Nigeria at the Olympics |
Olympic facts about Nigeria | ||||||
NOC: | Nigeria | |||||
IOC code: |
NGR |
|||||
Olympic debut: |
Summer: |
Helsinki 1952 |
||||
Winter: | PyeongChang 2018 | |||||
Olympic participation: |
Summer: |
1952-1972, 1980 and onwards |
||||
Winter: | 2018 | |||||
Nigerian Olympic Medals | ||||||
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
Summer Olympics | 3 | 11 | 13 | 27 | ||
Winter Olympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Top Sports | ||||||
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
1. | Athletics | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
2. | Football | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
3. | Boxing | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
4. | Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5. | Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Complete list of Nigeria's medals in Olympic sports | ||||||
Notes: | ||||||
The medal count for Summer and Winter Olympics is representing medals won in competitions which in the course of time have finally become part of either the summer olympics or the winter olympics. The division between summer and winter olympic games did not exist until 1924 and in the period before this winter and summer sports were on a few occasions present at the olympics side by side. | ||||||
These facts about Nigeria at the olympics are based on the official reports of the olympics and the games-encyclo's olympic database |