Nigeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics

100 metres, Men Peter Okodogbe 7 h2 r3/4
Hammed Adio 7 h2 r2/4
Samson Oyeledun 8 h4 r2/4
200 metres, Men Peter Okodogbe 6 h1 r3/4
Hammed Adio 4 h6 r1/4
400 metres, Men Dele Udo 5 h1 r3/4
Hope Ezeigbo 6 h4 r2/4
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men Nigeria 7
Hammed AdioKayode ElegbedeSamson OyeledunPeter OkodogbeInnocent Egbunike (DNS)Francis Ude (DNS)
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Nigeria 5 h3 r1/2
Sunday UtiHope EzeigboFelix ImadiyiDele UdoAhmed Garba (DNS)Leonard Ordiah (DNS)
Long Jump, Men Kayode Elegbede 11
Joshua Kio 13 r1/2
Yusuf Alli 24 r1/2
100 metres, Women Oguzoeme Nsenu 6 h2 r2/4
Rufina Ubah 6 h3 r2/4
200 metres, Women Rufina Ubah 6 h2 r2/4
400 metres, Women Mary Akinyemi 4 h4 r1/3
Gloria Ayanlaja 6 h5 r1/3
Kehinde Vaughan 7 h1 r1/3
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women Nigeria 6 h2 r1/2
Gloria AyanlajaKehinde VaughanAsele WoyMary AkinyemiComfort Ighagbon (DNS)Joan Elumelu (DNS)

Boxing

Bantamweight, Men Nureni Gbadamosi =17
Featherweight, Men William Azanor =17
Lightweight, Men Christopher Ossai =17
Light-Welterweight, Men Ayodele Peters =17
Welterweight, Men Roland Omoruyi =17
Light-Middleweight, Men Adeoye Adetunji =9
Middleweight, Men John Martins =9
Heavyweight, Men Solomon Ataga =9

Football

Football, Men Nigeria =13
Adokiye AmiesimakaAloysius AtuegbuBest OgedegbeDavid AdieleEmmanuel OsuigweFelix OwolabiTunde BamideleHenry NwosuKadiri IkhanaOkey IsimaJohn OrlandoLeotis BoatengMuda LawalMoses EffiongSegun OdegbamiShefiu MohamedSylvanus Okpala

Weightlifting

Featherweight, Men Sydney Ikebaku 14
Middleweight, Men Sampson Cosmas 14

Wrestling

Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Augustine Atasie AC