<P> Nigerian athletes have won a total of 24 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 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 . </P>
<P> Nigerian athletes have won a total of 24 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 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 . </P>
when did nigeria win her first olympic gold medal
when did nigeria win her first olympic gold medal
1996
1996