Athletics edit

Men's 400 metres

• Sunday Uti

• Heat — 45.74
• Quarterfinals — 45.01
• Semifinals — 44.83
• Final — 44.93 (→ 6th place)

• Innocent Egbunike

• Heat — 46.63
• Quarterfinals — 45.26
• Semifinals — 45.16
• Final — 45.35 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Henry Amike

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Isiaq Adeyanju
• Eseme Ikpoto
• Samson Oyeledun
• Chidi Imoh
• Lawrence Adegbeingbe

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Sunday Uti
• Hope Ezeigbo
• Felix Imadiyi
• Dele Udo

Men's Long Jump

• Yusuf Alli

• Qualification — 7.82m
• Final — 7.78m (→ 9th place)

• Jubobaraye Kio

• Qualification — 7.76m
• Final — 7.57m (→ 12th place)

Men's Triple Jump

• Ajayi Agbebaku

• Final — 16.67m (→ 7th place)

• Joseph Taiwo
• Paul Emordi

Women's Marathon

• Ifeoma Mbanugo

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Hurdles

• Maria Usifo

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Maria Usifo

• Heat — 57.58
• Semifinal — 58.55 (→ did not advance)

Boxing edit

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Joe Orewa

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Wanchai Pongsri (Thailand), knock-out in second round
• Third Round — Lost to Héctor López (Mexico), 1-4

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Peter Konyegwachie

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Ali Faki (Malawi), 5-0
• Third Round — Defeated Rafael Zuñiga (Colombia), 4-1
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Charles Lubulwa (Uganda), 5-0
• Semi finals — Defeated Türgüt Aykaç (Turkey), 5-0
• Final — Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), 0-5

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Christopher Ossai

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Charles Nwokolo

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Roland Omoruyi

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Jerry Okorodudu

Weightlifting edit

Men's Featherweight

• Lawrence Iquaibom

Men's Lightweight

• Patrick Bassey

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

• Emmanuel Oshomah

Men's Heavyweight I

• Oliver Orok

Men's Super-Heavyweight

• Batholomew Oluoma
• Ironbar Bassey

Wrestling edit

Men's Welterweight Freestyle

• Seidu Olawale

Men's Middleweight Freestyle

• Kally Agogo

Men's Light-Heavyweight Freestyle

• Macauley Appah

• Nigeria at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
• Nigeria at the 1986 Commonwealth Games