Achievements
Representing Nigeria 1987 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games. Nairobi Kenya |bgcolor="silver" 2nd 100 m
World Junior Championships
[1st place, 200 meters - Athens, 1986 (23.11s
3rd place, 4X100 meters - Athens, 1886 World Championships
|6th place, 400 meters - Gothenburg, 1995 (50.77s)
|5th place, 400 meters - Athens, 1997 (50.27s)
|4th place, 400 meters - Seville, 1999 (50.03s)
|2nd place, 400 meters (World Indoors) Maebashi, 1999 (51.25s)
Olympic Games
|400 meters bronze - Atlanta, 1996 (49.10s)
4X400 meters silver - Atlanta, 1996
First and only Nigerian to win double medals in one Olympics
First ever Nigerian to win an individual Olympic medal in track and field
|IAAF Grand Prix Final
2nd place, 400 meters - Milan, 1996 (49.73s)
1st place, 400 meters - Moscow, 1998 (49.73s)
2nd place, 400 meters - Doha, 2000 (50.61s)
Goodwill Games 1st place, 400 meters - New York, 1998 (49.89s - meet record)
First and only Nigerian to win individual Goodwill Games title
|World Cup in Athletics
3rd place, 400 meters - Barcelona, 1989 (51.67s)
1st place, 400 meters - Johannesburg, 1998 (49.52s)
2nd place, 200 meters - Johannesburg, 1998 (22.25s)
|All African Games
1st place, 400 meters - Johannesburg, 1999 (50.02s)
1st place, 4X400 meters - Johannesburg, 1999
2nd place, 100 and 200 meters - Nairobi, 1987
1st place, 4X100 meters and 4X400 meters Nairobi, 1987
2nd place, 400 meters - Harare, 1995
1st place, 4X400 meters - Harare, 1995
|African Championships
1st place, 400 meters - Lagos, 1989
1st place, 4X400 meters - Lagos, 1989
1st place, 200 and 400 meters - Dakar, 1998
General Ranked number one in the world in the 400 meters in 1998
Ranked number two in the world in the 200 meters in 1998 (behind Marion Jones)
Ran the fastest time in the world in the 400 meters in 1999 - 49.62s.
Ranked among top 10 in the 400 meters since 1995
African record holder in the 400 meters (49.10s)
Former Nigerian 800 meters record holder at 2:04.57s - Eugene, 1997
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