Nigeria at the 2003 All-Africa Games

Nigeria fielded a team of 303 athletes at the games, far more than any other nation. Of these, 164 were men and 139 women.[1] Amongst the games records that were broken were a time of 9.95 for Deji Aliu in the 100 metres and a put of 18.12 metres (19.82 yards) by Vivian Chukwuemeka. Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, whose medal tally before the games included gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and multiple honours at previous Africa Games, added to her total in the 100 and 200 metres, as well as participating in the 4×100 m relay team that broke the game record with a time of 43.04.[2] Within the team games, there were also individual achievements. Godwin Unegbe achieved the highest number of points in the basketball tournament.[3] In baseball, Jimmy Kolawale led the field in runs and was named best hitter of the games.[4] In chess, Odion Aikhoje and Bunmi Olape both performed well, achieving medals at the second and third boards respectively.[5]

Nigeria won 240 medals in total, substantially more than in previous years and more than the total in the previous two competitions combined. This was the highest number of medals won in the competition until 2019, when the record was beaten by Egypt.[6]

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	13	14	6	33
Badminton	3	4	3	10
Baseball	0	1	0	1
Basketball	1	0	1	2
Boxing	4	3	0	1
Chess	0	0	1	1
Cycling	1	0	0	1
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Football	1	1	0	2
Gymnastics	0	0	0	0
Handball	0	0	1	1
Judo	0	0	4	4
Karate	0	2	2	4
Softball	0	1	0	1
Squash	0	0	0	0
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Table tennis	6	4	4	14
Taekwondo	0	2	3	5
Volleyball	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	7	9	3	19
Wrestling	9	2	3	14
Total	85	90	65	240

• Amos Adamu