The new edition of the Olympic Games will run from July 26 to August 11, 2024. All qualified nations, including Nigeria, will be in Paris to participate in the upcoming international multi-sport event.
Since 1952 (except 1976), Nigeria has participated in all Olympic games, and despite having only 27 medals to show for it, we鈥檙e there again in this 2024 edition. As we look forward to Nigeria鈥檚 action at this year鈥檚 edition, this article revisits all the times Nigeria won at the Olympics.
1964
Nigeria won her first bronze medal in Tokyo in 1964 through Nojeem Maiyegun. Nojeem won the bronze medal in the men’s light middleweight category.
1972
Isaac Ikhouria, a Nigerian boxer in the men’s light-heavyweight category, won a bronze medal in M眉nchen, West Germany 1972.
1984
A five-person relay team won Nigeria鈥檚 first-ever medal in athletics at the Olympics in the men’s 4脳400 metres race. The group, made up of Sunday Uti, Innocent Egbunike, Moses Ugbesien, and Rotimi Peters, won the bronze medal with a winning time of 2:59.32. The time record was an African record that stood until 1996.
Also in 1984, Peter Konyyegwachie, a Nigerian boxer, won a silver medal in the men’s featherweight category.
1992
The Nigerian men鈥檚 4脳100 metres relay team (Oluyemi Kayode, Chidi Imoh, Olapade Adeniken, Davidson Ezinwa, Osmond Ezinwa) won a silver medal. The 4脳100 metres relay for women (Mary Onyali, Christy Opara-Thompson, Beatrice Utondo, Faith Idehen) won a bronze medal.
Men鈥檚 heavyweight boxer David Izonritei won a silver medal. Richard Igbineghu also won silver for Nigeria in the men鈥檚 super-heavyweight category.聽We like this boxing sha.
1996
Nigeria claimed its first Olympic gold medal this year in the women鈥檚 long jump through . The Super Eagles also won a gold medal in football.
A silver medal came through the women鈥檚 4脳400 metres relay (the first since 1984). The relay team had Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya.
Mary Onyali and Calister Ubah won a bronze medal in the women’s 200-metre category. Falilat Ogunkoya, Fatima Yusuf and Bisi Afolabi won a bronze medal in the 400-metre category. Duncan Dokiwari won another bronze medal in the men鈥檚 boxing super-heavyweight category.
2000
Nigeria claimed the gold medal in the men鈥檚 4脳400 metres relay, a silver medal in the women’s 100 metres hurdles, and another in the women’s weightlifting heavyweight category.
2004
Nigeria won two bronze medals鈥攐ne in the men鈥檚 4脳100 metres relay and the other in men’s 4脳400 metres relay categories.
2008
Nigeria won three silver and two bronze medals in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
The women’s team won a silver 4脳100 metres relay. Blessing Okagbare got a silver medal in the women’s long jump, and the Super Eagles also got one in the men鈥檚 football category. Men’s taekwondo (Chika Chukwumerije) won a bronze medal, and so did Maryam Usman for the weightlifting women鈥檚 super-heavyweight category.
2016
The Super Eagles won a bronze medal in the men鈥檚 football category.
2020
Ese Brume won a bronze medal in the women’s long jump category, and Blessing Oborududu won a silver medal in the women’s freestyle wrestling light-heavyweight category.
