Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games


Nigeria competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 to 15 April 2018.
Track and field athlete Blessing Okagbare was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
PowerliftingMen's lightweight10 April
PowerliftingWomen's lightweight10 April
PowerliftingWomen's heavyweight10 April
PowerliftingMen's heavyweight10 April
AthleticsWomen's 100 m Hurdles13 April
AthleticsMen's 100 m T4713 April
WrestlingWomen's -57 kg13 April
WrestlingWomen's -68 kg13 April
WrestlingWomen's -62 kg14 April
AthleticsMen's Shot Put9 April

Quadri Aruna
Azeez Jamiu
Olajide Omotayo
Segun Toriola
Table tennisMen's team9 April
PowerliftingMen's lightweight10 April
PowerliftingWomen's lightweight10 April
WrestlingWomen's −76 kg12 April

Patience Okon George
Praise Idamadudu
Glory Onome Nathaniel
AthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 m Relay14 April
Table tennisWomen's TT6-1014 April
WrestlingMen's -86 kg14 April
Table tennisMen's singles15 April
WrestlingWomen's −53 kg12 April
WrestlingMen's −57 kg12 April
WrestlingMen's -65 kg13 April

Rosemary Chukwuma
Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor
Joy Udo-Gabriel
AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 m Relay14 April
BoxingWomen's −60 kg14 April
BoxingWomen's −75 kg14 April

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics172037
Basketball12012
Boxing448
Gymnastics112
Powerlifting336
Table tennis617
Weightlifting224
Wrestling6612
Total513788

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
* Competed in the heats only.
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events

Basketball

Nigeria has qualified a men's basketball teams of 12 athletes. The team qualified after being ranked in the top three in the Commonwealth.

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Pool A
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;Qualifying finals

Boxing

Nigeria participated with a team of 8 athletes
;Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
AthleteEventOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sikiru Ojo−56 kg
L 1-4
Did not advance---
Adeola Soyoye−60 kg
L 1-3
Did not advance----
Osita Umeh−69 kg
L 0-5
Did not advance----
Lukmon Lawal−81 kg
L 1-4
Did not advance---

;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

Nigeria participated with 1 athlete.
;Men
;Individual Qualification

Rhythmic

Nigeria participated with 1 athlete.
;Individual Qualification

Table tennis

Nigeria participated with 7 athletes.
;Singles
;Doubles
;Team
;Para-sport

Weightlifting

Nigeria participated with 4 athletes.

Powerlifting

Nigeria participated with 6 athletes.
AthleteEventResultRank
Roland EzuruikeMen's lightweight224.3
Paul KehindeMen's lightweight219.9
Abdulazeez IbrahimMen's heavyweight191.9
Lucy EjikeWomen's lightweight134.1
Esther OyemaWomen's lightweight141.6
Ndidi NwosuWomen's heavyweight110.4

Wrestling

Nigeria participated with 12 athletes.
;Repechage Format
;Group Stage Format
;Nordic Format