# Nigeria at the Olympics

Nigeria first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. The nation participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018, having qualified female athletes in bobsleigh and skeleton.
Nigerian athletes have won a total of 27 medals, mostly in athletics and boxing. The national football team won the gold medal in 1996. In 2008, following the International Olympic Committee's decision to strip the American 4 × 400 metre relay team of their medals from the 2000 Summer Olympics after Antonio Pettigrew confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs, their Nigerian rivals were awarded the gold medal. Nigeria also won a medal in the heavyweight division of taekwondo at the 1992 Summer Olympics; as this was only a demonstration sport, Emmanuel Oghenejobo's silver did not count as an official win.
The Nigeria Olympic Committee, the National Olympic Committee for Nigeria, was created in 1951.

## Medal tables

Medals at the Summer Games
Games
Athletes
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
Rank
1952 Helsinki90000–
1956 Melbourne100000–
1960 Rome120000–
1964 Tokyo18001135
1968 Mexico City360000–
1972 Munich25001143
1976 Montrealdid not participate
1980 Moscow440000–
1984 Los Angeles32011230
1988 Seoul690000–
1992 Barcelona55031438
1996 Atlanta65213632
2000 Sydney83120341
2004 Athens70002268
2008 Beijing74032557
2012 London490000–
2016 Rio de Janeiro71001178
2020 Tokyo55011274
2024 Paris880000–
2028 Los Angelesfuture event
2032 Brisbane
Total311132780
Medals by Winter Games
Games
Athletes
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
Rank
2018 Pyeongchang30000–
2022 Beijing10000–
2026 Milano Cortinafuture event
Total0000– :

### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| Football | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Boxing | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 11 | 13 | 27 |

## List of medalists

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Bronze | Nojim Maiyegun | 1964 Tokyo | Boxing | Men's light middleweight |
| Bronze | Isaac Ikhouria | 1972 Munich | Boxing | Men's light heavyweight |
| Silver | Peter Konyegwachie | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| Bronze | Sunday Uti Moses Ugbisie Rotimi Peters Innocent Egbunike | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 4×400 metre relay |
| Silver | Olapade Adeniken Davidson Ezinwa Chidi Imoh Oluyemi Kayode Osmond Ezinwa* | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 4×100 metre relay |
| Silver | David Izonritei | 1992 Barcelona | Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| Silver | Richard Igbineghu | 1992 Barcelona | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight |
| Bronze | Beatrice Utondu Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali Faith Idehen | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 4×100 metre relay |
| Gold | Chioma Ajunwa | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's long jump |
| Gold | Men's football teamDaniel Amokachi Emmanuel Amuneke Tijani Babangida Celestine Babayaro Emmanuel Babayaro Teslim Fatusi Victor Ikpeba Dosu Joseph Nwankwo Kanu Garba Lawal Abiodun Obafemi Kingsley Obiekwu Uche Okechukwu Jay-Jay Okocha Sunday Oliseh Mobi Oparaku Wilson Oruma Taribo West | 1996 Atlanta | Football | Men's competition |
| Silver | Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's 4×400 metre relay |
| Bronze | Mary Onyali | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
| Bronze | Falilat Ogunkoya | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
| Bronze | Duncan Dokiwari | 1996 Atlanta | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight |
| Gold | Nduka Awazie Fidelis Gadzama Clement Chukwu Jude Monye Sunday Bada Enefiok Udo-Obong | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 4×400 metre relay |
| Silver | Glory Alozie | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 100 metre hurdles |
| Silver | Ruth Ogbeifo | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg |
| Bronze | Olusoji Fasuba Uchenna Emedolu Aaron Egbele Deji Aliu | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 4×100 metre relay |
| Bronze | James Godday Musa Audu Saul Weigopwa Enefiok Udo-Obong | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 4×400 metre relay |
| Silver | Men's football teamOlubayo Adefemi Dele Adeleye Oluwafemi Ajilore Efe Ambrose Victor Anichebe Onyekachi Apam Emmanuel Ekpo Ikechukwu Ezenwa Promise Isaac Monday James Sani Kaita Chinedu Obasi Victor Nsofor Obinna Peter Odemwingie Chibuzor Okonkwo Solomon Okoronkwo Oladapo Olufemi Ambruse Vanzekin | 2008 Beijing | Football | Men's competition |
| Silver | Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa* | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's 4x100 metre relay |
| Silver | Blessing Okagbare | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's long jump |
| Bronze | Chika Chukwumerije | 2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Men's +80 kg |
| Bronze | Mariam Usman | 2008 Beijing | Weightlifting | Women's +75 kg |
| Bronze | Men's football teamShehu Abdullahi Junior Ajayi Daniel Akpeyi Stanley Amuzie Emmanuel Daniel William Troost-Ekong Saturday Erimuya Oghenekaro Etebo Imoh Ezekiel Kingsley Madu Mikel John Obi Muenfuh Sincere Azubuike Okechukwu Popoola Saliu Umar Sadiq Ndifreke Udo Aminu Umar Usman Mohammed | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Football | Men's competition |
| Silver | Blessing Oborududu | 2020 Tokyo | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 68 kg |
| Bronze | Ese Brume | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's long jump |