunke Oshonaike Table tennis Women’s team Patience Lawal Weightlifting Women’s 53 kg Gbenga Oluponna Weightlifting Men’s 56 kg Akwa Etineabasi Weightlifting Men’s 62 kg Ruel Ishaku Weightlifting Men’s Powerlifting 48 kg Sadiq Animashaw Weightlifting Men’s Powerlifting 56 kg Lucy Ejike Weightlifting Women’s Powerlifting 56 kg Solomon Amarakuo Weightlifting Men’s Powerlifting 100 kg Isaac Jacob Wrestling Men’s 55 kg Happiness Burutu Wrestling Women’s 63 kg
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See also Amos Adamu
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