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Nigeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics; IOC code: NGR: NOC: Nigeria Olympic Committee: Website: www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org: in Atlanta; Competitors: 65 in 9 sports: Flag bearer : Mary Onyali: Medals Ranked 32nd: Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 6: Summer Olympics appearances
1996 AFC Preliminary Competition: 3 South Korea (winner) Japan (runner-up) Saudi Arabia (third-place) 1996 CAF Preliminary Competition: 3 Ghana Tunisia Nigeria: 1996 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2 Brazil (winner) Argentina (runner-up) CONCACAF–OFC play-off: 1 Australia: 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 5 Italy (winner) Spain ...
The Nigeria national football team [i] represents Nigeria in Men's international football. Governed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), they are three-time Africa Cup of Nations winners, with their most recent title in 2013. [3] In February 2024, the Nigerian national football team was ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings.
Sydney Olympic: 8 MF: Steve Corica 24 March 1973 (aged 23) Wolverhampton Wanderers: 9 FW: Mark Viduka 9 October 1975 (aged 20) Dinamo Zagreb: 10 FW: Aurelio Vidmar* 3 February 1967 (aged 29) Sion: 11 MF: Danny Tiatto 22 May 1973 (aged 23) Melbourne Knights: 12 FW: Joe Spiteri 6 May 1973 (aged 23)
Twenty-five years later, it’s clear Nigeria's 1996 Olympic soccer team had an impact that stretched far beyond the nation’s borders. Twenty-five years later, it’s clear Nigeria's 1996 ...
Nigerian athletes have won a total of 27 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 from the 2000 Summer Olympics after Antonio Pettigrew confessed to using ...
The 1996 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and finished on August 3. The women's competition was contested for the first time in Olympic history at these Games.
The selection is limited to male players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. In four appearances at the Olympic Games, the team has won gold in 1996, silver in 2008 and bronze in 2016.