Nigeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Nigeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The most surprising achievement was Nigeria's gold in football. The team overcame what are usually considered much stronger teams, such as Brazil and finally Argentina to earn the gold.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Men

 * Track and road events


 * Field events

Women

 * Track and road events


 * Field events

Badminton

 * Men


 * Women
 * Mixed

Men's Tournament

 * Group Stage – Group C


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal match


 * Team roster


 * Celestine Babayaro
 * Taribo West
 * Nwankwo Kanu
 * Uche Okechukwu
 * Emmanuel Amunike
 * Tijani Babangida
 * Wilson Oruma
 * Teslim Fatusi
 * Jay-Jay Okocha
 * Victor Ikpeba
 * Abiodun Obafemi
 * Garba Lawal
 * Daniel Amokachi
 * Sunday Oliseh
 * Mobi Oparaku
 * Joseph Dosu

Judo

 * Men

Men's Singles Tournament

 * Group Stage - Group M


 * Group Stage - Group P

Men's Doubles Tournament

 * Group Stage - Group H

Women's Singles Tournament

 * Group Stage - Group I


 * Group Stage - Group P

Men's Doubles Tournament

 * Group Stage - Group H

Tennis

 * Men

Wrestling

 * Greco-Roman


 * Freestyle