NGR   
Date of birth:
4 x 400m Olympic Champion 2000
4 x 100m Olympic Silver Medallist 1992
4 x 100m World Championships Silver Medallist 1997
3 Olympic Bronzes
1984: 4x4 2004: 4x1, 4x4
4 x 400m World Championships Bronze Medallist 1995
4 x 100m 4th at World Championships 2003
4 x 100m 4th at World Championships 1991
4 x 400m 5th at Olympic Games 1992
4 x 400m 5th at World Indoor Championships 2016
4 x 400m 5th at World Indoor Championships 2001
4 x 400m Mixed relay 6th at World Championships 2022
4 x 100m 7th at Olympic Games 1980
4 x 400m 7th at Olympic Games 1988
4 x 400m 8th at World Championships 2009
4 x 400m Mixed relay World Junior Champion 2021
4 x 100m World Junior Championships Silver Medallist 1988
4 x 400m World Junior Championships Silver Medallist 2010
7 National Titles
4 x 400m World Indoor Alltime no. 84 3:07.95 Sopot 8 Mar 2014
4 x 200m World Alltime no. 12 1:22.08 Yokohama 12 May 2019
4 x 400m World Alltime no. 12 2:58.68 Sydney 30 Sep 2000
4 x 100m World Alltime no. 13 37.94 Athína 9 Aug 1997

▲PROGRESSION

Personal bests in BOLD.

 
4 x 100m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1952  42.01w    5s2Helsinki27 Jul
1960  40.25w    2h2Roma7 Sep
1968  39.47Aw    5h1Ciudad de México19 Oct
1970  40.92w    3h1Edinburgh25 Jul
1972  39.66w    3h2München9 Sep
1974  39.70w    3Christchurch2 Feb
1979  39.81Aw    3h2Ciudad de México12 Sep
1980  39.12w    7Moskva1 Aug
1982  39.15w    1Brisbane9 Oct
1983  39.44w    5s1Helsinki10 Aug
1984  38.98w    5s2Los Angeles CA11 Aug
1985  39.27w    4Kobe4 Sep
1986  40.99w    5H2-19Athína19 Jul
1987  40.21w    3h1Zagreb18 Jul
1988  39.05w    6s1Seoul1 Oct
1990  38.85w    2Auckland3 Feb
1991  38.43w    4Tokyo1 Sep
1992  37.98w    2Barcelona8 Aug
1993  39.04w    4Zürich4 Aug
1994  41.84w    6h2-19Lisboa23 Jul
1996  39.47w    3=h1Atlanta GA2 Aug
1997  37.94w   =NR 1s2Athína9 Aug
1999  38.56Aw    1Johannesburg16 Sep
2000  38.85w    3h2Sydney29 Sep
2001  39.05w    4s2Edmonton12 Aug
2002  38.95w    1h1Manchester30 Jul
2003  38.58w    2s2Saint-Denis30 Aug
2004  38.23w    3Athína28 Aug
2005  39.29w    6h2Helsinki12 Aug
2006  39.63w    1Bambous11 Aug
2007  38.43w    4h2Osaka31 Aug
2008  39.84w    3Wattenscheid1 Aug
2009  39.29w    4Wattenscheid2 Aug
2010  39.22Aw    2Nairobi30 Jul
2011  38.93w    1Maputo13 Sep
2012  39.30w    2Atlanta GA12 May
2013  39.25w    1Warri14 Jun
2014  38.80w    1Marrakech12 Aug
2015  38.97w    1h2Brazzaville14 Sep
2016  40.39w    5h3-19Bydgoszcz22 Jul
2017  40.17w    1Ozoro18 Jul
2018  38.52w    3h2Gold Coast13 Apr
2019  38.59w    2Rabat28 Aug
2021  38.53w    1Lagos27 Jun
2022  38.35w    1Benin City25 Jun
2023  38.20w    5h2Budapest25 Aug
2024  38.41w    1Accra20 Mar
 
4x110y
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1954  41.3hw    2Vancouver7 Aug
1966  40.4ayw    6Kingston13 Aug
 
4 x 200m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2015  1:24.43w    4Philadelphia PA25 Apr
2016  1:24.09w    3Philadelphia PA30 Apr
2019  1:22.08w    4h2Yokohama12 May
 
4 x 400m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1968  3:05.78Aw    3h2Ciudad de México19 Oct
1970  3:07.9aw    4h1Edinburgh24 Jul
1972  3:04.31w    3h2München9 Sep
1974  3:08.81w    7Christchurch2 Feb
1980  3:14.1aaw    5h3Moskva31 Jul
1984  2:59.32w    3Los Angeles CA11 Aug
1985  3:03.16w    4Kobe4 Sep
1986  3:07.10w    2H3-19Athína19 Jul
1987  3:01.92w    4s1Roma5 Sep
1988  3:01.13w    4s2Seoul30 Sep
1992  3:00.39w    4h2Barcelona7 Aug
1993  3:02.64w    5h3Stuttgart21 Aug
1994  3:03.06w    4Victoria28 Aug
1995  3:01.09w    1h3Göteborg/U12 Aug
1996  3:02.73w    3h3Atlanta GA2 Aug
1997  3:04.19w    4h1Athína9 Aug
1999  3:01.20Aw    1Johannesburg18 Sep
2000  2:58.68w   AR 1Sydney30 Sep
2002  3:07.93w    4h1Manchester30 Jul
2003  3:04.49w    2Abuja15 Oct
2004  3:00.90w    3Athína28 Aug
2005  3:07.91w    6h3Helsinki13 Aug
2006  3:02.16w    5Melbourne25 Mar
2007  3:03.99w    2Alger22 Jul
2008  3:05.66w    1Abuja1 Jul
2009  3:02.33w    1Abuja18 Jul
2010  3:06.17w    Abuja12 Sep
2011  3:04.99w    1Calabar25 Jun
2012  3:02.39w    1Porto Novo1 Jul
2013  3:04.26w    1Warri14 Jun
2014  3:03.09w    2Marrakech14 Aug
2015  3:03.52w    4Brazzaville17 Sep
2016  3:06.81w    5Philadelphia PA30 Apr
2018  3:04.88w    3Asaba5 Aug
2019  3:03.42w    3Rabat30 Aug
2021  3:05.37w    1Lagos24 Jun
2022  3:03.95w    1Benin City26 Jun
2023  3:02.64w    1Lagos14 Jul
2024  3:01.84w    3Accra22 Mar
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
2001  3:09.76iw   AR 3h2Lisboa10 Mar
 
4 x 400m Mixed relay
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2021  3:13.60 w   AR 7h1Tokyo30 Jul
2022  3:14.59w    5h1Eugene OR15 Jul
2023  3:14.38w    7h2Budapest19 Aug
2024  3:13.26w   AR 1Accra19 Mar
 
4x440y
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1966  3:12.4ayw    6Kingston13 Aug

▲IN MAJOR EVENTS

 
Outdoor
4 x 100m
OG 1952: 5s242.01 2h442.63
OG 1956: h4DQ
OG 1960: s1DQ 2h240.25
OG 1968: s2DNF 5h139.47A
CWG 1970: 740.98 3h140.92
WUG 1970: 5h241.9h
OG 1972: 6s139.73 3h239.66
CWG 1974: 339.70 2h240.13
WUG 1979: 539.90A 3h239.81A
OG 1980: 739.12 5h239.48
CWG 1982: 139.15 2h239.89
WC 1983: 5s139.44 4h139.62
WUG 1983: 639.79 3h139.92
OG 1984: 5s238.98 4h239.94
WUG 1985: 439.27 2h239.66
WJ 1986: 5H2-1940.99
WUG 1987: 3h140.21 DQ
OG 1988: 6s139.05 2h139.15
WJ 1988: 2-1939.66 1H2-1939.54
CWG 1990: 238.85 1h139.21
WJ 1990: 3-1939.68 1h2-1939.86
WC 1991: 438.43 2h238.44
OG 1992: 237.98 1s238.21 1h438.98
WJ 1992: 3-1939.88 3h2-1940.58
WJ 1994: 6h2-1941.84
OG 1996: s2DQ 3=h139.47
WC 1997: 238.07 1s237.94 4h238.46
WUG 1997: 3h340.37
AAG 1999: 138.56A 1h239.25A
WC 1999: h3DQ 2h338.57 37.91DQ
WUG 1999: 7h340.45
OG 2000: s1DNF 3h238.85
WC 2001: 4s239.05 4h239.10
WUG 2001: 5h140.37
AfrC 2002: 139.76
CWG 2002: 639.01 1h138.95
AAG 2003: 238.70
WC 2003: 438.89 2s238.58 2h238.76
AfrC 2004: 138.91
OG 2004: 338.23 1h138.27
WJ 2004: 4h2-1940.36 4h2-1940.36
WC 2005: 6h239.29
WUG 2005: 639.84 3h339.97
AfrC 2006: 139.63
CWG 2006: h1DNF
WJ 2006: 3h3-1939.68 -19DQ
AAG 2007: 138.91 1h139.07
WC 2007: 4h238.43 DNF
AfrC 2008: DNF
OG 2008: h1DNF
WJ 2008: 5h2-1940.74
AfrC 2010: 239.22A 1h239.50A
CWG 2010: h1DQ
WJ 2010: 2h2-1939.95 -19DQ
AAG 2011: 138.93
AfrC 2011: 1-1940.98A
WUG 2011: 4h240.43
AfrC 2012: 239.34 3h139.48
WJ 2012: 6h1-1939.86
AfrC 2013: 1-1940.36
AfrC 2014: 138.80 1h139.51
CWG 2014: 640.17 2h239.11
WJ 2014: 5-1939.66 3h2-1939.67
AAG 2015: 1h238.97 DQ
AfrC 2015: 1-1939.99A 1h1-1940.52A
WUG 2015: 5h140.45
WJ 2016: 5h3-1940.39
AfrC 2018: 238.74 2h239.18
CWG 2018: 3h238.52 DQ
AAG 2019: 238.59 1h139.15
WC 2019: h2DQ
WJ 2021: 3h1-1939.33A -19DNF
AfrC 2022: 439.98 3h140.15
CWG 2022: 338.81 1h238.85
WC 2022: h1DQ
WJ 2022: 5-1939.78 1h2-1939.41
AfrC 2023: 1-1939.73
WC 2023: 5h238.20
AAG 2024: 138.41 1h338.70
4x110y
CWG 1954: 241.3h 1h141.8h
CWG 1966: 640.4ay 4h241.0ay
4 x 400m
OG 1968: 3h23:05.78A
CWG 1970: 73:09.76 4h13:07.9a
OG 1972: 3h23:04.31
CWG 1974: 73:08.81
OG 1980: 5h33:14.1aa
OG 1984: 32:59.32 1s23:02.22 3h43:06.34
WUG 1985: 43:03.16
WJ 1986: 7-193:08.96 2H3-193:07.10
WC 1987: 4s13:01.92 4h13:03.90 DNS
OG 1988: 73:02.50 4s23:01.13 3h33:06.59
WJ 1988: 8-193:12.48 3H2-193:08.24
OG 1992: 53:01.71 4h23:00.39
WJ 1992: h2-19DQ
WC 1993: 5h33:02.64
CWG 1994: 43:03.06 3h13:03.48
WJ 1994: 7-193:09.68 2h1-193:11.24
WC 1995: 33:03.18 1h33:01.09
OG 1996: s2DQ 3h33:02.73
WC 1997: 4h13:04.19
WUG 1997: 73:06.56 2h33:07.93
AAG 1999: 13:01.20A 2h23:04.81A
WC 1999: h2DQ
WUG 1999: h1DQ
OG 2000: 12:58.68 1s23:01.06 1h53:01.20
WUG 2001: 83:22.14 4h13:13.12
CWG 2002: 63:11.16 4h13:07.93
AAG 2003: 23:04.49
WC 2003: h2DQ
AfrC 2004: 23:02.66
OG 2004: 33:00.90 2h23:01.60
WC 2005: 6h33:07.91
WUG 2005: 5h23:12.41
AfrC 2006: 13:06.78
CWG 2006: 53:02.16 3h23:04.18
AAG 2007: 23:03.99
WC 2007: 8h13:06.04
AfrC 2008: 53:06.94A 1h13:08.35A
WJ 2008: 6-193:12.56 3h3-193:08.69
WC 2009: 83:02.73 5h13:02.36
AfrC 2010: 33:06.53A 1h23:08.06A
WJ 2010: 2-193:06.36 2h2-193:07.17
AAG 2011: 23:05.26
AfrC 2012: 13:02.39
AfrC 2013: 1-193:14.50
WC 2013: 7h13:04.52
AfrC 2014: 23:03.09
CWG 2014: 73:04.86 2h23:06.66
WJ 2014: 3h3-193:09.37
AAG 2015: 43:03.52 1h23:07.33
AfrC 2015: 3-193:11.20A
WUG 2015: 5h23:13.79
AfrC 2018: 33:04.88 3h13:07.02
CWG 2018: h1DQ
AAG 2019: 33:03.42
WJ 2021: 4-193:07.19A 1h1-193:06.70A
AfrC 2022: 33:07.05 2h13:12.24
CWG 2022: 73:06.06 4h13:06.36
WJ 2022: h2-19DQ
AfrC 2023: 4-193:11.92
AAG 2024: 33:01.84 2h23:06.48
4 x 400m Mixed relay
OG 2021: 7h13:13.60
WJ 2021: 1-193:19.70A 1h2-193:21.66A
AfrC 2022: 23:22.38
WC 2022: 63:16.21 5h13:14.59
WJ 2022: h1-19DNS
WC 2023: 7h23:14.38
AAG 2024: 13:13.26 1h13:15.23
4x440y
CWG 1966: 63:12.4ay 3h13:13.4ay
Medley Relay
WY 2009: h3-17DQ
WY 2011: 3h4-171:54.85
WY 2013: 7-171:53.61 1h2-171:52.90
Cross Country Team Competition
WC 1978: 16-19346.00
Cross Country Long Team Competition
WC 2017: 20509.00A
 
Indoor
4 x 400m
WC 2001: 53:16.53 3h23:09.76
WC 2014: 3h23:07.95
WC 2016: 53:08.55 3h23:07.98
WC 2022: 4h13:09.55

▲PERSONAL BESTS

note: click on event name to get head to head stats against another athlete,
click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.

 
4 x 100m
Winstreak: 1 (finals)  Show/hide   
Outdoor37.94    =NRAthína9 Aug 1997
 
4 x 200m
Outdoor1:22.08    Yokohama12 May 2019
 
4 x 400m
Outdoor2:58.68    ARSydney30 Sep 2000
Indoor3:07.95    ARSopot8 Mar 2014
 
4 x 400m Mixed relay
Winstreak: 1 (finals)  Show/hide   
Outdoor3:13.26    ARAccra19 Mar 2024

▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS

4 x 100m, 10 best results (legal):
37.94   1s2Athína9 Aug 1997
37.98   2Barcelona8 Aug 1992
38.07   2Athína10 Aug 1997
38.20   5h2Budapest25 Aug 2023
38.21   1s2Barcelona7 Aug 1992
38.23   3Athína28 Aug 2004
38.26   1Asaba27 Jul 2023
38.27   1h1Athína27 Aug 2004
38.35   1Benin City25 Jun 2022
38.41   1Accra20 Mar 2024
 
Average: 38.192
 
4 x 400m, 10 best results (legal):
2:58.68   1Sydney30 Sep 2000
2:59.32   3Los Angeles CA11 Aug 1984
3:00.39   4h2Barcelona7 Aug 1992
3:00.90   3Athína28 Aug 2004
3:01.06   1s2Sydney29 Sep 2000
3:01.09   1h3Göteborg/U12 Aug 1995
3:01.13   4s2Seoul30 Sep 1988
3:01.20A   1Johannesburg18 Sep 1999
3:01.20   1h5Sydney29 Sep 2000
3:01.60   2h2Athína27 Aug 2004
 
Average: 3:00.65699999999998
 
4 x 400m Mixed relay, 10 best results (legal):
3:13.26   1Accra19 Mar 2024
3:13.60    7h1Tokyo30 Jul 2021
3:14.38   7h2Budapest19 Aug 2023
3:14.59   5h1Eugene OR15 Jul 2022
3:15.23   1h1Accra18 Mar 2024
3:16.21   6Eugene OR15 Jul 2022
3:19.70A   1-19Nairobi18 Aug 2021
3:21.66A   1h2-19Nairobi18 Aug 2021
3:22.38   2St Pierre9 Jun 2022
3:24.28   3Lagos19 Jun 2021
 
Average: 3:17.529
 

Total results in db: 348

By event:

4 x 100m:176
4x110y:4
4 x 200m:6
4 x 400m:141
4 x 400m Mixed relay:12
4x440y:2
Medley Relay:4
Sprint Medley:1
Cross Country Team Competition:1
Cross Country Long Team Competition:1

▲IN 2024

position in the world list in brackets following the season's best,
junior list position in green and youth list position in orange.
help: click on competition name or Venue to see competition results.
help: click on placing to see event results in the competition.

4 x 100m
38.70iw
SB
1h3AAGAccraAAG, Accra19 Mar 
 Israel Sunday, Emmanuel Ekanem Consider,
Alaba Akintola, Edose Ibadin
38.41iw
WL SB
1AAGAccraAAG, Accra20 Mar 
 Israel Sunday, Emmanuel Ekanem Consider,
Alaba Akintola, Usheoritse Itsekiri
4 x 400m
3:06.48iw
SB
2h2AAGAccraAAG, Accra21 Mar 
 Dubem Nwachukwu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ojeli,
Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel, Sikiru Adeyemi
3:01.84iw
SB
3AAGAccraAAG, Accra22 Mar 
 Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ojeli, Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel,
Sikiru Adeyemi, Chidi Okezie
4 x 400m Mixed relay
3:15.23iw
SB
1h1AAGAccraAAG, Accra18 Mar 
 Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ojeli, Patience George,
Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel, Omolara Ogunmakinju
3:13.26iw
AR PB
1AAGAccraAAG, Accra19 Mar 
 Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ojeli, Patience George,
Sikiru Adeyemi, Omolara Ogunmakinju

▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

SeasonInd/OutEventPosResult
1970Outdoor4 x 100m2640.92
1970Outdoor4 x 400m163:07.9a
1972Outdoor4 x 100m1339.66
1972Outdoor4 x 400m113:04.31
1974Outdoor4 x 100m939.70
1974Outdoor4 x 400m173:08.81
1979Outdoor4 x 100m1239.81A
1980Outdoor4 x 100m739.12
1980Outdoor4 x 400m183:14.1aa
1982Outdoor4 x 100m739.15
1983Outdoor4 x 100m1539.79
1984Outdoor4 x 100m838.98
1984Outdoor4 x 400m32:59.32
1985Outdoor4 x 100m1139.27
1985Outdoor4 x 400m63:03.16
1986Outdoor4 x 100m2540.99
1986Outdoor4 x 400m133:07.10
1987Outdoor4 x 100m2440.21
1987Outdoor4 x 400m93:01.92
1988Outdoor4 x 100m1039.05
1988Outdoor4 x 400m53:01.13
1990Outdoor4 x 100m638.85
1991Outdoor4 x 100m438.43
1992Outdoor4 x 100m237.98
1992Outdoor4 x 400m53:00.39
1993Outdoor4 x 100m1439.04
1993Outdoor4 x 400m123:02.64
1994Outdoor4 x 400m63:03.06
1995Outdoor4 x 400m63:01.09
1996Outdoor4 x 100m2039.47
1996Outdoor4 x 400m113:02.73
1997Outdoor4 x 100m237.94
1997Outdoor4 x 400m153:04.19
1999Outdoor4 x 100m738.56A
1999Outdoor4 x 400m123:01.20A
2000Outdoor4 x 100m2038.85
2000Outdoor4 x 400m22:58.68
2001Outdoor4 x 100m2739.10
2014Outdoor4 x 100m3338.80
2014Outdoor4 x 400m283:03.09
2014Indoor4 x 400m213:07.95
2015Outdoor4 x 100m2338.97
2015Outdoor4 x 200m121:24.43
2015Outdoor4 x 400m213:03.52
2016Outdoor4 x 100m5540.39
2016Outdoor4 x 400m323:06.81
2018Outdoor4 x 100m1338.52
2018Outdoor4 x 400m263:04.88
2019Outdoor4 x 100m1638.59
2019Outdoor4 x 200m61:22.08
2019Outdoor4 x 400m183:03.42
2021Outdoor4 x 100m1738.53
2021Outdoor4 x 400m313:05.37
2021Outdoor4 x 400m Mixed relay123:13.60
2022Outdoor4 x 100m1238.35
2022Outdoor4 x 400m223:03.95
2022Outdoor4 x 400m Mixed relay83:14.59
2023Outdoor4 x 100m1238.20
2023Outdoor4 x 400m353:02.64
2023Outdoor4 x 400m Mixed relay173:14.38
2024Outdoor4 x 100m238.41
2024Outdoor4 x 400m93:01.84
2024Outdoor4 x 400m Mixed relay13:13.26

▲WINSTREAKS