Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games

Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games
Nigeria
 at the Commonwealth Games
Nigeria:
Flag of Nigeria

CGF Code = NGR
Commonwealth Games history
British Empire Games
1950
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1954 • 1958 • 1966
British Commonwealth Games
1970 • 1974
Commonwealth Games
1982 • 1994 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014

Nigeria has competed at eleven Commonwealth Games, from 1950. Nigeria did not attend four Games, in 1962, 1978 (in protest at New Zealand's policies), 1986 and 1998.

Nigeria has won at least one medal at every Games attended, including a high of thirty-seven in 1994. The first medal in 1950 was won by Joshua Majekodunmi in the High Jump.

Medals

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1950 Auckland 0 1 0 1
1954 Vancouver 1 3 3 7
1958 Cardiff 0 1 1 2
1962 Perth did not attend
1966 Kingston 3 4 3 10
1970 Edinburgh 2 0 0 2
1974 Christchurch 3 3 4 10
1978 Edmonton did not attend
1982 Brisbane 5 0 8 13
1986 Edinburgh did not attend
1990 Auckland 5 13 7 25
1994 Victoria 11 13 13 37
1998 Kuala Lumpur did not attend
2002 Manchester 5 3 11 19
2006 Melbourne 4 6 7 17
Total 39 47 57 143

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