1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott. This year, 60 athletes will represent Team Nigeria at the Games across 10 sports-athletics, basketball, badminton, canoe, gymnastics, table tennis, swimming, rowing, wrestling and taekwondo. But there is however less buzz around this year s Games from a Nigerian perspective after both Nigeria s team failed to qualify. Nigeria got their most memorable moments in Olympic history in football when the
Kanu Nwankwo-led Dream Team went all the way to win Gold at the 1996 Olympic Games. Kanu Nwankwo led Nigeria to Gold medal in the football event of 1996 Olympic Games ece-auto-gen But at this year s Olympics, Nigeria will have no football representative.