Highlights of Africans at the 2012 London Olympic Games

MEDALS COUNT: Kenya: Total Medals: 9 (2 Gold, 3 Silver, and 4 Bronze); Ethiopia: Total Medals: 7 (3 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze); South Africa: Total Medals 6 (3 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze); Tunisia: Total Medals: 3 (1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze); Egypt: Total Medals: 2 (2 Silver); Algeria: Total Medals: 1 (1 Dold); Gabon: Total Medals: 1 (1 Silver); Botswana: Total Medals: 1 (1 Silver), and Morocco with 0ne bronze medal.

David Lekuta Rudisha, Kenya, wins the Men's 800m Final in a World Record time of 1:40.91 at the Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, during the London 2012 Olympic games. London, UK. 9th August 2012. Photo Tim Clayton

Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya celebrates winning the Men's 3000m Steeplechase with Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France who came second during the athletics at the Olympic Stadium as part of the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games in London, UK on August 5th 2012. Photo: Visionhaus/Ben Radford

Meseret Defar, Ethiopia, winning the Gold Medal in the Women's 1500m Final with Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, Kenya, winning Silver and Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia winning Bronze at the Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, during the London 2012 Olympic games. London, UK. 10th August 2012. Photo: Tim Clayton

Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich, center, celebrates after receiving his medal as he stands alongside Kenya's Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, right, and, Kenya's Abel Kirui, left, during the medal ceremony for the men's marathon during the Closing Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. Stephen Kiprotich won gold, Abel Kirui silver and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich bronze. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Women's 5000-meter gold medalist from Ethiopia, Meseret Defar, center, poses with Kenya's silver medalist Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, left, and Ethiopia's bronze medalist Tirunesh Dibaba, right, during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar, left, reacts as she crosses the finish line to win gold ahead of Kenya's Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, center, and Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba, right, in the women's 5000-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nigeria @ The 2012 London Olympic Games

"Our inability to win any medal so far is as disappointing for my team and myself and for all Nigerians everywhere," ...................Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Minister of Sports

A team that left Nigeria three weeks ago with hopes of stellar performances and becoming conducts during the London Olympic Games, ended up with the worst records and all sorts of moral outrages since the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games' sex scandals.

Fifty-five athletes in eight sports, twelve coaches, twenty-nine administrative officials and nine medical personnel had been delegated for the 2012 London Olympic games with athletics having the highest number of overall staff of 29 athletes, 14 coaches and 2 administrative staff; basketball with 12 players, 2 coaches, and 2 officials; boxing with three boxers, two coaches and two officials; canoeing with one athlete, a coach and two administrative staff; table tennis with four athletes, two coaches, and two officials; taekwondo with two athletes, two coaches and two administrative staff; weightlifting with two weight lifters, a coach and two administrative staff, and wrestling with four wrestlers, a coach and two administrative staff.
Team Captain: Chika Chukwumerije assisted by the team's highest hope, Blessing Okagbare.

Team's Assistant Captain Blessing Okagbare reacts after competing in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, August. 03, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria (C) winning her women's 100m heat on the first day of the London 2012 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium, London, Britain, August 03, 2012. (EPA/JOHN MABANGLO)

Nigeria's Regina George, right, hugs Haiti's Marlena Wesh after a women's 400-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus

Jordan's Ihab Almatbouli reacts after defeating Nigeria's Lukmon Lawal, left, in a light heavyweight 81-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Edith Ogoke of Nigeria (R) celebrates after defeating Elena Vystropova of Azerbaijan (L) in their Women's 75kg fight at the London 2012 Olympic Games Boxing competition in London, Great Britain, 05 August 2012. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN

Aruna Quadri of Nigeria in action against Carlos Machado of Spain in the first round of the London 2012 Olympic Games Table Tennis competition, London, Britain, 28 July 2012. EPA/BERND THISSEN

Olufunke Oshonaike of Nigeria during her Women's Single Preliminary Round match against Neda Shahsavari of Iran the London 2012 Olympic Games Table Tennis competition, London, Britain, 28 July 2012. EPA/BERND THISSEN

ron Williams (C) of the USA goes to the basket during the preliminary round match between USA and Nigeria in the London 2012 Olympic Games Basketball competition, London, Britain, 02 August 2012. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

Jamaica's Melaine Walker (centre) lags behind the field in the women's 400-metre hurdles semi-final in the London Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Monday, August 06, 2012. Nigeria's Muizat Ajoke Odumosu (second right) leads the field. Walker failed to advance after finishing sixth in 55.74 seconds. Image: Ricardo Makyn/Jamaican Gleaner.

Russia's Nadezda Torlopova, left, fights Nigeria's Edith Ogoke in a women's middleweight 75-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Maryam Usman holds her elbow as she walks off stage following a lift during women's +75-kg, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Ivory Coast's Murielle Ahoure leads Nigeria's Christy Udoh in the women's 200-meter heats during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Nigeria's Muizat Ajoke Odumosu competes in the women's 400-meter hurdles semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Women's 4X100m relay semifinals - Netherlands - Brazil - Switzerland - Japan - Trinidad Tobago - Nigeria - USA. Image: Fredric Haslin.

Tosin Oke takes a jump during the men's triple jump final in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Image: David J. Phillip/Associated Press

ordan's Mohammad Aabulibdeh fights Nigeria's Isah Muhammad (in red) during their match in men's 68-kg taekwondo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

United States' Aries Merritt leads Britain's Andrew Turner and Nigeria's Selim Nurudeen in their men's 110-meter hurdles semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigeria's Felix Expo competes during the men's 77-kg weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, reacts after winning ahead of Nigeria's Ogho-Oghene Egwero, right, and Britain's James Dasaolu in a men's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown, foreground, crosses the finish line ahead of Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova, left, and Nigeria's Gloria Asumnu in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, center, Nigeria's Noah Akwu, left, and United States' Isiah Young, right, compete in a men's 200-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

The 2012 London Olympics Miles Images And Stories

Multicultural Intersection Between Two Worlds: This busy intersection in the centre of Stratford in the East London borough of Newham shows one slice of the neighborhood that is home to the Olympic stadium and park. This particular crosswalk is significant because it links the old Stratford Centre shopping mall, filled with low-end shops, market stalls and budget grocery stores, with the new Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, the largest urban shopping center in Europe. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 stores, 70 restaurants

Drumming Together: Children at Kingsmead Primary School in Hackney practice drumming for an end of year presentation. The school, close to the 2012 Olympic Games Village, takes cultural performance very seriously and all classes learn group drumming. It primarily serves children who live on the Kingsmead Estate. Its population is diverse which is reflected in the 42 different languages spoken by the children and 95% of them are from an ethnic minority. The largest ethnic group is African, followed by Afro Caribbean descents.

Nigerian Pentecostal Church: A moment of intense prayer at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Church. This Pentecostal church has grown from modest beginnings in Nigeria to have international branches in many cities around the world. The majority of people attending the service are originally from Nigeria. This church is housed in an old factory building in Hackney Wick, close to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games. Image: Gideon Mendel.

Roman Road Market: A busy Saturday afternoon scene in June at the Roman Road Market in Tower Hamlets, very close to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games. In the background the top of the new Olympic stadium at the center of the site can be seen. This area, which was traditionally a white working class East End community, now has a large Bengali population. The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal (now divided between Bangladesh and India) in South Asia. Image Gideon Mendel.

The Goose Pub: Customers enjoy their pints of beer at The Goose pub in Stratford, close to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games. This large pub has a mix of customers from all over the world, including many African, Irish and eastern European drinkers reflecting the diversity of the local community.

View of Newham Housing: An overhead view of some of the housing and streets of Newham, close to the main site of the 2012 Olympic Games. This is in Newham which is London’s poorest borough and the second-most deprived council area in England, according to the council’s statistics. It is also one of the most ethnically diverse places in Britain. This is taken from the Olympic Site Viewing Gallery at Holden Point in Newham.

Chatsworth Road Market: The new revitalised Sunday market on Chatsworth Road in Hackney, close to the main site of the 2012 Olympic Games. This market in an area which was once very run-down has sparked a fierce local debate about gentrification and regeneration in the area. The district which was once known as 'The Murder Mile' now has sharply rising property prices and an increasing population of young, more affluent people. Its close proximity to the Olympic site is another factor driving the fast changes in the area.

HMS Ocean: The British Royal Navy's largest ship HMS Ocean sails up the River Thames escorted by a flotilla of smaller vessels, in Greenwich, London. -- HMS Ocean is heading for Greenwich where it will act as a launch pad for helicopters during a major security exercise in preparation for the Olympic Games, called Olympic Guardian.