Gold

• Chioma Ajunwa
  Chioma Ajunwa
  Chioma Ajunwa , is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team. She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Women's Long Jump

• Abiodun Obafemi
  Abiodun Obafemi
  Abiodun Obafemi is a Nigerian footballer. He is a defender who played most of his career in Germany, and was part of Nigeria's Gold Medal winning team at the 1996 Olympics.-External links:*...
  
  , Augustine Okocha, Celestine Babayaro
  Celestine Babayaro
  Celestine Hycieth Babayaro is a former Nigerian footballer.-Club career:Babayaro began his playing career at Nigerian side Plateau United, before moving to Belgium club Anderlecht in 1994, and eventually would make a name for himself, quickly gaining first-choice status although still a...
  
  , Daniel Amokachi
  Daniel Amokachi
  Daniel Owefin Amokachi nicknamed "The Bull" is a former football striker from Nigeria.- Career :While playing for Ranchers Bees, Amokachi was discovered by Nigerian national team coach Clemens Westerhof, who brought the talented player to the 1990 African Nations Cup, and soon Amokachi moved to...
  
  , Emmanuel Amuneke, Emmanuel Babayaro
  Emmanuel Babayaro
  Emmanuel Hyacinth Babayaro is a Nigerian footballer. He is a goalkeeper, best known for being older brother of former Chelsea and Newcastle United player Celestine Babayaro....
  
  , Garba Lawal
  Garba Lawal
  Garba Lawal is a football midfielder from Nigeria. He is currently a contracted player-assistant manager with Lobi Stars F.C..-Career:...
  
  , Joseph Dosu, Nwankwo Kanu
  Nwankwo Kanu
  Nwankwo Kanu, OON , or simply Kanu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010...
  
  , Kingsley Obiekwu
  Kingsley Obiekwu
  Kingsley Obiekwu is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a defender.He represented Nigeria at international level and was a member of the squad which won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Mobi Obaraku, Uche Okechukwu, Sunday Oliseh, Taribo West
  Taribo West
  Taribo West is a retired Nigerian professional footballer who played as a defender. West represented the Nigerian national team in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. He is known for the various unusual and colourful hairstyles that he has sported over the years.-Club career:Taribo moved to France in...
  
  , Teslim Fatusi
  Teslim Fatusi
  Teslim Fatusi is a Nigerian international footballer who played as a winger.-Club career:Born in Surulere, Lagos State, Fatusi began playing youth football with Honey Babes and Ibukun Oluwa. He joined the youth team of Stationery Stores F.C. in 1991, and signed for the senior side in 1992...
  
  , Tijani Babangida, Victor Ikpeba
  Victor Ikpeba
  Victor Nosa Ikpeba is a former football forward from Nigeria. He has played thirty international matches and scored three goals for Nigeria, and played at the FIFA World Cups in 1994 and 1998...
  
  , and Wilson Oruma
  Wilson Oruma
  Wilson Oruma is a former football midfielder from Nigeria.He became the tournament top goalscorer when Nigeria won the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championships...
  
   — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition

Silver

• Falilat Ogunkoya
  Falilat Ogunkoya
  Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...
  
  , Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf
  Fatima Yusuf
  Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju is a retired Nigerian athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career. She won 400 metres race in the 1991 All-Africa Games and was second in the 200 metres race. She is married to Adewale Olukoju.She later competed in the 200 meters at the World Championship...
  
   and Charity Opara
  Charity Opara
  Charity Opara is a former Nigerian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics....
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Women's 4x400 metres Relay

Bronze

• Falilat Ogunkoya
  Falilat Ogunkoya
  Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Women's 400 metres

• Mary Onyali — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Women's 200 metres

• Duncan Dokiwari
  Duncan Dokiwari
  Duncan Dalnajeneso Danagogo Dokiwari is a Nigerian boxer. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a Men's Super Heavyweight bronze medal, together with Aleksey Lezin of Russia.-Background:...
  
   — Boxing
  Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  -Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...
  
  , Men's Super Heavyweight

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

• Udeme Ekpeyong
  Udeme Ekpeyong
  Udeme Ekpeyong is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.Ekpeyong won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1995 World Championships, together with teammates Kunle Adejuyigbe, Jude Monye and Sunday Bada. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he finished fifth with teammates...
  
  , Clement Chukwu
  Clement Chukwu
  Clement Chukwu is a former Nigerian athlete who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres.Chukwu attended Eastern Michigan University....
  
  , Ayuba Machem, and Sunday Bada
  Sunday Bada
  Sunday Bada is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event.Bada won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997....
  
  
• Heat — 3:02.73
• Semi Final — DSQ (→ did not advance)

• Kehinde Aladefa
  Kehinde Aladefa
  Kenny Aladefa is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competed in 400 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won a silver and bronze medal at the All-Africa Games in 1995 and 1999....
  
  
• Heat — 49.60s (→ did not advance)

• Adewale Olukoju
  Adewale Olukoju
  Adewale Olukoju is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four gold medals in total at the All-Africa Games....
  
  
• Qualification — 60.98m (→ did not advance)

• Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf
  Fatima Yusuf
  Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju is a retired Nigerian athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career. She won 400 metres race in the 1991 All-Africa Games and was second in the 200 metres race. She is married to Adewale Olukoju.She later competed in the 200 meters at the World Championship...
  
  , Charity Opara
  Charity Opara
  Charity Opara is a former Nigerian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics....
  
  , and Falilat Ogunkoya
  Falilat Ogunkoya
  Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...
  
  
• Qualification — 3:23.24
• Final — 3:21.04 (→ Silver Medal)

• Lade Akinremi
• Qualification — 56.83 (→ did not advance)

• Chioma Ajunwa
  Chioma Ajunwa
  Chioma Ajunwa , is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team. She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event...
  
  
• Qualification — 6.81m
• Final — 7.12m (→ Gold Medal)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

• Kehinde Aweda
• First Round — Lost to Khurshed Khasanov (Tajikstan), 10-20

• Daniel Attah
• First Round — Defeated Lynch Ipera (Papua New Guinea), 14-2
• Second Round — Lost to Janos Nagy
  János Nagy
  János Nagy was a Hungarian diplomat, who served as Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between 1968 and 1971.-References:*...
  
   (Hungary), 12-14

• Albert Eromosele
• First Round — Lost to Serguei Gorodnychov, Ukraine, 4-18

• Duncan Dokiwari
  Duncan Dokiwari
  Duncan Dalnajeneso Danagogo Dokiwari is a Nigerian boxer. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a Men's Super Heavyweight bronze medal, together with Aleksey Lezin of Russia.-Background:...
  
   → (Bronze Medal)
• First Round — Defeated Mohammad Resa (Iran), referee stopped contest in second round
• Second Round — Defeated Sifarish Khan (Pakistan), referee stopped contest in second round
• Quarter Finals — Defeated Adaliat Marnedov (Azerbaijan), referee stopped contest in third round
• Semi Finals — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 6-7

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

• Sule Ladipo
  Sule Ladipo
  Suleiman Ladipo is a male former tennis player from Nigeria, who turned professional in 1993. The right-hander represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Australia's Jason Stoltenberg...
  
  
• First round — Lost to Jason Stoltenberg
  Jason Stoltenberg
  Jason Stoltenberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No...
  
   (Australia) in two sets: 6-7 3-6

See also

• Nigeria at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Nigeria at the 1998 Commonwealth Games