Nigeria Equals Best Commonwealth Games Placing Despite Lowest Medal Haul in Two Decades

Team Nigeria recorded its joint highest finish at the Commonwealth Games in 20 years after placing seventh on the final medal table at Glasgow 2026, despite registering its lowest medal haul since the 2006 Games in Melbourne.

Nigeria concluded the Games with 24 medals, 10 gold, seven silver and seven bronze to finish seventh overall to equal its seventh-place finish at Birmingham 2022. The team was eighth at Glasgow 2014, ninth at both Delhi 2010 and Gold Coast 2018, and 12th at Melbourne 2006.

Ironically, the seventh place finish this time came with Nigeria’s smallest medal haul in five editions.

The 24 medals won in Glasgow were fewer than the 34 claimed at Birmingham 2022, the 36 won at Glasgow 2014, and the 35 secured at Delhi 2010. Only the 17 medals won in Melbourne 2006 were fewer.

The improved placing was not because Nigeria won more gold medals than in previous editions. In fact, the team won 11 gold medals in Delhi 2010, Glasgow 2014 and Birmingham 2022, one more than the 10 captured in Glasgow 2026.

Instead, the higher ranking reflected the more competitive nature of the medal table.

With medals and golds more evenly distributed among the leading nations, Nigeria’s 10 gold medals proved sufficient to lift the country to seventh overall despite its lower overall medal tally.