Nigeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics

100 metres, Men Peter Okodogbe 7 h2 r3/4
Hameed Adio 7 h2 r2/4
Samson Oyeledun 8 h4 r2/4
200 metres, Men Peter Okodogbe 6 h1 r3/4
Hameed 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
Hameed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe • Innocent Egbunike (DNS) • Francis Ude (DNS)
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Nigeria 5 h3 r1/2
Sunday Uti • Hope Ezeigbo • Felix Imadiyi • Dele Udo • Ahmed 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 Ayanlaja • Kehinde Vaughan • Asele Woy • Mary Akinyemi • Comfort 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 Amiesimaka • Aloysius Atuegbu • Best Ogedegbe • David Adiele • Emmanuel Osuigwe • Felix Owolabi • Tunde Bamidele • Henry Nwosu • Kadiri Ikhana • Okey Isima • John Orlando • Leotis Boateng • Muda Lawal • Moses Effiong • Segun Odegbami • Shefiu Mohamed • Sylvanus Okpala

Weightlifting

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

Wrestling

Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Augustine Atasie =11