Sports Village Square takes a peep down memory lane to highlight Nigeria’s outing across 17 editions of the Olympic Games.

• July 19, 1952 – Nigeria’s flag was hoisted for the first time at the Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. It was the Games of XV Olympiad.

• October 10, 1964 – Nojim Maiyegun won Nigeria’s first ever medal at the Olympics when the light middleweight boxer shared the bronze medal with Józef Grzesiak of Poland.

• August 26, 1972 – Isaac Ikhouria won a bronze medal in the boxing event of the Munich Olympic Games.

• July 28, 1984 – The Nigerian 4 x 400 team of Innocent Egbunike, Sunday Uti, Rotimi Peters and Moses Ugbusien won the bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympics.

• July 28, 1984 – Peter Konyengwachie won the silver medal in the featherweight category of boxing at the Los Angeles Olympics.

• July 25, 1992 – Richard Igbineghu won a silver medal in the Super Heavyweight category of boxing at the Barcelona Olympics. Also, David Izonritei won silver medal in heavy weight category after losing to Cuba’s Felix Savon in the final.

• July 25, 1992 – The Nigerian quartet of Osmond Ezenwa, Oluyemi Kayode, Olapade Adeniken and Davidson Ezinwa won the silver medal in 4x100m Men at the Barcelona Olympics.

• July 25, 1992 – The Nigerian quartet of Mary Onyali, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson and Beatrice Utondu won the bronze medal in 4x100m Women at the Barcelona Olympics.

• July 29, 1996 – Falilat Ogunkoya became Nigeria’s first individual woman Olympic medallist when she won bronze medal in 400 metres at the Atlanta Olympics

• August 2, 1996 – Chioma Ajunwa produced an amazing first round leap of 7.12m to become Nigeria’s first Olympic medallist.

• August 3, 1996 – The Nigerian quartet of Falilat Ogunkoya, Fatima Yusuf, Christy Opara and Bisi Afolabi won the silver medal in 4x400m Women at the Atlanta Olympics.

• August 3, 1996 – Nigeria win the gold medal of the football event of the Atlanta ’96 Olympics. It is the first time a team outside Europe will do that in 68 years. Nigeria also put an end to Europe’s successive victory. Since, no European team has won.

• August 4, 1996 – Duncan Dokiwari wins a bronze medal in the super heavyweight category of boxing at the Atlanta Olympics.

• September 27, 2000 – Glory Alozie won the silver medal for Nigeria in women’s 100 hurdles at the Sydney Olympics.

• September 30, 2000 – Nigeria won the silver medal in the men’s 4×400 relay at the Sydney Olympics. Years later, the quartet was upgraded to gold medalists after the disqualification of the American team.

• September 30, 2000 – Nigeria won the bronze medal in the women’s 4×400 relay at the Sydney Olympics.

• August 27, 2004 – Nigeria won the bronze medal in the men’s 4 x 400 relay at the Athens Olympics.

• August 28, 2004 – Nigeria won the bronze medal in the men’s 4×100 relay at the Athens Olympics.

• August 21, 2008 – Nigeria won the bronze medal in the women’s 4×100 relay at the Beijing Olympics.

• August 21, 2008 – Chika Chukwumerije won a bronze for Nigeria in the men’s heavyweight category of taekwondo at the Beijing Olympics.

• August 22, 2008 – Blessing Okagbare won a bronze medal for Nigeria in women’s Long jump at the Beijing Olympics.

• August 23, 2008 – Nigeria win the silver medal in the men’s football event of Beijing Olympics.

• August 20, 2016 – By beating Honduras 3-2 in the third place match of the football event of the Rio 2016 Olympics, Nigeria became the first football team in the world to win gold, silver and bronze medals of the Olympic football event having won gold in 1996 and silver in 2008.