Team Nigeria has concluded its campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as Africa’s highest-ranked nation, finishing sixth on the overall medal table and standing as the only African country to break into the top 10 rankings at the Games.
According to the final medal table, Nigeria closed with 10 gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals, for a total of 24 medals.
The tally placed Nigeria behind only Australia, England, Canada, India and hosts Scotland, and ahead of established Commonwealth sporting nations, including Jamaica, New Zealand, Wales and Malaysia, who rounded out the rest of the top 10.
On the continental medal table for Africa, dated August 2, Nigeria topped all African nations with its 10 gold, seven silver, seven bronze haul, edging out South Africa, which recorded a higher overall medal count of 28 (seven gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze) but finished outside the global top 10, underscoring Nigeria’s stronger gold-medal output relative to its closest continental rival.
Kenya followed in third place on the African table with 12 medals (three gold, four silver, five bronze), while Mauritius, Cameroon, Uganda, Namibia, Ghana, Lesotho and Zambia completed the continental standings, each recording considerably smaller medal tallies.
Nigeria’s campaign in Glasgow featured standout performances across athletics, weightlifting, para powerlifting and boxing.
Among the highlights was Samuel Ogazi’s gold-medal-winning run in the men’s 400m, marking the country’s first Commonwealth Games gold in the event, as he held off Trinidad and Tobago’s Jereem Richards and South Africa’s Zakithi Nene.
Ella Onojuvwevwo added bronze in the women’s 400m, while Ruth Usoro claimed silver in the women’s long jump.
The men’s 4x100m relay team also secured bronze following a sequence of protests and appeals during adjudication.
Nigeria’s weightlifters featured prominently in the medal count as well, with Edidiong Umoafia, Onome Didih and Rafiatu Lawal among those delivering gold-medal performances that boosted the country’s tally during the competition’s middle stages.
The Games, which ran from July 23 to August 2 and attracted roughly 3,000 athletes from 74 Commonwealth nations and territories competing across 10 sports.
It marked one of Nigeria’s strongest outings at the Commonwealth Games in recent years, with the country recording medals across six different sporting disciplines and producing what officials described as a new generation of performers ahead of future major competitions.
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