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
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
Powerlifting | Men's lightweight | 10 April | ||
Powerlifting | Women's lightweight | 10 April | ||
Powerlifting | Women's heavyweight | 10 April | ||
Powerlifting | Men's heavyweight | 10 April | ||
Athletics | Women's 100 m Hurdles | 13 April | ||
Athletics | Men's 100 m T47 | 13 April | ||
Wrestling | Women's -57 kg | 13 April | ||
Wrestling | Women's -68 kg | 13 April | ||
Wrestling | Women's -62 kg | 14 April | ||
Athletics | Men's Shot Put | 9 April | ||
Quadri Aruna Azeez Jamiu Olajide Omotayo Segun Toriola | Table tennis | Men's team | 9 April | |
Powerlifting | Men's lightweight | 10 April | ||
Powerlifting | Women's lightweight | 10 April | ||
Wrestling | Women's −76 kg | 12 April | ||
Patience Okon George Praise Idamadudu Glory Onome Nathaniel | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 m Relay | 14 April | |
Table tennis | Women's TT6-10 | 14 April | ||
Wrestling | Men's -86 kg | 14 April | ||
Table tennis | Men's singles | 15 April | ||
Wrestling | Women's −53 kg | 12 April | ||
Wrestling | Men's −57 kg | 12 April | ||
Wrestling | Men's -65 kg | 13 April | ||
Rosemary Chukwuma Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Joy Udo-Gabriel | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m Relay | 14 April | |
Boxing | Women's −60 kg | 14 April | ||
Boxing | Women's −75 kg | 14 April |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.Sport | Men | Women | Total |
Athletics | 17 | 20 | 37 |
Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Boxing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Powerlifting | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Table tennis | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Weightlifting | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Wrestling | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Total | 51 | 37 | 88 |
Athletics
;Men;Track & road events
;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- God'sgift Achiuwa
- Azuoma Dike
- Ike Diogu
- Eli Dung
- Uchenna Iroegbu
- Yakubu Istifanus
- Uchechi Ofoegbu
- Olalekan Olatunji
- Prince Orizu
- Musa Usman
- Abdul Yahaya
- Abdulwahab Yakubu
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;Qualifying finals
Boxing
Nigeria participated with a team of 8 athletes;Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
Athlete | Event | Opposition 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.Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
Roland Ezuruike | Men's lightweight | 224.3 | |
Paul Kehinde | Men's lightweight | 219.9 | |
Abdulazeez Ibrahim | Men's heavyweight | 191.9 | |
Lucy Ejike | Women's lightweight | 134.1 | |
Esther Oyema | Women's lightweight | 141.6 | |
Ndidi Nwosu | Women's heavyweight | 110.4 |
Wrestling
Nigeria participated with 12 athletes.;Repechage Format
;Group Stage Format
;Nordic Format