1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Nigeria)

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Nigeria took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with nine male athletes.

It was the first time a Nigerian team had participated in the Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

athletics

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100 m

• Edward Ajado

  Preliminary runs: eliminated in run 9 (rank 5), 11.0 s (hand-stopped), 11.25 s (automatically stopped)

• Titus Erinle

  Prelims: eliminated in run 10 (rank 3), 10.9 s (hand-stopped), 11.12 s (automatically stopped)

• Karim Olowu

  Prelims: Eliminated in run 12 (rank 4), 11.0 s (hand-stopped), 11.27 s (automatically stopped)

200 m

• Edward Ajado

  Preliminaries: Eliminated in run 4 (rank 4), 22.7 s (hand-stopped), 22.92 s (automatically stopped)

• Muslim Aremu Arogundade

  Prelims: eliminated in run 12 (rank 5), 22.3 s (hand-stopped), 22.71 s (automatically stopped)

• Rafiu Oluwa

  Prelims: progressed in run 14 (rank 1), 22.8 s (hand-stopped), 22.89 s (automatically stopped)

  Quarterfinals: Eliminated in run 2 (rank 6), 22.5 s (hand-stopped), 22.69 s (automatically stopped)

4 × 100 m relay

• Muslim Aremu Arogundade, Titus Erinle, Karim Olowu and Rafiu Oluwa

  Prelims: progressed in run 4 (rank 2), 42.4 s (hand-stopped), 42.63 s (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run 2 (rank 5), 41.9 s (hand-stopped), 42.01 s (automatically stopped

high jump

• Boniface Guobadia

  Qualifying round: Group A, 4th place, 9th overall

  1st jump: 1.80 m , valid

  2nd jump: 1.84 m, valid

  3rd jump: 1.87 m, valid

  Final: 1.80 m, 20th place

  1st jump: 1.80 m, valid

  2nd jump: 1.90 m, invalid

• Josiah Majekodunmi

  Qualifying round: Group B, rank 2, overall rank 4

  1st jump: 1.80 m, valid

  2nd jump: 1.84 m, left out

  3rd jump: 1.87 m, valid

  Final: 1.90 m, rank 9

  1st jump: 1.80 m, valid

  2nd jump: 1.90 m, valid

  3rd jump: 1.95 m, invalid

• Nafiu Osagie

  Qualifying round: Group B, rank 2, overall rank 4

  1st jump: 1.80 m, valid

  2nd jump: 1.85 m, left out

  3rd jump: 1.87 m, valid

  Final: 1.90 meters, 18th place

  1st jump: 1.80 m, valid

  2nd jump: 1.90 m, valid

  3rd jump: 1.95 m, invalid

Long jump

• Karim Olowu

  Qualifying round: Group B, eliminated with a width of 6.96 m, rank 11, overall rank 18

  1st jump: 6.84 m

  2nd jump: 6.96 m

  3rd jump: 6.89 m

• Sylvanus Williams

  Qualifying round: Group B, eliminated with a width of 6.96 m, rank 9, overall rank 16

  1st jump: invalid

  2nd jump: 6.85 m

  3rd jump: 6.98 m

Web links

• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .
• Nigerian Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).