Team Nigeria has been placed 74th at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Games today and 8th best among the 54 African nations at the Games.
Team Nigeria won two medals comprising one silver and one bronze, after being represented by 60 athletes while 10 were disqualified.
Ese Brume won the bronze medal from the women’s long jump event, Blessing Oborududu won the silver medal from the wrestling event’s women’s freestyle 68kg.
The Games which began on July 23 and ended on Sunday 8th August and had 93 of the 206 participating teams making it to the medals table, including 13 of the 54 from Africa.
How African teams fared at Tokyo 2020
Country Position (Africa) Position (World) Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kenya 1 19 4 4 2 10
Uganda 2 36 2 1 1 4
South Africa 3 52 1 2 0 3
Egypt 4 54 1 1 4 6
Ethiopia 5 56 1 1 2 4
Tunisia 6 58 1 1 0 2
Morocco 7 63 1 0 0 1
Nigeria 8 74 0 1 1 2
Namibia 9 77 0 1 0 1
Botswana 10 86 0 0 1 1
Burkina Faso 10 86 0 0 1 1
Cote d’Ivoire 10 86 0 0 1 1
Ghana 10 86 0 0 1 1